5 Best Things To Do On #LaylatulQadr | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

dear brothers and sisters i'll keep it short but i want you to remember the five things that i'm going to share with you inshallah ta'ala as we look out for leila now sunday night begins the pursuit every single one of those nights has the potential to be the most consequential night of your life and so for 10 nights allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will be looking out to his creation and we ask allah subhanahu wa that what he sees from us is pleasing to him and the prophet salallahu salaam said stands up whoever observes with faith and seeking the reward allah will forgive them for all of their previous sins we ask allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make us amongst them so five things dear brothers and sisters i want you to carry with you insha'allah and to set your mind to from now as we get into these last 10 nights number one as we go into the last 10 nights and as we hope that we catch leila remembering that the night starts at maghrib remembering that the night does not start at rishab but the night starts at makhrib and some of the sadaf they mentioned that this is such an important point for us as we go into these precious nights because how many people at the time of their breaking of the fast will lose out their lailatul qatar before they pray a single record of taraweeh before they even make it to salat why because over iftar you might backbite you might gossip you might say something you should not be saying you might do something that is not pleasing to allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and even and most of the people lose it in its early part of the night may allah protect us most of the people lose it in the early part of its night it could be one comment that's made at the dinner table one comment on your way one joke that is told that should not be told in those nights and of course should not be told at any part of the night but it starts at salah and when allah that they forsake their beds seeking allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala's reward fighting with their sides imam hasan abbas said this actually refers to the companions praying between mahrib and ishaq and so remember to include everything from the adhan of makhrib all the way to the adhan of fajr as part of your qadhar the second thing dear brothers and sisters to make sure that we catch isha and fajr all ten of those nights and days within jamara and if that jamaa cannot be in a masjid for those that are not able to then that jamaa is formed in some other way but to pray it in congregation and we know that because the prophet salallahu said that whoever prays salat isha in congregation allah subhanahu ta'ala will write down for them the first half of the night in prayer and whoever prays salat al-fajr in congregation in jamaa allah will write down for them the second half of the night in prayer and so to put that in context just very logically to pray three hours in the night but to miss fajr for example or to miss your isha would not be more pleasing to allah subhanahu ta'ala pray them in so how merciful is allah he said whoever prays salat in congregation has taken their portion from laylatul so keeping that and if it is your regular habit and you're unable to do so then allah will have written it down for you anyway but have the intention insha'allah for every night and day that you can to catch isha and to catch fajr in jama'a and if you're unable to at that time or if you sleep through one of them and it overcomes you and you pray at home do not grieve allah subhanahu ta'ala writes down in accordance with the intention so that's the second thing not to miss isha or fajr in jamaa in those nights the third thing what the prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam said authentically that whoever prays qiyam with the imam until he finishes allah will write down for him the entire night in prayer now the differ as to what the quantity of that is does that mean for example that if the imam comes at 3 o'clock a.m or at 2 o'clock am and prays for an hour let's say from 3 to 3 45 and you pray with that single jamar that single group of people that single imam for that entire time that that counts as the entire night in prayer does that mean if you pray the first eight or if you pray of you know a group of raka'at with one imam that that counts and we take the opinion insha allah that yes to pray with an imam when there is an established prayer from the beginning of their qiyam until the end of their qiyam counts as the entire night of prayer so try to be you know very careful to catch it and if you can catch both of the prayers then do so but to at least pray one block of the night bidding behind an imam throughout their entire portion of what they are to read that night and if you can catch witar with them then do so that is the third thing now i'll get to the ones that get a little bit more interesting and that require a little bit more thought than we started off this month by talking about what the best athkar what the best forms of remembrance in ramadan are what is the best dua in leila we all know the answer to that but i want to i want to build on that just a little bit inshallah time this number four means keeping yourself busy in dura and particularly the short duas i'm going to mention the reason why most people in here if not everyone already memorizes oh allah you are the partner you love to pardon so pardon me most of us memorize that we have been taught it at a very young age ask the prophet saws what do i should i make the prophet saw some did not give her a page that we would all be fumbling to try to find it and try to repeat it and get through the arabic of it no anyone can memorize this dua and anyone can learn its meaning very quickly that in and of itself is a mercy of allah however the say build on that concept of the short comprehensive duras as you move around on leila even subhanallah even they said if you're on your way to relieve yourself and come back keep the short duas on your tongue why because the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam said allah the most beloved to allah the most beloved of supplications to allah are the ones that are the most comprehensive what do you say in tawaf between as you're moving around whatever you're doing as you're trying to think of what you want to do next as you're in immersed in your duas sandwiched in between your personal dramas use the short comprehensive you memorize from the sunnah of the prophet salallahu sallam and let them engage you throughout the entire night the short atkar the short forms of remembrance and the short comprehensive duas from the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam finally dear brothers and sisters number five this is the most comprehensive way to understand qatar and it's very important the narration about the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam is that when the last ten nights would come in the prophet salallahu would tighten up his waist belt and he would give life to the night he would enliven the night the whole night was alive what a beautiful expression the night of the prophet saw some was alive and he would wake up his family he would make sure that his family also was participating in it when he said do not turn your homes into graveyards assign a share of your salah to your homes don't turn them into graves why because vikir gives life to the heart and it gives life to any space that we are in imam has a very important reflection on this hadith he says that when you look at the companions of the prophet salallahu some of them prefer to spend the night in praying some of them prefer to spend the night in qur'an in the recitation of the quran some of them preferred to spend the night in dura some of them preferred to spend the night distributing their sabbath each one of them had a regimen and they weren't all the same because the prophet saws description in this regard was simply give life to the night all of the deeds that would give life to the night and so every single muslim is included in this category that you have something to give life to every portion of the night and within that you diversify your good deeds and an easy way to remember this dear brothers and sisters is that all of the good deeds that are preferred in ramadan are even more preferred in the last ten nights of ramadan and and make sure there's a portion of each one of them in the last ten nights this is what imam and nawir rahimahullah said he said that he said that our scholars said that our scholars said that to be generous in ramadan is highly recommended as we know from the prophet saws the most broad definition of generosity and he said specifically during the last 10 nights because the best time to emulate the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam is in the last 10 nights of ramadan so every description you have of the prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam to follow the prophet saws in those last 10 nights is the best way to worship allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as it is to worship allah subhanahu wa ta'ala at any time and the month is honored as a whole and these last 10 nights are the most honored 10 nights of the month and subhanallah we find a connection between particularly in that regard dura and charity dura and sadhaka to decree why because the prophet salallahu salaam said that there are two things that affect your divine decree he mentioned dua that nothing changes the divine decree except for supplication except for dura and he mentions that nothing extends the life of a person except for a sadaqa except for charity that would actually form an extension change the decree and extend a person's life so you can find what then on later what then on the night of decree right to bring these types of deeds into our lives as well so as you are there insha'allah as you are thinking about how do i fill these hours diversify keep going between these things and know that you are following the salaf in some way one of the companions has a night that resembles the one that you do or you hope that your night resembles one of the sahaba in the portions that you are assigning because they were all different in that regard but all of them were exerting themselves all ten nights of ramadan giving life to the night in obedience to the prophet seeking the pleasure of allah lastly the most simple form of advice what is the point of if you're still connected to everybody and everything in ertikaf a person could be sitting in the masjid all night long would have their phone and still be checking groups and still be going on different apps and still talking to people and they are in less erratic than a person who's sitting in their bedroom but has put their phone to the side i'm not talking about the technical specs of it i'm talking about the meaningful part of it the whole point is seclusion so even if you can't do anti-caff and you know obviously we have restrictions this year uh in regards to how we would do eriti calf even if you can't physically do erity calf do not leave room for yourself to get lost in something during the last 10 nights so if i could take an oath in jumeirah i would from each and every single one of you no social media no whatsapp no text messages no nothing except of course if you're texting someone from your family or something just to get something done none of that during the last 10 nights when the time of maghrib comes in put it aside i'm not going to check anything i'm not going to go to anything because allah knows allah knows that that one minute turns quickly into 30 minutes and then that one conversation quickly turns into ten ten sins be careful cut it all off in the last two nights rasulullah went in complete ertikaf in the last 10 nights let's try to cut it all off in sha allah and only maintain what is necessary so that we are able to communicate with our family with the nahi town or communicate in ways that need to be communicated insha'allah but cut it all off and don't leave even an inch of it to corrupt any one of those precious ten nights remember subhanallah later to the night of leila tilcott was lost because the prophet saw son came out and he saw two companions that were arguing and allah subhanahu wa ta'ala lifted it from the prophet saw some of the companions because of two people that were arguing do not be that person subhanallah where the angels are on their way to you and then you quickly do something and they leave you don't do that may allah allow us to isolate our hearts seclude our hearts our thoughts our bodies our tongues everything from that which is displeasing to allah may allah allow us to engage in that which is pleasing to allah subhanallah dear brothers and sisters just like with hajj it's don't do anything to mess it up don't do anything to mess up arafah the same thing is true don't do anything to mess up your lego may allah protect us from doing so and may allah allow us to exert ourselves and connect with him in a way that gives us a lifetime of good deeds and gives us a lifetime of consciousness and taqwa of allah subhanahu ta'ala so that we rise to the level of rise to the level of excellence and be amongst his most pleasing servants foreign you

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Length: 16min 51sec (1011 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 30 2021