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You know nerve wrecking. I am the Allah we just did the naqah of brother Brian who accepted Islam here in Hamdulillah

I mean may Allah bless him and all of those who are fasting Ramadan for the very first time Allah

ma'amine nerve wrecking right I was like I wonder when I don't know why this question came to my head

I wonder when Ramadan was legislated for the companions of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam in what month and

SubhanAllah it was in Shahban the second year after Hijrah you had these companions that we're just learning how to pray

Some of them in fact the majority of them were on sarh they only spent a year with the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

Salaah was still being defined the Quran was still being revealed

You know when you think about tarawih prayer al-Baqarah just came down

Ali Amran and Nisa are not even there yet

So when you're thinking about the nights of Quran and what this is going to be like

This is a very new thing for them and it's unlike the ayam and ma'adudah the few days of fasting that they used to have before what a new experience

Shahban Ramadan

Wait, we have to fast the whole month

They were still struggling with alcoholism in the community because alcohol was not yet fully forbidden

It was partially forbidden and even when it was partially forbidden you had some that we're still coming to the prayer drunk and

And even when it was at that next level when it was fully forbidden you had some that struggled with it

There's a lot going on and suddenly Ramadan drops on them and

They have less than a month

To prepare for the very first Ramadan. That is actually

Significant and can help us relate when we might feel like wait a minute

I don't know if I'm ready for this yet. Well, you know what?

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