brothers my sisters we thank allah almighty for granting us this blessed day a day of joy a day of
happiness a day of rejoicing a day of celebration we deserve every moment of it and it is given to
us by allah we have fasted the entire month of ramadan may allah accept it from us we have stood
in voluntary prayer at night the entire month of ramadan may allah accept it from us
we have given charities throughout the month of ramadan may allah accept it from us
we have disciplined ourselves throughout the month of ramadan may allah accept it from us
indeed we deserve a beautiful day of rejoicing and allah would never give
us a day of rejoicing unless there was something we did that he loved the most
to discipline ourselves to be able to fulfill the pillars of islam is what makes allah the happiest
that allah almighty says there are no deeds that the son of adam does that are more loved to me
than those i have made compulsory upon him hence i encourage you to become
strong on the pillars that allah has set out for us to live our lives by allahu akbar
the first pillar of islam being the declaration of the shahadah
i bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but allah
and i bear witness that muhammad peace be upon him is the messenger of allah that is the declaration
of faith we utter it with our tongues we believe it in our hearts and we practice and use our
limbs and organs in order to confirm what we've stated with our tongues and what is in our hearts
that is the declaration of the faith and the first and most important pillar of islam allah
the next pillar of islam the five daily prayers my brothers my sisters ramadan should have given
us the dedication to pray more and to increase beyond that which is compulsory to that which is
voluntary in terms of what we know as sunnah and nafil again allah almighty says when my worshiper
continues beyond that which is compulsory getting into that which is sunnah and nafil he arrives at
a new level of relationship with me meaning with allah so do not be lazy with your five
daily prayers it requires discipline it requires effort it requires you to fight your laziness
you must fulfill your salah on time your lives will change by the will of allah allahu akbar
all of us are in need of allah allah tells us get acquainted with me during days of ease
and i will get acquainted with you during your days of hardship and difficulty
the problem with humankind we turn to allah only during hardship and when we are in ease we tend
to forget allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala let's not do that we change ourselves today on this beautiful
day of rejoicing by promising allah that we will be regular with what is
known as imadu deen the founding pillar of islam the pillar of the five daily prayers
the matter that distinguishes us from those who are not muslim the five daily prayers may allah
almighty strengthen us upon these my brothers my sisters no matter how much we speak about
the five daily prayers it will not be enough but we must fight our laziness you will see your life
change the timings that allah has chosen for these prayers absolutely unique divine designed by allah
to improve not just our lives but to be the key to the door of entry into jannah and paradise for
yourselves and myself the closest you can ever get to the one who made you is in a posture known as
then we have the pillar of islam that we have just engaged in this entire month of ramadan
so dedicated you're not allowed to give up the fast without a valid excuse if you're unwell or
you are traveling or you have a valid excuse then you may make that fast up later on
after the month of ramadan but without a valid excuse it is considered a major sin to be lazy
and not too fast in the month of ramadan how could we have brought down a pillar of islam
we thank allah that we fasted for the entire month here we are in our thousands celebrating
the beauty of the softening of our hearts through the fasting through the charities through the
prayer through much more may allah almighty accept your prayers my brothers my sisters may allah
grant us forgiveness my brothers my sisters may allah almighty accept from us the charities and
whatever else we have done in terms of remembrance of allah in terms of recitation of the quran
it is a month of fasting indeed a pillar of islam together with it comes the remembrance of allah
to recite the quran in the month of ramadan is so powerful we did it we heard the quran we listened
to it we paid attention we tried to learn its meaning but we will continue outside
the month of ramadan and we will not quit reading the quran we will not quit
the prayer we will not quit the voluntary fasting keep it up my brothers and sisters
keep up the fasting of the sunnah of the prophet muhammad peace be upon him
on a monday and a thursday your lives will change your health will improve as a bonus
but the intention is to follow the sunnah of the prophet muhammad peace be upon him keep up the
sunnah of fasting the three days in the month the 13th 14th and 15th of the lunar calendar
allah brothers my sisters the remembrance of allah that we engaged in in the month of
ramadan should not stop the lord of shawwal and the lord of ramadan is the same lord
remember to pick up your quran on a daily basis start your day
with even one verse and nowadays we are so fortunate we have the applications on our
phones to assist us to read the quran we have no excuse one verse is that too much
my brothers and sisters as we pray for those who are struggling across the globe we must
remember the help of allah will only come to us as humankind if we decide to change our
lives allah will not change the condition of a people
or a nation from bad to good unless they change themselves individually and collectively
all of them so i need to help the ummah i need to help the rest of the nation i need
to help humanity by improving myself so that the condition of everyone can improve allah
my brothers my sisters we have another pillar of islam known as zakat
zakat is to give part of your wealth to charity in a compulsory way unique way because allah does not
want you to be so attached to material wealth that you do something wrong to achieve it or to earn it
allah does not want you to attach so much that you do not reach out to those who need
those who are in need for the sake of allah if allah wanted he would not have made anyone poor
but allah created us upon different levels of sustenance in order that we reach out to one
another and we prove that our connection is not with material items but it is with allah
continue your charities my brothers my sisters even after ramadan
wherever there is a need give give from zakah and give from your own voluntary charities
over and above the zakah today we should have commenced the day by giving out a charity
because no one's fasting is truly accepted unless they have given zakatul or sadaqa
that which is reaching out to the poor so that they too can enjoy the day of eid no one should
go hungry on this day this day fasting is prohibited by the instruction of allah
my sisters then we have the fifth pillar of islam the pilgrimage what i will say about
it from this pulpit on this beautiful day may allah make it easy for all of
us to visit the holy lands of mecca and medina for hajj and umrah over and over again say i
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