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As we know, the Prophet Muhammad SAW said that the one who cannot control his tongue for him, fasting is just going to earn him only hunger and thirst and sleepless nights, nothing more. Therefore, the focus and the purpose of Ramadan is to become Muttakoon and Muttakoon means people who behave with the behavior of Muttaqeen. Now, if you ask me for a one line definition of what defines the behavior of a Muttakhee, I would say it is consideration for others. Now, one of the things you find in Ramadan very sadly is if you look at obviously more people come to the Masjid, a lot of people who normally don’t come to the Masjid come to the Masjid in Ramadan. And then we have chaos. You have chaos with car parking, we have people parking in front of other people’s driveways, blocking driveways. I’ve never understood how anyone with any sense at all can park in front and opposite somebody’s, you know, blocking somebody’s gate or blocking somebody’s driveway. How is it even possible? I mean, people have, I really don’t want to say anything more. Just think about it. Believe me, the only people in the world who do this is Muslims. The only people in the world who do this are Muslims. And because of this, Muslims have got such a bad name, thanks to their parking, that anytime a community wants to build a Masjid, there is a huge opposition and uproar from the society, from the town, the city, wherever they are there or the neighborhood. And people oppose it, not because they are anti-Muslim, but they are anti-bad parking. Now this is something that we don’t seem to get into our heads. I don’t understand why. How would you feel if somebody parked a car opposite your gateway, blocked your gateway, you can’t get out of the house, and he said, I’m going, I’m because I was in a church service or I was in a Hindu puja, temple puja. How would you like that? Right. And what you think the people are going to love it because you say I was praying Taraweeh. I mean, really, seriously, think about that. I have seen cars parked on top of pavements, on top of sidewalks. I have seen cars parked the traffic circle on top of the circle. I’ve seen cars any number of times blocking people’s driveways, blocking people’s gates. Really, please don’t make Ramadan into a curse for your neighbors. Park properly. Same thing with shoes. I mean, it’s a mess. How many times people send around photos to say this is what shoes in a Gurdwara look like, this is what shoes in a Buddhist temple look like, and this is what shoes in a bad, bad. Just throw people, throw shoes like a carpet of shoes, which you are forced to step on and stamp on if you want to enter the masjid. I mean, have some consideration for yourself. Your shoe didn’t come out of the air. You paid money for it. You bought the shoe, keep it in a place where it is treated with respect and treated with care. I’ve seen massages, beautiful shoe racks made. Empty and the shoes shoe racks are on two sides of the of the hallway. Both are empty or just have a few shoes and the shoes are across the hallway like a carpet. Please treat the masjid with respect. This is the house of Allah. Don’t waste food. Iftar time is like crazy. You know, go and heap up your plate and you can’t eat it. You throw it. Think about people who don’t have food to eat. Treat the masjid with respect. Treat the facilities with respect. Treat the food with respect. Park your car properly. Keep your shoes properly. Make sure that your behavior in Ramadan becomes exemplary. Alhamdulillah, do that for the for the 30 days and inshallah this will become your signature and you will really be a better human being. That is the purpose of Ramadan. And the most beautiful Ramadan. And may God bless this noble Prophet and his family and companions. With your mercy, O merciful.
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