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All praise is indeed due to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, blessings and salutations upon Muhammad Salallahu wa Salam

We ask Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to bless him and all his companions and every single one of us

Also we ask Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to accept from us the fasting that we have been engaged in

and to accept from us the standing in Salatul Qiyam that we have been engaged in

and to make us from amongst those who can be rewarded with Jannah

and we ask Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to make us from amongst those who can observe as many etiquettes of the month of Ramadan as possible

Believe me the month of Ramadan is a season and that season is there for myself and yourselves to automatically improve ourselves if we are to fulfill the etiquettes of the month

So if we are to fulfill whatever we are required to fulfill during this month automatically we will come out of the month much better people

May Allah grant that to us. This evening we completed Surah Al Maida and as I mentioned yesterday there is mention in the Surah of several items that are prohibited when it comes to consumption as well because it is a laid table cloth and on the laid table cloth what do we expect besides food

May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala grant us the ability to abstain from Haram

In the verses Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala speaks about how important it is for us to be careful regarding labeling items halal or haram when we don't know

So Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says,

It is not considered as unlawful that which we have purified and made lawful for you because that is now transgressing the limits of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and Allah does not like those who transgress the limits

So from this verse we learn that just as it is so bad to label something halal when it is haram it is also as bad to label something haram when it is halal

And this is why we have been taught that there are three categories, there is that which is halal which is clear, there is that which is haram which is clear, the halal we eat from partake in, the haram we abstain from and we stay far away from

And in the middle there are certain items Allah knows the ruling but we as human beings might not know exactly what it is

In that case we abstain we are not allowed to partake this is why when it comes to whether it's allowed to eat or not there's only two rulings it's either yes or no

There is no maybe in Islam because if you know it's halal the answer is yes it if you know it is haram the answer is abstain

And if you don't know the answer is still abstain so we ask Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala to grant us understanding

This is clear in the Hadith of An-Nuhmani bin Nimbashir in Sahih Muslim

And the prophet of Allah has reported to have said in the halal al-Bayyan and in the haram al-Bayyan

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