Concern yourself with yourself

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

⚠️ AI-Generated Content: This transcription was automatically generated using AI. In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful. All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honorable prophets and messengers. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and upon his family and upon his companions. Amma Badu, one of my very dear friends, my brother Anil, who sent me some really good stuff. May Allah bless him. He sent me something from one of the saints of Sheikh Muhammad Ghalib, who said, do not busy yourself with following people's private matters. Or seeking to know their personal affairs. It may be that due to this, you will be trialed, you will be tested with turning away from rectifying your own state of affairs and your uprightness about Islam and your worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And by Allah, what a tremendous loss that would be. Because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, Ya ayyuha alladheera amanoo qu anfusakoon ba ahlikoon naarah wa quduhan naasoo wal hijaroo. O you who believe, protect yourselves and your families from a fire whose fuel is men and stones. Today, the people of the world are suffering. Today, the whole purpose of social media is to do the opposite. It's to get us involved in everyone else's affairs. And invite others to be involved in our affairs by sharing with them things which are personal and there is either no benefit in sharing them or there is actual harm in sharing them. So we share them. We talk about our successes and we don't know that there are people out there who when they see you succeed, they become jealous and they wish ill for you. You talk about something that you enjoy. You talk about something that makes you happy. And you don't realize that there are people out there who don't like to see you happy. And some of those people can be quite close to you. That is why silence is such a huge benefit. Because the word that does not leave your mouth cannot cause any harm. In the Khatta of Radha Lano, he said, I have regretted my speech many times, but I have never regretted my silence. Now this does not mean being silent about things where you should speak out, like for example against injustice. That is something that you should not be silent about. That is something that you should not be silent about. You should speak out about that. But being silent about other things which are personal and which really should not be in the public space. So what must you do? Focus on yourself. And focus on yourself by doing two things. One, by setting goals. And second, by having benchmarks. Who do you compare against? So first and foremost, learn about Allah. The way to learn about Allah is to read His Kalam, the Quran Al-Karim. Make it your daily practice. You read at least one Juz every day. One Sipara every day. So that way every month you complete one Quran. And then in Ramadan, you do your one Juz plus you pray Taraweeh. And in the Taraweeh in most places the Quran Al-Karim is completed. So that means you would have completed 13 times the Quran Al-Karim in one year. And if Allah gives you Tawfiq, do more. But at least minimum 13 times the Quran Al-Karim would have been completed if you follow this method. One Juz every day. The best way to do that is to wake up, say an hour, hour and a half before the time for Fajr starts. And pray the Hajj Juz and after that read Quran until the time for Fajr. And so then you can easily finish one Juz and then go to the Masjid for Salatul Fajr. So learn about Allah SWT by reading the Quran. Then memorize the Quran. Do whatever you do. Right? One Ayah more today. Each day one Ayah, two Ayahs, three Ayahs. Memorize Quran. Ask yourself, how much Quran do I know? How much do I know? Some people know, you can say I know one Juz, two Juz, three Juz, ten Juz. Others may not know an entire Juz, but they may know different Suras. And if you add up, add all of them up,