Shaping Your Year Through Shawwal | Friday Khutbah

0:00بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والسلامة والسلامة والرسول الله وعلى عليه وسابه يجمعين.

1:51يجب to be something where we only do things during the month of Ramadan and it's very essential for us to reflect on how we can shape our year through just show out. and it's not just about our fasting, it's not just about our good deeds, but it's actually about being continuous. the Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallamu alayhi wa sallamu alayhi wa sallamu alayhi wa sallamu alayhi wa sallamu alayhi wa sallamu alayhi. و these are the laws of Ramadan, those are the laws that are done consistently even if they are small or if they are a little, even if they are few. so even if you are only doing a little bit here and there. doing those good deeds per year are the laws of Ramadan and the laws of Ramadan. so especially as we continue on through shawal today is a day for us. we continue on through our shawal i don't want you to put yourself in the framework of i am trying to build such a strong frame في الوقت of this year and for the next year but i want you to instead start to shape throughout the rest of this year shape and reform how you are and sure as well that every single

2:52day is a means of you trying to better yourself because if you just shape yourself and show while and say after that i'm molded right i'm not changing anymore after that then they're going to be things that break the mold and guess what happens when that mold is broken you can't fix it again right so trying to also remember to that they're going to be there are going to be various various times in which you're going to be broken you're going to be hurt you're going to fail you're going to fail you're going to fall to you're going to make mistakes and sometimes even those sins and those mistakes that you make sometimes can even break the mold itself so also remembering as well trying your absolute hardest throughout these these days and show while and throughout the rest of the year to continuously check upon yourself i'm giving an example of mold because it's more of our character trying not to just mold our character and say that's going to be it for the rest of the year so that's the reminder i want to give us here now the reminder i want to give us as well is that the provisola who was sent an emphasize the importance of fasting when it comes to show while which he said whoever fast during Ramadan and then follows it with six days of show while is as if he is fasted for the

3:56year the entirety of that year so he mentioned this had been yesterday and it highlights the immense importance and the immense significance retain it you know maintaining our fasting practices even after Ramadan this is something that i want to mention here as well right and it's very beautiful how i want to mention this as well when in this regards um when the first one helps the first thing is i continuous deeds so the transition from Ramadan to show while should not signify a decline in our acts of ibadah and a decline in our acts of goodness and the decline in our good deeds but rather it should actually be a means of us continuing to go or i had to read justice we should continue to try to better ourselves and we should also do better good deeds especially throughout these these days of shawab and we're just entering the first 10 we've already completed our first week alhamdulillah or alhamdulillah so we should try to also renew our intentions right it's very important as well that you renew your intentions and i am akhran which alaqarah who is out of mentions about your good deeds is very beautiful he

4:57says and do and do good deeds um perhaps you will be successful or have practiced you will succeed so when it comes to those good deeds that you performed during Ramadan don't just let it be during Ramadan let it be throughout every single moment of your life do it every single day and practice it like i said before i gave the example of modes right don't just say this is going to be it and و هذا ست be it right و أستطيعييش مطلاق جميله و صداده فقط I'm not going to change anything I'm not going to make alterations and I'm not going to do anything else و وقده هلا يتمعيشي ما وصلت بها وما حسنا وقد حصلنا وانا مهمة غيره وانا تأتي ما وطاقتكم و تستطيعيشيشيه أثبت أن ما حصل تحديной وما حصلت براعه ونوذب من قبل ونستطيعيش مطwirtschaft لقد أستطيعيشيح ربلا بشربا وما حصل not to be un رسابا

6:13الخاصة لإمكانك كنت أمامي لأسكارة الخاصة for the same things you did during Ramadan with the right intention كنت ملاحظة هذا المفسيا not the intention of facing anyone not the intention of hitting a number أوئيييييييييييييوييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييسيييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييييي إنهم فجالك to the same as you know some times our prayers والي نحن بالتفكزين فقط أفضل في دقر على بعيد عداد وين يعرفهم أنهم أعرفهم أمي قد لفضلهم ويخيرهم أحيارون النظر ويغير جرعهم ويغيرهم انهم ويغيرهم لما يغيروا وينيه يغيروا بسبب مع دقر فقط تنيه ضد طريقة وينيه تحتى فقط ومن يغيروا أحد Only 8000 كل ما إلا لا فرح و لكنه ما إذامي مستحلة لما يفعلوا فقط قد يكون ت بيخير تشترك أن your évاد is set by your intentions and making sure that every single part of this year is set through that intention and trying your absolute hardest to ensure that you are upon those intentions and the other thing I want to mention as well as the person of growth I want to keep this one a little shorter as well today we are kind of out of time here as well a little bit but when it comes to your personal growth reflect upon it ask yourself the essential questions and take time to ask yourself ask yourself the questions how

7:39how can I how have I changed during Ramadan what are the lessons that I have learned what areas do I need improvement in and finally what is my goal for the rest of this year and don't make it something that's super unrealistic some of us say I'm going to finish the Quran 15 times okay that's not going to happen okay that's not going to happen why are we why are we putting ourselves in this in this type of predicament make a realistic goal I want to finish the Quran once in the whole year but I want to finish it with understanding I want to finish it with meaning I want to finish it in a way that it actually helps me reflect upon my life it actually helps me transform it actually helps me become a transformative person right so if you're trying your absolute hardest to set these goals but there are nowhere near realistic then you're not going to be able to actually set them so when it comes here my brothers and sisters is very important that you look at the areas of which you need to improve in as well don't make it that Ramadan is just a time in which you say oh I mean hey it was a time for improvement and after that if I didn't if I'm not improved if I haven't gotten all the way there you mold yourself during Ramadan if you feel as though after Ramadan you're like oh man I still struggle with this problem and that problem we all struggle

8:50problem including myself we all have problem that we struggle with if you feel that way then it means that you couldn't might you might have it could have molded yourself during Ramadan to a way you could have said hey this during Ramadan I'm trying to hit this goal and this goal and this goal and I'm not trying to carry it outside of Ramadan I want to be a completely different person afterwards but it's not about a month worth of changing it's about a journey's worth of changing right which is why we did our series of experiences of wine so journey to a lot and it's also a journey to a more divine what a more divine change more divine life and of course nothing can compare to a lots of other hotels and we will use the worst divine but of course when you think about it you want a better life and you want a closer relationship with a lots of other hometowns so my brothers and sisters during this month of shawal it's a very pure rule month for us as we can shape our entire year just through this one month so don't look at it as if Ramadan is going to just shape it don't look at it as this shawal is just going to shape it but instead use every single month and this is the final reminder I give it use every single month I

9:53know you might be thinking okay you just said you shawal I'm saying you shawal as the continuation Ramadan was what what was Ramadan Shabbat we start off we say what we say Rajab was the very beginning so Shabbat was the okay here we're going we're going into it Ramadan was the actual month it was a training and then afterwards we continue on our training right and it continues on and then we ask Allah SWT with that and also my brothers and sisters ensure that you're using the things that you did during the month of Ramadan and you're establishing them in your daily life day-to-day life every single day every single month you have we ask Allah SWT to continue our good deeds beyond the month of Ramadan we ask Allah SWT to accept our fast from us our prayers from us our prayers from us our prayers accept our charity from us instead of all of our acts that are pleasing to him and allow for our attention just to only be for his sake and we ask Allah SWT to ensure that our journey we ask Allah SWT to make us

10:56among those who are steadfast in our journey back to him and steadfast in our faith and we ask Allah SWT to allow for us to return to him the time that's most pleasing to him and we ask Allah SWT to grant us goodness not only in this life remaining in the next I mean