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Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa rahmatullahi wa rahmatullahi wa rahmatullahi

brothers and sisters as we are getting ready for this Ramadan and we can't wait to spend it with you in

insha'Allah with the jemna series with Quran 30 for 30 and so much more. Here's a collection of some of our

content on Ramadan prep. Bidni Allahu ta'ala to get you ready for this Ramadan. We look forward to

spending it with you in insha'Allah. Enjoy the collection, insha'Allah.

And first and foremost look at Ramadan like a gift from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

that is actually here with immense mercy, then you approach it differently. And as you read about

the set up and you read about the pious predecessors, you know what you don't find from them?

You don't find that they were very stressed out in Ramadan, which I've noticed over the years

and I'm guilty of it. Sometimes you know the stories, you know their stories, you know the

goals they had that meeting their goals, you're starting to fall short and it's beginning and you

feel like it's slipping very quickly or you weren't prepared for it, you weren't ready and you

get stressed out. They weren't stressed in Ramadan. Ramadan was go time. Ramadan was Allah's

mercy is descending right now like never before the gates of jemna are flung open and I am calling

upon al-Afu. The most forgiving one. It's time to go with whatever I have right now. It's not

time to think about what I wasn't prepared for or how much Quran I did not read before Ramadan

or the fasting or it's none of that is relevant at this point. It's Allah Akbar. Ramadan is here.

Let me do what I can. Let me pace myself now that the month has started in ways that are going to

give me the full benefit of the month. So how do we get started off on the right foot? Well first

and foremost, if you look at the salaf, they pace themselves from the very beginning as to how they

wanted to divide that month. They weren't going to just figure it out once they got into it. They

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