Ramadan Reminders 2026 – Day 12

Auto-generated transcript: Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim, walhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala rasulillah ﷺ wa baad. My brothers and sisters, as I mentioned to you, every ibadah, every act of worship in Islam comes for a purpose. It is a tool to achieve something. Ramadan, Al-Kareem, and the fasting that Allah has prescribed for us is the tool to make us muttaqoon. And if we become muttaqoon, if we become people of taqwa, then Allah ﷻ has guaranteed hidayah. The book [Qur’an] is hidayah for the people of taqwa. Hidayah will enter the door, and the name of the door is taqwa. If that door is not there, hidayah will not enter. The kitab [Qur’an] will be there, but hidayah will not enter our hearts because this door is not there or the door is locked. Taqwa is that which opens that door. Taqwa is that which creates that door of hidayah, which is the kitab of Allah ﷻ. So this book of taqwa is the guarantee for that. How does fasting make this possible? Because during the hours of fasting, we stop ourselves from doing even that which is halal normally. Eating and drinking and having relations with our spouses are halal. These are commendable things. These are things which, if we do with the niyyah of pleasing Allah ﷻ in the way of Allah ﷻ, and we eat halal, we drink halal, and we have sexual relationships which are only halal (no zina), then this is commendable. But in the period of fasting, we stop ourselves from doing that for one reason only, and that is because Allah ﷻ ordered that. So we are reminding ourselves, and by our actions, we are physically practicing this, and we are showing by our actions, demonstrating to Allah ﷻ that His command, His will is supreme. We hear and we obey, no arguments. We don't say why is it possible? Why should we do it? Why not? We do it because Allah said so. And because Allah said so is the reason. Allah's command is a reason in itself. And therefore we follow the sunnah of Rasulullah ﷺ. And that is why it makes us muttaqoon. Who is a muttaqi? Who acts only to please Allah. And in Ramadan, we are proving that by denying ourselves even the halal. Therefore, how much more important is it to deny ourselves than to stop ourselves from doing haram in the rest of our lives. Ramadan does not come for Ramadan. It doesn’t come to make us hungry and thirsty. It comes to reinforce this point: that we obey Allah ﷻ unconditionally, always. And may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him. Al-Fatiha.