Summary: يا رب لك الحمد حتى ترضى ولك الحمد اذا مرضيت ولك الحمد بعد الرضا ولك الحمد ابدا ابدا ابدا والحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا ولن نهتدي ولو ان هدانا الله. والحمد لله الذي لم يتخذ ولدا ولم يكن له شريك في الملك ولم يكن له ولي من الذل وكبره تكبيرا. والحمد لله الذي أنزل على عبده الكتاب ولم يجعل له عوجا. والحمد لله الذي نستغفره ونستعينه ونتوكل به وعليه. ونعوذ به من شرور انفسنا ومن سيئات اعمالنا. من يهدي الله فلا مضل له ومن يضل فلا هادي له. ونشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له ونشهد ان محمدا عبده ورسوله. ارسله الله بالهدى ودين الحق ليضهره على الدين كله فكفى بالله شهيدا.فصلى الله عليه وسلم تسليما كثيرا كثيرا ثم أما بعد.فان اصدق الحديث كتاب الله وخير الهدي هدي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم.وان شر الأمور محدثاتها وان كل محدثة بدعة وان كل بدعة ضلالة وكل ضلالة في النار.<br> <br> يقول الله عز وجل في كتابه الكريم بعد ان اقول اعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم:<br> وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا الْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ وَاقِعٌ بِهِمْ خُذُوا مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ 7:171<br> "And [mention] when We raised the mountain above them as if it was a dark cloud and they were certain that it would fall upon them, [and Allah said], "Take what We have given you with determination and remember what is in it that you might fear Allah." 7:171<br> <br> ربي اشرح لي صدري ويسر لي أمري واحلل عقدة من لساني يفقهوا قولي. اللهم ثبتنا عند الموت بـ لا اله الا الله, امين يا رب العالمين.<br> <br> All of you have been reminded multiple times that Ramadan is approaching, and we cannot take enough precaution to take most advanage of this month. It's probabl a tragedy in all our lives that year after year we look back and say we could've done more. And so it's only apprppriate that we take this opportunity to remind ourselves and I remind myself that one of the greatest obstacles that comes before a person (a muslim) is taking full advantage of this month of forgiveness, this month of mercy, this month of blessings, this month of starting your life fresh, of a new beginning. That obstacle that lies before us, that is a personal obstacle, is the obstacle of Ghaflah, commonly described as heedlessness, but it's a little bit more. it's the attitude of doing something without realizing what you're doing. Not really thinking about what you're involved in. Not really thinking or caring about how you're time is spent, or what comes out of your mouth, or what actions you perform, or how your actions impact other people, or how they impact your own self, your own personality. This sickness is sickness of "Ghaflah". And you know if you reflect and I reflect on my own life, you'll find that sometimes we're making Salah but we're not really making Salah. Standing in front of Allah (azza wa jaal) we're reciting Quraan but we have no idea what we're doing, our mind is somewhere else. We are physically in prayer, but in our hearts we are Ghafil. We're completely heedless. And so it happens that we come in the month of Ramadan and we're fasting, yet we're not conscious of the fact that we're fasting. We're feeling hungry and we're feeling thirsty but at the same time we're in a state of Ghaflah. And this Ghaflah that Allah (azza wa jahl) mentions is in the hearts of people:<br> <br> "وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَن ذِكْرِنَا"<br> The messenger is told (PBUH) in this aya, talking about the disbelievers, the messenger is told not to listen to them, not follow them, not to pay attention to them. But instead of Allah (azza wa jal) saying ولا تطع المكذبن (don't follow the liers) or ولا تطع الكافرين (don't follow the disbelievers) or ولا تطع المشكرين. He doesn't say moshirkeen or kafireen, he uses a specific term for these disbelievers and he says: وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُ فُرُطًا 18:28<br> Don't follow the one whose heart we have made empty or void or made it neglect the rememberance of Allah and follows own pathetic empty desires.
