MOTIVATION We are on the doorstep of the great & most blessed Month of Ramadhaan. Hereunder is a beautiful & inspirational hadith from our Beloved RasulAllah salallahu alayhi wasallam about the virtues of Ramadhaan. This sermon was delivered on the Last Day of Sha'baan. Salmaan (Radhiallaho Anhu) reports ‘On the last day of Shabaan, Rasulullah (Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam) addressed us and reportedly said:’ "Oh people there comes over you now a great month, a most blessed month in which lies a night more greater in virtue than a thousand months. It is a month in which Allah has made fasting compulsory by day and has made sunnah the Taraaweeh (salaah) by night. Whosoever intends drawing near to Allah by performing any virtuous deed, for such person shall be the reward like the one who had performed a Fard in any other time and whoever performs a Fard, shall be blessed with the reward of seventy faraaidh in any other time. This is indeed the month of patience and the reward for true patience is Jannah (paradise). It is the month of sympathy with one's fellowmen. It is the month wherein a true believer's rizq is increased. Whosoever feeds another who fasted, in order to break the fast (at sunset), for the feeder there shall be forgiveness of sins and emancipation from the fire of Jahannam (hell) and for such feeder shall be the some reward as the one who fasted (who he fed) without that persons reward being decreased in the least.” ‘Thereupon we said, 'O messenger of Allah, not all of us possess the means whereby we can give a fasting person to break his fast.’ Rasulullah (Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam) replied; “Allah grants the same reward to the one who gives a fasting person to break the fast a mere date or a drink of water or a sip of milk. This is a month, the first of which brings Allah's mercy, the middle of which brings His forgiveness and the last of which brings emancipation from the fire of Jahannam. Whosoever lessens the burden of his servants in this month; Allah will forgive him and free him from the fire of Jahannam. And in this month four things you should continue to perform in great number, two of which shall be to please your Lord, while the other two shall be those without which you cannot do. Those which shall be to please your Lord, are that you should in great quantity bear witness that there is no deity to worship except Allah (i.e. recite the Kalimah Tayibbah ‘Laa Ilaaha illallah’) and make much Istighfaar (beg Allah's forgiveness) and as for those without which you cannot do, you should beg of Allah entrance into Jannah and seek refuge in Him from Jahannam. And whoever gives a person water to drink, Allah shall grant that giver to drink from my fountain (Haud e Kauthar) such a drink whereafter that person shall never again feel thirsty until he enters Jannah." [HADITH-BAIHAQI] 🤲🏼 Our Allah, guide us to strive in Your obedience & for Your pleasure this Ramadhaan. Make our fasts easy and accept them from us. Help us to gain Laylatul Qadr. Forgive us of all our previous sins and errors. Our Allah, please guide us to change our lives this Ramadhaan and keep it's positive effects until the next Ramadhaan Aameen