How To Fast Ramadan?

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innovation is a bit every bit is misguidance. And every misguidance will be in Hellfire and bad

when we understand and think about

why we fast the month of Ramadan, the why of Ramadan,

it becomes then easier for us to understand and implement, how to fast the month of Ramadan, the howl of Ramadan. So the why and the how are connected. And the more that we understand the why the better the house is, the better the implementation is and the practice, because we understand the reason and the objective behind what we are trying to do. And this is particularly important in actions that are repetitive that can become a habit, like salah and like fasting because the more that you do them, the more that they become a routine and a routine by definition is something that you're not conscious of, not fully conscious of you had become used to accustomed to. So you can do

it automatically without thinking about it. We can pray without even thinking about it because it had become a habit. So it's here

It's important to have a renewal HD, where you go back and understand why is it in the first place? I'm doing these things.

And here in the howdy that you know the messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when he said, mon sama, Ravana, EMA and and yT 704 Allahumma Takata me then be the one who fasts, Ramadan, out of E man and out of St. sab will have his or her previous sins forgiven. So a man here is a man and Allah subhana wa Tada. And here is expecting the rewards from him, he was outlining and explaining the cause and the goal, the cause of the fast and the goal and the cause and the goal are not identical, there are slight differences between them. The cause is what motivates you to do this, why did you do it in the first place? Not the goal, what do you want to accomplish by that? So when he says he,

Myrna, this is because why are you fasting, believing in Allah subhanho wa Taala that he commanded this and that he loves this, that is the motivation for me to fast.

And that teaches us through fasting to become true slaves of Allah subhana wa tada be the lifespan of what Allah where we know that we fast because he said so. And on certain days we do not fast it's prohibited to fast because Allah said so and we put a foot forward because Allah says so and we put a foot backward because Allah says so, and in all matters, and all of our affairs we try to be slaves of Allah subhanho wa Taala and this is command tasleem. This is command with complete surrender and submission to Allah subhanho wa Taala that is the religion of Islam, Commando tasleem and the more that a person has this complete surrender to Allah subhanho wa Taala a better Muslim he

or she become. So this is what you're trying to achieve. As panela Allah subhana wa tada says in the Quran, Allah Coolio methanogen

one is the moon, he says every people have a set time after that they will expire and and when that set time comes, they're not going to be delayed and they are not going to proceed that set time. So we are all under the power of Allah subhanho wa Taala when the time comes, we cannot negotiate. So since we are physically under the power of Allah Subhana within Allah wants you to be spiritually and emotionally also under the power of Allah subhana wa tada by choice, so that you will forward when Allah says so. And you stop when Allah says so you eat when the law says so and you stop eating when the law says so. And fasting teaches that. So why are you doing this imana estaba because I am

expecting that reward from Allah subhanho wa Taala and from no one else, and you will understand and I will understand through fasting, that it is not worth it actually to seek the approval of anyone else but Allah

that any other approval is not worth it and you'd be an I would be wasting our time seeking the approval of everybody or anybody else. Why because their approval is temporary, it does not last, and their approval does not bring the benefit that you seek from it. And all of that, in the end is under the power and permission of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So it's a waste of time to seek anybody's approval. And both of these things, the cause and effect create a Muslim

that is unique.

And that is also independent. And that is a slave of Allah, not a slave of himself or herself, or the people and the culture around them.

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It says do not be a yes man.

saying if people are good and doing good, I'm going to do good. And if people are doing evil and are evil, I'm going to be like them.

Meaning whatever the crowd is doing, I'm going to do

but habituate yourself and get used to the fact that if people are doing good that you do good and if people are doing evil, you avoid wrongdoing.

What is this? Yes ma'am. You will read the Quran that port man with

him. I am with

whatever you do, I'm with you.

This is right. You say it's right down with you tomorrow you say it's wrong. I'm with you.

Today you want to dress this way I am with you tomorrow you will do the opposite. I am with you. There is no opinion for that person. There are no standards. There are no ideals for that person. Whatever the crowd is doing there.

To do, and you will hear a lot of Muslims saying, All people are doing this, why not us?

And even Assad is saying, don't be me, I am with them whatever they're going to do, don't be a crowd pleaser. But distinguish yourself and set yourself apart. If what they're doing is good, then that's fine, do good, and let that help you and propel you to do more good. But if they are doing evil, don't succumb to it, don't accept it, but set yourself apart from it and avoid the wrongdoing.

So do not be an inmate and fasting teaches this, why are you fasting? Are you fasting in my fasting because it is socially accepted from You're expected for me to fast my family's fasting, the community is fasting is this reason why I'm fasting, what happens if I'm alone in my city by myself, am I going to continue to fast and will that fast because because of a lot of because of habits and customs, there will be people who will be fasting or fasting and they are the only people fasting in their families and in their neighborhood, and they will be struggling. And they will be doing that for Allah subhanho wa Taala. So we want to distinguish our fast from the fast of habit and to the

past of obedience to Allah subhana wa tada and so are the rest of our actions.

And also, when we do that, brothers and sisters,

we will separate our fasting from other practices that somehow got attached to our fasting

and somehow decrease its rewards and somehow take away from it. For instance, the habit, especially in Muslim countries, and it could actually be here as well. We would watch most TV, in the month of Ramadan. were the best programs are prepared for the month of Ramadan, our people are complaining nowadays, that the worst programs not only the best, the worst programs morally, ethically are prepared for the month of Ramadan, so that the entire Muslim population in every country would sit instead of learning something from Allah and His Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa he would send them they will learn that film.

So this there is this complete, that the message of Ramadan, that the practice of Ramadan is being subverted. So when we ask ourselves why we will distinguish it between the fasting that Allah wants and the fasting that we inherited, which is not necessarily the fasting of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam where people watch a lot of entertainment where people overeat, or people spend most of their time socializing rather than reading the Koran and etc. And it's not haram to eat and it's not haram to socialize, but within a balance within a balance so that you don't waste your month of Ramadan, doing these other things, neglecting the most essential thing in it. imana rattie Saba.

So we must have that intention for the month of Ramadan, for the entirety of the month of Ramadan, and the intention is the most important thing to have.

We will also spend a little bit of time with other practices in the month of Ramadan. Let us take care of the practice of eating the pre dawn meal.

What can we learn from it? It's not just simply a meal. The beauty of what the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is teaching is that there is something behind everything. It's not just a meal. It's not just bread that you are eating a rice that you're eating, there is something behind it. And he says there so Allahu alayhi wa sallam, first of all Medina.

He says what sets apart our fasting from the fasting of the people of the book is that pre dawn meal.

And he says there's a huddle Fein, that is the holy Baraka. He says, he does the whole because there is Baraka in that hood. So it does two very important things. It keeps your fasting intact, pure as Allah subhanho wa Taala revealed it. And we look at the practices of previous nations. They were or they had one particular form to them. But through time, what did they do? They changed it.

The form didn't stay the same. The practice didn't say the same. And so the benefit disappeared.

So here the prophets of Allah, how are you and he was sending me saying here, I am putting here something that is going to distinguish your fasting from other types of fasting, keep it so that your fasting will continue to be different, unique, attract people to it, and you will continue to learn from it.

So keeping our religion intact, is important. And also bringing into our fasting the Baraka from Allah subhanho wa Taala.

I'm not going to eat there, maybe I'm not hungry. Maybe I'm not going to eat that meal. Or maybe I don't feel that I want to eat it but

I remember this barakah in it even if few sips of water, there is Baraka in it and I want to bring the bottle of Allah subhana wa Taala into my fast and into my life. And that teaches us something. Whenever you find Baraka from Allah subhanho wa Taala in anything you tried to bring it into your life, you eager to capture it.

So the there will be a difference in the past thing of a person who brings that Baraka, conscious of it and the person who doesn't.

Then when we start our fasting in the day

and even if we find the bite of hunger, and are thirsty,

we understand that this is something as we explained before, this is something that Allah subhana wa tada loves.

And if Allah loves it, and we love Allah subhana wa Taala will find that our hearts will fly to it.

Even if there is difficulty in it, as Musa alayhis salam says Raja to La kuraby retirada II, Allah hastened on a rush towards you so that you would be happy with me.

That's what Allah subhana wa Tada, loves. If this is something that Allah loves, you rush to it, you run to it. And sometimes people need to tell us that and sometimes no one needs to tell you that. Because if you love Allah subhana wa tada and he loves this thing, you will just rush to do it automatically. Notice how you behave with other human beings that you love.

Find that they love something to eat, or drink. If you know that they love this particular thing, and you really love them. Without anyone asking you you will rush. Even if it's hard, you will rush to get it.

Why because it makes them happy. And their happiness makes you happy, right?

their happiness makes you happy.

And if you love Allah subhana wa tada and this is the test. If you love Allah subhanho wa Taala then you will say to yourself, if this makes Allah happy, and whatever makes you happy, makes me happy, then this fasting makes me happy. So you rush to it. Yeah, Allah, I am doing something, if there's hardship in it, but it's making you happy. So it's making me happy as well.

And in that way, fasting becomes easy.

Not difficult, not a task, not a burden, but an opportunity.

And when we taste,

hunger and thirst in it, what is it also teaches us

It teaches us or reminds us

that

getting hungry or thirsty, or experiencing your deficiencies in life is part of its test.

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We're going to test you Allah subhana wa tada is saying, we are going to test you with a little bit with a touch of fear and hunger.

So part of life test is to lack something is to have something and to lose it.

And this is something that the shaytan uses against us uses our fear against us. What if you go hungry? What if you become poor? What if you lose so and so. And that actually is the nature of life, some of it is going to happen, but the shaytan exaggerates its impact and exaggerate your weakness so that you'd be terrified of it. A shape

the shape on promises you poverty, he's trying to terrify you with it. So when you do something like that, when you fast you encounter some of your fears.

you encounter some of that fear and you discover that by Allah subhanho wa Taala you have the will to conquer it.

By the assistance of Allah you have the will to prevail against it.

So there is no need to be afraid even if that fear even if that hunger comes. And a lot of Muslims in the world today are hungry. But even if that comes that Allah will give you the power to overcome even if that fear comes that Allah will give you the power to come overcome you don't need to be terrified of it. So the month of Ramadan is now teaching you do not be afraid of losing this dunya

Do not be afraid for instance of hunger or thirst or losing so and so experienced now just a little bit of that bite because it will teach you that you can develop your Will you could develop your Eman so that these things are not terrifying so much. And we remember also

because what we talked about first now is involuntary hunger, involuntary fear, you'd have no way to control it. It just happens. But there is another type of hunger and fear that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam and the early companions experienced

choice. They went hungry.

Why did they go hungry because they said that you know hi Lola amadora sobre la right and they insisted on it and they were afraid. So when we go hungry we remember the hunger of Mohammed Salah lolly, it was seldom the boycott, the many days that he spent with nothing to eat them and he spent days that they spent with nothing to eat that they would take leather or leather and chew it because that's the only thing that they can find. And we understand that this could be a natural byproduct of calling to Allah subhana wa Taala and being a Muslim, and again, there will be no reason to be afraid of it, there will be no reason to be terrified by it and to accept the threats of the shavon

because you can overcome and prevail. And a little bit, a little bit of hunger and a little bit of fear will be followed by abundance from Allah subhanho wa Taala if we are true believers and notice what happened to the companions of Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in the beginning, we could hardly find anything to eat. And then so Allah subhana wa Taala opened this world for them.

So there is needs or there needs to be a test. And we need to have that resolve and that patience but after it. If we are steadfast and patient Allah subhana wa Taala will reward immensely. And that is one thing that fasting teaches, in addition to the fact that when we are hungry and thirsty, we also remember the poor and I want you to keep remembering the poor, especially the Muslims but also non Muslims. He still Allah Hollywood and he was in them was the most generous in Ramadan. So you will be made aware or more aware of the plight of Muslims around you and worldwide and you will find that your heart will be more amenable to giving in this month. So actually go ahead and give

and decrease the suffering of Muslims around you. That is also part of what Ramadan teaches. Apolo holy, how do I stop through line you want to confess

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the Muslim who is seeking

the approval and the pleasure of Allah subhanho wa Taala when he is fasting, and she is fasting during their days, will not only fast from eating and drinking, but also for anything that upsets Allah subhanho wa Taala. So they will be watching their eyes, and then re watching their tongue. And they'll be watching their hands and they'll be watching their feet and all of these limbs have to also fast for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala.

Because it's not simply or it's not enough for us to stay from what is physical from food and drink, but then commit to what could be even more heinous in the sight of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So you have to stay and we have to train ourselves. We have the will we have the power Allah subhana wa Taala endowed us with it and you can ask Allah for assistance, but stay away from everything that angers him. And when you reach that time of a startup,

and you're about to break your fast. You remember here, that time when you will be meeting Allah Subhana who were to Allah and you will see the reward of that fast and that is the happiness that is going to come to you happiness because one day of fasting is done, and you hope from Allah subhanho wa Taala one day of fasting I hope from Allah when I see him, that Day will be with me, that Day will be for me that day will help save me one day is done by the mercy and power of Allah subhana wa Tada. So this is happiness, natural happiness, and then you will partake of the Hillel that Allah had given to you and He will read the decree and you will make that time is accepted and see the

blessings of Allah subhana wa Taala that are coming your way, one after the other, that is happiness. That is happiness.

And you realize also something that is very important here.

Though there is some hardship in what Allah subhanaw taala may ask us to do sometimes, once it's done, the hardship disappears and fizzles away as if it's not there. After you eat, somebody asks you did you experience hardship and fasting, so it's gone, it's behind me. It's done. So is everything else.

The enjoyment of this life once you enjoy it, and it's done, it's as

If you did not enjoy it, it's gone.

And the hardship that comes with this life when you are done with it, it's gone as if it's not there. And so when you will meet Allah subhanho wa Taala, right and you will look back at your life, or the hardship that you went through involuntary or voluntary, as we explained,

all of that will seem as if it was a dream. And the only thing that will be in front of you now is the reward of Allah subhanho wa Taala or his punishment. So think about it, when you are breaking your fast, though there is some difficulty and challenge, go through it because when you're done with it, it'd be as if you did not do anything, Allah subhanho wa Taala will make sure of that.

It'll be as if you did not carry any burden at all, and there was no hardship at all.

And if you choose the other path and you try to enjoy your life, and when you finish actually enjoying something that Allah has forbidden, you look at it and you say, it's as if I did not enjoy anything. Because what follows is pain and sorrow and shame and guilt, naturally.

And that is just a taste of what is to come later.

Then at night,

that is the night of the Quran and the entire 24 hours are also for the Quran. But there there is that prayer at night, where you will be hearing the Quran. And when you're hearing the Quran, one of the things that you can remember is Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said sitting in the cave of Shiva and that was the month of Ramadan.

And then he was seeking Allah's guidance, what to do and how to do it. And then that message from Allah subhanho wa Taala and the Quran pierces the night of darkness that had covered humanity. And Allah says here is the slide and here is my guidance. And he guides him so a lot of you it was him and through him He guides everybody else around him till this day. So it was this haoran that connected to heaven to this earth and rescued them from themselves and the people around them rescued them from ignorance, rescued them from shark

and it continues to rescue till today. So when you are standing, listening to the Quran,

you want to recollect and think about how it rescued them and guided them and how it can continue to rescue us and guide us today.

This is my connection to the Quran.

This is why it is in the month of Ramadan. And in our recitation of the Quran and listening to it, let's try to focus on something which is that it's about learning the lessons from it.

Understanding it

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He says the Quran was revealed. So that they would apply it meaning read it, then apply it, understand it, contemplate ponder and then apply all but instead it does a domitilla tiama instead, they restricted this application to reading it. So the Orion in the sense for instance is revealed. You read you understand and you take that into application. He says now they have severed the last part and the only remaining part is that they just read it.

That is it. And nothing comes after.

So this is what we want to actually avoid. Yes, you have to read the Quran. And there is reward it's meritorious to read the Quran. But more important than just reading the Quran. Do you understand what Allah is talking to you about in the Quran? Are you learning something from it? Are you taking it into your life or not?

So it is more important especially if we are people who only read the Quran in Ramadan.

If you are a person who reads the Quran continuously every month, he finishes the Quran then in Ramadan, you want to read it 235 times 10 times and 100 in that proceed. If I am a person who only reads the Quran in Ramadan, it's not important or as important for me to finish two, three and five and 10 finished one one, but understand, let me understand what you understand what we are reading. That is more important. And that is essentially the reason why the Quran was revealed. So when you're listening to the old on behind the Imam, if you don't understand the Arabic you go back to the translation and try to take for every day and every night something from what you've read, that

can benefit you and your family and the people who are around you.

And the last thing that I want to say is

the prophets of Allah Allah Yuan, he was in them says the man in the Hallelujah Ramadan for law.

He says humiliated and in loss is the person

Who is in Ramadan? Who witnesses Ramadan and is not forgiven?

You know what is this like?

This is like someone who was invited to an open buffet a feast,

free of charge.

And he goes there and he comes back home and he says I didn't eat anything and I'm still hungry.

Or a person who is attending a sort of a giveaway. People are giving money, no conditions, he attends that and he comes back home and he says, I have no money with me. And I'm still poor.

And it to that effect the prophets of Allah Allah who it was lm is saying here here is this forgiveness, this feast from Allah subhanho wa Taala and the one who witnesses the month of Ramadan from beginning to end and comes back or comes out of it, without any forgiveness has experienced a loss and humiliation loss in this life and loss and humiliation in the next.

So it will be incredible for us for any one of us. So just this is a user statement from metal audio, audio,

loss and humiliation for anyone who did not get forgiveness from Allah. So if we leave that one without some forgiveness from Allah subhanho wa Taala then that had it will fit.

So now you're going to be coming in sha Allah upon a feast of forgiveness,

a feast or Belle bounties to Allah subhanho wa Taala so do not fail to take advantage of it. And command your friends, your families, your acquaintances, people around you. There is a great month that is coming. Take advantage of it.

So ask Allah subhana wa tada to help us take advantage of the month of Ramadan. He Allah make us of those who are forgiven in the month of Ramadan. He Allah make us of those who are forgiven in the month of Ramadan. He Allah make us of those who are forgiven in the month of Ramadan. He Allah helped us to pass the month of Ramadan, Eman and YT Sabha. He Allah helped us fast the month of Ramadan, Eman and wacky Saba Allah help us fast the month of Ramadan amen and YT Saba II Allah help us pray during the month of Ramadan amen and YT server IE Allah help us pray during the month of Ramadan amen and YT Saba II Allah help us pray during the month of Ramadan amen and YT Saba II Allah

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