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I said I wanted to come. 
This is your host machine and 

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you're listening to Journey to 
Jenna. 

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Welcome to episode one of the 
Ramadan Prep series. 

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In this first episode, we'll be 
going over goal, making a bunch 

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of lists that you should make to
help you plan. 

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Basically just a bunch of prep 
that is really needed to make 

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this Ramadan as productive as 
possible. 

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Over the years, I've realized 
that planning everything out is 

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key. 
You don't want to go into this 

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month not having a plan, not 
having any goals. 

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You get so much more out of this
month when you go in knowing 

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exactly what it is that you want
to focus on. 

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So get a pen and paper, your 
iPad, computer, whatever else it

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is that you use to take notes. 
Because this episode is going to

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be very interactive, I've 
structured it so that I'm 

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talking. 
But while I'm talking, it's sort

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of like explaining everything 
and then also giving 

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instructions on goal prepping so
that you can make your own lists

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and goals as you follow along. 
Also this way you're not 

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procrastinating, You're sort of 
forced to actually start 

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preparing. 
You can't say you're going to do

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it later and then not do it. 
So yeah, another thing, before 

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we actually get into the gold 
prepping, I want to recommend 

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you guys get a Ramadan planner, 
whether it's a digital one or a 

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journal or like a checklist to 
type list this situation. 

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Just get one. 
It helps so, so much just in 

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terms of planning everything, 
tracking your progress. 

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It's like a the second brain and
when you're deprived of food and

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water 2/3 of the day, having one
just makes everything so much 

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simpler and easier to reach your
goals. 

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Yes, this is a shameless plug we
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planners. 
One is a notion template you can

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get on an iPad or a computer or 
iPhone and the other one is a 

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digital version. 
So it's more like a journal that

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you can download to your good 
notes on your iPad or whatever 

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app that it is that you use. 
I spent a lot of time into 

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making these so that they're 
functional and you guys get a 

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product that truly does help you
get that productive, spiritual 

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Ramadan that we all want. 
And if you guys want, you guys 

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can get it from Journey to 
jenna.com. 

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I have the link in the 
description and it's in my 

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Instagram bio if you want to 
check it out. 

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I've also made a few free 
products or resources that you 

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guys can download and just use. 
Inshallah, All of that will help

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out. 
So on to go prepping. 

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Most of us tend to approach our 
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the lines of what do I want to 
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And there's nothing wrong with 
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But what I want you to also 
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intentions. 
So what are your intentions for 

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this month? 
On the first hadith in Sahel, 

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Bukhari talks about how the 
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depends upon your intentions. 
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this into our goals is such an 
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So ask yourself, what are my 
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What do I want to get out of 
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Do I want to build a stronger 
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Do I want to become closer to 
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Subhanahu matala? 
Do I want to start wearing 

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hijab? 
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Put yourself in the situation 
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Ramadan, tomorrow is Eid and 
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What do you want to be able to 
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Yes, I did that. 
And once you have them, write 

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them down and make sure that 
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Don't have it be something 
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You know yourself, you know your
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You know what you're capable of.
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know you can achieve. 
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going to take hard work and 
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goals, but don't make it so hard
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too thin. 
One thing I want you all to keep

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in mind is this viewpoint that 
I'm going to offer of Ramadan in

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Because right after Ramadan 
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what we gained during Ramadan, 
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my habits that I started to 
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of it sort of kind of slows down
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wasted my whole Ramadan. 
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lot better because I'm going 
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prior to it. 
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I'm unable to keep all of this 
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then what's the point? 
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know most of you guys can 
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I watched this lecture today by 
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this perfectly. 
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you're not going to go through 
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keep every single thing that you
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But the point is that you keep 
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that is just one. 
The point is that you go out of 

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Ramadan better than how you went
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Imagine you're on some stairs, 
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And there are 10 steps. 
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bottom step, you're on zero 
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through Ramadan. 
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Let's say you're on the 5th 
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happen and you go back and 
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Now we may look at this as a bad
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Look, you're going to be 
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higher place. 
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And imagine this goes on for the
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You are going to slowly go 
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You're going to make it to the 
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Yes, it's a slow process, but 
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consistent is what matters. 
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that is going to be with us for 
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for a decade. 
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here is that you, you can't 
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yourself in a day or even a 
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rest of your life. 
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And you can make this the 
Ramadan you start to change your

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life, but it's not something 
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month. 
This is a process that you and I

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are going to go through again 
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You're going to have times where
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yourself or you don't want to do
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going to be on the grind. 
You're doing everything you want

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and need to do. 
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making progress. 
That's what this is about. 

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And I really do hope you guys 
keep this viewpoint of Ramadan 

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somewhere because it's not only 
changed how I view doing good 

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deeds outside of Ramadan, it's 
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implications of it. 
Like before, I would say, Oh 

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yes, it happens once a year. 
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beyond the Dean during it. 
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it as a part of a much larger 
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And this process, this journey, 
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Now, using this perspective, I 
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next Ramadan. 
What are you bringing into next 

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Ramadan that you gained from 
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Really think about it. 
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multiple things, whatever it is,
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Those should be a part of your 
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And I say this because the 
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Subhanahu with Allah says in the
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It's to become God conscious and
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single one of us should have. 
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on our list of goals, gaining 
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of it. 
Allah should be at the center of

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every single thing that we do. 
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it's become so much more 
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And one way to do this is 
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And I feel like this is one goal
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that all of us should have to 
rethink our intentions before we

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do anything. 
So before you pray, ask yourself

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why am I praying? 
What is my intention for 

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praying? 
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important thing because you can 
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just by having a bad intention 
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So for example, you go to the 
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praying, but your intention 
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Panuatala, it's to impress 
people around you so that they 

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can say, hey look, she's she's 
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also on you to call the whatever
like to show off that turns that

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good deed into a bad one. 
I can give so many other 

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examples, but you guys get the 
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It's so important to have a good
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thing that it is that you do. 
So make sure that the goals that

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you make, the intentions behind 
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the sake of a less upon. 
With Dada, Ramadan is an amazing

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time to choose to change your 
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to leave behind bad ones and to 
just, you know, overall become a

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different person. 
You can use this month to change

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your life. 
Think about the woman that you 

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are right now and think about 
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become. 
How does she dress? 

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Those are things that you should
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your goals. 
Because when we make goals, a 

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lot of the time they tend to be 
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They tend to be very loose in, 
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We should be making them as 
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can go from specific actions to 
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think a lot of people understand
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becoming a better version of 
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changing your habits. 
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person you are is the habits 
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If you have a lot of bad habits,
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lazy, you are going to be a 
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So in order to change that, you 
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productive and you will become a
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So essentially, when you want to
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make them specific habits, 
specific actions that you can 

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implement into your life because
that is what is actually going 

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to implement change into your 
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Now we're going on to the second
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will cover a few lists that I 
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order to help us. 
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being, again, very vague with 
them, try to make them very 

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specific. 
Put specific numbers to them if 

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you can. 
Put specific actions to them. 

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The first list is A to not do 
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Yes, this is exactly what it 
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It's a list of things that 
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We all have habits that we want 
to start, yes, But we often 

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forget on the other side the 
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And it holds just as much of 
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One of the things that Ramadan 
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wiping away all of those sins 
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And these sins, essentially what
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habits. 
It doesn't matter who you are. 

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Every single one of us has so 
many sins piled up, and we 

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should be using this month to 
get rid of that pile instead of 

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piling more on. 
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this is to stop the sins, these 
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We can't ask for forgiveness 
from Ellis upon with ADA and 

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then continue to do it over and 
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So ask Ellis upon with ADA for 
forgiveness and make it a goal 

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to stop the sin that you've been
committing. 

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And this sin will be different 
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Maybe you have a habit of 
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Maybe you have a habit of 
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Maybe you talk bad about others 
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Whatever it is for you, write 
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cutting them out. 
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list. 
This list is basically comprised

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of things in your life that you 
want to be grateful for, and 

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doing this takes mindfulness. 
It's so easy to look at what you

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don't have in your life right 
now and look at everything at a 

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loss. 
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change that perspective. 
It really helps you feel 

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gratitude for the things that we
tend to overlook the rest of the

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year. 
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having access to food, 
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you have in your life and 
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having them is such a positive 
thing is a really big way to get

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closer to Allah. 
He has put so much abundance 

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into your life and we should be 
acknowledging that and 

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practicing gratitude is the best
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And I mean this in the way of 
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them in your head, but also when
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to Allah, say ya Allah, thank 
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Thank you for allowing me to be 
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I'm in. 
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whether that's friends or 
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I think we should really focus 
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Focus on cultivating your 
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Focus on being grateful for all 
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So write down the things and the
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want to be more mindful about 
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The third list and this sort of 
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one is a thank you list and it's
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people that you want to thank. 
Again, we tend to overlook so 

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much in our life and one of the 
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there for us. 
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acknowledge that and to thank 
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Like, hey, you're important to 
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do for me and I genuinely 
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The 4th list is a forgiveness 
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Here you're going to write down 
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to split it into two separate 
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One column is going to have 
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and the second list or column is
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need to ask forgiveness from. 
Forgiveness is something that is

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really emphasized throughout 
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It's the month of mercy. 
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at its highest. 
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to ask Allah for forgiveness, 
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to people in our life. 
In an authentic Hadith, Abdullah

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Ibn Ahman reported that Muhammad
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Merciful will be shown mercy by 
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Be merciful to those on earth 
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have mercy upon you. 
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never heard anyone. 
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always in the right. 
There's always someone out there

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that you need to apologize to or
reconcile with, so use this 

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month as an opportunity to do 
that, to acknowledge your flaws 

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and to do the right thing. 
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Islamic sense, but also in a 
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It allows for you to create a 
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yourself, and it allows you to 
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wrongs is a very big part of 
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Yes, it can be daunting. 
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that's a part of the journey and
it'll help you in making a 

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better you. 
That is all I have for today's 

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episode of the Ramadan Prep 
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I hope it helped in making your 
goals or at least starting to 

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make them. 
And I hope you do make at least 

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one of the lists that I've 
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And inshallah, I'll see you in 
my next episode with that 

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Assalamareko.