 إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره ونعوذ بالله من شر أنفسنا ومن سيات عامالنا ما يهله الله فلا موديلله ومن يدل الفلا هديله واشلوا الله إله إلا الله وحكه لا شريك له واشحلوا أن سيدنا وحبيبنا مولانا سيدنا محمد عبده ورسوله خير نبي اجتباهه هدى للعالمين أرسله أرسله الله بدين الحق ليوثهر على دين كله ولو كره الكافرون اللهم صلي وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وأزواته وغرية وأصحابه وتابعين وتابع حن بإحسان إلى يوم دين أما بارعبار الله وذكركم إيايا متقق الله سبحانه وتعالى وذكركم بقوله سبحانه وتعالى حيث يقول في القرآن كريم يا أيها الذين آملوا تقوا الله حق تقاته ولا تموتون إلا وأنتم مسلمون وذكركم إيايا بحيث القرآن كريم بسورة سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه ورآاله وصحبه وسلم السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته الحمد لله أن الله سبحانه وتعالى لدينا هذه الحمد وفي الحمد that we could mention أو كثيرنا that we could mention but first and foremost that he gave us the opportunity to return back to him that there are many who did not wake up this morning did not have the opportunity for one more fajة did not have the opportunity for reading سلطة كهف one more time did not have the opportunities that we have been afforded on this day so first and foremost first and foremost we should praise and thank Allah سبحانه وتعالى for the gift of life for the gift of life that we have been granted this day سبحانه وتعالى only for those infinite mercy I want to speak today about something that all of us are dealing with the issue is a commodity that we are all feeling is being taken from us and that is time but I want to speak about it in a way that سبحانه وتعالى how we can maximize our time, how we can take benefit and I want to talk about just some things that we can do that take a short time during our day a lot of times we think that we're turning back to our states of spirituality or increasing our states of spirituality and we require a long process but as Imam Zaydah always used to tell us in Damascus that the thousand mile journey begins with the first step so rather than thinking about it because that's easy then for سبحانه وتعالى to come and say that we don't have time we don't have time to implement these things in our lives but سبحانه وتعالى we'll hear a few things that can change us in a short period of time each day if we commit ourselves to that سبحانه وتعالى we'll go through a list سبحانه وتعالى we'll have a few things and if we're already doing some of these things that are on the list we can adopt other things and if we are doing some of them we can enhance the things that we're doing to make them even better سبحانه وتعالى so the first thing that we can do the Prophet ﷺ said to Abu Huraira رلي الله عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم he said to Abu Huraira رلي الله عنه or Abu Huraira said او سيني خليلي بثلاف that my خليل my beloved Prophet ﷺ he gave me sound counsel in three things he said أن أصوم ثلاثة أيام في شهر وأصلي راكا عتايد دوحا وأصلي ويتر قبل أنام he said that my حبيب that the خليل مصطافة صلى الله عليه وسلم he gave me good counsel in three things إن شاء الله I want to just mention one of them the first one he said though that I should fast three days in each month if we are already doing that may Allah give us if we are not may Allah give us strength إن شاء الله but the second one as I want to mention he said أن أصلي راكا عتايد دوحا that he gave me good counsel to pray two راكا عات two راكا عات of دوحا so this is what I'm talking about about ten minutes in each day الحمد لله through the funnel the grace and the mercy of Allah I just returned back from عمرة and it was a second time that I've been able to co-lead this trip that we went with and we had a mixture of students about 80 of us in the group majority of them were students from NYU and from Yale and from other schools on the East Coast and we had adults as well too the reason why I want to mention this is because we get excited about making it عمرة and we should write fully so because the عمرة as we know is an expiation of sins from the year from the time that you make the عمرة until the next time you make the عمرة it's an expiation of sins but the Prophet Islam has said that to make two راكا عات of دوحا is to have a Hajj and an عمرة مقبول two راكا عات to make the walloo and to pray two راكا عات and to show you how impactful this is we had a man on our trip that was in his 50s he said I've never heard of this before and then he came back at the end of the trip and was crying and he said do you know the gift that you have given me do you know the gift that you have given me so this is what I talked about we're all compressed for time all of us can talk about how packed our schedule are and we can pull out our iPads right now and lift up our schedules and we'll talk about getting you over my house for some food and we'll have to be in two weeks because we're all so busy but what about committing as I said that ten minutes in a day for something something that is not a part of our life right now that is going to be everlasting and remain with us for eternity and this is what one of my teachers said when I was leaving Damascus he reminded me of the line of Imam Shafi' who said in dressing his nafs he said that you want to see amazing things you want to see miracles but Allah is only desirous of you that you remain upright and steadfast on your Dean so he said to me he said would I give you this advice when you return back he said you want to know what a miracle is he said a miracle is that you take a blame and you take it and you take it and you take it and you take it and you take it and the miracle is that you take a blame worthy trait such as lying or backbiting and you remove it from your character and you replace it with praiseworthy trait and you remain on that until you die he said that is a miracle and that is miracle because now that will remain with you for eternity so he asked Allah to give us لكي ترى هذه الأشياء ، الأمركة ، الأشياء ، واله يدفع في توراكة عالطة الدوحة لكي نرى كم الكثير من الأشياء التي لدينا أنها مقبولة وكم الكثير من عمرة التي لدينا أنها مقبولة لماذا؟ لأنها توراكة عالطة التي نقوم بها كل يوم من بعد توراكة عالطة الدوحة حتى الزواب لا يمكننا أن نعرف أن الحمد لله لا يوجد شيء جديد في هذه المشاركة الحمد لله ، يمكننا أن نعرف أن الله يمكننا أن نعرف أن الحمد لله هذه الثالثة أريد أن نتحدث عن سلوات الله ونستطيع أن نعرف كم الكثير من الأشياء لكن كلا جدا عن فضالة ولكن أريد أن أتعرف عن سلوات الله من المشاركة المتحدة ومعرف كمكتب المتحدة من سلوات الله نعرف هذا وذلك لدينا أخر حديث فهو يجب أن يقوم بعمله 100.000 فرصة لأن الله يجب أن يقوم بعمله بحرامه للجميع صلى الله عليه وعليه وعليه وصحبه لذا يمكننا أن نتحدث عن هذا و نتحدث عن هذا ولكنه هو حقيقة فرصة واحد من المجردين المساعدين كانوا يساعدون و كانوا يريدون أن يفعله من one city to a second city before nightfall لأن there were certain animals and other things that he wanted to ensure his well-being during the night but he didn't make it he didn't make it to that second city so he said I'm going to remain here for the night and he was a bit concerned for his well-being so he remembered صلى الله عليه وعليه وصحبه the one who said salutations upon me then Allah will send salutations upon him 10 times so he said I spent my entire night الله مصدي على سيدنا محمد because I wanted that Rahmah I wanted that security I wanted that Sakina to descend upon me so he said that he spent his night sending salutations of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعليه وصحبه and he said he remained in this state until the fudger came and then when the fudger came he prayed his fudger he prayed his nuha and then he carried on and then I felt that it had strength to continue on even though without sleeping and I felt safe the entire night from anything that could have afflicted me from the Salawat and he said as I began to make my way forward and I began to now continue my journey to this other town I walked by a bush and when I passed by that bush I heard something rustle and I came scared and I jumped and then a little quail a little bird walked out from the bush so what's the importance of mentioning that he said to himself blaming his nuffs he said you spent the whole night relying upon الله سبحانه وتعالى and you felt no fear and you felt contented and you felt safe and you felt secure and protected by Allah سبحانه وتعالى as soon as the sun rose you left Allah and depended on your nuffs and Allah sent a little bird and put fear in your heart اللهم صلى الله عليه وسلم وحمد صلى الله عليه وسلم so the practical reality of it we have the spiritual reality of it but there's also a practical reality of it may Allah give us an understanding of this at a deeper meaning so again in continuing with this something else that we can do very simple just saying سبحان الله just saying سبحان الله the Prophet ﷺ asked the Sahaba that who amongst you who amongst you is desirous to have a thousand hasadat in a day and said يرسل الله this is difficult to achieve he said سبحانه وتعالى just say سبحانه وتعالى say سبحانه وتعالى how about the time when our coming is in going just something so simple right but this is now to be mindful and things are known by their opposites because if we're not mindful then Shefan is running us through other things in our head but as our coming and going whether on the train or on the car just سبحان الله a thousand hasadat for once عمر رضي الله عينه he said that if you have one accepted by Allah سبحانه وتعالى this is sufficient for you and the after this is the generosity right this is the generosity of being mindful of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and then we have another hadith in terms of the Dhikr where the Prophet ﷺ said كليمة تاني خفيفة تاني خفيفة تاني على الليساني فقيلة تاني عن المزاني حبيبة تاني عن الرحمن سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العومي the Prophet ﷺ said two words خفيفة تاني على الليساني it's light on the tongue it's easy to say ولكن فقيلة تاني عن المزاني that it's heavy on the scale how many of us how many of us need our scales to be heavy on that day when we stand in front of Allah سبحانه وتعالى كليمة تاني خفيفة تاني على الليساني فقيلة تاني عن المزاني heavy on the scale of that day and not only that that it continues that not only is it going to be heavy on your scale but it's حبيبة تاني عن الرحمن let's be loved by Allah سبحانه وتعالى so now as I'm commuting as I'm back and forth سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم what is happening now my scale is becoming heavy اليوم القيامة what is happening now I'm doing something that is pleasing that is being loved by Allah سبحانه وتعالى very quickly even if we can stop for a moment to give pause right because we're moving at break next speed all of the time but just to give pause to have intentionality to say I'm going to sit for 10 minutes out of a day let's discipline ourselves with that that's the juhud that we're after من جد وجد that the one who exerts themselves that they are the ones that will find these openings the rahman the mercy from Allah سبحانه وتعالى just take 10 minutes when the family is asleep or before they've woken up just 10 minutes as guarded to say سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم with the presence of heart and try not to lose it regardless of what situation we're in whether we're traveling whether we're at home to stay on that because going back to what Imam Shafi' said وَلَهُ لَا يُرِدُ مِنْكِ إِلَا الْإِسْتَقَانَ that Allah is not desirous of you except for that you are steadfast right so continuing in this regardless of what our situation is something that will be heavy on our scale and something that is beloved to Allah سبحانه وتعالى this is something here this point that I'll mention here الحمد لله for those of us who are parents but playing with our children spending some time dedicating time with our children because let's look at the prophetic example صلى الله عليه وسلم that the best of creation and we like to think that we are busy we like to think that we are you know important in what we're doing how about the Prophet ﷺ but look at his character صلى الله عليه وسلم that Jabirul Elohim said that once we were with the Ansar we were with the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم and we were invited to a meal so the Prophet ﷺ is walking now and he passes by a group of children that are playing and he sees حسنة and Hussein playing there and what does he do صلى الله عليه وسلم the companion said that he speeds up his walk and he begins to go after them to chase them and as he's chasing them they're running away from him laughing and صلى الله عليه وسلم he catches them and when he catches them the narration says that he embraces both of them and he brings them close to him and he kisses both of them this is our Prophet ﷺ this is our example of fatherhood this is our example of manhood this is our example of futua this is our example of sugary and this is the example that all of us should be following to give that time to our families because he ﷺ gave time to his families just a short time because that is what is going to be remembered we don't want to be people that are filled with regret because that career was so important for us but yet we neglected our family in the process that's not the way of the Prophet ﷺ and you see what happened through his tarbiah that the men who they grew up to become رلي الله عبهما حسن حسين because of the tarbiah of the Prophet ﷺ but here's a classic example of it of giving them time giving them our attention we'll never regret a moment of that أقول لقولي هذا إن الحمد لله حمدا كثيرا كما أمر واشهلوا أن إله إلا الله هو وحده لا شريك له واشهلوا أن سيدنا وحبيبنا مولانا سيدنا محمد عبده ورسوله عبار الله وذكركم بتقن الله السبحانه وتعالى وذكركم لقولي سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم إتقل الله حيث ما كنته وذكركم بشرف مكان مصطافة صلى الله عليه وسلم ورعاله وسحه يسلامه حيث يقول الله صمد على في القرآن كريم إن الله وملائكته يصلون على النبي يا أيها الذين آمنوا صلوا عليه وسلموا تسليما اللهم صلي وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد كما صليت وبارك على سيدنا إبراهيم وعلى آل سيدنا إبراهيم إنك عند حميد ومجيد سبحانه وتعالى أتكلم بعض الأشياء ومعاقب أن نتوقف مجددا مع إنتشان ونظر نفسنا ونظر ونظر ونظر ونظر Excellent ربي الله عنه وسل You that one of his most desirable forms of Ibaara was Te Fakr was contemplation in reflection on the creation of Ouma Subeh Understanding and the departure in Quran وفي العربき آيات وفي أنفوسكم أفناء爆سيرون that in the earth are the signs of Allah and when we connect ourselves with these signs they are amazing we had the opportunity we hear in Sira a lot of the connection between dates in our tradition and we had it just now when we were in Medina we had an opportunity to see what the birth of the date fruit looks like and that was amazing for some of our students to understand that cycle that comes over and over and over and not even for myself when we were living in the Emirates and I saw this happen when it comes out just like a small green little pebble but then you begin to understand the story of Quran of the free who stood back when they were asked to go forth at the time of their date harvest because their date harvest was their stateful economy and it only comes once a year and Allah in His infinite wisdom sends out that this campaign should happen right at the time of their harvest and it wasn't until I saw this transition from this little green date all the way until as Allah mentioned or they mentioned in this hadith that when they were asked to go forth in this battle the branches of the date palm were bent over because of the weight of their harvest it wasn't until I saw this that I began to understand what the value was and what the draw was of the dunya when Allah is asking us to go forth so begin to reflect in our signs around us it will give us a deeper understanding and another thing that we should reflect upon is even just the word itself that it's called ayat we have ayat in the Quran but we have ayat that are outside of the Quran as well and just as we study these we should also study these external ayat as well it's the same word may Allah give us understanding Alhamdulillah I just said this last one here before we end about making do'af for each other in the absence of one another again I would say these are just things just 10 minutes you don't have to put it onto your schedule put it onto your schedule give yourself an alarm give yourself a reminder the whole point though is that it gets done may Allah give us steadfastness إستقامة in these realities so the Prophet ﷺ said that if a person prays in the absence of their brother or their sister here this is not gender specific an angel is appointed to them that makes do'af for them و لك مثل ذلك و لك مثل ذلك and some of the Sahaba they took this and it says that when they were desirous of something that when a person makes do'af for someone in their absence or Allah give them طفيل or لفت عليم right whenever you make do'af for someone and there's an angel that comes and says for you the same thing and for you the same thing the Sahaba said that we didn't want to make do'af just for ourselves like this so we would make do'af for someone else when we wanted someone to have the assistance of an angel saying and maybe you have the same so something very brief making do'af for someone in their absence so may Allah ﷻ give us طفيل إن شاء الله to be people that hear these words إن شاء الله اللهم ارحم المؤمنين والمؤمنات المسلمين والمسلمات الأحياء منهم والأموات اللهم افتع علينا فتهم قريبا وبين الواسع فتنجلي بكرمك ورحمتك اللهم ارحمنا فوق الأرض وتحت الأرض و يوم نقوم بين يديك يا رب العالمين اللهم اكون معنا و لا تكون علينا عبلا يا رب العالمين اللهم اكلمنا بتلاتك اتابك أنا اللي وأطرافنا يا رب العالمين وجعل القرآن ربيع صدورنا يا رب العالمين و شفاء صدورنا يا رب العالمين ايبار الله إن الله يأمركم بالعادي و احساني و اتائي بالقرباء و ينهى الفحشاء والمنكة والبغي يعال لكم لعال لكم تذكرون واقيم الصلاة يرحمكم الله