Salamualikoum wa rahmatolahi wa barakto. Welcome back to another episode of Allah Loves
because we have spoken so much about these attributes in these qualities that
we are to attain that are really human manifestations are human vehicles of the
things that Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala has prescribed for himself in many of
these situations we have to recognize out of all of this that we have a Lord
who is loving who is merciful who is not cruel who is generous and Allah
(swt) in the process of that does not want to torture his servants
and this is actually a very powerful understanding of a Allah (swt)
that we take from the Prophet peace be upon him especially now in Ramadan
when we have the option for example of delaying our fast a little bit or you
know making our suhoor much earlier the Prophet peace be upon him narrates to us
that 'inna Allah yohibo an to'ta rokhaso' Allah (swt) loves that you accept
his concessions and the narration of Imam Ahmad rahim Allah the same way that he
loves that you avoid the things that are acts of disobedience to him Allah loves
that you accept his gifts Allah loves that you take the ease that he's given
to you he loves that you take his concessions another narration the way
that he loves that you take the harder things the more difficult things the
things that have an inherent level of struggle and burden in them Allah loves
that you take advantage of the things that he's made easy for you so for
example in Ramadan Allah doesn't want you to torture yourself
if a person is travelling and it's difficult in their travel then Allah
loves that a person breaks their fast because Allah has given a gift to the
one who is travelling that they take advantage of that that they don't have
to fast that day so Allah doesn't want you to hurt yourself and travel the
Prophet peace be upon him saw two groups of companions and he said the reward
belongs to those who broke their fast and travel because they took the gift of
Allah subhana wa taala if a people are traveling do they pray
also do they shorten their prayer or do they pray the full length and this is
actually the context of the hadith at least in one of the narrations that the
Prophet peace be upon him taught us that we should pray the shorten prayers
when we travel that it's actually more rewardable to pray the shortened
prayers when we travel because we're following the Sunnah of the Prophet
(saw) in accepting a concession from Allah (swt) and accepting a gift
from Allah (swt) when we break our fast the Prophet peace be upon him
told us that the most beloved of those to Allah (swt)
'ahabo ibadi ilaya ajalo fitra' the most beloved of those of My servants to
me are those who break their fast the quickest Allah doesn't want you to delay
your breaking your fast because maybe if I give it a few extra minutes I'll
torture myself no Allah wants you at the time of Magrib as soon as Maghrib
comes in to go ahead and to eat your date to drink your sips of water and to
break your fast Allah wants you to delay your suhoor until the time of Fajr
until the time when suhoor is no longer acceptable because that shows
that you are taking advantage of the gifts that Allah (swt) has
given to you you have a Lord that loves to be generous remember that we're going
to be saying in the last 10 nights of Ramadan or we have been saying in the
last 10 nights of Ramadan 'Allahoma innaka afoowan, kareeman, tohibo
al afwa, fa'fo ana' that oh Allah you are forgiving and generous you love to
forgive so forgive us you love to forgive so forgive us and the Prophet
(saw) tied that to his generosity as well so just as Allah (swt)
loves to forgive you Allah loves to be generous with you
Allah loves that you accept his gifts when he gives them to you this does not
mean taking the rasa in fatwa which is to take the easiest fatwa all the time
this means that when there is something that is of ease that is embedded within
the legislation embedded within the Sharia embedded within fiqh embedded within
our worship that we take that and we think Allah subhana wa ta'ala for it and
that is an expression of gratitude to Allah in and of itself and Allah
(swt) loves to pardon he loves to forgive he loves to make things easy for
us 'youreed Allahu li yokhafif ankoum''
Allah says in the Quran that he wants to lighten the burden upon you
'youreed Allah beekoum al yusr wala beekoum al osr' Allah desires for you
ease not hardship and that actually came that ayah which we read in Surat
al Baqarah came in the capacity of Allah making the concession for the sick
person and traveling person to not fast so don't
hurt yourself and say that it's for Allah subhana wa ta'ala take the ease
that Allah has given to you thank Allah for it and that's the most rewarding
thing that you can possibly do with the Lord that loves to forgive a Lord that
loves to be generous and a Lord that loves that you accept his gifts may
Allah subhana wa ta'ala make us amongst those people that attain his forgiveness
that are recipients of his gifts in this life and in the hereafter Allahoma Ameen
JazakoumAllah Khayr wa salamualikoum wa rahmatollahi wa barakto