Before Rmadan gone!
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Oh ALLAH pray upon our lord Muhammad, and his family, and Companion
First of all, I praise ALLAH almighty… that he allowed us to talk about the future of the days approaching… precious days... If ALLAH told the beloved one “ إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلاً ثَقِيلاً ” [Verily soon, We shall cast on you a weighty, an awe-inspiring or stern, word, a weighty Quran]...
And if weighty speech is casted... its days are heavier… its verses are heavier… its proofs are heavier… and its gifts are heavier…
Prepare yourselves and hearts to perceive these heavy words I’ll speak about 4 important points :
If you were truthful… in taking and understanding these points… I ask ALLAH almighty to make you from those who win, and gain blessings, and get ALLAH’s almighty and most majesty greatest pleasure…
1- Key
Any house you can’t enter it but through the door… and it might be locked so you need a key… “ وَأْتُواْ ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا ”[ so come to the houses by their doors].. and a door without a key wont be opened…
2-The Evidence
And it’s divided in two parts : 1-Evidence, as a leader... 2-Evidence, in a visual meaning, which is called road map
We’re walking towards ALLAH almighty… and in Ramadan we want to get something
3- Safe 4-End
The Key… is a gift from ALLAH almighty... He’ll give it each one of you, but you need someone to guide you to the key, and how to open… and what to open?... and what’s required from opening ?
The Key is your coming month... If anyone of you was able to get the key… and later could open the safe’s door… which will neither be opened nor given but in Ramadan…
That’s why the prophet – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion – spoke about a first meaning… so all people will understand… because he wants to attract attention to a great meaning… “He’s far; who lives until Ramadan and his sins weren’t forgiven “
Scholars said: The first thing the believer is given… the first gift… his sins are forgiven!!
Then Ramadan is a great key… but to deal with Ramadan… I must have a special deal with this month… Knowledge… Relationship… Communication… Love… Longing
And I ask you a question… when you were told Ramadan almost entered what’s the first thing that comes to your mind ?
Some think Oh Hunger! This is his share!... Others think tiredness, this is his share!... Other fears that there’s something he’s unaware about, throughout all years of fasting, yet he’s not getting the blessings in Ramadan… and other thinks how can I please ALLAH? This is a key!!
Each one of you knows his sustenance from this question… If the answer is great, rejoice with great gifts… and if it was big, rejoice with big gifts… and if your answer, you’re bashful with, we say change your opinion… you still you still have the opportunity before you miss the blessings…
Why did we say before Ramadan ends?... because we’re talking about people before you… if they missed any moment of Ramadan, they considered that they missed all Ramadan… If the first moment enters…
Before the first moment enters…
Because the first breath of Ramadan… is connected to the second and third and fourth…
I ask you another question… do you remember the first day you fasted in your life ? When, how, why, what are its results ? how old were you ?
They say because in the beginning of your fasting… it has an impact in the rest Ramadans you’re going to pass through in your life… and that’s why the prophet – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion – put lots of effort in this issue…
And that’s why ALLAH connected Ramadan with a special prayer for it, which is Taraweeh… and made in it spirits of Ramadan… breaths of Ramadan…
And that’s why don’t wonder that the prophet – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion – set a special reward for Anyone who prays in Ramadan motivated by belief and in expectation of the reward will be forgiven his past wrong actions… yet he said who fasts Ramadan motivated by belief and in expectation of the reward will be forgiven his past wrong actions… if I fasted Ramadan and my sins were forgiven… how does the prophet – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion – says who prays in Ramadan motivated by belief and in expectation… ok my sins were forgiven!
Because fasting is related with praying, and praying has a special forgiveness… so does fasting has a special forgiveness ..
Try to remember the first day you fasted… because on the first day you were given a gift from ALLAH, and it was set in your heart… and your heart is a beholder of that gift…
The more you try… the more you bring out what ALLAH sett in you, from the first day you fasted ..
So you’d strengthen your relation with Ramadan...
There’s a start many people are oblivious about, although hadith came talking about it, but why are Muslims underestimating this issue, and undervaluing it!!
Anything the prophet – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion – came with is great, and we must hold on to it firmly, whereas it’s the key to lots of safes…
1) Which is getting to see the crescent... to act like the beloved one – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion –, even if from your house look at the crescent, if it was the 29th of Sha’ban, because it has a secret…
So you’d be from the first of whom are looked at on the Day of Resurrection
Because ALLAH loves to see you turning your face in the direction of the sky, as the beloved one – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion – used to, ALLAH is not in one place so I’d look at him, but because of the extreme longing for what comes from ALLAH.
ALLAH almighty said : ‘’قَدْ نَرَىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضَاهَا ’’ [We have indeed seen you turning your face about in the, direction of the, heaven, looking around for the Revelation and longing for the command to face the Kaaba; now We will surely turn you to a direction that shall satisfy you, that you will love]... whereas Quran doesn’t come with nonsense, from this verse he could have said face the direction but he said ‘’ we have indeed seen you ..’‘... and the prophet used to go out and turn his face in the direction of the sky… waiting for Gabriel to come down with revelation…
Also intend to get exposed to ALLAH’s whiffs the moment it’s announced that Ramadan’s crescent came out then you move to the second phase, and those who are exposed are the best of all servants…
There’s a difference between who switches channels in TV waiting… and another who’s anxious, waiting, and afraid to miss that moment, and if you miss it you’ve missed big blessings.
That’s why the prophet – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion – mentioned in Sahih Muslim… Anas – May ALLAH be pleased from him – said what means : It rained, and the prophet – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion – hurried outside, and lifted his wrapper a little bit, until his feet showed, and his face was full of joy, Lord Anas was surprised, he hasn’t seen such attitude from the beloved one – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion – before, so he told him:’’ It recently came from ALLAH !’‘...
So we see the crescent even from our houses, and if you see it don’t miss this prayer…
’’ ALLAHumma Ahillahu alaina bilyumni wale man wal salama wal Islam rabby wa rabbukka ALLAH [ Oh ALLAH let it shine on us with welfare, faith, safety, and Islam, your God and mine is ALLAH]... Previous good people said : this prayer, ALLAH has settled in it from the safes, what’s opened to you in Ramadan... Prayers ALLAH loves to hear…
That’s why a lot of us, many Ramadans pass by and he didn’t say this prayer you missed a lot of blessings!... and it’s a simple prayer… don’t get busy with anything in this hour, and if you were the first of whom are looked at, then rejoice with fasting and praying at night of which ALLAH loves, so you live and you’re looked at from ALLAH… ’’ وَتَحْسَبُونَهُ هَيِّناً وَهُوَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَظِيمٌ ’’ [And you suppose it to be a light matter, while with ALLAH it’s something important]...
If your breath, O’ you who fast, the prophet – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion – mentioned that it’s nicer to ALLAH than the scent of musk, then you, and your fasting are close to ALLAH, where as in other months you’re with ALLAH, but in Ramadan you’re close to ALLAH, and it’s the most precious thing the believer would ask for ‘’ فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ’’ [in an abode of truth, a place of truth, wherein there is no idle talk or cause for sin, close to One of a mighty and vast kingdom, Who is Omnipotent, Powerful, Whom nothing can thwart, namely, God, exalted be He , indicates glorious rank and closeness to His bounty, exalted be He] ..
From the things you greet Ramadan with, and be prepared for :
2) Prepare yourself intentions, what do you want from ALLAH? He’s free for you!
Choose High intentions and wills, what do you want from Ramadan?! I want to be set free from the merciful, who has mercy, and the forgiver who forgiveness, I ask the forgiver in his forgiveness and the Merciful in his mercy ,,
Didn’t he say he that he derived mercy from his name, whoever joins it I will join him, so what’s the relationship between relatives with the compassionate ( al-rahim bil- rahman)... So Ask for your relationship
And I give you meanings of ‘’ وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِي’’ [I chose you to myself, to deliver the message], and ask the forgiveness and the forgiver, and the mercy and the merciful, and the light , and prepare yourself goals and intentions from now... whereas ‘’ According to your intentions you’re given..
And note that intention, its place is not by your tongue, its place is in the heart, and saying it out loud is preferable.
Speech is in the heart… and the tongue for the heart is a guide ..
Intentions are keys for bounties what do you want from your creator?!What do you want from him?! And what does he want from you?!
His will is related to your will, he wants to repent on you, so if you repent his will moves according to yours…
Ramadan’s intentions prepare them, and set yourself goals… If you said my mind is empty!!!I don’t have intentions!! Search in your notebooks… There are no intentions for Ramadan… What’s required from me? Ramadan comes and you don’t have intentions?!! NO
From today Ask O’ ALLAH teach me ‘’ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْماً ’’ [O’ God, increase me in knowledge] Admit ignorance and say My God teach me, I don’t understand anything, and He’s the one to teach you and he shall give you…
And don’t say the blessings are slow, whereas his blessings didn’t stop unless you think they’re slow… ’‘But you rush’’ Don’t rush, and attend, and head to ALLAH…
Dealing with Quran in Ramadan is not like other months... I wont say how many times you’ll finish it. But I want you in Ramadan to do something special, lots of us say I’ll wait until Ramadan So I’d start from the beginning of the Quran!!
Continue what you’ve already started, and finish in Ramadan, because finishing Quran in Ramadan has special privacy..
Finish The Quran the way ALLAH loves ’‘ALLAH loves al-witr (single, odd)’‘.. so divide what you read on three parts… and the prophet said it with a statement ’‘Beginning of it is mercy, and the middle of it is forgiveness, and the end is setting free from fire’‘...
I want you to enter the prophecy niche, and the door is the beloved one, you gain special look from the beloved one – ALLAH’s prayers and peace be upon him, and his family, and companion -...
That’s why Special people said : If the task is divided in odd parts, it must be completed, because it’s related to ALLAH... ALLAH doesn’t love something without a reason, If He loves something he invites you to it.
For example: You want to finish the Quran 3 times, so you finish it once every 10 days, and if you couldn’t, finish it twice and divide it on 3 parts, and if you couldn’t finish it once and not less!
Distribute the way you deal with Quran according to the following : Lots of us read without a certain method, and some according to what they’re capable to, but he missed a lot of blessings
You’re asked to do 3 things : 1-Recite, 2-Contemplate, 3-Memorize
1)Before I talk about reciting, I ask you frankly:” from the time you started reading Quran until this moment – of course all of you finished reading Quran – but I ask you “How many times you finished it while you’re standing in prayers”... Most of us read while he’s sitting, or lying down… you didn’t finish it, not once while you’re standing?!
Then write it down, in Ramadan I’ll finish Quran while I’m standing in prayers, and call it ” Finishing Quran while standing “, other than the usual reading, so by that you’ll finish it twice…
An opportunity is opened to you, the caller has called so answer... Ask it directly from him and don’t say my time or work, say I want to finish Quran while standing in prayers, I’m weak but I want to do it in Ramadan ..
That’s why they say :’‘The secrets of Quran, shall not cast, but on who’s reading it while standing ’‘... ‘’ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ * قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً * نِصْفَهُ أَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلاً * أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلاً * إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلاً ثَقِيلاً ” [O you enwrapped in your garment!, the Prophet, the one who wraps himself up in his clothes when the Revelation [Gabriel] comes to him, in fear of him because of his awe-inspiring presence.* Stand vigil, perform prayer, through the night, except a little* a half of it ,or reduce of it, of the half, a little, up to a third* or add to it, up to two thirds, and recite the Quran, recite it carefully, in a measured tone* Verily soon, We shall cast on you a weighty, an awe-inspiring or stern, word, a weighty Quran]... The secret of Quran comes in the state you’re standing up, so try hard and prepare yourself, and finish daily 1 part(20 pages) while standing up… and you’ll find wonders, and I’m responsible for that, you’ll find wonders in your heart while you’re reciting Quran carefully in a measured tone…
And who doesn’t memorize Quran by heart, he opens it, but be careful not to move more than 3 moves according to Al-Shafi’ia…
ALLAH’s blessings deserve to stay up for, so recite this year in a special way
2) Contemplating: Time to contemplate make it during the day, and time to recite make it during the night, and if you recite at night, then during the day contemplate what you’ve read at night so you’d connect between them, because sustenance of the verse is related to the day “وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلنَّهَارَ مَعَاشاً” especially after Al-Fajr.
You couldn’t contemplate one part, at least one sura or half one, or one verse at least daily… Try your best,” فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ مَا ٱسْتَطَعْتُمْ ”[ So fear God as far as you can].. listen and obey…
Use all your abilities, spiritual, physical, and he’ll give you, because charities are for poor, so be poor in Ramadan and ALLAH will give you..
3)There’s no doubt that during reading Quran within 30 days, you’ll find verses that will affect you, shake your heart, and concern you so write them down, and repeat them on an on, because your sustenance is from them, and the believer’s sustenance is in The Quran “ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
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