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00:03I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
00:06Praise be to Allah, Lord of all worlds.
00:08Assalatu vesselamu ala rasulina Muhammedin ve ala alihi ve eshabihi ecmain.
00:13Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet.
00:16Therefore, O you who believe, send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah with complete submission.
00:23My brothers and sisters, we have hopefully reached the end of the month of Ramadan, whose beginning is mercy, its middle is forgiveness, and its final destination is salvation from hellfire.
00:35May God grant us all the opportunity to be among those who emerge from this month purified, having cleansed themselves of their sins.
00:42Because our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says, "May his nose be rubbed in the dirt, may his nose be rubbed in the dirt."
00:50May his nose be rubbed in the dirt.
00:52When asked, "O Messenger of Allah, whose nose should be rubbed in the dirt?", our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
00:58Those who observe the month of Ramadan, who have passed the month of Ramadan, yet cannot have their sins forgiven.
01:04And to the extent of saying, "May the nose of whoever leaves this month without receiving forgiveness be rubbed in the dirt!"
01:12Our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke about those who do not appreciate this month, who do not know its value.
01:18Look, he made such a statement.
01:20As we all know, my brothers and sisters, we sometimes have guests at our homes.
01:25Some of these guests came to us with a flower or a package in their hand.
01:31The income is meant to bring us a gift.
01:33Even those who can't bring a gift can offer a smile.
01:35You know how we say, "If you can't give a rose, give a rose"? Well, they are the ones who can't give roses.
01:41They bring us a gift by giving us a rose.
01:44Or consider the guests who come to our homes; I always talk about material, tangible gifts.
01:49But there's another gift.
01:51Teacher, I couldn't bring you a tangible, material gift, but I can bring you something abstract,
01:56Let me offer you a hadith that will nourish not only your body but also your soul, let me give you a gift of a hadith.
02:02Sometimes guests come who say, "Let me offer a verse, let me give a verse as a gift."
02:07But our guests always come with a gift in some way.
02:12My brothers and sisters, it is as if Allah Almighty sends guests to our homes.
02:17And if those guests come to us with some gifts
02:21Similarly, Allah Almighty sends us such guests that...
02:25They are also sending us a gift through them.
02:27For example, when someone close to us dies, Allah Almighty sends us a gift along with death.
02:33In fact, death is a guest for us, and a guest who brings us gifts to receive.
02:39Death, the guest sent by God, tells us that this worldly life is temporary.
02:44This earthly life will end one day, this earthly life is only a time for you to enjoy yourself.
02:51Then, saying that this life is not eternal, and that God will kill you later.
02:55Our guest, the guest of death, comes to us with such a gift of advice.
03:00Or, my brothers and sisters, what if we get sick again and end up in hospitals?
03:05Then God sends this guest, the guest of illness, so that he may bestow upon us some blessings.
03:11And what gifts do we receive from the guest of illness?
03:14How important our health is, and how much we need to pay attention to our prayers while we are healthy!
03:20See, I couldn't fast when I was healthy, so that means I can fast when I'm healthy.
03:23I should have paid more proper attention to my fasting.
03:28What will our Lord do to us about this disease that has left us with such awareness?
03:32He sends it.
03:33Well, my dear brothers and sisters, in the same way, we can call it a hadith.
03:37But this is not a hadith.
03:39Let's correct this mistake here.
03:41This is a phrase that's on everyone's lips.
03:43Perhaps each of us, when visiting someone's home, would offer this as a hadith (saying of the Prophet Muhammad), but...
03:48Most of us probably don't even know that it's a hadith.
03:51Let's correct this here then.
03:53It's said that this isn't a hadith, but it circulates among us.
03:57A saying attributed to our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
04:00When a guest goes to the host's house, he goes with ten provisions.
04:04He leaves nine portions of his sustenance to the landlord.
04:07The well-known hadith states that one takes one's own sustenance and returns home.
04:11It's not a hadith, but my brothers, there is a hadith similar to this, of this nature.
04:16Look, our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) tells us the following.
04:19He says that when a guest goes to the host's house, when he visits the host...
04:25He says that when he returns from the homeowner, he takes all of the homeowner's sins with him.
04:31Allahu Akbar.
04:32Because why?
04:33The host took care of him, treated him well, and was kind to him.
04:37The host didn't offer his guest a warm welcome, didn't ask why they came, didn't say "was this the right time?"
04:44He treated her to the finest hospitality.
04:46And because he welcomed him and sent him off with kindness, says our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.
04:53So, what did that guest do in response to the host's kind behavior?
04:58He says it took away all the homeowner's sins.
05:01So, my dear brothers and sisters, if we treat a guest who comes to our house well,
05:06If the guest who comes to our house also takes our sins with him,
05:09If we treated Ramadan, which arrives at the end of 11 months, well,
05:15Shouldn't we also consider whether He might take away our sins?
05:20Isn't that right?
05:21Ultimately, during Ramadan, Allah Almighty gives to the believers,
05:24Isn't he a guest that God sends to Muslims for one month at the end of eleven months?
05:29Yes, a guest for a month, so just as a guest takes away the host's sins by being treated well,
05:38Honestly, my brothers and sisters, I wish Ramadan wouldn't end so soon, I wish Ramadan would never end.
05:44I feel sad as I leave Ramadan, because Ramadan brought order to my fasting and my body.
05:50It brought order to my sleeping habits, it brought order to my prayers,
05:54Now Ramadan will be over, fasting will be gone, my regular prayers will be disrupted, and my sleep routine will be disrupted as well.
06:01If we are believers, we welcome him as a sweet guest and then feel sorrowful at his departure.
06:09By God, we can only hope that this Ramadan, as guests, will take away the accumulated sins from us, the hosts.
06:19But I keep checking the time for iftar, wishing Ramadan would end soon so my cigarette sessions could begin.
06:27Muslims who are eager to get Ramadan over with, and even those who think, "This fasting has really bored me, enough is enough,"
06:35He said that these Tarawih prayers were getting boring for him, that he was tired of Ramadan, and that the host was also the host.
06:41A host who wants their guest to leave as soon as possible certainly won't have their Ramadan sins washed away, my brothers and sisters.
06:49From where?
06:50You can't expect a guest to treat you kindly if you haven't welcomed them.
06:58As a host who hasn't greeted a guest with a smile and a welcome,
07:04You absolutely cannot expect them to leave saying, "Goodbye, God bless you, see you again."
07:11May God grant each of us the awareness to be among those believers who carry the sadness and melancholy of Ramadan as it departs.
07:21My brothers, our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said in a hadith narrated by Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that...
07:29He made a statement to us about how Ramadan cleanses our sins.
07:35Abu Hurayrah says that our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
07:40Whoever fasts during Ramadan expecting reward from Allah, Allah will forgive his sins, he said.
07:49Allahu Akbar, Ramadan is like a guest that, when it arrives, takes our sins away with it and cleanses us completely.
07:59He was a guest.
08:00My brothers and sisters, we need to pray that Allah grants us the grace to be among the believers who share in the company of that guest.
08:08Look, my dear brothers and sisters, the shadow of the departure of the Ramadan guest has now fallen upon us.
08:15And with a heavy heart, we await the day we will part ways with him, and we need to think about this.
08:23Ramadan is more than just a time for taking away our sins; it is also a time when Ramadan, as a guest, knocks on our door.
08:30We need to be aware, my brothers and sisters, that there are also some gifts he left behind for our homes, our communities, our associations, our foundations, or whatever it may be.
08:40So, a friend who lives far away and has just bought a new house will bring you a gift and leave it under your armchair as a housewarming present.
08:49in
08:50Did you think Ramadan, which has missed you and awaited you with longing for 11 months, would come without gifts, my dear brothers and sisters?
08:58Yes, during Ramadan, Professor Aydın came to us with some gifts he had made, and he left those gifts with us.
09:06But my brothers and sisters, when a normal guest brings you a gift, when a friend brings you a gift, you say, "Brother Mehmet..."
09:14You would keep it as a memento for a lifetime and would never want anything to happen to it.
09:21Because it came from the one you love.
09:23Because it came from someone who values you, and therefore carries their memory with it, how would you cherish it?
09:33You hide it, you try to protect it.
09:35Then my dear brothers left us some gifts during Ramadan.
09:40If we try so hard to protect gifts from our friends, because we think they are important to us, then...
09:48Shouldn't we also make an effort to protect the gifts that Ramadan has left behind with the same care and sensitivity?
09:55Ramadan holds great significance.
09:56Therefore, shouldn't we say, my brothers and sisters, that we must desperately protect the gift he left behind?
10:03So what gifts has Ramadan left us?
10:06Firstly, Ramadan has given us a gift: fasting.
10:10Secondly, Ramadan has given us a gift: prayer, the Tarawih prayer.
10:15Third, Ramadan has given us a gift called fitra charity, or zakat.
10:20And my four brothers, Ramadan, left us a gift called the Quran, a revelation, and then he departed from us.
10:29And so, regarding all the things we've mentioned, we truly appreciate these gifts that Ramadan has given us until Ramadan comes again.
10:38Let's protect it as much as possible.
10:39Let us remember that we owe him a debt of gratitude, my brothers and sisters, so that when he comes again, he will see that we have preserved and cherished the gifts and memories he left behind.
10:50Let's try to explain it briefly then.
10:53What was the first gift that Ramadan left behind?
10:55It was a gift for breaking the fast.
10:57Look, my brothers and sisters, Allah Almighty says in verse 183 of Surah Al-Baqarah:
11:02"We have ordained fasting for you, just as We ordained it for those before you, so that you may become righteous."
11:11God Almighty has ordained fasting for us so that we may attain piety.
11:16So, my brothers and sisters, he left us the Ramadan fasting package as a gift, but when you open that package, what do we learn from it?
11:25We've learned to control our willpower, haven't we?
11:28So, what did we do by not eating or drinking anything from dawn until dusk?
11:37We learned. So, inside the package that Ramadan left behind in the form of fasting, there was a surprise: "Hey Muslim, control your will!"
11:46My siblings.
11:47But my dear brothers and sisters, what comes to mind when we, as believers, perceive fasting as something that requires us to fast with our own free will?
11:56Our stomachs are churning.
11:56No, a Muslim doesn't perceive fasting as simply being someone whose stomach is affected by fasting.
12:03Just as a Muslim makes his stomach fast, he should also make his ears fast, his eyes fast, and his tongue fast.
12:11So, what does Ramadan teach us? It teaches us that we should fast not just with our stomachs, but with all our limbs.
12:19My siblings left me this as a gift.
12:21Therefore, we need to ask this question.
12:24Yes, we are fasting. But we also need to ask the question: is fasting holding us?
12:29And if, right now, fasting hasn't restrained us, if we've only fasted and it hasn't restrained our mouths or our eyes,
12:39So, fasting didn't give us the gift of willpower, my brothers.
12:43Look, my dear brothers and sisters, what does this mean?
12:46The fact that fasting holds us back means this:
12:48Every person has an animalistic side within them.
12:51This is present in every human being.
12:52God Almighty created man this way.
12:55For example, every person has a fox inside them.
12:58The act of worship called fasting is about suppressing the fox within us.
13:02When the fox is about to try to cheat someone, you should say, "Be careful, you are fasting, don't deceive anyone, don't trick anyone with tricks,"
13:10Fasting has become a gift that strengthens our willpower, my brothers and sisters.
13:15Or what is within each human being, my dear brothers and sisters?
13:20There is a pig.
13:22There is a pig.
13:23What is a pig?
13:24It represents infinity.
13:25So there is an insatiable desire within humans to constantly crave the world, to constantly strive to transform the world into a paradise.
13:33I want to have a home, and a second home too.
13:35I want to have one car, and a second car too.
13:37I want to be a manager somewhere, and then a general manager.
13:40There is an overwhelming desire to start as a worker and then become a boss.
13:44Fasting, my brothers and sisters, is an act of worship that teaches us to control this desire.
13:50Or, my dear brothers, within every human being there is an animalistic donkey.
13:56He wants to yell at her.
13:58He wants to get angry at everyone and everything.
13:59He wants to yell at everyone.
14:01When you want to get angry at this or that, when you want to yell, I don't want to talk.
14:07I won't speak, let's not speak, please.
14:10Because if I start talking, the donkey inside me will start braying.
14:16A Muslim who puts a halter around the neck of the donkey inside him and doesn't let it bray,
14:22My brothers, this is a Muslim who has observed the fast.
14:26Therefore, fasting instilled in us this kind of willpower training and left it to us as a gift, my brothers and sisters.
14:34So what's the second benefit it has brought?
14:37Isn't fasting what teaches us to be grateful to the Giver of blessings?
14:41So, isn't Allah Almighty the Lord who bestows blessings upon us?
14:45Isn't he a god?
14:46Yes.
14:46But God Almighty said,
14:48He said you will not eat from the time of imsak (the beginning of the fasting period) until iftar (the breaking of the fast).
14:52And we entered a period of hunger.
14:54And what did we understand from that?
14:55So if God doesn't give us food,
14:58So, if God withholds the water from the clouds in the sky,
15:00Who will water us?
15:02Who will feed us?
15:03Praise be to God, we have a Lord like You.
15:06Praise be to God, Lord, for having a God like You.
15:09So much so that you,
15:11He who does not cut off the water even of those who deny Him,
15:13You are the Lord who provides food even for those who reject you.
15:17Saying "Praise be to You" reminds us of the awareness that we are thanking God for the blessings He bestows upon us, my brothers and sisters.
15:24But my dear brothers and sisters,
15:26In a Muslim society,
15:28In a Muslim country,
15:29So, giving thanks to God,
15:32To the blessings He has given,
15:34Doesn't gratitude require some kind of concrete, tangible proof?
15:38After Ramadan, in a society, in a country,
15:41Still the trash containers,
15:43Their containers,
15:44If the loaves of bread are filling,
15:46If those places are still filled with food bags,
15:49Then this fast has passed without teaching us to be grateful for the blessings God has given us.
15:57Or perhaps we should accept this gift that he gave us,
15:59It means we have become ungrateful Muslims who have not preserved that memory well.
16:04Allahu Akbar.
16:05While people are dying of hunger here and there in Africa,
16:08My brothers and sisters, unfortunately, aren't people building hospitals in that very place today?
16:13What is the reason for this?
16:14Isn't that a waste?
16:15Or perhaps people, garbage collectors, and municipal workers collect so much bread from the trash containers that...
16:22They say that only the bread collected here,
16:25So, my brothers say that it's perhaps one-third of the bread produced in the country.
16:29So, if one-third of the bread consumed and produced in the country is thrown away,
16:34Doesn't Ramadan, or the act of fasting, show us that we have not adequately expressed our gratitude to the One who bestows these blessings upon us?
16:43Or, my brothers, has it not become an act of worship that left us nothing as a gift?
16:49Therefore, being able to remain loyal to him means,
16:51It means demonstrating in concrete terms what it means to be a grateful servant of God for the blessings He has bestowed upon us.
16:59My brothers then talked about something else,
17:02One of the concrete proofs of being grateful for the blessings God has given us is:
17:06We need to cultivate the ability to empathize in our own lives.
17:10As our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) says,
17:13He gives the advice, "He who sleeps well while his neighbor is hungry is not one of us."
17:17So if, while observing the fasting ritual, we still haven't understood the children in Gaza who are dying of hunger,
17:24If we still haven't understood the children dying of hunger and thirst in Somalia and Mali,
17:30My brothers and sisters, at that time we did not fulfill a proper expression of gratitude to God, who bestowed these blessings upon us.
17:36If we haven't understood it by now, hopefully we'll understand it tomorrow as well.
17:39Then tomorrow, those who die of starvation in Somalia,
17:42Let us also understand the plight of our Muslim brothers and sisters who are dying of hunger in Gaza.
17:46So let this help us develop empathy.
17:49If we want to perform an act based on the hadith of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him),
17:55We should not be the followers of someone who lives in luxury while others die of hunger, my brothers.
18:01At least there are those who share in their sorrow, at least there are those whose sight makes our hair stand on end and makes our eyes water so much that we can't swallow our food.
18:11We should strive to be believers who shed tears of joy.
18:14My dear siblings.
18:15Look, my brothers and sisters,
18:16Then, what kind of awareness did the act of fasting give us, what gift did it bestow upon us, a gift related to dedicating our bodies to God?
18:26He brought it, didn't he?
18:27What did God say?
18:28He said,
18:29He said you won't eat it.
18:30Okay, Lord.
18:31If you tell me not to eat, then I will not eat, O Lord.
18:34Then Allah said,
18:35Okay, it's time for iftar now.
18:37"My servant, you may now eat," he said.
18:39Okay, Lord, you have made it permissible.
18:41I said I'm going to eat now, right?
18:43So what did God do to our bodies?
18:46He committed adultery.
18:47So, He gave our body an order, and what did our body do?
18:50He listened to it between the time of imsak (the beginning of the fasting period) and iftar (the breaking of the fast).
18:53And indeed, God said,
18:55"O my servant," he said.
18:56You will stay away from your spouse between the time of imsak (the beginning of the fasting period) and iftar (the breaking of the fast).
19:01You will not have sexual intercourse with him, he said.
19:03Okay, Lord.
19:05I adjust my tastes and preferences to suit you.
19:07So we said, "I'm giving up my pleasures and enjoyments for you."
19:11Did we also stay away from our spouse?
19:13We stopped.
19:14So, my brothers and sisters, if fasting has given us such a lesson, then what should we do?
19:20This community listens to God's commands not only during Ramadan, but also outside of Ramadan, regarding matters related to God.
19:30Aren't we also obligated to obey the commands He has given regarding people, society, the state, and politics, my brothers?
19:38It's not just during Ramadan that our Lord forbids certain things; Allah has also forbidden, for example, interest, both during and outside of Ramadan.
19:46Really?
19:46"O Lord, if You have declared it forbidden, I would rather live in rented accommodation for the rest of my life than live in a house I bought with interest," we said on that day.
19:55Fasting helps us to protect our bodies.
19:58My brothers and sisters, this will instill in you the awareness of using your possessions and money as God has instructed, but here, in your body, God has no say.
20:08May he have it during the month of Ramadan.
20:10If you continue with your interest-bearing transactions during Ramadan, but after Ramadan ends,
20:16So if you continue to do things that God has forbidden, then you become a Muslim who has ruined his life.
20:23Therefore, my brothers and sisters, the words and commands of God are words that should be heeded in every aspect, every moment, and every time of life.
20:31Therefore, since He is our Master, and since He knows us best, He has the best laws for us.
20:38The best laws are not made by aristocrats, not by democrats, not by communists, not by socialists.
20:44It is Allah Almighty who determines it, my brothers and sisters.
20:48Regarding women, the best things are not those who sent us the Istanbul Convention under the pretext of joining the European Union,
20:57It is Allah Almighty who determines things, not feminist associations, my brothers and sisters.
21:01Therefore, a person who listens to what God says is called a believer.
21:06A person who submits to whatever God says is called a Muslim.
21:10May Allah grant us the opportunity and ability to be among those believers, those Muslims.
21:15So, my dear brother, what is another one of the awarenesses that fasting has left us with, that it has given us?
21:21Fasting instilled in us the ability to act in an organized manner.
21:25Just imagine, which religious leader, which foundation leader, which sheikh, which Haji tells everyone to start fasting at this specific time?
21:36If he had just said, "You will break your fast at this time," my brothers could have organized something this amazing.
21:41But Ramadan, along with fasting, created such an organization that all Muslims started their fast at the same time.
21:49All Muslims broke their fast at the same time, my brothers and sisters.
21:52Therefore, fasting has instilled in us an awareness, a consciousness, about the need for organization and unity among Muslims, my brothers and sisters.
22:02But even though you write "unity" on your sign, even though you use "unity" as the name of your association, unfortunately, unity is not being achieved.
22:12Just saying "we are brothers and sisters" doesn't make brotherhood happen, my brothers and sisters.
22:17To call people your brothers and sisters in an environment where you have disregarded their rights, deceived them, misled them, and been disloyal to them,
22:27It's just one of those actions that would make even the devil there chuckle, my brothers.
22:32Therefore, one of the awarenesses that Ramadan instills in us is the understanding of being brothers and sisters, or rather, the awareness of unity among Muslims.
22:41Because the biggest problem facing our nation right now is not lack of money, not lack of position, or lack of gold, but lack of wealth both above and below ground.
22:51No, my brothers.
22:52The biggest problem facing our nation right now is the lack of a leader like Abdulhamid, may God have mercy on him.
22:59So, because we don't have a caliph, because we don't have a leader, Muslims are currently fragmented.
23:06Therefore, if we experience this sense of unity that fasting instills in us, in the actions we perform between dawn and dusk, and between dawn and dusk,
23:17If we derive the concept of acting together from there and engage in an effort, a struggle for the unity of the ummah,
23:25God will grant this nation a caliph on the day when unity is achieved.
23:28All we need to do is be worthy of that caliph, my brothers.
23:31But as long as we don't deserve it, that is, rather than taking even our own disputes to God and the Prophet,
23:39As long as we take our problems to psychopaths, psychopaths, and educators, as long as even books and prophets cannot solve our problems,
23:49Waiting for the caliph that God will send to us will probably remain a futile dream in our hearts.
23:56May Allah grant each of us the ability to be among the believers who put it into practice.
24:01My brothers and sisters, look, we said that the first gift that Ramadan has brought us is fasting, and the second is prayer.
24:08How did prayer come as a gift?
24:10My brothers and sisters have said that the gratitude for an act of worship is of the same kind as that act of worship itself.
24:14For example, God has given you money, and as a way of showing gratitude for that money, you go and give Zakat al-Fitr with it.
24:20You will express your gratitude to Him.
24:21Or you can give zakat and express your gratitude for it.
24:24So, God has given us the blessing of prayer, and our scholars have said that the way to show gratitude for this blessing is...
24:29performing voluntary prayers or Tarawih prayers.
24:32Right now, Ramadan has arrived for us, along with the Tarawih prayers.
24:36Even though we prayed 20 rakats of Tarawih prayer, and even though we prayed 8 rakats of Tarawih prayer,
24:41My brothers and sisters, if we are still experiencing problems with our five daily prayers,
24:46Then we would be Muslims who do not appreciate the value and worth of the gift that comes to us through prayer.
24:52So look, maybe we held gatherings in our homes, maybe we did something with our children in our homes?
24:59We became the imams, our children became the congregation, and Ramadan came to us with a gift: this kind of prayer.
25:05Just as we invite our children to join us in congregational prayers at home during Ramadan,
25:10Even after Ramadan ended, we made a pact, an agreement, with Ramadan.
25:13We said to Ramadan, "We will keep this memory you left behind alive until you return 11 months later."
25:20As Ahmet, I will tell my children:
25:23Come on my children, we're going to pray the evening prayer together in congregation tonight.
25:27Shall we promise him that we will cherish his memory, my brothers?
25:31May Allah grant us all the grace to be among the believers who cherish his memory.
25:36My brothers and sisters, the third gift that fasting has brought, that Ramadan has brought, that it has left us with, is...
25:43Saving one's wealth, that is, giving charity, paying alms, paying zakat.
25:48So what exactly is it?
25:50Our Lord says in verse 19 of Surah Al-Dhariyat:
25:55He says, "The poor and the needy have a right to your possessions."
25:59Therefore, in order to purify your goods, he says, give them a portion of your goods.
26:05Allahu Akbar.
26:06You know how people now say, "Here, take this money," and they're just throwing it in the poor guy's face?
26:10You can't just throw the money in that poor guy's face and say, "Here, take this money."
26:13Because it is that poor man who cleans the dirt from your money.
26:19Come here, brother, my money was tainted with ill-gotten gains.
26:22I swear this money belongs to you.
26:24You need to give him this money so he can eat, drink, travel, and have fun in a way that is as pure and honest as his mother's milk.
26:30So, when someone comes to you to collect money, whether it's zakat or fitra, you need to present that money in the most exquisite way possible.
26:39Because that money isn't your money.
26:42Since that money belongs to those poor and needy people, why doesn't God give you the right to distribute it to them in the best way possible?
26:49He's giving orders.
26:50So, my brothers and sisters, isn't Ramadan actually a month that teaches us to share by giving zakat and fitra?
26:57What happens when you share it?
26:58Happiness is multiplying.
27:00In fact, your money even multiplies when you share it, my brothers and sisters.
27:03That's absolutely true.
27:04Those who are generous have more money.
27:07Someone asked a scholar, "How did you become so rich?"
27:10He said, "I have not been worthy of God."
27:12Allahu Akbar.
27:13"What do you mean?" they asked. "I gave, God gave; I gave, God gave; I gave, God gave."
27:19"By God," he said, "I couldn't live up to the expectations of my God, my Lord," my brothers said.
27:22Allahu Akbar.
27:24Indeed, when our Lord asks something of us, He doesn't ask for it in order to take it from us, Professor Aydın.
27:29When they ask for something from us, they ask in order to give it to us.
27:32Allahu Akbar.
27:33What's the biggest proof of this?
27:35When God commanded Abraham to sacrifice Ishmael, did He do so to take Ishmael from Abraham?
27:42Or did he ask for it so that he might give her another Ishmael, Isaac, my brothers?
27:47If God had asked Abraham to take Ishmael,
27:52Could the knife in Abraham's hand have cut Ishmael's throat?
27:56He would have killed her, I swear.
27:57Did he cut it?
27:57It wasn't enough.
27:58From where?
27:59Because I don't want to receive from God.
28:02Because he said, "I want it to give to you," the knife in Abraham's hand did not cut Ishmael's throat, my brothers.
28:10Our Lord even inflicted Ishmael upon him, and as a bonus, He told Abraham to take Ishmael as a bonus, my brothers.
28:20God granted us Isaac.
28:22So, just give for the sake of God, just get used to giving, and see what God will give you in return.
28:29May God grant us the ability to experience the happiness of those who give.
28:35My brothers and sisters, even giving is a blessing.
28:37This man has millions of dollars, but he doesn't give it away; he's a man without blessings.
28:42Honestly, even giving is a blessing.
28:46Giving is a blessing.
28:47We were recently distributing zakat alms.
28:50I said to my friend next to me, "Wow, giving is such a wonderful thing!"
28:53I told Professor Mustafa, "Giving away money is such a wonderful thing."
28:57My friend next to me said, "Honestly, Ahmet abi, isn't it nice to distribute someone else's money?"
29:03It's nice to distribute someone else's money.
29:04"Well," I said, "it's nice to distribute someone else's money."
29:08And imagine how wonderful it would be if a person had their own money and could distribute it.
29:13May Allah grant us all the ability to experience and embody that blessing of giving, my brothers and sisters.
29:18Poverty and destitution are not the destiny of our nation; poverty is not the fate of our nation.
29:23Therefore, our nation needs to be a wealthy nation.
29:27Muslims need to be strong.
29:29Didn't our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say that a strong believer is better and more valuable in the sight of Allah than a weak believer?
29:37Therefore, let us pray that Allah will grant us the strength to be believers, and that He will enable us to give rather than take.
29:45And my dear brothers and sisters, fourth and last, what gift has Ramadan brought us?
29:50He brought the Quran, he brought revelation.
29:53Because why? The Quran was revealed during the month of Ramadan, and the reason Ramadan is a blessed month is the Quran.
30:01The Quran designated the month in which it was revealed as Ramadan.
30:05Did He not make the night on which He revealed it the Night of Power, a night more valuable than a thousand months, my brothers?
30:10And now we have become acquainted with this Quran, with this month of the Quran.
30:15Right now, perhaps we've read a chapter of the Quran daily, and our virtues have developed.
30:18But Ramazan says, "I will leave you now, and I am leaving something in your care."
30:24Since I came, you have become somewhat acquainted with the Quran, you have become acquainted with Surah Al-Baqarah, Surah Al-Imran, Surah Al-Anfal, Surah Al-Maidah.
30:32You met.
30:32Please, after I'm gone, don't leave the chapters of Anfal, don't leave the chapters of Maide, don't leave the chapters of God's book bowed down.
30:41Didn't he leave us a gift, my brothers, so that we wouldn't abandon him?
30:46Allahu Akbar. So what will we do then? We will continue our Quran recitations after Ramadan.
30:52Listen, my brothers and sisters, our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says:
30:56When a believer reads a single letter from the Quran, Allah says He will give him ten rewards. Allahu Akbar.
31:04Let me ask you a question. Let's calculate the length of one page of the Quran in one line.
31:08How many letters are in a line? Approximately 30 letters.
31:12So how many lines are there on a page? There are 15 lines.
31:1715 out of 30 sharps equals 450, right?
31:21By reading one page of the Quran, you learn to read 450 letters.
31:25So, if each letter brings 10 rewards, how many rewards do you get when you read 450 letters on a page?
31:33Aren't you earning 4500 good deeds?
31:35Allahu Akbar. Can you tell me? A believer who reads one page of the Quran a day earns 4500 rewards.
31:45Are my brothers committing sins?
31:47Allahu Akbar. Isn't this alone more than enough reason to seek the mercy and blessings of the Quran?
31:55So what happens then? Let's try to read the Quran every day.
31:59A believer must read the Quran. We need to read the Quran every day, my brothers and sisters.
32:04Look, our master Osman (may Allah be pleased with him) says:
32:08He says he can never tolerate a single day in his life passing without the Quran.
32:12Allahu Akbar. This man, a martyr who has been promised paradise, is telling us this.
32:18How can a Muslim spend a day without the Quran?
32:22How can a Muslim possibly spend the whole day without looking at a single page of the Quran, my brothers and sisters?
32:27Allahu Akbar.
32:29So what happens, my dear brothers and sisters?
32:31Let's not leave the Quran orphaned, let's not leave it with its head bowed.
32:34Let me tell you a short story related to this.
32:38And then, God willing, let's conclude our conversation by learning our lesson from this story.
32:41My brothers and sisters, there's a custom in a village.
32:45Since the Imam was single, every household in the village would invite him to break their fast with them one day every Ramadan.
32:53Anyway, someone from the household invited the Imam to their house for iftar (the evening meal during Ramadan).
32:57Then, before the Imam arrived, the lady of the house left a considerable amount of money on the table where the Imam would sit.
33:04He forgot about it there too.
33:05Then the Imam arrived home, and they welcomed him into their living room.
33:10The gentleman went inside.
33:12Later, while he was helping his wife in the kitchen, the window opened.
33:15When the wind blew like that, the money on the table disappeared and scattered.
33:19When everyone dispersed, the Imam collected the money.
33:22He saw a copy of the Quran there.
33:23Professor Sefe put the money inside the Quran copy so that it wouldn't fly away.
33:28Then they broke their fast and performed their prayers.
33:31Then the Imam left.
33:33Then the woman came and saw that the money was gone.
33:35"Sir, sir," he said.
33:37This Imam must have committed theft.
33:39When they said he stole our money and so on.
33:41My wife said, "Please don't do that."
33:43Perhaps not.
33:44When you say things like "don't make assumptions," etc.
33:45They searched the house thoroughly.
33:47They couldn't find the money.
33:48Later, my brothers couldn't find the money.
33:51Of course, the man doesn't want to make assumptions.
33:53He wants to trust the imam.
33:54But unfortunately, they couldn't find the money.
33:56This time, the man has also fallen into the trap of suspicion.
33:58Damn, he said.
33:59He said, "He'll take it, he'll take it."
34:00This man bought it.
34:00This Imam received it.
34:01That's what the imam of our village said.
34:03He called him a thief.
34:04Then my siblings.
34:05Then the next Ramadan arrived.
34:08Of course, the Imam sensed that his neighbor was acting so coldly towards him.
34:12Yes, he said.
34:13Everyone invited me to iftar (the evening meal during Ramadan).
34:15But you said...
34:15You didn't invite me to your Ramadan iftar this year.
34:17When you ask, "Did I do something wrong to you?"
34:21He said:
34:22"I swear," he said.
34:22I said.
34:23"I think you're a thief," he said.
34:25The imam said.
34:26When asked why she thought that, she explained the situation.
34:29Then the Imam said:
34:30"Come, come," he said.
34:31"Sit down for a moment," he said.
34:33"I swear," he said.
34:34When I came to your house for iftar last year.
34:36Yes, there was money on the table.
34:38The window opened like this.
34:39The wind blew.
34:40The money was scattered.
34:41I did this so the money wouldn't be scattered.
34:42I hid the money inside the copy of the Quran there.
34:46Now let me ask you.
34:48You're asking me if I'm a thief?
34:49"Hey, host," he said.
34:50Now you tell me, he said.
34:52Is the imam a thief?
34:54Is the Quran an orphan?
34:55He said.
34:56So you're saying you haven't opened that copy of the Quran in your house for a whole year?
35:01He said.
35:02Allahu Akbar.
35:03If you had opened the copy of the Quran.
35:05You would have seen the money there.
35:07So you haven't been reading the Quran in that house for a year?
35:10He said.
35:10Now tell me, my brothers.
35:13Is the imam a thief?
35:14Is the Quran an orphan?
35:15May Allah protect us from being a nation that disregards the Quran.
35:20God wants those who are intimately connected with the Quran, who are at peace with the Quran, who consider the Quran a companion, a friend.
35:27May God grant us the grace to be among the believers who see [the truth].
35:30When we feel distressed, when we are troubled, let us open the Quran, my brothers and sisters, weeping, even sobbing if necessary, letting our tears fall upon the copy of the Quran.
35:38Let's establish a friendship with him, let's build a connection with him.
35:41Let us speak to you, my brothers and sisters, through the Quran, saying, "I have come to you, I have come to seek refuge in you."
35:47Because reading the Quran is like speaking with God.
35:50Anyone who wants to speak with God can read the Quran.
35:54May God grant each of us the grace and opportunity to be among those believers who read the Quran with such enthusiasm and love.
36:01May God grant our minds wisdom, our eyes insight, and our hearts love.
36:05All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Worlds.
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