 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa Salat wa Salam ala Sayyidin Musalil. Sayyidina Muhammad wa la alihi wa sahbihi wa salim tasleeman kathira. Rabbana laka alhamdu kama yanbaqih li jalali wa jik wa li'aazimi sultanik. Subhanaka ala n'hsithana an alayka an'tkama athnaita ala nafsik. Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barika ala Sayyidina wa Habibina Muhammad. Wa la alihi wa sahbihi wa salim tasleeman kathira. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. InshaAllah we are going to continue with what we were doing last night which is reading from a book called La Taafil Mu'arif li ma waathim al-aam min al-wadhaif li mnirajab al-hanbali. Rahimahu Allah wa nafa'anahu bihi wa biqum ajmain. So this book is called the Saudities of Knowledge concerning what each season of the year contains of religious duties. So we are reading from the chapter of Ramadan which is in fact a separate book, over 100 pages in this particular book. So alhamdulillah everyone was beautifully making the istaghfar a little while ago, seeking Allah's forgiveness. So we'll start with that subject, insha'Allah, ta'ala. Fa qaal al-mussanifu rahimahu Allah wa nafa'anahu bihi wa biqum ajmain. So the author says may Allah have mercy on him and benefit us through him and through you. Bismillah al-rahim al-hamdulillah, The month of Ramadan, the causes of forgiveness abound. From the causes of forgiveness during the month, Siyamuhu wa Qiyamuhu wa Qiyamu Lailatil Qadri Fi Kama Sabaq. So fasting during this month, as the Prophet mentioned, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Sama Ramadan, Iman al-Wahtisaban, Ghufir al-Alahumma taqadmim al-Danbi, whoever stands fast the month of Ramadan with sincere faith, anticipating a reward, their prior sins will be forgiven. And they mentioned standing for worship at night. So this worship, as we mentioned last night, Yajtami'u fi Ramadan jihadani, the two jihads in Ramadan, jihadun finnahar wa jihadun fil-layl, a struggle in the daytime and a struggle at night. The struggle in the daytime is the fasting and the struggle at night is the worship. So the worship is a part of the struggle of the month of Ramadan. In any case, so standing for worship during the night of power, as it's previously been mentioned, so it previously mentioned, the hadith we mentioned, and then expounded on it. Mansama Ramadan, Iman al-Wahtisaban, Ghufir al-Alahumma taqadmim al-Danbi, wa man Qama Ramadan, Iman al-Wahtisaban, Ghufir al-Alahumma taqadmim al-Danbi, whoever stands for worship during the nights of Ramadan with sincere faith anticipating a reward, their prior sins will be forgiven. Wa man Qama laylat al-Qadri, Iman al-Wahtisaban, Ghufir al-Alahumma taqadmim al-Danbi, whoever stands for worship during the night of power with sincere faith anticipating a reward, their prior sins will be forgiven. So he's mentioned those previously and expounded on them, hence, Qama Sabaq, as has been previously mentioned, Wa minhaa, from the means leading to forgiveness, taftir al-Suwaam, giving the fasting people something to break their fast with is a means of forgiveness, wa taqfifu anil mamluq, and lightening the burden of one who is under your employee. So it says a servant, but even if you have an employee these days and you lighten their burden during Ramadan, so that they can have the energy and facility to worship Allah, then that's a means of forgiveness. Wa huma mad-Qurani fi hadithi salman al-marfu'a, and these have both been mentioned in the hadith of Salman, which he relates back to the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Wa minhaa, amongst them a zikru, so zikr, everyone was making zikr a few minutes ago. This is a means of forgiveness, wa fi hadithi al-marfu'a. So a hadith that's related back to the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, dakiru allahi fi Ramadan maqfurun laa, the one who remembers Allah in Ramadan will be forgiven. Wa minhaa, from the causes of forgiveness in Ramadan, istighfar, seeking Allah's forgiveness. So previously you were all seeking Allah's forgiveness, istaghfirullah, istaghfirullah, istaghfirullah. I seek Allah's forgiveness. This is a means to forgiveness, wa istaghfaru talibul maqfira, istaghfar is to seek forgiveness. Wa du'a is sa'imi, yus tajabu fi s'iyamihi wa inda fitre. And the prayer of the fasting person is answered during the time that he or she is fasting, and at the time that he or she breaks their fast. So when you break your fast, you should make du'a, make du'a for yourself, for your family, for your ummah, for the Muslims who are suffering, for the Muslims who aren't suffering that Allah continues to protect them. As Ibn Abbas mentioned, there are two great blessings Allah reminds us of in the Quran. Alladhi ata'amahum min juhi wa aamanahum min khawf. The one who's fed them and driven off hunger from them and has made them secure from fear. So the blessing of having adequate food and the blessing of safety and security, these are two huge blessings. So we should ask Allah at the time that we break our fast that he continues to protect us. Look at Syria, when we were there, it was unimaginable that the fitna that's there now would afflict that country. There was so much stability and there was so much internal harmony. And just as Allah can turn the hearts, and that's why we ask Allah to protect our hearts. This is one of the prayers the Prophet, peace be upon him, repeated more than any other. Allahumma yama qalliba l-kulub thabbit qalbi al-deenik, thabbit qalbi al-deenik, thabbit qalbi al-deenik. The one who turns the heart, confirm my heart in your faith and in this religion. And Allah can turn societies. So we have to seek Allah's protection. You know, look at this person who's running for president. You know, he goes to Jerusalem and he makes these racist, idiotic statements. Who's financing his campaign, the likes of this Edelman guy, hardcore Zionist billionaire. Who is his Islamic advisors, Walid Farris and Daniel Pipes. Those are the Islamic advisors of a man who could be president of the United States. So we have to pray to Allah that Allah protects us. The safety we enjoy could be taken just like that. So pray at the time you break your prayer. Pray while you're fasting. These are times that the prayer is answered. He says, Allahumma sallallahu wa sallam, wa du'a'a sa'imi yustajabu fi s'iyami wa inda fitri wa li hadha ka na'bnu'umara iza aftara yakul. Allahumma yawasi al-maghfirati aghfir li. So he said, consistent with this, Ibn Umar when he would break his fast, he would say, Oh Allah. The one most expansive in his forgiveness, forgive me. Allahumma yawasi al-maghfirati aghfir li. Allahumma yawasi al-maghfirati aghfir li. Allahumma yawasi al-maghfirati aghfir li. So these are, we should say this du'a. Allahumma yawasi al-maghfirati aghfir li. Allahumma yawasi al-maghfirah, aghfir li. Allahumma yawasi al-maghfirah, aghfir li. Allah, the one most expansive in His forgiveness, forgive me. Allahumma sali'ana Sayyidina Muhammad. And in the hadith of Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, in the month of Ramadan, and forgive him except for those who have sinned. They said, and those who have sinned, and those who have sinned, said, and those who have sinned, and may Allah forgive them. So it's related in a hadith from Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that he relates back to the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with him, concerning the virtue of the month of Ramadan, he says, everyone will be forgiven during this month except one who refuses. They said, O Abu Hurairah, whoever refuses, he said, one who refuses to ask Allah for forgiveness. That handle Allah. Let's take a moment to ask Allah for forgiveness. Bismillah, ma-na-raheem, al-hamdulillahi rab-lalameen, astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah, astaghfirullah, al-azim, al-adilah, ilaha illaahu al-hayuqa, yumwa at-tubu ilayh. Fumma qaal, raheemurullah muna fa'alallahu bihi wa bi'kum ajma'een. Wa minha istaghfaru malaykati las-sa'imina, hatta yuftairu wa taqadama zikru. And amongst the means or causes of forgiveness during the month of Ramadan are the angels seeking forgiveness for the fasting person until they break their fast. So as you're going through your day of fasting, don't think how hard it is. Don't think how long the day is. Think that the entire duration of your fast, the angels are seeking forgiveness for you. There's motivation to keep fasting. There's more forgiveness from the angels. It's so hot. Oh, it is so long. Six o'clock, two more hours, subhanAllah. Don't think, oh, the angels are seeking forgiveness for me. How many angels? SubhanAllah. Lan-hin-la-la. How many angels? SubhanAllah. Lan-hin-la-la. Seeking forgiveness for the fasting person until they break their fast. Lan-hin-la-la. And he's mentioned the Hadith that conveys this meaning previously. Fa lamma kathurat asbabun maghfirati fee Ramadana kana ladhi tafutuhu maghfiratuhu fee hi mahrouman gayaat al-hirman. In that the causes of forgiveness during the month of Ramadan are so abundant, the one who misses the opportunity to be given, to be forgiven during the month has been deprived the epitome of deprivation. All of these means, there are more. This is just a sampling that we mentioned. So one who goes from this month and isn't forgiveness, forgiven has been deprived, as he said, gayaat al-hirman, the epitome of deprivation. There's no deprivation after that deprivation. May Allah spare us. In the Isahiyah of Ibn Hibban, sa'ittal minbar, fa qulta amin, amin, amin, amin, qala inna jibreel athani, fa qala man adhrakah, shahra Ramadana, fa lam yuqfar lahu, fa dakhal al-naara, fa abaduhu Allahu, qul amin, fa qultu amin, wa man adhrakah abawihi, aw ahaduhuma, fa lam yabirrahuma, fa matafa dakhal al-naara, fa abaduhu Allahu, qul amin, fa qultu amin, wa man zukirta andahu, fa lam yusalli alayk, fa man zukirta andahu, fa lam yusalli alayk, fa matafa dakhal al-naara, fa dakhal al-naara, fa abaduhu Allahu, qul amin, fa qultu amin, wa qarrajuhu l-imam Ahmad, imam Ahmad, wa tirmidhi, wa bin hibbana, aida min wajin aqara an-Abi Huraira ta'r radiya Allahu, anum marfu'an bilath, raghuma anfihi, raghuma anfuhu wa hasanuhu tirmidhi. So the Sahih of Ibn Habban, his collection of hadith, on the authority of Abi Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, he said that the prophet made the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, ascended the minbar and then he said three times, amin, amin, amin, Allah answer, Allah answer, Allah answer this prayer, is the mean of amin, Allah mis tajib. So it was said, oh messenger of Allah, verily you ascended the minbar and you said, amin, amin, amin, three times. He said verily, Jibril came to me and he said, whoever attains to the month of Ramadan is not forgiven during the month, then let him enter the hellfire and be distanced from the, distance from Allah, say amin, so I said amin. And whoever, one of his parents or his two parents or both of his parents survive and there are not a source of goodness for him, or he does not treat them righteously and then he dies, let him enter the hellfire and be distanced from Allah, say amin. And I said amin. And he said, whoever you mention in their presence and they do not pray for peace and blessings for you, then they die, let them enter the hellfire and be distanced from Allah, say amin, and I said amin. Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barik ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallim tajdiman kathira, sallu ala Rasulillah Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallim tajdiman kathira, sahalu alaihi wa sallimu tazalli ima hatta tanalu l-jannah wa na'ihima Allahu yajzihiman yusalli marratan ashera wa yasqun fil jinaanimu qeema Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barik ala sallu ala Rasulillah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wa sallim So then he mentions another version of the hadith slightly different wording. Wa qaala Sayyidun an qatada kana yuqal man nam yuqfar lahu fi ramadana fa lan yuqfar lahu fee ma siwa So it's related from Sayyid. Sayyid used to say on the authority of qatada that it used to be said whoever is not forgiven during the month of Ramadan, they will never be forgiven at any other time. How could it be? All of the means and the causes and the gates and the doors of forgiveness are flung open in Ramadan that are shut at other times. So if a person isn't forgiven in Ramadan, when is he or she going to be forgiven? Wa fi hadithin aakhhar Ida lam yuqfar lahu fi ramadana fa ma taya yuqfarru liman la yuqfarru lahu fi hadha shahar And another hadith, it's related, whoever is not forgiven during the month of Ramadan, when will they be forgiven if they're not forgiven during this month? And then Ibn-i-Rajabi says, matah ya qabalu man rugda fi layla til qadr When will one ever be accepted if he's rejected during layla til qadr? Or we could say when will the acts or deeds of a person be accepted if they're rejected during layla til qadr? Matah yasuhu man la yasuhu fi ramadana When will one be appropriate and suitable to be forgiven if they're not suitable for forgiveness during Ramadan? Matah yasuhu man kana bihi fi min da'il jahlati wal ghaflati maradana He said, when will one ever be healthy if they're afflicted by the two diseases of ignorance and heedlessness during Ramadan? Heallessness, people were watching television. People spent the last two weeks watching the Olympics, ran home after eight rockets, and in the Masjid they could find with the quickest recitation. ghayr al magdubi alayhim wa laqdaalim amin alifnaahu akbar ghayr al magdubi alayhim wa laqdaalim amin daalikal kitab Allahu akbar ghayr al magdubi alayhim wa laqdaalim amin la rayba fi Allahu akbar eight rockets ran home watching USA hawla wa laqwata illa billah This is Ramadan, subhan Allah. This is Ramadan. shahru Ramadan al-la di'unzila fihi al-Quran This is the month the Quran was revealed. min lawhi al-mahfuz al-la bayt al-Azza And then from there to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam over 23 years. This is the month of Quran. This is the month of forgiveness. This is the month of mercy. This is the month of qiyam. This is the month of worship. This is the month of these blessed nights. Look how merciful Allah ta'ala is. The day is so hot. And the night is cool. Allahu akbar. This is the month of mercy. So he says khimhu Allah wa nafa'ala Allah bihi wa bi'kum ajma'een matayyaseehum man kana bihi fihi min da'al jahlati wa la ghafla maradan kullumaa la yuthmiru min al-ashjali fi awanith thimar fa annuhu yuqta'u thumma yuqadu fa'nnaar He says every tree that doesn't bear its fruit during the time of harvest so it dries up and it's fruitless is plucked out of the ground and then thrown into a bonfire. Then this is the month for the fruit. If there's no fruit because we're watching the Olympics and watching television and gossiping on the phone and spending our nights in heedlessness, there's no fruit. Hashali Allah that we're not like the tree that's just thrown into fire. man fattara thizzaar'i thi waqtil bidar lam yahsud yawm al-hasadi ghairan nadami wal-khasar the one who falls short during the time of planting the seeds the one who falls short in sowing during the season of planting he will only reap on the day of harvest regret and loss. May Allah have mercy on us. ثم قال شهر رمضان شهر عواله رحمات وعوصته مغفرة آخره اتكم من النار the month of Ramadan its first part is mercy its middle part is forgiveness its ending is liberation from the hellfire. روية هذا عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في حديث سلمان الفارسي so this has been related in a hadith from the Prophet peace be upon him on the authority of Salman al-Farisi قراج حبن خزيمة في صحيح it's been related by Ibn Khuzayma in his صحيح روية عنه عيدة من حديث أبي هوريرة رضي الله عنه قراج حبن أبي الدنيا وغيره so it's also been related on the authority of Abiy Huraira from ابني أبي الدنيا and others وشهر كله شهر رحمة ومغفرة واتق وليهادة في الحديث صحيح أنه تفتح فيه أبواب الرحمة and he says rather the entire month is mercy and the entire month is forgiveness and the entire month is liberation from the hellfire as it's been related in a sound hadith that during the month of Ramadan the gates of mercy have been flung open so mercy is available during the entire month وشهر وفي ترمذي وغيره إن الله أن لله أطقاء من الناري وذلك في كل ليلة and it's related by Imam Tirmidhi and others from the Prophet ﷺ verily Allah has those He liberates from the hellfire every night during Ramadan so the entire night is itق من الناري and the entire night is مغفرة and the entire night is mercy والاكن الأغلبة في أوله الرحمة وهي للمحسينين المتقين but mercy predominates during the first part just as forgiveness predominates during the middle part and liberation from the hellfire predominates during the latter part he says as for mercy this is for those who do good in their religion and those who are conscious of Allah and that consciousness translates into implementing his orders and avoiding his prohibitions قال الله تعالى إن رحمة الله قريب من المحسينين Allah says in the Quran verily the mercy of Allah is very close to those who do good and excellent in their religion قال الله تعالى and Allah says be he exalted ورحمة واسعد كل شيء فسأكتبها للذين يتقون ويوتون الزكاء my mercy extends over everything I have ordained it I will ordain it for those who are conscious of my commandments and prohibitions the متقين and those who diligently pay their زكاء and so this is an indication of the proliferation of Allah تعالى's mercy during Ramadan because he says فسأكتبها للذين يتقون ويوتون الزكاء what is the essence what is the great one of the great goals of Ramadan يقول الله عز وجال في كتاب العزيز يا أيها الذين آمنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب علي الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقون So Taqwa is one of the great goals of Ramadan so I've ordained fasting for you as I ordained it for those who preceded you in order that you grow in your Taqwa and so the fasting enhances our Taqwa and the Taqwa invites the mercy of Allah كتب عليكم الصيام لعلكم تتقون فسأكتبها للذين يتقون my mercy I will ordain it for those who have Taqwa and then Ramadan is the month of generosity and spending كان رسول الله كما قال ابن عباسل رضي الله عنهما كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أجود الناس وأجود ما يكونوا في رمضان حين يلقاهوا جبريل فا يدارسوا القرآن so the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was the most generous of people and the time he was especially generous was Ramadan when Jibril would come to him and review the Quran with him and so Ramadan is the time people like to pay their zakat and it's the time people are especially charitable and the mercy of Allah for those who pay their zakat so the mercy of Allah is this is an indication of its abounding in Ramadan فا يفاضل على المتقين في أول الشهري كلع الرحمة والردوان and so the cloak of Allah's mercy and His pleasure spreads over the people of Taqwa during the beginning of Ramadan ويعملوا أهلوا الإحساني بالفضل والإحسان and the people of good they're treated with grace أما أوسط الشهر فلأغلبوا عليه المغفرة as for the middle part of the month mercy, forgiveness, predominates فا يغفروا فيه للصائمين وإن ارتكبوا بعد الظنوب الصغائر فلا يمنعهم ذلك من المغفرة and so during these days forgiveness predominates for the fasting people even those who have perpetrated some minor sins that does not prevent them from being forgiven and as Allah mentions in the Quran verily your Lord is the one who possesses forgiveness for people in spite of their oppression so in spite of their sins وَاَمَّا آخروا الشهري فَيُعْتَقُوا فِيهِ مَنَ الْنَارِيْ مَنْ أَوْبَقَتْهُ مَنْ أَوْبَقَتْهُ الْأَوْزَارِ فَيَستَوجَبَ النَّارْ بالظنوب الكِبار and as for the end of the month liberation from the hellfire predominates and this is for the people who ordinarily have been ruined because of their sins and they deserve to be punished in the hellfire of hell because of their major transgressions وفي حديث ابني عباس عباس المرفوع and it's related by ابني عباس حديث related by ابني عباس لله في كل ليلة في شهر رمضان عند الافطاري الف الف اتأتيق من الناري فاذا كان ليلة الجمعة أو يوم الجمعة اعتقا في كل ساعة فيها الف الف اتيق من النار كلهم قد استوجب العذاب فاذا كان آخر ليلة من شهر رمضان اعتق الله في ذلك اليوم بعد ما اعتق من اول شهر الاخره قراجه سلامة تب سلامة تبن شبيب وغيره لا اله الا الله كلوا لا اله الا الله say لا اله الا الله say لا اله الا الله لا اله الا الله لا اله الا الله so this hadith of ابني عباس which relates back to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم verily Allah has every night in Ramadan at the time of iftar one million people that he liberates from the hellfire and then when the day of the night of Juma or the day of Juma comes he liberates during every moment we could say as a moment one million people from the hellfire all of them are deserving to be punished therein and then when the last night of the month of Ramadan comes Allah liberates from the hellfire the number that he's liberated from the beginning of the month to the end of the month then he'll Allah and he say all of them all of them deserve to be punished because of their sins then he'll Allah this is Allah this is Allah this stern unforgiving God of the Moslems and this is your refutation of those empty ignorant claims Ramadan is your hujjah over anyone who claims that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala lacks mercy and lacks forgiveness and lacks concern for his servants this is your proof Ramadan is your proof that is Allah so this hadith is related by Salama bin Shabeeb and others وإنما كان يوم الفطر من رمضان عيدا لجميع الأمة لأنه يعتقו فيه أهل الكبائر من الصائمين من النار and he says rather عيد eat a fitr at the end of Ramadan is a festive day for the entire ummah because during that day Allah liberates the people who have perpetrated the major sins from the fasting people from the Hellfire and during that day those sinners join the ranks and get the privilege of forgiveness that's extended to the righteous كما أن يوم النحلي هو العيد الأكبر just as the Day of Sacrifice is the Great Eid لأن قبله يوم عرفة because it's preceded by the Day of Arafa وهو اليوم الذي لا يرافي يوم من الدنيا أكثر اعتقا من النار منه because it's the day there's no day in the days of this world that more people are liberated from the Hellfire than on the Day of Arafa فَمَنْ عُرْتَقَابِنَ النَّارِ فِي الْيَوْمَيْنِ فَلَهُ يَوْمُ عِيدْ and the one who's liberated from the Hellfire on these two days has a day of celebration وَمَنْ فَاتُهُ الْإِطْقُ فِي الْيَوْمَيْنِ فَلَهُ يَوْمُ وَعِيدْ and whoever fails to be liberated during these two days he has a day where the threat of Allah's anger is facing him دَانَهَنَّ اللَّهِ كَمَا كَانَتْ الْمَغْفِرَةُ وَالْإِتْقُوْ مِنْ الْنَّارِ كُلُّنْ مِنْهُمَا مُرَتَّبَنْ عَلَسْ عِيَامِ رَمَضَانُ وَقِيَامِهِ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانُهُ وَتَعَالَ عِندَ اِكَمَالِ العِدَّةِ بِتَكْبِيرِهِ وَشُكْرِهِ فَقَالَ وَلِتُكْمِلُ الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتْكَبْبِرُ اللَّهِ عَلَمَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ He says that forgiveness and liberation from the Hellfire, both of these are contingent upon fasting the month and standing its nights in prayer. Allah Ta'ala has ordered the servant that he completes the designated period. وَلِتُكْمِلُ الْعِدَّةَ So to complete the worship of the month, not the first week, everyone has a lot of him and enthusiasm. And then the second week, you know, they start ducking out after eight rockets. And then the third week, they don't even come anymore. And then the fourth week, they start getting ready for eat. They make phone calls. Did they see the moon? Did they see the moon? Like hurry up and get done with it. لَاَنَهِنَّ اللَّهِ Allah the Almighty. وَلِتُكْمِلُ الْعِدَّةَةَ That you complete the period of 29 or 30 days. من قام الرمضان ليس من قام أسبوع الأول من رمضان من قام الرمضان إيمان وحتساباً من صام الرمضان إيمان وحتساباً غوفر لهم ما تقدم من ذنب. Whoever stands for worship the whole of the month and whoever fasts the whole of the month وَلِتُكْمِلُ الْعِدَّةَةَ To complete the period. وَلِتُكْمِلُ الْعِدَّةَةَ على ما هداكم And that you extol the greatness of Allah for guiding you to complete the period. وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ In order that you will give thanks. This is why the Eid is the day of Shukr. Thanking Allah that He blessed us to complete the period. Thanking Allah that He's guided us to be able to have the privilege and the honor of extoling His greatness and blessing us with the means to give Allah thanks and something to thank Allah for. فَشُكْرُوا منْ عَنْعَمَ عَلَى عِبَارِهِ بِتَوْفِقِهِ لَسْعِامِ This is what we said. The thankfulness is from the One who has given His servants the facilitation to undertake the fast. وَعْعَنَتِهِمْ عَلَى And has helped them to complete it and assisted them by giving us something to have breakfast with in the morning. Giving us something to make of tarwith so we could continue fasting with vigor so we can have the strength to pray at night. Think we fasted all day and there's no clean water to drink. There's no food to eat and replenish our bodies. How difficult would it be to be here right now? One in the morning. Yes, one in the morning. Still going strong. Allahu Akbar. It would be difficult, but Allah has assisted us and aided us and given us the word of thought to nurture and nourish our bodies so we could be here right now and we could keep fasting and we can keep praying and we can keep extolling the greatness of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. نَاَلْهِمْ اللَّهُمْ بِهِ وَمَغْفِرَاتِهِ اللَّهُمْ بِهِ And for His forgiving them during the month وَإِتْقِهِمْ مِنَنَّارْ And His liberating them from the Hellfire. This is why we thank Allah. وَلَاَلْهِمْ تَشْقُرُونْ وَلَاَلْهِمْ تَشْقُرُونْ This is why we thank Allah. اَنْ يَذْكُرُوْهُ وَيَشْكُرُوْهُ وَيَتَّقُوْهُ حَقَّا تُقَاتِهِ And that you remember Him and thank Him and be mindful of Him as should rightfully be the case. وَقَدْ فَسَّ رَبْنُ مَسْعُوْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ تَقْوَاهُ حَقَّا تُقاتِهِ بِاَنْ يُتَاعَ فَلَا يُعْصَعَ وَيُذْكَرَا فَلَا يُنْسَا وَيُشْكَرَا فَلَا يُقْفَرُ And Ibn Masroodin has explained being mindful of Allah as should rightfully be the case that He is obeyed and He's not rebelled against, that He is remembered and that He's not forgotten, that He's thanked and His blessings are not taken for granted. This is Haqqatuqatihi. So we should commit ourselves to being the people of obedience. We should commit ourselves that we will strive with might and main to never disobey Allah as long as we need, as long as we live. If we slip and fall short, we'll renew that commitment insha'Allah. Wa'atum insha'Allah. Oh Allah, we commit ourselves that we'll be the people of obedience and we'll never rebel against you as long as you keep us alive in this world with your help and your assistance. Ya Allah, assist us to fulfill what we're convening and you ta'a, fa la yoo'sa. And may Allah bless us to be the people of shukr. And you shkar, fa la yukfar. May Allah bless us to be the people of shukr. May Allah bless us to be the people of zikr and yuvkara. Fa la yunsa. SubhanAllah. If someone gave you a million dollars, you'd never forget them. Would you? They just met you on the street. Ya fulan. Ahlan wa sahlan. Inni wa hibbu kathillah. Fa khud milyuna dolar. You'd never forget that people. Wa ismi Ahmed. You'd never forget Ahmed. You pray for Ahmed every night. Ya Allah bless Ahmed. You'd never forget Ahmed. SubhanAllah. What Allah ta'a is giving us is far more valuable. Than a hundred million dollars. How could we ever forget Allah? How much is your eyesight worth? If you lost your eyesight and you had a hundred million dollars and the doctor said, I think I could fix your vision. I think I could get your seeing back. But it's going to cost you a hundred million dollars. Are you going to hold on to the money or are you going to get your sight back? How much is your taste worth? If you ate your food and you couldn't taste it anymore and the doctor said, you know, I could restore your taste. It's going to cost you a million dollars. You part with the million dollars. If you lost your hearing, I could get it for you back. But the operation is going to cost a million dollars. You part with the million dollars. And you'd never forget that doctor. He said, Mashallah. That's the greatest specialist on earth. I went to so many doctors. No one could help me. And that doctor got my sight back. Mashallah. You never forget him. How could we forget Allah who gave us the sight and perpetuates it? How could we forget Allah who's given us this hearing and perpetuates it? How could we forget Allah who's given us our taste, giving us our ability to feel? Think how we could harm ourselves if we couldn't feel. Our hand is burning. We don't even know it till we smell it. Oh boy. Cause we can't feel anything. Then our hand is burned up. Allah has blessed us. Fa asbaqa aalaykum ni'amahu. Va hiratun wa baltina. He's extended his blessings over you. Asbaqa aalaykum ni'amahu. And open and hidden ways. And open and hidden ways. That Allah. How could we forget Allah? He says you remember Allah and remember Allah. All these blessings, people, this is the Ramadan of complaints. So many people calling, emailing, complaining. They have their health, they have their wealth, they have their children, they have their spouses, they have their houses, they have food in the fridge. But they're complaining. Oh, oh, woe is me. Subhanallah. Where is your love for Allah? Where is your connection to Allah? Where is your appreciation for the blessings Allah has given you? The people should be complaining, they're not complaining. You go to Gaza right now in Ramadan and people are praying and fasting under the eye of drones flying over that can unleash the kind of hell that was unleashed on the people of Gaza a few years ago and operation cast lead. Are they complaining? Any Palestinians in the house, Palestinians, people complaining in Gaza? They're not complaining. They're thinking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. They don't have the food you have. They don't have the house you have. They don't have the security you have. They can't get married as easy as you can get married. They have to wait till they're 40 years old, right? They're Shabbab, driver of taxi in Gaza, saving up his, unfortunately they have to save up their shekels for 20 years to get married. You get out of college. You don't even graduate college. You get married your junior year in college and you're complaining. Where is Allah? Where is the remembrance of Allah? If you remember Allah and remember the blessings and bounties and grace and mercy and forgiveness and liberation of Allah ta'ala, there'd be no room in your heart for complaining. No room in your heart for complaining. Then hella Allah and you ta'a fela yuasa an yufkara fela yunsa wa an yushkara fela yukfar. That he's thanked for his blessings and he's not, the blessings aren't rejected. And what if we thank Allah? Find the wherewithal to thank Allah wa la in shakartum la azidannakum. Allah sa'a I will give you more. All you have to do is thank me. All you have to do is thank me. Daal, hella Allah. Fa ya'arba bil Dhunub al-Azima al-ganimata al-ganimata fi haadihil ayyam al-karima fa ma minha awadun wa la laha qeema. He says, oh, you possessors of great sins. Take the bounty, take the bounty of these noble days. And these days they have no substitute and no other days have their values, their value. Fa ma minha awadun wa la laha qeema. You won't find days like this. Brothers and sisters, take advantage of these days. Once it's gone, it's not coming back. Maybe we'll have next Ramadan, but next Ramadan is not this Ramadan. Once this Ramadan is gone, once these days are gone, they're never coming back. Maybe we'll have next Ramadan. Maybe not. Next year is not promised to any of us. Take advantage now. Get the harvest now. Get the ghanima now. Get the booty now. Because next year, we might not be around to have the opportunity. Wallah al-Mustaan. Wallah al-Mustaan. Naam. Fa ya'rabab al-zunub al-Azima al-ghanima tal-ghanima. Fi haadihla iyam al-karima. Fa ma minha awadun wa la laha qeema. Fa kam yu'atakou fiha minan nari minzee jareeratin. Wa jareemah. How many people have liberated from the Hellfire and they're from the people of sin and crime? Crimes against Allah and against their soul. Fa min'u'atakou fiha minan nari fa qad thazab al-jaizat al-ameema wa manhat al-jasima. Whoever is liberated from the Hellfire, they've gotten the all-encompassing prize and they've gotten the most, the most, the hugest gift to translate jasima, huge. Say, haadah al-akh jasim, like it's huge. But haadah al-manhat al-jasima, this is a great, great, huge gift from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Ya man'ataqahu maulahu minan nari iyaka anta'ooda ba'da ansirta hurran ila reqil auzari. He says, oh the one who's been liberated by his Lord from the Hellfire, beware of all cost that you return after you've been made free to the slavery of sin. Sin is slavery and leaving a life free of sin is liberation. May Allah liberate us, all of us. La'inha illallah, la'inha illallah. So he goes on. It's late. Allah ibarik fikum, Allah yateqabbel minkum. Zadakum Allahu fi kulli khayr. Nasa Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala lakum wa lana wa lil muslimina jami'an, jami'an, attawfiq wa l'athya. Nasa Allah ta'ala lana wa lakum wa lil muslimina jami'an, atqa minan nari. Nasa Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala lana wa lakum wa lil muslimina jami'an, al-maghfirata fi hadha shar. Nasa Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala lana wa lakum wa lil muslimina jami'an, al-Fawz bil jannah wa sahbah al-abrar. Munasa Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala lakum wa lil muslimina jami'an, attawfiq wa lil muslimina ma zumratin nabi'ina wa siddiqina wa shuhadai wa s-salihin. Wa hasana ulaika rafiqaa. Allah ibarik fikum. The one of the wazifa in addition to the affu, asking Allah for pardon, also is the kalimut al-tawheed during these days. So we ask Allah ta'ala that He blesses us to repeat. Abbonnit li-lan, halla Allah. Alhamdulillah, Qari Umar took you through the whole guided tour. Istaghfar, tahleel, al-afu, tasbih, kanimatani, khafifatani, al-lisan, taqilatani, fil-mizan, habibatani, ila Rahman, subhan Allahi wa bi-hamdihi, subhan Allahi, al-Azim. Alhamdulillah. So may Allah bless us to continue these good practices. May Allah ta'ala, we can do a little lalhella Allah in the context of the lalhella Allah qasira, insha'Allah. Then I seek your permission to move on, insha'Allah, to other stops and destinations. Allah ibarik, fikum. La ilaha illa Allah, la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad Rasulullah, alaihi salatullah, La ilaha illa Allah, la illa Allah, Muhammad Rasulullah, alaihi salatullah, bi-hayat but al-iman, bi-hayah hassul al-insan, La ilaha illa Allah, ila Allah, La Muhammad Rasulullah, alaihi salatullah, qadatana fi al-akhbar, an-nabi al-mokhtar, an-na aafda lal-afka, Muhammad Rasulullah, alaihi salatullah, takraru illa Allah, la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad Rasulullah, al-sinuka al-hasin, hiyati yashqa, la yiftah al-jinah, Muhammad Rasulullah, ashi wal-ibkar, tasdam idduhu min anwar, La ilaha Muhammad Rasulullah, al-khaqi wal-jaa, qatam at al-nirth al-faraj, lil muslimina fi kul fi shatan haal al-alam, wa al-wajjuh l-khusus, ikhwanin al-muslimin, wa akhwati lal muslimat bisham, wa filafi filasitin, wa al-iraq, wa fganistan, wa al-bakistan, wa al-hind, wa al-Bangal, wa shireenanka, wa fi masr, Allah ma'azil anhum, al-hukm al-askarih, Allah ma'azil anhum, anas sha'b al-missri, masriya al-hukm al-askarih, Allah ma'atihim, thamarat al-thoratihim, ya Allah, wa filibya wa tunis, wa al-jaza'ir, wa al-maghrib, wa fi muritaniya, wa al-sanaghal, wa gambiya, wa najirya, wa fi haathal balad, Allah ma'unsurna fi haathal balad, Allah ma'unsurna fi haathal balad, Allah ma'unsurna fi haathal balad, anta maulana, faunsurna ala qawm al-kaafirin, wa al-niyat al-qabool, lima qaddamna fi haathal shahr al-mubarak, wa al-niyat al-faraj, wa al-niyat al-shifal, marda al-muslimina jami'an, al-wajhil qusus, man dhakarahu wa qari'amar, fi qabla qaleel, al-ladi yusab, fi qalbihi, wa hu al-alfi mustashfa, al-amashfihi, wa marda al-muslimina jami'an, anta maulana, faunsurna ala al-qawm al-kaafirin, subhana rabbika rabbal-izzati, amma yasifun, wa salaman al-al-mursirin, wal-hamdulillahi rabbal-aalameen, al-fatiha. Aoudu billahi minash shaytanir-rajim, Bismillahi r-Rahmani r-Rahim, al-hamdulillahi rabbal-aalameen, ar-Rahman ar-Rahim, ma likiyuh middin, iyaka n'abud wa iyaka n'asta'een, ihdina sirata al-mustaqeen, sirata al-ladina an'amta alayhin, ghaybil marbubi alayhim waladha.