 وَأَقُولُ فِي القُرْآنِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ آيَاتُوهُ فَهُوَ الْكَارِيمُ الْمُنْزَالُهُ وَأَقُولُ قالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ وَالْمُصْطَافَ الْهَاديِ وَلَا أَتْ أَوَّالُهُ الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد إن شاء الله وطعاله في هذا الأبسوط I am going to be with إذن الله الكريم to talk about that this month of Ramadan is خير الشهور وتجارة اللين تبور Ramadan is the best of months and it's the best time for a person to work hard for the day of judgement it is the best time to trade with الله سبحانه وتعالى it's going to be a successful trade الأحن في بن وقيس it was said to him إنك شيخ كبير وإن الصيام يضعفك they came to him one day and they said to this Imam أحن في بن وقيس they said to him you are an old man you've aged وإن الصيام يضعفك and fasting is going to weaken you fasting will weaken you physically and then he responded and he said فإني أعده لسفن طويل I am preparing it for a long journey awaiting me this fasting that I am doing now is for a long journey ahead of me a day I am going to meet Allah I am going to be accounted that's where I am storing for that is where I am preparing for ألمام حسن البصري رحمه الله he said إن الله جعل رمضان مضمارا لخلقه يستبقون فيه بطاعته إلى مرضاته فسبق قوم وتخلف آخرون فخاب فالعجب من اللاعب الضحك في اليوم الذي يفوز فيه المحسنون يقول الله سبحانه وتعالى he has made رمضان a moment for people to go forward and benefit seize an opportunity Allah made you know within the years there are months there are moments where Allah gives you these openings these opportunities رمضان is one of those times يستبقون فيه بطاعته where the people compete with one another in obedience الله سبحانه وتعالى in order to gain what to gain the forgiveness of their Lord the mercy and the kindness and the generosity of their Lord فسبق قوم a group of people they've understood it and they've hastened the opportunity and they benefited from it وتخلف آخرون another group of people they stayed back فخاب one because of that they became destroyed then حسن البصري he said فالعجب من اللاعب فسيناشن ووانده is in the affairs of the individual who is laughing and is playing في اليوم اللي دي يفوزوا فيه المحسينون in the day when the smart people the hard working the righteous people are winning ويخصيروا فيه المبطلون and the evil doers are losing أبحانه here an opportunity like this has come your way a chance like this has been given to you many haven't been given this chance it's an opportunity to rectify your situation a moment to get closer to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and a moment to get yourself into the routine and habits of doing righteous actions and here it is that month is coming or it's already come and you're in it and you're not benefiting from it it's day by day it's going by and you're laughing you're joking you're playing around when the smart people and the clever people are stacking and they're working hard for a day when they're going to be Allah سبحانه وتعالى ألمام أحمد رحمه الله he narrated in his Musnad بسند صحيح عن أبي هوريرا that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said قد جاءكم رمضان the month of Ramadan has come your way شهر المبارك a blessed month افترض الله عليكم صيامة Allah has obliged and prescribed for you to fast this month تفتح في أبواب الجنة the doors of jannah are opened وتغلق في أبواب الجحيم and the doors of the house are closed وتغلق في الشياطين and the الشياطين are chained فيه ليلة خير من ألف شهر in it is a month بر than a thousand months there is a night بر than a thousand months من حرم خيرها فقط حرم and anyone who loses and doesn't seize the opportunity of that a particular night then he has been prevented from all good فيه ليلة there is a night in it خير من ألف شهر it is better than a thousand months من ألف شهر is approximately 83-84 يس just one night anyone who has been deprived from benefiting that night then he has been deprived from all good so this shows us what that Ramadan is that moment خير شهور وتجارة الانتبور it is the best of months it is the best time to trade with Allah in it is one night that is equivalent to you worshipping Allah for 80-something years my beloved brothers and sisters و لذلك that's where the ayah comes in place where Allah says سابقوا إلى مغفرة من ربكم وجنة عرضها كعرض السماوات والأرض و عدة للذين آمنوا بالله ورسله ذلك فضل الله يوته من يشاء والله هو ذو الفضل والله هو ذو الفضل العظيم والله تعالى سابقوا هيستن هيستن توات هيستن تو إلى مغفرة من ربكم تفكيفنس of your Lord وجنة عرضها كعرض السماوات أجنة where it's width it's like the sun on the earth who is it prepared for و عدة للذين آمنوا بالله ورسولي it is prepared for those who are on his messenger ذلك فضل الله that's a virtue from your Lord ذلك فضل الله يوته من يشاء والله هو ذو الفضل العظيم والله و تعالى it is the supreme, the majestic one who bestows his virtue upon his creation رمضان is that month the month of forgiveness that we need to seize but some people might be loving brothers and sisters they only understand and know الله كبارك و تعالى this month like that الله كبارك و تعالى isn't the other months he isn't the Lord of the other months and he is only the Lord of Ramadhan و يدالك some of this self they used to hate a people who would only remember Allah only remember him subhanahu و تعالى when Ramadhan entered and as soon as Ramadhan leaves they do crimes and they go against what Allah prohibited subhanahu و تعالى they want they follow their desires and so the self they used to say بيس القوم إلا في رمضان evil are a people they don't know Allah subhanahu و تعالى except in the month of Ramadhan that's only when they know him they leave of the obligatory acts but when Ramadhan comes they come back to their senses that type of person is what some of the scholars refer to you have to remember that the Lord of Ramadhan is the Lord of every other month there's also a Hadith and Narratives from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and he said و ينادي منادن and he will say ياباغي الخير أقبل و ياباغي الشر أقصر and he will say the seeker of good come forward and the seeker of evil stop و لله أعطقاء من ذلك كل ليلة and every single night Allah has a people in which he frees their neck from the Hellfire that every night in Ramadhan و here the seeker of good it will be said to him come forward and here it is this is your month to seize it to get the opportunity from it and the evil duo who wants to use this month to do evil it will be said to him stop and every single night in Ramadhan there are a people who Allah سبحانه وتعالى is going to forgive there are a group of people who Allah سبحانه وتعالى is going to free their necks from the Hellfire so Ramadhan my beloved brothers and sisters is a month of forgiveness a month where Allah wants to free necks from the Hellfire it is then sad to see a group of people who don't see that opportunity and don't benefit from it and because of Ramadhan they actually become the dwellers of the Hellfire the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told us in a hadith ألمام البخاريو narrated in his أدب المفرد الشيخ ناصر رحمه الله authenticated in أدب المفرد the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم when I climbed the first step of the pulpit جاءالي جبريل came to me فقاله he said to me شقي عبدٌ destruction is for a slave أدرك رمضان who reaches the holy month of Ramadhan فنسلخ منه أن رمضان leaves ولم يغفر له أن he is not forgiven فقلتوا عيداً سيد آمين the Prophet said جبريل made that دعاء النبي الله محمد سيد آمين that دعاء is what أدرك رمضان ولم يغفر له فنسلخ منه ولم يغفر له فقلتوا أمين evil be upon a person may Allah bring evil to a person if ramadhan comes and it leaves and they have not benefited from it by gaining Allah's forgiveness the Prophet as soon as جبريل made that فقلتوا عيداً سيد آمين so you have to understand you my beloved brothers and sisters the slave of Allah سبحانه و تعالى all of you have to know that you are between the دعاء of جبريل and the Ameen of the Prophet الله محمد and we all know that it's going to be accepted so we should know that رمضان is the month where we want to gain the forgiveness of Allah and his mercy when we are incorrect in this episode may Allah SWT forgive me for it and Allah has a messenger who is free from it سبحانك الله و بحمدك أشهد بلا إله إلا الله استغفر الله السلام عليكم if you are enjoying these videos and you would like to keep up to date with all of the courses we are going to be running make sure you head over to amauathome.com