Ramadan Reminders 2026 – Day 11

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillah, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulullah ﷺ wa baad. My brothers and sisters, Ramadan al-Kareem came as a boot camp to revamp our lives, to improve our akhlaaq. Now see what Rasulullah ﷺ says about this issue of akhlaaq. Now Ramadan comes and Allah ﷻ does not only level the playing field, but Allah ﷻ skews it in our favor. Allah ﷻ locks up the shayateen. So the amount of temptation is far, far less. In spite of that, if you are getting temptation, it is from yourself. It is our own nafs, the biggest shayateen which is within us. So, but the shayateen, the evil shayateen, the devils are chained. The doors of Jannah are opened, the doors of Jahannam are shut. Let us take full advantage of this. Rasulullah ﷺ said: "I guarantee a house in Jannah for the one who gives up arguing even if he is right." Who gives up arguing even if he is right. Then he said: "And I guarantee a house in the middle of Jannah for the one who abandons lying even as a joke." And then he said: "I guarantee a house in the highest part of Jannah for the one who has good manners." I remind myself and you, the importance of good manners, the importance of honesty, and integrity, the importance of not lying and cheating, the importance of a smiley face, the importance of being a pleasant person, the importance of helping one another. This is how we build this deen. This is how we build our position with Allah ﷻ. Abdullah bin Amr ﷲ reported that Rasulullah ﷺ said: "Be merciful to others and you will receive mercy. Forgive others and Allah will forgive you." And this is in Muslimah. Let us ask ourselves: do we want Allah ﷻ to forgive us? And obviously the answer is yes. What is the way? Forgive other people. Don't carry grudges. Carrying a grudge is like carrying a burning coal in your hand. It only harms you. It only burns you. The other person against whom you have the grudge may not even know that you have this grudge. Even if he knows, he may not even care what you think about him. But we carry this and we go and slander him and so on and so forth. And you have to forgive him. And you are giving away your good deeds to somebody you don't even like. Makes no sense. Let us make Ramadan into a way of changing our lives. Of bringing our lives on the beautiful path of Muhammad ﷺ. I ask Allah ﷻ to make this easy for us and to accept it from us. **وَسَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّ الْكَرِيمُ وَعَلَى الْعَالِيِّ وَسَحَبِي أَجْبَيْنِ بِرَحْمَةِكَ يَا رَحْمَةٍ وَرَحِمِينَ**