7 TYPES OF PEOPLE

Imam @ L Mosque
Ramadan Khutbah #3


So the Hour, the Moment, the Day of Judgment will be a perilous one for many. The hot, hot heat from the sun, the clamorous noise, the fact that kids & moms, brothers & sisters will be too preoccupied with being accountable to care for each other—this is the day we want to fall into the category of: The 7 types of people to be shaded on the Day of Judgment…

1) The Just Leader
As we all know esp. nowadays these are few & far between

2) The Youth that grows up worshipping & serving God
Being a Youth is hard nowadays, there are so many temptations and difficulties, & sometimes it seems that it may be getting harder as time passes

3) The one whose heart is attached to the masjid
Literally one whose heart is hung up at the masjid, not like the guy who forsakes his family, job, and community and stays there all day long, but the one whose heart is in remembrance of God even when they’re not there, and who longs to be at such high levels until they return to the masjid.

4) The one who is generous in secret, even his left hand does not know what his right hand gives
The one who is mad covert in his generosity

5) The ones who love each other for the sake of God
When they come together it is out of love for God and when they part it is also out of love for God.

6) The one who is able to resist sexual temptation
Like Yusuf (as)

7) The one whose eyes well up with tears in remembrance of God, while they are in solitude
In solitude, no one can praise you, acknowledge you, give you mad props, except the One who matters most.

Let us strive to have the attributes of at least one of these, if not all.
Ameen.

WEIGHT LOSS IN RAMADAN

Ramadan Khutbah #1&2 combined

Shaykh YC @ Masjid A-I

Ramadan is not a time to lose physical weight. It is a time to lose Nafs/Ego weight. Our excess physical weight can be addressed much easier, with more exercise & healthy eating, whereas our nafs/ego weight may be much more difficult to deal with. Even a dead elephant can be lifted, but a person with a heavy ego cannot even be lifted by crane. One individual's nafs/ego weight can bring down an entire room of people down.

Ramadan is a month of mercy & perfect for self-reflection. It is as if our spiritual light has been switched on. Since we are not eating or drinking, we experience a type of fatigue. This fatigue intensifies our senses. We can hear, speak, feel much more intensely and deeply than ever before. This month we may hear things and understand things in ways we normally are unable to. Our words are able to penetrate more deeply. We should take advantage of this, but also take precaution that we don’t hurt others or ourselves.

Thus, Ramadan is ideal for losing ego weight. It takes spiritual exercise & self-reflection. We should honestly assess those things we do not like about ourselves, since they may be more apparent, and ask God to help us address them, change them, and replace them with that which is better.

We must ride our nafs and not allow it to ride us, which is usually the case throughout the year.

May we take advantage of this month and may Allah help us lose all that nasty extra ego/nafs weight. Ameen