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At the same time, a month in which the Almighty's forgiveness is distributed and given to everyone who wants it.

So we will achieve forgiveness every single night.

There are so many people whom Allah Subhanahu at-Ala grants freedom from hellfire.

My brothers, my sisters, it is the month in which the Quran was revealed.

So we take it seriously.

We must develop a connection with the Quran.

you cannot let a day of Ramadan go by without having read the Quran, be it in the Arabic language or the meaning of it,

or learning its rules and regulations, trying to put it into practice, conveying it to others.

So, congratulations upon being granted the acceptance to witness this beautiful month,

because there are so many people who have not been able to witness this month,

they've passed on before the month, may Allah Almighty grant them paradise.

May Allah forgive their shortcomings and give them jannah, give them the highest levels of paradise.

And the day we pass on may Allah make it a blessed day, and may He forgive us and grant us to entry into jannah into paradise.

So, those of us who have witnessed the commencement of this beautiful month,

I am in Medina Munawara, the Medina, the city of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

He is resting very near to where I am standing. May Allah Almighty gather us in paradise in the companionship of Muhammad,

may peace be upon him. My brothers, my sisters, I want to let you know what happened for me this evening.

Obviously, the moon was sighted somewhere in Saudi Arabia, and this part of the globe, and those who follow this part of the globe,

in moon sighting commenced. The commencement of Ramadan usually is with the announcement,

and immediately the ambience changes. Everyone is in Ramadan mode. People are greeting each other,

conveying the news, excited, preparing, washing themselves, having a bath or a shower, or

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