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in the name of Allah most gracious most
merciful we praise Allah creator of the
heavens and the Earth and we send peace
and blessings to all of the prophets and
Messengers and especially to our last
beloved Prophet Muhammad IB
abdah wasam
and we begin with the greeting words of
the
righteous alhamdulillah we thank Allah
subhana wa taala for the opportunity to
be Muslim in the month of Ramadan we
thank Allah subhana taala for the
opportunity to gain countless rewards in
this blessed time and we thank Allah
subhana tala for being part of the umah
of
Muhammed this umah has spread across the
planet and so there are people in the
mountains in Mongolia in Tibet in the
deserts in the Sahara of West Africa in
the deserts of Arabia in Southeast Asia
in the jungles in America in the midwest
throughout the planet there are people
who are fasting who are praying who are
giving their sodaka and if we could
imagine the Earth in its rotation in its
relationship to the Sun that constantly
as time changes as the light changes in
different parts of the world also
people's actions are changing so if we
look at the planet all together we will
find that in the month of Ramadan there
is simultaneous action going on
somewhere in the world there is a body
of Muslims who are
fasting or praying or giving charity to
the poor or calling to the good and
forbidding
evil there are people who are trying to
to correct their lives purify themselves
this is a great blessing and this is
part of the special quality of the month
of Ramadan in relationship to the last
messenger Muhammad Alat wasam we also
know that the prophet Muhammad Sall Al
wasallam came not only to the arabic
speaking people but he came to the
non-arabs he came not only to human
beings but he came to the Gin he came to
creatures uh created from smokeless fire
and through him the Quran was revealed
to them Surah Jin a chapter specially
for the Jin and so the spirit world
another frequency is also part of the
month of
Ramadan so the blessings in this month
the virtues of this month spread
throughout creation as we say
alhamd we say all praises to Allah Lord
of all the worlds so Allah asael is the
Lord of human beings the lord of the Gin
the lord of the insects the lord of the
planets the Lord of every living being
every part of the universe all universes
all parts of
Creation with this power and might Allah
subhana tala is so merciful to us to
give us a chance to communicate with him
to praise him and to be part of the umah
of the last prophet Muhammad wasam the
prophet muham M sallam did not speak
from himself he spoke from above seven
heavens and in his words there is great
wisdom if we look at some of these a
Hadith we find virtues that are so
important in understanding this month in
one Hadith reported in sah Muslim the
translation goes that the prophet Sall
wasallam said the five daily prayers a
Believer performs attending Juma one
after after another and fasting one
Ramadan after another are an experation
an atonement for all of the major sins
he has accumulated from in between
them the prophet sallam took it a step
further and he informed
us whoever fasts in the month of
Ramadan with man cherishing his faith
and with confident expectation in the
reward from Allah subhana wa ta'ala will
have all of his sins forgiven so Ramadan
is a time
ofan it is a time of the Forgiveness of
the sins it is a great blessing to be a
Muslim because surely as human beings we
are committing sins every day we commit
sins with our tongues sins with our eyes
sins with our hands we walk into sinful
places we think about sinful things and
Ramadan is a chance for us to have all
of this taken away from our Scrolls from
our book that would be delivered to us
on the day of Resurrection so we are
blessed to be part of the um of the
Prophet Muhammad Sall Ali wasallam and
blessed to have a way out that comes to
us yearly in the month of
Ramadan the prophet Salli wasallam also
said that um and he said this while
describing uh some of the mysterious
scenes that he saw in a vision he said I
saw a man belonging to my
community panting from thirst he
approached a fountain of water to drink
from but at last he was driven away from
it then his fasting of Ramadan came to
his Rescue It offered him a drink from
the same Fountain which quenched his
thirst in another had reported
in the prophet Sall wasallam said on the
arrival of the first night of Ramadan
the shatine the devilish and rebellious
Jin are locked up in Chains and the
doors of Janam the doors of hell are
shut down and the doors of Heaven are
opened and an Angelic announcer an angel
will declare oh seeker of good come
forth
it oh seeker of evil hold and restrain
yourself Allah frees Souls from Hellfire
every single night in the month of
Ramadan so the blessings of this month
are
countless and as we see in this
tradition the prophet peace be upon him
has informed us that on a spiritual
level the air is clear that the evil Jin
the evil shtin are locked up and we know
from the traditions of the Prophet Salli
wasallam that every person has
a that is a type of jinny and evil uh
spirit which is around us that Whispers
to us that tempts us some people even
hear voices inside of their head and
they even asked the prophet Sall
wasallam so what about you if every
human being has a k then what about you
oh messenger of Allah and he said even
me but mine has accepted
Islam so we know that our Kar has not
accepted Islam and we're blessed that
that evil force those sounds that we
hear those bad thoughts that we hear
will be taken away during this month so
on a spiritual
level this month is clear and it is
important for a person who is taking
habab on a person was taking account of
themsel some people blame their actions
upon voices that they hear some people
blame their actions upon forces outside
of their control but in the month of
Ramadan it is between the human being
and Allah subhana wa ta'ala so whatever
is within our hearts what whatever in
our lives it is clear in this month the
month has given us a special
position with Allah Asel the creator of
the heavens and the Earth and so the
blessings within this Hadith show us
countless mercies that Allah subhana wa
ta'ala is giving to the Believers the
prophet p and blessings be upon him has
shown Us in
hadithi that all of the actions of the
son of Adam are for himself except
fasting that is for me and I will
especially reward for this and so Allah
subhana tal is showing us that in this
month there are special blessings that
the relationship with the creator has
changed the evil forces are chained up
and so we are now in a position that we
can
communicate what is in our minds what is
in our actions each individual let every
one of us
take account of the year that passed
what did we do what thoughts came in our
mind how did we spend our wealth did we
give our wealth in the path of Allah did
we give to the poor did we help to build
the Masid did we help to to to to
alleviate the suffering of some of the
orphans what did we do with our time did
we spend all of our time in uh making
material things
did we work only for the or did we work
for the and the this life and the next
how did we
spend our time how what did we do with
the blessings of our bodies if we were
strong people did we use our strength to
help the weak if we were intelligent
people if Allah blessed us with uh
intelligence and knowledge did we use
that intelligence in order to gain more
money in this world to gain wealth or
did we take some of our intelligence and
give it to people who are not so
fortunate this is a time of account
taking this is a time when our minds are
clear our bodies are clear the spiritual
world is clear and we don't have to
worry about the cares and chores that of
of that people go through in making
their breakfast in looking for their
lunch in thinking about snacks during
the day no we we're blessed now our body
is functioning on its own strength and
it is remarkable how well our body can f
function without food and so that is
part of the clearness even the doctors
tell us that in fasting our blood system
is cleared so the very blood that is
pumping through our body has been
purified and it clears the brain so
Ramadan in a sense is a clearing house
it is a time for us to be able to look
at the p past go on to the future we can
look at our sins we can gain
forgiveness uh from uh the wrongs that
we have done and then we can prepare
oursel for the year to
come this is one of the great darat one
of the great
levels given to the umah of the Prophet
Muhammad Salli wasallam and so it is so
much of a blessing to be a follower of
this last messenger it is so much of a
mercy to be a Muslim that this body that
normally holds us down this body that
normally calls to us for food that
normally distracts us with sexual desire
the desire is turned off the need for
food is turned off and the spiritual
part comes to the surface so this is the
time when we are able to rise to a level
higher than the Angels now we can see
why Allah has made
us in the best of forms even better than
the Angels if we rise to the spiritual
level but Allah also lowers us
to he lowers us to the lowest of the low
if we let desire take over our lives so
Ramadan has blessed us Allah inshallah
will bless us let us keep to our
commitment fast in this month and hold
tight to the Rope of Allah subhah wa
ta'ala I leave you in peace