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Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Alhamdulillah, wa salatu wa salamu ala Rasulillahir wa ala Ali, wa ashabi, a'jmaheen

Once again my brothers my sisters, we always praise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, we seek his protection

from we seek his protection against all evil and we ask him every goodness not just for us but for humanity at large

and we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa salam and all those who are sent from the very beginning to

remove us from darkness and to take us to the light amin and we ask Allah to bless their companions and to bless

everyone of us and to grant us all the best of this world in the next amin. My brothers and sisters every year the month of Ramadan comes

and this month it brings about a different joy we become happy people, Mashallah during the month of Ramadan especially when we're about to see the moon

and then once the moon is sighted and the excitement of the first few nights of tarawih sort of dwindles

we find the masjid is slightly empty and people start beginning to feel like gosh I've still got 27 days to go

right and then when you're in this part of the world subhanAllah it becomes so prolonged especially during these years

but Allah compensates it but a few years down the line you guys will be having the shortest fasts ever right?

we might have to come here for Ramadan at that time

for now you can come over by us it's fine no problem it's actually permissible to travel to a place where the fast is shorter

nothing wrong to do that you can actually travel to a place where the fast is shorter in order to spend Ramadan

with your children or those who might not be so well or those who just cannot keep such a long fast

it's not prohibited may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make it easy I know you're looking at me like are you going to give us the money to go on holiday

but my brothers and sisters Ramadan is a blessed month it's a blessed month when we see the moon that goodness and when

you know the lights are turned on in the masjid and the people are fulfilling their salah and even in the homes

the environment is such that wallahi the blessedness you feel it you can actually feel it it's different

the food you consume during the evening in Ramadan has a taste to it that is different from that which was eaten

even if it were the same dish before or after Ramadan it's a blessing but my brothers and sisters

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