Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophets and Messengers. Muhammad Rasulullah ﷺ. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Fama ba'du. My brothers and sisters, we were talking about the issue of connection with Allahﷻ. As I mentioned for the last few days, we have been discussing taqaza and faida—the requirements of a relationship and its benefits. The first relationship we discussed was our relationship with Allahﷻ. Now, the requirement of this relationship is that we worship only All...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his companions. Many peace and blessings. We were talking about the issue of relationships. And the fact that every relationship, no matter with whom it is, whether it is relationship with our parents, children, spouses, friends, colleagues, employers, employees, even relationships which are temporary, as in you...

Auto-generated transcript: My brothers and sisters, our life in this world is a set of relationships. From the minute we are born to the minute we die, our life is a set of relationships. These relationships are the basis on which we exist. These are the basis on which we get our sustenance, progress, happiness, sadness, and so on. And it's based on these relationships that eventually we are born and when we die, we are buried. Everything someone relates to has a relationship. Hypothetically speaking, if a child is born and abandoned by the mother or father, then the...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ir-Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alameen. As-Salatu Wassalamu Ala Ashrafil Anbiya wal Mursaleen, Muhammadur Rasoolullah ﷺ. Tasliman Kathiran Kathira Hum Radhu. My brothers and sisters, yesterday we were talking about the issue of tawbah and istighfar and how that is the way to do that and why it is important. And as I mentioned yesterday, the importance of istighfar and tawbah is because everything good starts with that. Before Allahﷻ does anything for us, we have to turn towards Allahﷻ. So when we are talking about istighfar and tawbah, anytime we are in any difficulty and so on and so for...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Peace and blessings be upon the honourable Prophet and the messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his companions. My brothers and sisters, Allahﷻ told us the solution for our difficulties. Today we are living in times which are stressful. And may Allah have mercy on us. Things seem to be going from bad to worse. And we ask Allahﷻ for khair and for afia. And for...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ** الرحمن الرحيم**. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah **ﷺ** Tasliman kathiran kathira. Wa amma badu. My brothers and sisters. Alhamdulillah bi zindillah ta'ala. Today we are on the last day of Ramadan al-Kareem for this year. So we thank Allahﷻ for granting us Ramadan and granting us the ability to fast. Alhamdulillah in the whole month. And to do whatever we could do towards the Ibadat of Allahﷻ. We still have a few hours left until Iftar today. So let us make the best of that and try to make as much istighfar and tawb...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The third one is, if Rafayat-e-Dain is proven in multiple Sahih Hadith, why does the Hanafi Madhab not practice it? And in such cases, should a person follow the Hadith or continue following their Madhab? Also, what is the correct concept of strictly following one school of thought in Islam? Very good question. First and foremost, please understand that the Mahaddiseen have criteria based on which they follow Hadith. So, let me answer your second question first, which is, can we directly follow the Hadith? Answer is...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the Prophet and the Messengers. Muhammad and the Messenger of Allahﷻ, peace and blessings be upon him and upon his family and his companions. Peace be upon them all. Huma Badu, my brothers and sisters, Allahﷻ gave us a standard to judge for ourselves whether we are successful or not. If we look at our lives in the world, everyone wants to be successful. We have different standards of success, most...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the most honorable of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him and his family and his companions. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. And after that, my brothers and sisters, we are in the 27th day of Ramadan. All praise is due to Allah. So it is very important for us to take stock of what we have gained until now. I'm assuming that, especially...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alamin. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal ghusaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullahﷺ sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathira famma baadu. My brothers and sisters, we were talking about the importance of khushoo, the importance of concentration and awareness. In Salah, I want to read for you something which somebody sent me, very nicely written. He says, what if I told you the Ummah's downfall didn't begin with politics or culture or society. It began on the prayer mat. What is the first thing lost from the Ummah? It is not hi...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah ** الرحمن الرحيم** (بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم). Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ash-shalafil abbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullahﷺ sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahibu salam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Khawam abadu. My brothers and sisters, I want to teach you a very quick and very important life lesson. And that is what I call the lesson of the ROI. How many people know what is ROI? Nobody? The best one is this. Huh? No one knows. These people don't know, right? Return on investment. You say, do you do business? How do you do business? Return on investment, ROI. Right? This is a very, very important lesson...

https://youtu.be/2DJs81Dc53A Auto-generated transcript: I am in the Masjid which is in Uhud. Approximately where I am standing. Maybe a little bit more towards that side. Now between that mountain of Uhud, you can see here, there is this small hillock. Now that is the hillock on which Rasulullahﷺ had posted archers. And he told them, do not leave that place. Even if you see the vultures eating from our bodies. So irrespective whether you have success or you have failure, don't leave the place. But that order was disobeyed. And literally where I'm standing now is...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ashrafil amma ibn al-mussaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullahﷺ sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sallam. Tasleeman kathiran kathira. Wa mubadu. My brothers and sisters, we just celebrated yesterday Eid al-Fitr. The word Eid comes from the word A'ud. A'ud means to return. Something which returns. Something that you look forward to the returning of. So you look forward to something for it to return because you are happy. Right? Nobody looks forward to the return of some illness or evil or accident. Something which is good. You enjoyed it. It was very nice. Yo...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah irrahmanir rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil abduhi wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah **ﷺ** Tasliman kathiran kathira. My brothers and sisters, Allahﷻ ordained on us some actions of worship. We have, for example, salah. We have fasting. We have zakat. We have hajj. Different actions of worship. The important thing to understand and realize is that each act of worship is a tool to achieve something. The action of worship is not for itself. Each action is a tool to achieve something. And that is why it is important to understand what each action of worship is supp...

https://youtu.be/xe0oQ9PQjCw Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honor of the Prophet and the messengers. Muhammad Rasulullah, peace and blessings be upon him, and peace be upon him. Tasslim and kassir. Aqwa ma'adu. My brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah, I am sitting here in the Masjid al-Nabiyy al-Sharif. We just finished Salat al-Fajr; we finished a khutbah given by one of the ulema of the Haram on the importance of Tawheed, on...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, brothers and sisters. We will come close; we are coming close to the day of Eid. Remember, Zakat al-Fitr is wajib. Before you pray Salatul Eid, Zakatul Fitr must be paid before you pray Salatul Eid. It can be paid a few days in advance, no problem. It is actually a good idea to pay it a few days in advance because the person receiving it has time to do something with that money. Or if you just pay it on the way to the idga, it's not so useful, but anyway, you can still pay it...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Alhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala Rasoolullah ﷺ, wa baad, my brothers and sisters, Ramadan is the month of giving. We know the Sahaba said that Rasoolullah ﷺ was known for his generosity. We know how generous he was. And we said that he was in Ramadan, he would become so generous that he would become like a beautiful wind that is coming full of, laden with water. Something is so generous, he would give and give and give. Let us become people who give. Most people pay the Zakat in Ramadan, Alhamdulillah. Zakat can be paid at any time...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Alhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala Rasoolullah ﷺ, wa baad. My brothers and sisters, we have been talking about forgiveness and how Ramadan must make us people who are forgiving because our taqwa is increasing, alhamdulillah. Measure it. Ask yourself, what are the signs that my taqwa is increased? And look for those signs, right? And one of those signs is your willingness to forgive others. We have this beautiful story in this very terrible time when the slander against the incident of Ifk, the slander against our mother, Sayyidatuna Aisha Siddiqa (RA), the cousin of Abu Bakr Si...

Auto-generated transcript: **Bismillah, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulullah ﷺ wa baad.** My brothers and sisters, forgiveness is something, forgiveness is the manifestation of mercy. The action which shows mercy is forgiveness. And forgiveness is something without which no relationship can exist. Every conceivable relationship on the face of the planet in our lives needs forgiveness. Including our relationship with Allah ﷻ. If Allah does not forgive us, we are finished. We are destroyed. Forgiveness is something we need with our spouses, we need with our children, we need with our teachers, our students, with our customers, clients, with strangers, with everybody, we need...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah ﷲ, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his companions, peace and blessings be upon them. Fahm Abadu and brothers and sisters, please understand also one more thing: that Ramadan is a time for us to control ourselves, to control our food intake, to control our sleep, to control our desires. It’s not a time and...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wasalatu wasalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ. Tasleeman kathiran kathira. Wama baadu, my brothers and sisters, I remind myself in you that Ramadan al-Kareem is the month for us to change our lives and to bring them on to the path of obedience to Allah ﷻ in the way of His Nabi ﷺ. One of the important things in Ramadan also is to reflect on our relationships. Our relationships with our parents, our relationships with our siblings, our relationships with our friends and neighbors, our relationships with Muslims and non-Muslims. And to practi...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasool Allah ﷺ, my brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah, Allah ﷻ has chosen to give us Ramadan al-Kareem. Let us make the most of this beautiful month. Let us make this month into a month of khair and barakah for all of us. I ask Allah ﷻ to help us build relationships and become people of this ummah who join with each other. In Ramadan is a month of forgiveness and seeking forgiveness. We understand this where Rasool Allah ﷺ asked us to beg Allah ﷻ for His forgiveness. Allah ﷻ said, Nabi ﷺ said in the hadith in Tirmidhi, narrated by Anas bin Ma...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wassalatu wassalamu ala ashrafil anbiya wal mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah ﷺ. Tasliman kathiran kathiran. Faham abadu. My brothers and sisters, we make etikaf to find Laylatul Qadr. And the Rasulullah ﷺ told us that Laylatul Qadr is one of the odd nights out of the last ten nights of Ramadan. We know the hadith where there were two sahaba who were arguing outside and Nabi ﷺ came out and he said, Allah ﷻ had told me the specific night of Laylatul Qadr, but He made me forget that because of your argument. But seek Laylatul Qadr in the last...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulillah ﷺ, wa abad. My brothers and sisters, we are coming to the close of the month. I'tikaf is a sunnat of Rasulullah ﷺ. He used to do I'tikaf the last ten nights of Ramadan al-Kareem. He would seclude himself in the masjid and he would make I'tikaf. He would stay away from his wives. He would be in a state of zikr and he would exert himself in prayer. No useless talk. Please understand, I'tikaf has rules. I'tikaf, you are not going to the masjid to hang out with your friends. You are not goin...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulillah ﷺ, my brothers and sisters, on the topic of dua. As I said to you, Ramadan is the month of dua, when we feel close to Allah ﷻ, when we have worked to try to develop our taqwa, and Allah ﷻ has helped us to become muttaqun, then we feel this unsiyat—we feel this closeness to Allah ﷻ—and we beg Allah ﷻ to help us. Inshallah, we ask Allah ﷻ to help us, and He will help us. When we are in this state, Allah taught us how to make dua. See the ayat of the dua of Zakariya...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah walhamdulillah wassalatu wassalamu ala Rasoolullah ﷺ wa ba'd. My brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah we are in the month of Ramadan. And this ayah which Allah put in the middle of the ayat of fasting: **إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ** (inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un). Which means Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said: When my slave is close to Me, when my slave asks about Me, I am close to him. Tell him that I am close to him when he asks Me. I will give him, and let him obey Me and let him have faith in Me, and he will be rightly guided. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala—...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulullah ﷺ wa baad. My brothers and sisters, in Surah Al-Baqarah, in the middle of the ayat of talking about fasting, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed this beautiful ayah where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said: **إِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِ أَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانُ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ** (inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un). Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said that when my slave asks about me, I am near him. **إِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِ أَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ** I am close to him. **أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانُ** I listen to his dua and I will grant him what he wants. **فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي** Let him obey me and let him have faith in me. **لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ** And inshallah he will be guided to the right place. He will get good guidance and the right guidance. My brothers and sisters, everything in the Quran is conditional. Allah has promised enormous rewards. But everything is conditional. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said: **فَمَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ أَثْمَال...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the Prophets and the Messengers. Muhammad ﷺ and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, peace and blessings be upon him, are very much in acceptance. My brothers and sisters, Abu Sayyid Al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him ﷺ, in a hadith which is narrated and which is preserved in Bukhari Muslim, he said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, anyone who fasts for one day—now he is not even talking about the...

Auto-generated transcript: As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ash-sharafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen. Muhammadur Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam. Tasliman kathiran kathira. Firmabado. [PAUSE] My brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah. We are here in Madinah Munawwara. And tomorrow we go to Makkah Mukarrama or Umrah, inshallah. And since this is Ramadan, we know the hadith of Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa barakatuh. He said, anyone who makes Umrah in the month of Ramadan, Allah will give him reward equal to making Hajj with me. Just think about that. Somebody who...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah walhamdulillah wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulillah ﷲ wa ba'd. My brothers and sisters, we have this beautiful hadith narrated by Abu Huraira ﷲ, which is in Bukhari and Muslim, where he said: Rasulullah ﷲ reported, "Man sama ramadana imanan wa ihtisaban." The person whoever fasts during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah ﷻ's reward, then all his past sins will be forgiven. Imagine this thing. So when you sit and start your suhoor, make this dua and say: "O Allah, I am making this niyah to fast. Please Allah accept this fast and forgive my sins...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. As beautiful as you want, it is up to us. Rasulullah ﷺ said, Abu Huraira ﷲ reported in a hadith in Bukhari, he said the five daily prayers and from one Friday prayer to the next and from Ramadan to another Ramadan are expiation for sins committed in between provided one stays away from major sins. See the mercy of Allah ﷻ. From Fajr to Dhuhr, the time period, if you have committed any sin and by sin it does not mean doing something haram deliberately. These are things which we do, we forgetfully or we do because we, yo...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulullah ﷲ, wa baad. My brothers and sisters, Ramadan al-Kareem comes to us with so many beautiful benefits. Let us be aware of them. My idea of sharing this with you every morning is so that you can become aware of them and then practice them. As I said, the purpose of these reminders is to help us to become aware. And so therefore, whichever hadith you hear, whichever piece of advice you hear, I request you to make dua for me. May Allah enable me to say that which is beneficial for me an...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, walhamdulillah, Wassalamu Ala Rasoolillah, my brothers and sisters. I remind myself and you: the month of Ramadan is a gift from Allahﷻ. I ask Allahﷻ to give us and continue with us in this month with good health and with the desire to please Him. Let us exert ourselves, not become lazy. Let us read as much Quran as we can read, pray as many Nawafil as we can pray, and of course, we are fasting. We ask Allahﷻ to reward us because one day, my brothers and sisters—whether anyone believes it or not doesn’t matter; wh...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulillah. My brothers and sisters, I remind myself and you that Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala helps us in Ramadan to change our lives. He ensures we learn the right things, acts of obedience, reboots our intentions, and reinforces them so we will obey Him no matter what. In Ramadan, by denying ourselves even normally halal things, we remind ourselves that halal and haram are what Allah makes halal and haram; it doesn't have to make scientific sense. Even if it didn't, we would do it because Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala said so. Allah...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulillah ﷺ wa baad. My brothers and sisters, as I mentioned to you, every ibadah, every act of worship in Islam comes for a purpose. It is a tool to achieve something. Ramadan, Al-Kareem, and the fasting that Allah has prescribed for us is the tool to make us muttaqoon. And if we become muttaqoon, if we become people of taqwa, then Allah ﷻ has guaranteed hidayah. The book [Qur’an] is hidayah for the people of taqwa. Hidayah will enter the door, and the name of the door is taqwa. If that door i...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulullah ﷺ wa baad. My brothers and sisters, Ramadan al-Kareem came as a boot camp to revamp our lives, to improve our akhlaaq. Now see what Rasulullah ﷺ says about this issue of akhlaaq. Now Ramadan comes and Allah ﷻ does not only level the playing field, but Allah ﷻ skews it in our favor. Allah ﷻ locks up the shayateen. So the amount of temptation is far, far less. In spite of that, if you are getting temptation, it is from yourself. It is our own nafs, the biggest shayateen which is within us. So, but the shayateen...

Auto-generated transcript: In the name of Allah, and all praise is due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his family. My brothers and sisters, Ramadan is the month of changing our lives. Ramadan is the month of forgiveness, seeking forgiveness and forgiving others. We have the hadith of Abdurrahman ibn Auf, may Allah be pleased with him, which states that Ramadan is the month of giving, the month of investing, the month of giving as much charity as we can give with the intention of investment with Allah ﷻ. We have the hadith of Abdu...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasoolullah ﷺ wa baad. My brothers and sisters, alhamdulillah, Ramadan al-Karim comes like a boot camp. It comes to help us to clean up our act. It comes to help us to get our lives back on track. The track leading to the rida of Allah. The track leading, inshaAllah, to Jannah. The track leading, inshaAllah, to the forgiveness of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And for this, I'll give you a little formula of which you might like to practice. Start your day with tahajjud, as I mentioned. Start the day with tahajjud and pr...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasoolullah ﷺ wa baad. My brothers and sisters, people ask this question and say, what is the best way, how can I start tahajjud? And I say to you, the best way to start tahajjud is to start tahajjud and to pray tahajjud every single day. Sometimes people will tell you, pray once a week or pray, you know, two times a week. That is difficult because the way to make a difficult thing easy is to make it a habit. And a thing becomes a habit if you do it regularly wi...

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim walhamdulillah wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulillah ﷺ wa ba'd. On the subject of tahajjud, this is one of the beautiful things that gets initiated in Ramadan, qiyamul layl. Don't fall into needless arguments about whether tarawih is sunnah or not—it is sunnah; there is no doubt about this. Don't fall into arguments about how many rak'at you should pray, whether it should be 8 or 20 or whatever. Or in Maliki fiqh, 36—Sahabi came to ask Rasulullah ﷺ about qiyamul layl, and he said, "How should I pray?" He said, "Pray 2 by 2—that's it." He did not say, "Pray 2 and 10 and...