 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنهتد يلولا أن هدان الله والصلاة والسلام على أنبياء الله جميعا وعلى سيدهم وخاتمهم حبيب إله العالمين أب القاسم المصطفى محمد وعلى أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين وعلى بن عمه علياً أمير المؤمنين وقائد الغر المحجلين وعلى الصفوة الخيرة من أصحابه المنتجبين اللهم كن لوليك الحجة ابن الحسن صلواتك عليه وعلى آبائه في هذه الساعة وفي كل ساعة ولياً وحافظة وقائداً وناصرة ودليلاً وعين حتى تسكنه أرضك طوعة وتماتعه فيها طويلة أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إن أنزلناه في ليلة القدر وما أدراك ما ليلة القدر ليلة القدر خير من ألف شهر تنزل الملائكة والروح فيها بيدني ربهم من كل أمر وعين سلامه حتى مطلع الفجر صدق الله العلي والعظيم إنه أعوذ باللائكة وأعوذ باللائكة في كل سنة إنه أعوذ باللائكة وأعوذ باللائكة ليلة القدر خير من ألف شهر أعوذ باللائكة من ألف شهر أعوذ باللائكة هذا هو ليلة القدر هذا هو ليلة where our livelihood and our life span is going to be determined by the Lord during this night from sunset until dawn our livelihood ليلة تقدر فيها الأجال والأرزاق the livelihood and the life span and whatever important is going to happen to you is going to be determined in one of the chapters we read tonight this chapter is called سورة الدخان in this Surah God says فيها يفرق في this night the night of Qadr we determine in this night we determine فيها يفرق كل أمر حكيم every important matter that touches your life and your future is going to be decided and determined tonight فيها يفرق كل أمر حكيم أمر من عندنا إننا كنا مرسلين رحمة من ربك رحمة من ربك إنه هو السميع العليم tonight is the night of mass and wholesale mercy the night of sweeping an extensive mercy of God he loves to bestow his mercy he has a huge reserve of mercy that he wants to spend tonight he wants to bring down his mercy upon us tonight he is determined my friend to engulf us and embrace us with his mercy and his forgiveness in this night this night has innumerable endless and countless bounties and gifts so be one of those lucky ones who are going to receive some of these gifts do not leave the session do not let the sun rises tonight today or tomorrow morning without being one of the chosen ones one of the selected ones one of those fortunate enough to receive God's mercy tonight and that depends on you my friends God never discriminate between his people God never has bias against any people God is the Lord of the universe الحمد لله رب العالمين the entire universe it is us the choice has been left for us to decide whether we really need accept his mercy and his bounties or we reject them this is our choice tonight one of the meanings of سلامٌ هي حتى مطلع الفجر this night is peaceful سلامٌ هي it's a peaceful until the break of the dawn one of the meanings of this of this section of this sentence in the Quran is that the angels they from sunset of this night till the break of the dawn they continuously greet and صاحب العصري والزمان عجل الله تعالى فرجو الشرف this night is continuing after the prophet the prophet himself says the angels would not descend only upon the prophet during his lifetime when the prophet dies the angels are going to continue their descent تتنزل الملائكة those of you who are many in this session who are familiar with the Arabic grammar and Arabic literature تتنزل is continuous this process is continuing until the day of judgment so in the absence of the prophet himself his successors the imams the twelve imams the angels are going to descend on them and they descended on them tonight they descend upon the twelve imams the imam عجل الله تعالى فرجو الشرف and they show him is the representative of the divine in this earth on this earth in this universe they show him what will happen to us this is why it is imperative for us to salute the imam and to pray for him so God would hasten his reappearance today the whole globe the entire earth is overwhelmed with injustice and tyranny and the only one who can bring real peace real stability and real justice is the twelve imam العجل الله تعالى فرجو الشرف my friends tonight as I said has a huge reserve of mercy saved for us and he wants to bring it tonight he wants to bring it tonight so be one of those who can receive and never have any doubt about God's forgiveness never speculate never have a second guess about God's forgiveness God himself he says in chapter 39 اصرفوا على انفسهم لا تقنطون من رحمة الله عقبوا يكبره تقول بكم say to the muslim say to mankind say to them all my servants who did an extravagant of abuse accessiveness of abuse against their own souls do not be despondent of God's mercy والله يفرق كل سنة. كل سنة. إذا كنت مستعدة و إذا كنت سر. لا يوجد سنة. الله يفرق أرمسك. لكي تردك. لكي تنسيك. لكي تردك. لكي تردك. لكي تردك. لذا لا تستعدة. لا تتعلم. لا تتعلم عن الله's مرسي. هذا ما نقول في الدعاء. نقول لا ت matter how this sin is huge and grosson. God's mercy is bigger. اللهم إن رحمتك أرجى من عملي. Your mercy is more promising than my deeds. وإن عفوك أعظم من them be. Your forgiveness is bigger than my sin. اللهم إن كان ذنبي عندك عظيم فعفوك أعظم من ذنبي. اللهم إن لم أكن أهلا أن أبلغ رحمتك فرحمتك أهلن أن تبلغني. وتسعني لأنها وسعت كل شيء. Oh God if I am not qualified. If I am not qualified to receive your mercy. Your mercy is qualified to embrace me. And to reach out to me. What do we recite in دعاء كوميل. اللهم إن يسألوك برحمتك التي وسعت كل شيء. The first sentence we begin the دعاء. This is the very first sentence. Our commander, our leader. The student of the prophet. The servant of the prophet. أمير المؤمنين علي ابن عبي طالب. This is the way he teaches us to speak to God. We begin with his mercy. Because his mercy embraces everything in this universe. Nothing is excluded from God's mercy. He says himself in Chapter 6. سورة الأنعام. وإذا جاءك الذين يؤمنون بآياتنا. Once those who have faith in God. And a trust in God. They come to you all. The messenger of God. Say to them. فقول السلام عليكم. Greet them. Receive them. Send peace upon them. فقول السلام عليكم. كتب ربكم على نفسه الرحمة. Your Lord has prescribed mercy upon himself. This is very powerful my friends. God would never prescribe anything upon himself. He is free. He can do anything he wants to do. But he said. I made it mandatory upon myself. That I bestow mercy on mankind. كتب ربكم على نفسه الرحمة. أنه. Verily. من عملة منكم سوءا بجهالة. Anyone of you does evil out of ignorance. Not out of defiance. Out of ignorance. If he does evil out of ignorance. ثم تاب من بعده. Then he or she repents. After that. واصلح. And mend. Or amend. فإنه غفور رحيم. Yes. Tonight is the night when you fix it. Fix the broken relationship. Tonight is the night of forgiveness. Tonight is the night of repentance. And tonight is the night that you have to make this a pledge. And this a promise. I would never go back to the same sin. Neither any other sin God. I will maintain my relationship with you. I'll make it the best. I'll get it closer to you as much as I can. I would not get far away from you. I would not disobey you. ثم تاب من بعده. واصلح فإنه. غفور رحيم. فإنه غفور رحيم. صحيح. ومرسف. فإنه غفور رحيم. لدي قصة. لا سأتكلم قصة معك. لأن هذه قصة is so horrendous. So appalling. So gruesome. سعيدة هذه قصة. سعيدة هذه قصة. أو سعيدة هذه قصة. أو سعيدة. أذكر أذكر. سعيدة. لا أستطيع أن أتكلم قصة. لكن قصة تكلمت في قصة حسارة. وقصة تفسير. قصة مخطب. قصة قصة. في وقت المتحدة في المدينة. بجانب مخطب. وخطب. وخطب. وخطب. وخطب. وخطب. سعيدة هذه قصة. أذكر أذكر أذكر. حسارة. كنا محطة. سعيدة. أذكر أذكر. حسارة. وخطب. وخطب. وخطب. وخطب. يتكلم على حسارة تكلمة. embryo. و كانت صغيرة و قلت بعده و قلت له ، أعلم ما أنت تفعله لك so many years لكنني قلت لها مختلفة ، لم أعلم هذا ، لأنك أنت my neighbor أعلم أين تذهب ، أعلم ما أنت تفعله لذلك لقد أحبت ، أنا سأعود لتعيش soon لقد أحبت الكثير من كفن ، ليس أحد أو أعود أحبت أي شخص ، أردني أن عندما أعود لا تأتي إلى قرية قال لك ، أعلم ، أعلم ، أعلم ، أعلم ، أعلم ، لذلك لقد أعلم و لقد أخذت كل الكفن ، عندما أعلم ، لقد أخذت في البداية not to go لكن سيطن يكون أسرن ، عندما لا نستطيع التعيش عندما لا نحب أخذت أحبات جيدا و مخافة جيدا و مخافة جيدا this is we become weak Satan is able to approach us and deceive us so he came to him and he said to him tonight is your night go nobody knows she's dead I know you gave her your word but she's dead she doesn't understand and he kept telling him until this young man left his house to the cemetery and he went to the grave he knew the grave because he participated in the funeral during the day he was among people who went to the cemetery for her funeral he knew the grave he opened the grave he took the coffin not only that he did the shameful act with her because she was naked in her grave once he did this of course shaitan he will come and encourages you until the moment you commit the sin the shaitan is going to abandon you immediately immediately shaitan stands with you and he wants you to commit the sin and he promises you it would be easy don't worry you will repent I'm helping you the moment you commit that sin he runs away from you and this is exactly what satan did to him he abandoned him this young man he went crazy he was thinking of killing himself and committing suicide he could not sleep the nights until one day he decided that he has to tell the prophet about this he went to the mosque of the prophet while the prophet was sitting with his companions in his community he came to the prophet he could not even speak about it but he was telling the prophet my sin is very shameful is very terrible is very horrible I cannot even speak it the prophet said to him ام السماوات he said my sin is greater than the heaven ام العرضون he said my sin is greater than the entire earth ام البحار he said my sin is greater than the oceans then the prophet said to him ام رحمة الله ام رحمة الله is your sin greater or the mercy of God here he said بالرحمة الله اعظم no I can't say my sin is greater than God's mercy God's mercy is greater and he told the prophet his sin the prophet was shocked imagine the prophet whose mercy for mankind is very strong when he told him about this sin the prophet was shocked the prophet said to him stop, stop don't continue I don't want to hear this the man took to the mountains he left the mosque not knowing where to go he came to the prophet whose the Quran says about him وما أرسلناك إلا رحمة للعالمين now the prophet tells him stop I can't hear this so he took to the mountains of Medina Medina is surrounded by mountains and for 40 days he was in the mountain he was speaking to God and repenting at day number 40 الله sends جبرايل to the prophet said يا رسول الله God greets you and he says this man young man who came to you though he his crime is so huge and is speakable but after 40 days he was sincere he was sincere in his repentance and God says you have to go and bring him and tell him the good news that God had forgiven him the prophet asked about his location جبرايل said يا رسول الله you have to ask about the location yourself and you search for him so the prophet asked the companions about him and they were going from mountain one mountain into another until they found him he had chained himself and he was there he completely changed he was completely dark because of the sun dehydration no food no drink in that remote area the prophet said to him I am coming with good news from your Lord الله سبحانه وتعالى has answered your prayers after 40 days and nights of repentance of being sorry regretting what you did and going back to your Lord ultimately God has accepted your repentance so he raised his head he said يا رسول الله do me a favor please since God has forgiven me I need one more favor from God ask God to take my life to him I don't want to come back to the city anymore I don't want to renew a sin since I have a clean record now and God has forgiven me he went to Sujood the prophet raised his hand the young man while he was doing the prostration the Sujood he died during his Sujood this is exactly what God says in the Quran قل يا عبادي الذين أسرفوا على أنفسهم لا تقنطوا من رحمة الله whatever terrible act you have committed do not give up on God's mercy and God's forgiveness tonight is the night where God reaching out to you he is coming to you he is asking you to speak to him to share with him not to tell your sin to anyone but to God share it with God and ask him his mercy my friends nobody is infallible we are all sinners because we are human beings and sometimes a moment I call it a moment of power outage power outage darkness غفلة the Quran says غفلة he calls this moment the moment of غفلة disconnection from God how does that happen how do we commit a sin knowing that this is a sin this is bad this is terrible you know what happens at the time when the desire is in control when the desire becomes in control then it would knock down reason the intellectual power عقل is being overridden or desire overrides and overcomes the عقل the reason so you don't understand you don't think you are not reasonable you are not yourself in that moment you fell victim to the Satan's temptations how do you keep your عقل strong do you know how when you recite this book when you are always familiar with this book not just in the month of Ramadan always always this book is with you this book is next to your desk next to your bed this book is always with you when you recite this book in your heart in your mind you fall in love with this book with the Holy Quran when you recite the Holy Quran when you recite the du'as some of these du'as we are going to recite tonight they have very deep meanings دعاء الجوشن الكبير دعاء أبي حمزة الثمال when you recite these du'as they keep your brain and your reason healthy so you don't fall victim you don't fall victim to temptations and desires the prayers someone was asking me why was asking me why 5 times a day 5 times a day to keep your reason healthy and strong so you don't become weak once you become weak then that is the power outage that is the failure of the system that is where the shaitan it would be so easy for him to strike on you and destroys you so maintain your health your mental health بذكر الله ألا بذكر الله تطمئن القلوب and also my friends keep your reason healthy by specially the young generation staying away from intoxicants staying away from destructive substances staying away from drugs staying away from alcohol staying away from smoking keep your reason your عقل healthy do not intoxicate your عقل your عقل is the one who is going to keep you strong straightforward and righteous do not compromise your عقل anything that compromises your reason stay away from it stay away from it what do we ask God tonight tonight is the night of dua is the night where you raise your petitions to God it's the night where you say oh God give me this and give me that look at chapter 2 سورة البقرة verse 200 in this book 200 through 202 one of the most beautiful verses in the Quran Quran teaches us what to ask God tonight what should we ask him what are the priorities we learn that from the Quran we learn adab and dua the manners the etiquettes of supplication from the Quran itself the Quran says we have two groups of people in this life both of them pray but look at the difference between them look at the difference between the first group and the second group the first group says فمن الناس من يقول ربنا آتنا في الدنيا وما له في الأخرة من خلاق the first group only asks God about this life this temporary life only material items like kids 2 years old 3 years old they go to a man who has boxes of you know money in front of him billions of dollars in front of him and those kids little kids they go to him they say أمو please can you give us some candies they ask for some candies which is only few pennies they don't ask for billions of dollars because they don't understand kids they understand the value the value of candies they don't understand the value of real money we do the same sometimes we ask God about some candies we leave the real substance the real gift we leave it behind we forget about it we ask about some candies and this is what exactly God says in the Quran فمنهم من يقول ربنا آتنا في الدنيا وما له في الأخرة من خلق they ask about some material thing oh God I need my car is broken I need another car oh God I need this house this apartment this but they forget about the real real questions real needs in this life maybe God will give you a new car but it would not solve your problem maybe God will give you a mansion it would not solve your problem maybe God gives you several million dollars still would not solve your problem the second group listen to the Quran Quran says ومنهم من يقول ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الأخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار وخلق الناس but not the goodness of the dunya see it didn't say حسنة but the second group آتنا في الدنيا حسنة what does that mean they are asking still for material things but material things that leads into goodness and success they don't just say God give me money they say God give me the money that works for me not against me money that I can benefit and excel from it not the money that I will destroy myself with it I've seen some people they did not ruin their life through poverty they ruined their life when they were rich when they got the money the day they did not have money their life was good they were satisfied the day they started making money they started going into the wrong direction Shaytan would not leave them آتنا في الدنيا حسنة means whatever you want to give me material things they should help me prepare me for my next trip next journey to the آخر وفي الأخرة حسنة definitely if these items are good and lawful that you acquire them and you ask for them these items are going to send you in the right direction وفي الأخرة حسنة and ultimately وقنا عذاب النار the punishment of the hellfire أولائك لهم نصيب منما كسبوا والله سريع حساب God says definitely we will grant them so tonight they should let you have to ask but worthy and important such as this is the first rule ask God for good health why good health to continue serving to continue helping to continue reaching out to your parents to your community members to those who are poor ask him good health ask him money becomes a source of a blessing not curse what sort of money becomes the source of a blessing the money that comes from lawful source not the money that is that becomes from haram source the money that becomes from haram source would not bring stability into your family it would not bring peace into your home and not bring peace into your corporation and company and jobs I was shocked when the president two days ago he said I made my first trip to the Middle East to Saudi Arabia and I signed contracts for 510 billion dollars why to bring jobs jobs jobs but I wonder the job that is created from selling weapons to some people to kill each other with that job be a source of a blessing for us you answer the question I am worried about America under this president not any job is a good job not the money that you make at the expense of the suffering and the pain of others this is not a good job not when you sell weapons to the neighbors to kill each other and bomb each other this is not a good job this is not a good business believe me he thinks this is a good business why because he only looks as the Quran says من هم يقول ربنا آتنا في الدنيا only give me material but he doesn't look at the bigger picture because sometimes this material that you are getting it would be the source and the reason of damnation for you to give you a job which is not at the expense of others the job where you really bring relief and happiness not weapons not airplanes to bomb no this is not a good job I don't believe in this job I don't believe in this economy I believe in the economy that is connected to goodness and purity a good economy is the economy that brings real stability and real peace and real happiness an economy that feeds the hungry stomachs economy that builds schools and hospitals and orphanages not weapons so ask Allah tonight ask him yes I need wealth I need money to build myself to build my family to build my community to reach out to others to see the source of destruction the source of suffering the source of war or conflict then again ask ask Allah tonight and I see many faces right in front of me who are still single and you must ask God to find you a good good spouse not just a spouse don't just ask him that you get married good marriage righteous marriage God send me someone who is righteous number one number one equality of that person be it a husband or a wife who is righteous who loves you who reveals you who respects you before he respects me as an individual he respects God because once he respects God he definitely is going to respect me so ask Allah زوج صالح زوجة صالح righteous partner that brings happiness to you and gets you closer to the Lord and ask Allah of course when you have good marriage again ask him to have good children ربي هبلي من لدنك ذرية who knows the verse in the Quran who knows the verse in the Quran هناك دعا زكريا ربه this is Biblical story in Surat Maryam هناك دعا زكريا ربه قال ربي هبلي من لدنك ذرية طيبة ذرية طيبة again I don't need any children I need good children righteous children children who are obedient to God children who are conscious of God they respect God not children that I run after them in the streets who give me more pain and more trouble ذرية طيبة ask God tonight and ask him success in your job in your school in your life in your business this is the first part of it now we come to the real demands now these were the appetizers easy God would answer them now you know what you ask God these are the grand the cardinal demands that we ask God ask things that are faithful to you momentous to you consequential to you to your life the first thing ask God ask him to change your heart and your nefs your soul to be a better servant of God to be the better عبد لله true servant true slave of God because the Quran says indeed the real success is when you change your soul when you keep your soul under control when you curb your desires قد أفلح من ذكها when you purify your soul وقد خاب من ذسها the one who neglects his soul or he gives in to the temptations is خاب خاب means disappointment and failure قد أفلح من ذكها وقد خاب من ذسها ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to get it closer to him the wife of Pharaoh she was living in the best palace in Egypt in ancient Egypt best palace mentioned that overlooks the Nile river she had thousands of maids and servants she was the wife of the emperor but still she said to God I don't like this life no this is not my dream this is not my ambition they asked her what is your ambition she said I want you to be your neighbor I want you God you these things would not fill my my heart you fill my heart your presence in my heart you bring me real satisfaction let's ask Allah to bestow on us a soul that is number one content we are content and happy with what I have whether it is material immaterial family whatever I have I am happy with it I am satisfied with it let's God curb the greed keep myself away my soul away from a greed from jealousy from hate tonight my friends when you pray not just to pray for yourself you know what our Imam teach us to do tonight they say when you pray pray for your enemies too pray for their guidance pray for their salvation if they are doing something terrible pray that they will stop it they would quit that pray for them you have to ascend above these these temptations you have to have a bigger soul bigger vision tonight ask Allah to install love real love in your heart not just love for friends and family members but love also for your enemies ask Allah to take away bukhl greed out of your heart ask Allah to take prejudice out of your heart ask Allah to take love for souls ego centeredness out of your heart so you start loving people around you these are the questions we have to ask these are the real du'as these du'as make real difference in your life if you just ask him for a house and money and a job you leave this room tonight you leave this mask believe me you are the same and God says I might give them to you but you are not happy you are still not happy but when the soul is changed our perception is changed that is the real happiness that is the real success I ask Allah to give you the capacity for more forgiveness so you can forgive those who insulted you those who wronged you tell him oh God please give me that capacity that faculty that energy that I overcome and break away from whatever I have in my heart against my enemies too I don't want even to hate my enemies I don't want to hate them I want to forgive them and if they have done something wrong there is a day of judgment you are the judge there you are the ultimate judge they can't get away from it this is how we make change and ask God also this is in دعاء أبو حمز الثمالي at the end of the dua tell him oh Allah keep me away from laziness I don't want to be lazy I want to be a hard working positive person optimistic full of energy every single morning when I open my eyes I have lots of energy to serve, to help to move forward keep depression away from me minal كساً أي means laziness facial failure anxiety keep anxiety away anxiety destroys me I don't want to be anxious more you are at least your suspicion I mentioned the meaning power outage و when I forget about you, when my heart is disconnected with you, this is gaffla و القسوة و القسوة I want to have a tender heart, a heart that feels for any tragedy, for any person, for any homeless that I see I rush to help him or her. Anyone who says help, I'll be the first responder. I'll go there. This is my duty. و القسوة و المسكنة و الفقر و الفاق و من كل بلي every bad evil I seek refuge in you these are the du'as that we have to make tonight اللهم ان يعود بك من نفسه لا تشبق و من قلبه لا يخشق give me satisfaction even if I have little food small place even my car is not a brand new but I'm happy with it because I always look at those who are below me not those who are above me this morning at 5 AM I read the LA Times every day after morning prayers, after salat al-Fajr the electronic version there is a story, check it out very interesting someone who is a multimillionaire here in Beverly Hills and he has the largest collection of sport cars expensive cars he says the value of these cars is about 50 million dollars and he collects Lamborghinis and he wanted to purchase another model a better model convertible Lamborghini the company said no we don't sell you you are not qualified imagine he's a multimillionaire because they make only 80 and they give them to people who say the company says they deserve it now how they deserve it I really don't know because they have piety more taqwa they pray more I don't know and this guy who has a fortune who has millions of dollars millions of dollars only one company is worth 300 million dollars 300 million dollars he's feeling bad imagine he has some 50 fancy cars in his garage in the basement and still he feels bad because he could not get this new Lamborghini can you imagine if you have a greed I'm not talking ill about him because I don't know him but I say when you have a greed nothing can fill nothing can fill your stomach nothing but once you have satisfaction even if your car is a broken old car you say الحمد لله رب العالم at least I have some means of transportation others even do not have this see اللهم ان يعود بك من نفسه لا تشبق ومن قلبه لا يخشب ومن علمن لا ينفع ومن صلاة لا ترفع ومن دعاء لا يسمع oh god I seek refuge in you from a soul that is greedy greedy greedy whatever you give to it it says I need more and more and more stay away from that ask god ask god tonight to give you a soul nefs which is always happy which is always grateful always grateful I mentioned this yesterday in the Friday prayers in this life we have two categories they are mentioned in سورة الإنسان إنه هديناه السبيل إما شاكرا وإما كفورا two categories one of them are grateful شاكر happy thankful the other always complaining always unhappy always nagging always they need more and more and more إما شاكرا وإما كفورا ask god to make you from the first group شاكر grateful before I conclude and ask as Imam زين العابدين says in دعاء أبو حمزة make it a brief in one sentence ask Allah says take out of my heart the fascination with this dunya the fascination is very dangerous when you become fascinated with materialism this is very dangerous you know why because someone who is fascinated with the dunya he would even sell his parents cheap he would sell his wife he would sell his children he would sell his country because he is enchanted with the dunya he is fascinated with the dunya so ask god to take حب الدنيا the fascination with this dunya out of your heart keep your heart healthy and strong pray for your parents tomorrow is the father's day all of you have fathers here many of them are still alive if you want to send a gift put it on hold put it on hold don't purchase it you know what is the best gift you give to your father respect and obedience don't go and buy him flowers or chocolate or something and then you think he is happy your father is happy when you respect him when you spend time with your father when your father advises you on a good issue and you listen you have a listening ears this is the best gift you give to your father on father's day tomorrow Sunday tell your father daddy this season this father's day I did not bring material I did not bring flowers but I am going to promise you that I am going to respect you and spend time with you and listen to your advice that is the best gift and also pray for those who are diseased pray for those who are sick in the hospitals and there are many of them there are some of them who are very dear to us every night they are here in this masjid this year they are in the hospitals waiting for their fate waiting for the mercy of the Lord pray for them tonight pray for your family for your teachers for your children for your neighbors pray for the poor pray for the refugees the number of refugees is on the rise in the Muslim countries pray for them pray for those who have been displaced from their homes many people they had homes until five days ago you know that tower which burnt out in London I was reading in the paper the number of the casualties are 90 90 people they burned to death in the middle of the fire in the middle of the night within a few minutes few minutes I was reading a story of one of them three Syrian refugees two of them were able to escape the third one when he was about to come down and escape the stairs collapsed so he could not go so he was speaking to his brothers on the cell phone as a brother said the last sentence he said give my salam to my mother tell her I love you and please always recite Quran for me when I die they say a few seconds later the phone went out and he burned a young man who escaped Syria who escaped war in Syria only to find his fate in west London this is life my friends this is the reality of this life nothing is guaranteed believe me nothing is guaranteed when the agile comes this is why I ask Allah that you fulfill your mission in this life you fulfill it and then if he wants God decides to take you away to him he is welcome to do so but you have to fulfill your mission in this life and I pray for those who are lost I don't mean only physically lost but morally and spiritually lost we have many in the community Muslim community and non Muslim who are confused who cannot find their way they go in the wrong direction they bring misfortune to themselves and to their families pray for them pray for their guidance pray that God would hold their hands tonight and bring them back and salvage them and salvage them pray for yourself to be successful in the Akhira and God will grant you tonight immunity immunity against Hellfire and releases you from the Hellfire اللهم اعتقرقابنا من النار that is the best dua the Quran says فمن زحزحا عن النار وأدخل الجنة فقط فاز if you can escape if you can narrowly escape the pit of fire and you make it inside paradise that is real success فقط فاز that is real success that is real salvation pray if you are a father pray that God makes you the best father the best beautiful father the best responsible father tomorrow father's day in America and elsewhere they think father's day they just eat cake and we celebrate and we dance father's day it means that we fathers have to be more responsible towards our children mother's day means we have to be mothers have to be more responsible towards their children ask your God to make you a model father not just father a model father in the community this is the wish of the prophets اللذين يقولون ربنا حبلنا من أزواجنا وذرياتنا قرّة أعيون if you are a mother ask God to make you a model mother a model in compassion and care and mercy if you are a son ask God to make you a model son in your dutifulness and respect to your parents be the jewel in your community to rush to help your parents be number one even if you are ten brothers and sisters you have to be number one in serving your parents even if your parents are away from you you still can serve them by calling them and helping them and visiting them and inviting them and see what they need ask your mother your dad what they need and be the first one to fulfill their needs and pray for them that is the best service to the parents is when you remember them in your prayers and last but not least that is the most important دعاء tonight guess what is it ask Allah to hasten the reappearance of our Imam you adjil فرج الإمام عجل الله فرج to hasten his return we need a leader in the dua of the dua that we recite not dua الفرج the dua just Samira Miri was reciting افتتاح اللهم إنا نشكو إليك فقد نبينا صلواتك عليه وآله وغيبة ولينا we are fatherless we are leaderless this is why we are in disarray this is why we need a commander we need a leader we need an Imam and as long as we commit sins it is going to be delayed and delayed and delayed it depends on us we want him to come back look at yourself fix yourself repent from your sins change yourself transform yourself the Imam is going to be ready Allah says I put it conditional on you if you are ready for him I will send him tonight if not don't ask me to send him because it will be it would be a waste of time waste of time he would not even find supporters or helpers let's prepare for tonight before I conclude most likely the Eid is going to be on Sunday the 25th my brothers and sisters most likely follow us through the website and the emails that we send and we are going to inform you by Saturday by Saturday night we are going to inform you if the Eid is Sunday then Salatul Eid is going the first Salat is going to be here at 8 am in the morning inside and outside and Zakatul Firtr which is mandatory Zakatul Firtr is mandatory on the day of Eid to be given to the poor and the needy poor someone who cannot make the budget of the year someone who needs with his family $50,000 he or she would make $40,000 $45,000 a year that person deserves Zakatul Firtr it is $15 per person so a family of 5 would pay $75 that is $15 per person the bread winner of the family should pay that amount the bread winner if the husband the father is the bread winner he would take care of it if the mother if the mother is the bread winner sorry to say that then she has to pay that Insha'Allah so it depends on you whether you want to be bread winner or consumer only