Day 29: Beware of Ramadanitis | Ramadan Strong

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Ramadan Strong: Series Introduction

Ramadan Strong: Series Introduction

Day 1: Not Just Another Ramadan | Ramadan Strong

Day 1: Not Just Another Ramadan | Ramadan Strong

Day 3: Mindful Fasting to Feed Your Soul | Ramadan Strong

Day 3: Mindful Fasting to Feed Your Soul | Ramadan Strong

Day 4: So That You Attain God-Consciousness | Ramadan Strong

Day 4: So That You Attain God-Consciousness | Ramadan Strong

Day 5: Be Present | Ramadan Strong

Day 5: Be Present | Ramadan Strong

Day 6: Being Excused from Fasting is a Gift From God | Ramadan Strong

Day 6: Being Excused from Fasting is a Gift From God | Ramadan Strong

Day 7: The Importance of Documenting Progress | Ramadan Strong

Day 7: The Importance of Documenting Progress | Ramadan Strong

Day 8: Talking to Allah | Ramadan Strong

Day 8: Talking to Allah | Ramadan Strong

Day 9: Desire, Dedication, Discipline | Ramadan Strong

Day 9: Desire, Dedication, Discipline | Ramadan Strong

Day 10: Your Qur'an Goals | Ramadan Strong

Day 10: Your Qur'an Goals | Ramadan Strong

Day 11: "...but I've already fallen behind in my Ramadan goals" | Ramadan Strong

Day 11: "...but I've already fallen behind in my Ramadan goals" | Ramadan Strong

Day 13 | The Need for Consistency and Balance | Ramadan Strong

Day 13 | The Need for Consistency and Balance | Ramadan Strong

Day 14 | Praise be to Allah | Ramadan Strong

Day 14 | Praise be to Allah | Ramadan Strong

Day 15 | Overcoming the Mid-Ramadan Slump | Ramadan Strong

Day 15 | Overcoming the Mid-Ramadan Slump | Ramadan Strong

Day 16: Detox by Day and Indulge By Night | Ramadan Strong

Day 16: Detox by Day and Indulge By Night | Ramadan Strong

Day 17: Ramadans of Yore | Ramadan Strong

Day 17: Ramadans of Yore | Ramadan Strong

Day 18: When Ramadan Breaks | Ramadan Strong

Day 18: When Ramadan Breaks | Ramadan Strong

Day 19: The Man Who Thought He Thanked God Enough | Ramadan Strong

Day 19: The Man Who Thought He Thanked God Enough | Ramadan Strong

Day 20: The Extra Good Deed | Ramadan Strong

Day 20: The Extra Good Deed | Ramadan Strong

Day 21: Ten Days Ahead, Another Chance? | Ramadan Strong

Day 21: Ten Days Ahead, Another Chance? | Ramadan Strong

Day 22: Charity in the Last 10 Nights | Ramadan Strong

Day 22: Charity in the Last 10 Nights | Ramadan Strong

Day 23: Maximizing the Last Ten Days | Ramadan Strong

Day 23: Maximizing the Last Ten Days | Ramadan Strong

Day 24: When the Night Draws its Curtain —The Importance of Tahajjud | Ramadan Strong

Day 24: When the Night Draws its Curtain —The Importance of Tahajjud | Ramadan Strong

Day 25: The Value of Seclusion - Ihtikaf | Ramadan Strong

Day 25: The Value of Seclusion - Ihtikaf | Ramadan Strong

Day 26: A Date with Destiny | Ramadan Strong

Day 26: A Date with Destiny | Ramadan Strong

Day 27: Meeting the Best Version of Ourselves | Ramadan Strong

Day 27: Meeting the Best Version of Ourselves | Ramadan Strong

Day 28: Practicing Istiqama for the Long Haul | Ramadan Strong

Day 28: Practicing Istiqama for the Long Haul | Ramadan Strong

Day 29: Beware of Ramadanitis | Ramadan Strong

Day 29: Beware of Ramadanitis | Ramadan Strong

Day 30: Farewell, Ramadan | Ramadan Strong

Day 30: Farewell, Ramadan | Ramadan Strong

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Ramadan Strong

Day 29: Beware of Ramadanitis | Ramadan Strong

Realizing the spiritual station of taqwa requires that we are in an active state until the last moment.

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Bismillah walhamdulillah, wa salatu was salamu ala rasulullah, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa

man wana wa ba'a. Brothers and sisters, now that we are at the very end of the month of Ramadan, I wanted to share with you some thoughts around a very prophetically inspired concept.

And that is the idea of al-ibratu bil-khawateen, that virtue lies in the end point. This reflects a deep spiritual reality which basically says, Ya Allah, I care about you

at every juncture. I'm not going to be afflicted by the type of logic of senioritis. You know there's this logic that when it's your senior year, you just kind of let go, you relax, you sit back, you transition.

It's not the reality. For those of us who are living in the dunya, with an ukhrawi mindset, man arada al-akhira, wa sa'a laha sa'iyaha, those who desire the akhira and they strive for the akhira, that

requires that until the last second, I am in a modality that reflects a deep spirit of taqwa, that I care about Allah, and I care about my performance in front of Allah, up

until the last second, as my breath still exists, as my function is still sound, because

as Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said, amaluna hatha minal mahdi ilal lahd, that our actions, this affair of ours, of seeking knowledge and seeking truth and being fee sabeelillah, being in

the way of Allah, that this is from the cradle to the grave. That's why the Prophet ﷺ, he tells us that if the hour comes and you have in your hand a fasila, a small tree, plant it.

Yes, we may not come to see the fruits of that tree, but the action is what matters. And so brothers and sisters, in these last moments that we have in the month of Ramadan,

let us make sure that we show Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that we care deeply about this sacred month until the last second. We're not going to get into that Ramadan-itis, which is the post 27th night reality, where

everyone just kind of starts to coast, gets into aid mode, shopping mode. Know that until the last second of Ramadan, I want to be amongst those people who are

present, visible, and on the receiving end of the divine gaze, that Allah sees me in those last moments as someone who deeply cares, because that reflects the deeper essence of my taqwa, insha'Allah ta'ala.

Our taqwa is reflected and manifests and that it does not discriminate whether the time is the beginning or the end. Because there are other principles I will tell you,

مَن كَانَتْ بِدَاهَيَتُهُ مُحْرِقًا كَانَتْ نِهَيَتُهُ مُشْرِقًا That those who in the beginning point it was burning, that at the end point it will be illuminated.

So we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make us illuminated and beautiful in a state of loving surrender in the beginning and the middle and certainly in the end. اللهم احسن خواتيمانا We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make perfect

our ending from this dunya and may He grant us an ending where the last words that we utter with our tongues and that we feel in our hearts and are realized in our limbs are لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله وصلى اللهم على سيدنا محمد

وآخر دعوانا والحمد لله رب العالمين بارك الله فيكم والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله

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