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I must say I was very impressed when I walked in here I had no clue that this

amphitheater was packed to capacity. I didn't even know that there were people

seated here and when I saw that these people are actually all here and there is

pin drop silence I have to give you to you. Mashallah. May Allah Almighty bless you

guys, give you baraka and goodness and blessings in every way the patience and

enduring sitting and I'm sure I heard that perhaps there might have been people

who may not have made it right in here because the place is full. Today I'm

going to speak about Ramadan, everything about Ramadan. Ramadan explained,

bearing in mind that we may have people of all faiths with us here this

evening. When I was young I recall vividly we used to tell the other children

in the schools we have a month of fasting and they would say you guys are crazy

a month of fasting you mean a month with no food no drink and we used to say

yeah man. Mashallah not realizing that you know it's not a month of no food and no

drink it's a month where in which during the daylight hours you don't consume

food and drink so that's the first understanding when you tell people Ramadan is

a month where we don't eat and drink you know it's not the whole month it's

every day during the whole month during the entire month but at night the

restrictions are lifted. Mashallah ta barakAllah so that's the first point when

we're explaining to people about Ramadan we must realize that the

understanding is such that people don't know it's just from dawn to dusk and in

the evening all restrictions are lifted but it is still a month of greater

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