Allah blesses you with one whole month. Such a beautiful month that before it, we begin to prepare.
More important than anything is to ensure that you don’t waste the reward of the fast by abusing and talking. Watch your tongue.
if you spend the month with this consciousness, Allah will open the doors for you.
the issue of repentance and seeking forgiveness is very important.
Don’t wait to say, by the end of Ramadan, I’m going to be forgiven. before Ramadan, seek the forgiveness of Allah.
Oh Allah, I promise that I’m going to try my best to be a person who pleases You more.
If you can come with that much of a promise, you’ve achieved more than anything you can imagine.
Allah comes to them a foot, meaning Allah is always quicker in response to you than your own initial call.
Happiness, goodness, contentment, true contentment will only come about when you discipline yourself.
Satan’s aim is to make you an indiscipline person, one who follows his own whims and fancies and desires. a person who is trapped by Satan would not want to follow any rules. He wants to fulfill what is known as my wish, my whims, my fancies, what I desire.
Religion comes in and Allah Almighty, the Maker, what has He told us? The rules and regulations are there to discipline you, to make you a person who will succeed without regret, a person who does not just have a moment of joy followed by a lifetime of regret, but rather a person who understands that I need to follow rules and regulations in a way that my contentment is extended, not just throughout my little life on this earth, but beyond going into the hereafter.
The message is about two things.
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Number one; work on your prayer. You won’t go wrong. It’s ultimate success.
The second thing; keep calling out to Allah. Keep asking Him. Don’t be tired of asking Allah. Allah loves it when you repeat and repeat and keep going.
Success and victory ultimately is all yours for as long as you have Allah by your side.
How do you prepare?
It’s a little bit scary, but when you have iman / faith it’s not scary, it’s reassuring.
Oh Allah, take me when You’re happy with me.
The Prophet (pbuh) used to say, Oh Allah keep me alive for as long as you know that life is good for me.
We have no guarantee.
Turn to Allah. If you would like to prepare for death, one of the best ways is seek the forgiveness of Allah and together with that, change your life.
I am a Muslim because I believe I was created by a Maker and I believe that Maker is the only One Who deserves any act of worship. I want to have a direct relationship with my Maker, that’s why I’m a Muslim.
I believe I’m a Muslim because I’m so sophisticated that when I die, I cannot just disappear into thin air. I have to go back to the one who had me before I was even born. That’s why I’m a Muslim.
You cannot have everything you want here on Earth, but Allah promises you and all the rules and regulations He made are just and fair in order to instill discipline in mankind so that you lead the best of lives.
When Allah tells you we have predestined things, do you know what He says; don’t become arrogant because Allah gave you something. It was predestined as a test for you, that’s what it was.
Allah says when you get don’t become arrogant. Remember, it’s a test and when you lose, don’t lose faith. Allah says don’t become too saddened by what you’ve lost. Why? These are the days of the world.
Islam is one faith, there will always be people from among the Muslims who will consider the prohibited, prohibited right up to the end and the permissible, permissible right up to the end.
You really think all the sophisticated creation was there for nothing?
Allah says, We will show you signs not just in the horizons, but within your cells. We will show you signs that the Quran is the truth.
Look at your organs. Look at how they work. One small thing goes goes wrong, OH man! And you are in such pain that you don’t feel like living. And you can’t even pray for the One Who made you.
You really think all the sophisticated creation was there for nothing from nothing, and is going to return to nothing?
Allahu Akbar, I’m a believer. I believe that there is a Maker
Allah Almighty has always challenged man and promised that every time you discover something, it will lead you to the confirmation you discover something, it will lead you to the confirmation that this revelation of the Quran is the truth and that Allah Almighty is indeed the Creator and whatever He has revealed is the truth.
If you want to look deeper into the cells of your own body, Allah says, We will show you signs not just in the horizons, but within your cells. We will show you signs that the Quran is the truth.
I’m a believer. I believe that there is a Maker, and I worship Him alone. And I believe that He has not yet told us or shown us or allowed us to see more than a little droplet of what he has in terms of creation or even a fraction of His knowledge.
That’s my Maker and yours.
Don’t lose your faith in Allah; When Allah Almighty speaks about His greatness and He tells you about the heavens and He tells you about the skies, those are used and connected, although separated.
More important than the sacrificing of the animal is sacrificing for the sake of Allah, That which is holding you down onto the ground and disconnecting you from Allah in any way, be it big or small, that’s more important.
You love something so much, is it coming between you and Allah?
Your business, Is it such that you just leave your salah, your earnings, your money did it make you arrogant?
Your power, your position does it make you feel like you are better than others?
If that’s the case, put a knife to that bad habit. Slice it. Cut it.
If you did not learn that, you learned nothing from the sacrifice.
This celebration of Eid Ul Adha is a celebration of separation from materialistic items of this dunya that might be bogging you down.
Ibrahim (a.s) sacrificed a lot, yet he was known as Kalilulah, the friend of Allah. Allah has proven to us that closeness to Allah has nothing to do with how famous you are, how popular you are, how powerful you are, how much wealth you have, how much strength you have, what your looks are like, or your body, et cetera.
The closer you are to Allah, the more challenges you will face in your life. The closer you are to Allah, the more people will make your life difficult. Because, Allah wants you to trust Him fully.
The greater the trust, the greater the challenge and the bigger the miracle, the day that happens, Allahu akbar….
This yaqeen and conviction of Ibrahim (a.s) is what is being celebrated over and above, his dedication to Allah alone. He worshiped Allah alone.
We never ever compromise our relationship with Allah for anything that comes first.
The All-Loving 