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All his companions may Allah bless them and may he bless every single one of us. Brothers and sisters in Islam.

Ramadan is fast approaching. This is the last Friday before the month of Ramadan.

We have been speaking about this beautiful month and how to welcome this month in a way that we can maximize the benefit from this beautiful month of Ramadan.

Remember the numbers of the months of Ramadan that we will be allowed to witness is fixed in our lives.

So some of us may be 30, 40, 50, 60 depending on the age that Allah allows us to get to.

And every time Ramadan comes you can strike it off. It's one less. Every time Ramadan comes you can strike it off. It's one less.

It may be the last one and it may be such that we may not see the end of it. It's happening and it has happened.

And it has happened to people healthier than myself and yourselves.

So we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to bless us. This afternoon I want to go through one hadith of Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa sallam

where he speaks about Iman from a different angle altogether. Iman meaning the belief, the faith, the conviction we have in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

It is a hadith narrated by Abu Hurayra al-Raghiyallahu al-Famdi al-Sahid Muslim where the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam makes it quite clear by saying,

al mukmin al-Tawiyyu khayran wa ahabba ilallahu min al mukmin al-Bait.

He says, a strong mukmin is far better and more loved by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala than he who is weak.

What does this mean? Two things come to mind. One is physical strength where you have a person more powerful, you know, muscular and so on, healthier.

That's one thing that comes to mind. And the other thing that comes to mind is a person whose conviction in Allah is far greater.

A person whose belief in Allah is solid. A person who is convinced as to the power of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in the biggest possible way.

So the second meaning is what is meant in this particular hadith primarily.

That a person who lays his trust in Allah, he knows his limits, he understands faith, he understands what is required of him,

and he knows Allah is going to test him and he is hoping that the tests are made easy but he is waiting for the tests one after the other,

knowing that as life progresses I will have to go through challenges in life and these challenges will be maybe easy if we have conviction and faith in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

The reason why we say this, Allah says in the Quran,

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