FIRST REMINDER. Friday. 4th day of Rabeeu At-Thaani. HOW TO START OVER AFTER A LIFE OF SINS? Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Quickly before today's Reminder i would like to response to few of the questions asked from our yesterday Reminder the first question i quote "what is the ruling regarding those that observe their salat outside the mosque whereas the mosque is yet to be filled?" Well my response is it's a very bad habit that needed to be stopped not for the sake of anybody but for the sake of Allah because my understanding is that people that do so probably Rush to the mosque to observe their salat which if we are to follow the sunnah and the shariah is totally wrong too so please let's not run toward the mosque with the excuse of not wanting to miss a rakaht or the salat instead we take one step at a time and if we are afraid of missing the salat then we should heed to the calling of salat Insha Allah_. And that leads to the next question and i quote "Asalamu Alaikum, my question is how would someone complete his/her missing Salat, I.e if I missed one Raka'a of salatul Fajr, One, two, three Raka'at of Salatul Zuhur, Asr, Magrib n Isha payer's respectively" My response to this is if let's say for instance during salatul Magrib you missed one rakaht you simply complete your salat by rising after the imam conclude the salat you then observe the one rakaht you missed by reciting suratul fatiha alone and this is known as completing but if you like you could replace it by reciting Suratul Fatiha and another surah or ayaat from the Qur'an both is accepted Insha Allah respectively with missing two rakakat. The last question i will attend to in other to avoid too lengthy Reminder is this question and i quote "is it allowed to follow imam at home if your house is closer to the mosque and you can hear the ikahmah from your house?" my response to this question is very simple yes you can if and only if you could prepare a meal without soup at your home and the soup be prepared at the mosque subhannahllah your meal to fetch the soup from your house then it is allowed otherwise it is not allowed if you cannot meet with the above condition then you must go to mosque and observe your salat Subhanallah and that is just being real. Alhamdulillah for guiding us through till this blessed day. We were living with hundreds yesterday but this morning they are not with us anymore till judgement day, if Allah has granted you another day to sincerely repent, please always say Alhamdulillah and seek more forgiveness by saying as many times as possible "Astaghfirullah" and sincerely repent from your sins bcs saying astaghfirullah without stopping the sins is like washing your dirty cloths with urine. People are difficult sometimes. Right? If you had an argument with someone, and then you try to talk to them again, you’ll feel like things are not the same anymore. They might not meet you with the same open arms and complete acceptance like before. And if you had several problems or downfalls with the same person, then that person might black-list you and make sure not to accept you back in his/her life because of your mistakes. This is how we treat each other sometimes. But this is NOT how Allah treats us! Allah’s Name is ArRahman ArRaheem (The Continuously Merciful, The Especially Merciful), and He is indeed uniquely and exceedingly Merciful than any of His creation. Look at this hadith… Anas b. Malik reported that Allah’s Messenger (sallallahu alaiyhi wassallam) said: “Verily, Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a person who has his camel in a waterless desert carrying his provision of food and drink and it is lost. He, having lost all hopes (to get that back), lies down in shade and is disappointed about his camel; when all of a sudden he finds that camel standing before him. He takes hold of its reins and then out of boundless joy blurts out: ‘O Allah, You are my slave and I am Your Rubb’.He commits this mistake out of extreme joy”. [Sahih Muslim] This is actually saying that if you want to turn to Allah in repentance and you are embarrassed or ashamed of your sins and mistakes, Allah will never meet you with rejection or lack of trust. On the absolute contrary, HE will be in extreme joy and HE will be more pleased for you turning back to HIM than you could ever imagine. Allah is telling you to never be embarrassed to come back to HIM again and again and again, no matter how many times you have fallen or how long you have been away. AlhamdulilLah. Please remember today is Friday so let's strive to go early to masjid to listen to the khutbah. Perform ghusul, clean your teeth, cut your nails, ensure your armpit, everywhere is shaved and clean. Recite suuratul kahf or listen to the tafseer through lectures etc. May Allah keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.