Do you think everybody, every Muslim fasts in Ramadan? No! Not every Muslim fast and not every Muslim reads the Quran. They pretend may be. But only very few people do that. And if Allah Azaau zal blessed you and allowed you to do that then you are one of those chosen people whom Allah Azaau zal has chosen. The Prophet Sallellahu Alahihe wa Sallam said, according to Abu Hurairrah, 'When Ramadan comes, the gates of the hell fire close, and the gates of paradise open up.'
The Gates of the hell fire close and the gates of the paradise open up. So this means that a chance, the gates of paradise are open up for you, is a chance for you to enter paradise for eternity where you will not suffer any pains, where you will not be tortured, where you will not even get a headache. Allahu Akbar! In paradise, you will not get a headache; In paradise, you will not bleed; In paradise, do you know, the lowest level of paradise, the lowest level of paradise is ten times better than everything in this world. Do you know the last man to enter paradise, the last man to enter Jannah, he gets to have ten times of what is in this world. Allahu Akbar!
That is from the graces of Allah! That's the last man to enter paradise. That means, that that is a man who did really bad but he had that belief in Allah, so that Allah allowed him in paradise but he was like the last person due to his bad deeds. Imagine you were the first person. Of course you can't be the first person. The first person will be the Prophet Muhammad Sallellahu alahihe wa Sallam! But imagine of you are with him, with that group, with the Sahabis, with the tabein, with the salaf (righteous predecessors) who will enter the paradise immediately. Imagine you were with them! Then you will earn a high grade in paradise.
Only and if you only, fast in Ramadan and you read the Quran and you pray Quiamullei and you have that sincere intention in your heart, you are doing this for the Almighty Allah Azaau zal, you are not doing it to playing games. You are doing it to show off and of course Allah Azaau zal said, 'All the deeds of the son of Adam is for him, except fasting, it is for me!' It is for the Almight Allah. When you fast, when you fast, you are fasting for Allah, this deed is for the Almighty Allah Azaau zal. When you pray, it's for you. When you read the Quran, when you give charity, it's for you. But when you fast, it is for the Almighty Allah Azaau zal.
Why? Because you are guaranteed to be sincere when you are fasting. You are not showing off, you are doing it for yourself, you are not telling the people, "hey I am fasting", because even if you are showing off and telling the people, 'hey I am fasting", then you could hide behind the bushes and have a drink and eat and go and live your life but no you chose to do it for the Almighty Allah. So what is the message of this talk, the message of this talk is that you should have sincerity in this Ramadan and fast with that good intention and you should make sure that you recite list the Quran once or twice. You recited once or twice and I ask Allah Azaau zal to accept that from you and I. May Allah grant us sincerity! Thank you very much for listening!
- by Ustadh Rayan Arab
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