Hey, Bolo buddies. Thanks for watching. Okay. I have a featured members Bolo video and you guys are gonna want to stay until the end these Bolo's are amazing So basically what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna start with the Bolo and then I'm gonna tell you the youtuber That is a member show you their channel and then once I get through everyone We're gonna do a speed round at the end where I don't Show the channel so it's just Bolo Bolo Bolo Bolo Bolo. Okay now if you're new to the channel And I do have memberships if you would like to be a member there you get perks My channel is completely free, but if you want the perks, it's like $1.99 $4.99 and 999 This video if you become a member is the $4.99 a month and you guys if you think about that That's really cheap advertising. So if you have an eBay store or a YouTube channel It's a great way to get the word out for five bucks a month essentially, you know, but anyhow And check with your accountant, but I would consider that Advertising because I'm advertising your either eBay store or YouTube channel. So You might be able to write it off. So check with your CPA. All right, you guys Let's get started with some big money Bolo items items to be on the lookout for items You can buy low and sell high. I'm gonna tell you where they got it what they paid for it and what it sold for and This is my favorite video because I learned so much and Some of these things I would have walked right past Also, there's gonna be a bonus video for the featured members this month And it's gonna be on my sourcing with Bolo buddies YouTube channel Let me pop that up and show you guys exactly what that looks like and Thank you everyone. I just hit 10k subs over here. So my sourcing with Bolo buddies I have 1.62 subscribers So definitely go sub because I know a lot of you are not subbed over there because there is a big difference in Numbers, but I started this channel way later, but um, yeah So I'm gonna do the bonus video over on this channel and the bonus video What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna feature one item from each of the members and it's gonna be a unique or Different unexpected I went through their souls and picked something that kind of like raised my eyebrows like oh That's interesting. I don't know if I would have picked that up. So that video is gonna be a little bit different It's gonna range from bread and butter to big money, but it's gonna be a lot of fun So make sure you are subscribed to my sourcing with Bolo buddies channel and I'll link that down in the description Also, I'll also link the memberships if you want to check that out and there's always a little Join button right here. And if you don't see it, I don't know if it shows up when you're on your mobile phone But I do have a link in the description so you can check that out So, yeah, if you guys want to join that would be amazing. And if not, no worries keep coming back for the Bolo content It's all free. So thanks for being here and we are gonna get started with these big money Bolo's. All right There was something I thought I was gonna tell you just second here. Oh Yeah, I Didn't show you guys this hold on one second. Let me share my screen. Oops Okay, this is my main Bolo buddies channel and this tells you about the different membership levels And then the featured member video These are the last two that I did I use the same type of thumbnail. I might switch it up this time But I think I have four different videos. So if you want to go check out how they work You can definitely go check out one of those or you can just check out the memberships video that may be helpful But if you click the join button, I think it takes you directly to that video Alright big money Bolo's here. We come the first one is from let me make sure I'm on screen share that would stink Okay, the first one comes from Chozing Good's reseller and she actually has a video where she's sourcing this item So definitely check out her channel and this is like a Hawaiian Dress and it's vintage and it's new with tags Check it out and it's a 3xl. So it is a fantastic size the original price of this was 74.99 but as We all know when things are vintage the value goes up when They become vintage because you can't get them anymore So she sold this dress for $82 and 46 cents plus shipping and she picked it up at a thrift store for $4 and 29 cents So really really great item and this is her channel Chozing Good's you guys she has 11 videos and she already has 364 subscribers. So that is fantastic. So definitely go and check her out. Oh And you know what I forgot to do something I'll do it in the next video. All right, here we go. The next item is Let me do her eBay store first because I'm not gonna remember the name of it because it's kind of long It's called horse and hair curiosity shop and I will tell you guys she has amazing Items I mean they are just all so different I can just scroll through her store and look at all the different items that she has listed She's she has an amazing eye. So super super cool. Definitely check her out. She is not a youtuber She has been a longtime follower of the channel And I actually featured her store a long time ago in a featured seller video because she just has really cool stuff And she's a member of my Facebook group So she recently joined memberships and I'm so glad that she did because you guys are gonna learn so much from her But yeah, let me show you her item, but I'll link her store down in the description Along with everyone else's their store eBay store and their YouTube channel will be down in the description Okay, so this is what she sold. It's Judy bomb burger bomb Berber. I probably said that wrong It's a metal frog angel sculpture. I don't know about you guys, but I'm not sure I would have looked twice at this It's interesting but it's dated and signed on the back but she said she got it at a Oakland Museum white elephant sale by Judy boom Bomb Berger bomb Berger. I think I'm saying that right So I'm not really sure exactly what that means if it's like a private sale or what but she only paid $40 for it you guys and I Did not write down what she sold it for she took a best offer, but I was thinking it was in the 200 and some range I thought it was 275, but it's marked through so I'll have to I'll have to ask her about that But I she sold it for a lot a lot more than she paid for it So this Judy bump bomb Berger If you see that Signature right there. Definitely look it up and see if the item is a bolo Okay, again There's her store All right, the next one this one belongs to money-making mama and you guys This is really crazy. I don't know if you have an always It's a type of discount store But I have an always near me and I never go there, but she has me thinking twice. So this is clinical strength deodorant Okay, and she bought Well she has five sets of two and she's already sold three of them and She got these at always for 99 cents each. So she's got two dollars in this. She's selling it for looks like if you buy Two sets it would be 20609 each. So I don't know if the same person bought all three or not But 2899 for two of them. Okay free shipping, but they shouldn't be too expensive to ship I don't know if that's still gonna fall under first class or not But either way, she's got two dollars in this and she's already flipped three of them 99 cents each. How cool is that? I don't know. I probably would have walked right past it I had no idea that deodorant was and it's not even it's not expired. It's still good. I Didn't know deodorant expired That's interesting. Okay, maybe because it's clinical string. Maybe I don't know anyway money-making mama She is just starting her YouTube journey for Reselling so she has other content on her channel, but she's going to focus on reselling From I think this point forward is how I understand it. There may be some other stuff mixed in I'm not sure but she has two videos up so far. So definitely go and check those out I checked out this jewel candle. I didn't even know such a thing and Existed it's super cool. Go check it out. You'll be like what or maybe you know about it Maybe I just am clueless All right, the next item was sold by be carried away and this is a vintage antique It's a cottage doll dollhouse and it's folk art you guys that means somebody made it. It's original It's one of a kind oh, okay is one of a kind and it took me a long time to figure that out I think I figured it out when I was recording the video, which is kind of embarrassing but anyway, if you didn't know now, you know and This little cottage. Okay, she got this off of Facebook marketplace She paid $30 for it and took a best offer of 300 plus $75 shipping. So it doesn't even seem like it's really super big. So super cool Super cool Bolo right there. So probably wouldn't be too bad to ship and This is Kerry's channel be carried away and you guys she is very She has great descriptive words. She does hard goods and she also does Vintage clothing so definitely check her out. That's something I do not do on my channel much of not much Clothing anymore. I do pick up some vintage clothing from time to time, but I'm done with those measurements. All right, you guys this is hilarious This is a pez plush Check it out pez plush and It's 36 inches It's pretty cool Be a good like body pillow and then there's this one for a kid Of course An adult would look pretty silly cuddling with a big pez, but hey, you never know to each their own Philly flippers sold both of these to the same person and he paid five dollars each for these I believe at a thrift store and They sold for a hundred and thirty dollars for both of them So he ended up taking a best offer because it was the same person buying both And he went for the quick flip and got a hundred and thirty bucks So his ten dollar investment turned into a hundred and thirty. He did have free shipping on it, but it was a Location that was close to his so it wasn't too bad All right, you guys this is Philly flipper on YouTube he also has another YouTube channel called Philly flipper live where he only does live shows So definitely go check him out. He's been scoring some great finds at garage sales The next one is auctions for you and I do not have a bolo this week Or this month for you guys because she has been in the process of moving from one state to another So her eBay store was shut down, but I did want to share her channel because I sourced from her I buy Boxes reseller boxes from her and Donna Telebot Alino and they are on each other's channels And they sell great stuff to resell they buy it in bulk and they don't have time to list it They do put some things on eBay Um But for the most part most the stuff goes out During their selling events. So definitely check them out. I will have them linked also in the description All right, we have this lego set speaking of Donna Telebot Alino Now she did pay up for this she paid a hundred and fifty dollars to a friend of hers for this And um, it sold within three weeks for four hundred and twenty five dollars You guys this is a pre-owned lego set So she did pay up for it, but she knows that it's a bolo. It's 10,276 pieces Or no wait wonder what that means. It's it's got like a dash and then 9,036. That's what it says on here Anybody know what that means? Huh, that's interesting Super super cool super cool. Bolo. I I need to find like six of these Uh, here is Donna. Tell us channel And again, she does selling events. She does post um, like if she buys storage units and stuff like that So she does have other reseller content on here and she also does from time to time share family videos also so um Her and tea auctions for you have a really close relationship like with their viewers So they you know, they talk and chat during their auction. So it's not just a selling event It's kind of a chit chat also So you'll really get to know them and their family and stuff like that. So it's pretty cool All right, the next item is Are these boots and I saw this and I'm like seven hundred and seventy seven dollars And I sent her a message. She's like, I don't know why ebay does that You know, like when there's a best offer that's accepted. Why can't they just tell us what it sold for? Um, but anyway, she got these at an estate sale and when I say she I am talking about danielle yard sales and dreams and She sold these for a best offer of two hundred dollars And she paid three at an estate sale. So she went for the quick flip I'm guessing she probably could have held out Because these are world world war two military boots. She probably could have held out for more than 200 You see she had them priced very very I'm going to say hi, but maybe it's not high. Who knows. I'm not an expert with world war two stuff I know a lot of that if it's original can go for big money. So um Yeah, she took a best offer of two hundred dollars and the buyer paid shipping And this is yard sales and dreams And congratulations danielle on one k subs And if you check out this home shopping long before amazon, I am I do a short one minute I think it's one minute clip in this and then there's some other resellers that also joined in on this So it's a super fun video I'm not going to tell you all about it because I want you to go watch it But um, I am a guest reseller in that video. So go check it out All right, the next item is this vintage polo rafloren shirt And this one was sold by thrifting with the joneses and you guys What you're going to get from them their channel that you do not get from mine is clothing Now this is more of a It's a vintage rafloren, but they also sell Tons of mall brands. So if you want to learn about Mall brands and how to sell things that you can pick up really cheap Really easy like at garage sales and thrift stores for for cheap They're flipping them for good money. Like I was watching One of their videos and I'm like wow these things are like selling for almost what they retail for this is weird um, so yeah, I was really like shocked honestly, and they are I think they're on track to make a hundred k this year, so um Definitely go check them out on youtube and facebook and I'll show you that here in a minute But they have a salvation army where they get stuff for like a buck and um I don't have a salvation army around me. I have good wills and just thrift stores But no salvation army. So I don't know if that's typical or not or if they're going like On dollar day or a sale day, but they picked this up for a dollar and this is an older style lambs wool polo shirt And they sold this for 70 dollars you guys and they picked it up for a buck at the salvation army Here is their, uh Facebook group, which is growing like crazy. Um, they're up to 815 members already So definitely go check that out and here is their youtube channel. They just started putting youtube, uh content up And uh, you can see some really Uh, great info for resellers. So definitely check that out how ebay search works.  All right, the next one you guys this one is going to blow your mind um This one comes from a mindful recycle and she hit the jackpot So she went to an estate sale and i'm not going to give you all the details But she went to an estate sale and got all of these model car kits And these are not your average model car kits. You guys these are amazing She paid five hundred and twenty six dollars for this model car kit talk about taking a risk, right? And she sold it for a best offer of $2,500. Now she could have held out She had it listed for three thousand nine hundred and ninety nine But she wanted to recoup some of her money So if you go and watch her video, she's going to tell you all about it and she's going to tell you, um Oh, did I not pull up her channel? I didn't How did I do that? Okay, we'll come back to that. Um But anyway In the video she tells you I think it's her most recent video right now and it says like, um I think it's her most recent video But go check that out. I can't pause this. Uh, let me try something here Bear with me guys. Um, let me go off of here and then I can pull it up real quick. I want you guys to see it It's worth it. It's so worth it. Um, okay I thought I had everything pulled up Okay, here we go. Here we go. Here we have it You're like, I can't see it Okay, let me get it back on screen share Okay, so mindful recycle here it is spending 3 000 on estate sale fines So, um, that's the one you want to go and watch but she has fantastic content. So go watch them all but, um, Anyway, yeah, she got More than one. Let me just tell you that. All right so the next one is, um, vandy's closet And I did not hear back from her but I wanted to get the video done tonight But most of her items come from the Goodwill bins I'm not sure if that's where this came from but if it did this would have been by weight. So, um I can't tell you for sure But vintage Gucci is of course going to be a bolo.  So definitely give her a sub All right, the next item is from franklin hill ventures And he sold this 1918 bird woman book How cool is this? Look how old it is you guys? Is that amazing or what and it's got some wear to it He picked this up at an antique booth for $5 and he took a best offer of $48 for this Vintage book. You know what that's antique right 1918. Yep over a hundred years old So very very cool and you can check him out on youtube at franklin hill ventures And you guys he also has booths So um, he's selling on multiple platforms and he has booths. So definitely Check him out All right. The next one is from butterfly hustles. This is a copper vine with roses driftwood and it's signed How cool is that? The flowers are copper That's pretty amazing and what's even more amazing is that she got it at the goodwill and it was only $5 and 49 cents Like my goodwill is pricey now. So i'm guessing something like that would have been a lot more um, she Took a best offer of I can't read my writing 86 I think that says 86 dollars plus shipping And butterfly hustles. This is her youtube channel. Definitely go and check her out. Um, she shops at this value village a lot and man Oh man, she finds some good stuff. I've never seen a value value village around me, but I wish we had one Not that I would have the same results, but you know, you hope Weeds of the west. Okay. So this is from a little bluebird And she got this for 99 cents at a thrift store and she took a best offer of 75 And weeds of the west I mean, it's a book about weeds you guys and it's a bolo. So it's from 2004 It's a ninth edition. So it's not like it's a first edition. It's a paperback I wouldn't even look twice at this So awesome for her for picking this up and knowing that it was something that could potentially be big money because I would not have known And um, she does have a youtube channel, but she's only got a few videos She's just kind of playing around with it. So I'm going to feature her ebay store Which is also called a little bluebird and again, she has a great variety of items for sale Hard goods and clothing. So again, links will be down in the description of the video The next item is this mid-century modern vase. It's from western Germany, which is really really cool Um, I just think it's really neat. Uh, she got this. This is from niche quay. She got it from A thrift store. She paid $16 for it and it sold for $140 and 24 cents Um, she does not have a youtube channel and yes, she knows thrifter is spelled wrong We are just trying to see if you guys were paying attention. Um, I don't know if she's going to change it or not I told her last time that a few people brought it up. So, um, I think it's kind of fun See see how many people notice, right? And again, she has really really cool stuff clothing and hard goods, but she does focus on vintage I've been watching her. Uh, she posts a lot of cool things on instagram. So you can check her out there also So that is niche quay and Yeah niche quay thrifter all right this guy goo jit zoo is Blat blazagon Super super goo. I have no idea. I've never seen this before. It's a moose toys And it does have lights and sound I am definitely going to be on the lookout for him. So he's got a little paw print there on his shorts I mean, it doesn't look I I don't know like I don't know if I would have known it was worth that much So, uh, she does have the video on her youtube channel So let's talk about this. She got this at the benz. So at the most two dollars And she took a best offer of 55 dollars and she said it sold fast And here is thrifty nurse over on youtube. Um, she's putting out some great content with lots of bolo items So definitely go and check her out um She's up to 205 subscribers. So let's get her to 300 you guys All right, the next one is from it's all good Um, it's all goods 94 and she actually did a video on this So you guys know how I have my reseller testing products channel and I test things and I show that they work for my ebay store She did that over on her channel. So this is super super cool Um, I knew this was a bolo But she sold it for 149 dollars and 99 cents She picked it up at a garage sale for 20 dollars you guys And shipping is quite expensive because it's a pretty big item like the box is big the dimensions So definitely beyond the lookout for mr. Christmas mickey's tree trimmer. It's a four-foot ladder animated disney And it's from 1993 And here's her channel and you can see right here the trim the tree Mickey's and then she's got um A couple other things that she listed. So her channel would be kind of like my reseller testing products And the next one is you know what? Yeah Okay, so this is from Toledo antique and I just did a video on An item that they sold for big money and you've got to go watch the video It's like an orange thumbnail. If you haven't seen it go watch it. Oh my goodness I think I'm gonna pull it up here in a minute. But anyway, this is a obviously Saw after kind of rare item because it went for 620 dollars. That's what the bottom looks like Um, I think they started this out at 99 dollars and I don't think they knew that it was going to go this high I remember um, he texted me and he's like, whoa check out this auction and I was like Wow So it's a hand-painted bird vase and it sold for 620 dollars plus shipping They received this on consignment. So part of that money will go to the person that um gave it to them here they are on um YouTube Toledo antique. They're a husband and wife team Definitely go and give them a sub. They also do selling events on their channel. So um, You might be able to find a super good deal And if you want to know what i'm talking about go check out this video right here um I tell you a little story.  So go check that out All right, you guys This is our speed round. So we are just going to go straight through all the bolo items And you guys are gonna learn as I did. Okay, so this was um, it's a mac truck bib overalls but they're for kids they're small size and she picked these up at a Antique store she paid 23 for it and she took a best offer of 160 So this is from yard sales and dreams and you can see she put it on this clown For the picture just to kind of show the fit and everything Which is super super Super fantastic Bolo right there. I mean it's mac truck And it's vintage bibs. I mean you can't go wrong, right? All right, the next item was from the thrifty nurse and this is a print of It's by charles bibs And she got this at a thrift store you guys for four dollars And she said she had an offer for 75 that she thought about taking but she held off and it sold for 150 dollars I think it was the next day so Super super cool Prints are you know, you never know with a print so just because it's a print doesn't mean it can't be a bolo All right, the next item was from be carried away. I thought this one was super cool It's a vintage retro needle point framed. It's already finished complete in the frame And she got this at a salvation army for three dollars and 99 cents.  Pretty crazy, right? I don't know if I would have I think I would have walked right past it three dollars and 99 cents She sold it for 65 99 plus shipping The next item was sold by niche quay thrifter She got this at a value village. So she has value villages also Paid four dollars and took a best offer of 90 So very very cool Fun little hat, right? Would you have picked it up? I think I would have picked that up. That's pretty cool It's from the 20s or 30s It's beaded. It's got the pearls and the sequins art deco Some good keywords there. All right, you guys this is mindful recycle So she went to and a state sale and she picked up a whole bunch of department 56 items And these are part of a train. She bought the entire train I think she paid 300 for it. So the breakdown was 37 and 50 cents for this one piece Yeah department 56 halloween retired Bolo Bolo Bolo She sold this for 250 So definitely a Bolo item to be on the lookout for And that was mindful recycle I love this one. So these are salt and pepper shakers and butterfly hustles found these at the value village and They sold for 124 and 50 cents I'm pretty sure she didn't say they took a best offer. So I'm assuming that's the sold price How cool I love it Definitely definitely a Bolo. Oh, I like the little soup can decide it to show size That's a good idea Yeah, 124 50 on those I almost wonder like if she would have waited till halloween and auctioned them starting at 100 Do you guys think they would have went for more? I just know how crazy people get about vintage halloween I think I would have put halloween in the title. Is it halloween. Do you guys think it's halloweeny? It's not a word halloweeny. I think they're halloweeny. They look halloweeny to me I don't know. Maybe i'm wrong All right, you guys the next item is this Crazy haired raggedy an Leave it to philly flipper to pick up pick up a raggedy an with the wrong color hair um I don't think that's her like outfit. Like this is just a handmade doll Uh It resembles raggedy an maybe it's raggedy an's sister. Let's go with that Um, we need to name her you guys name the raggedy and all she needs a new name He got this at I am curious to see what you guys put in the comments. Keep it clean. All right um What did he pay three dollars at a thrift store? And it sold for 75 with free shipping What do you guys think do you like the original raggedy an or do you like her better? Chosen goods reseller Carissa, what do you think about this raggedy an I know you're a fan of raggedy an so let us know what you think her name should be All right, the next one is from um thrifting with the joneses again another clothing item that he picked up for 99 cents at the salvation army And this brand is roar and it's pretty um I wouldn't say embellished. Uh, what would you guys call that? Distressed embroidered it's got detail Um embellished, I would think would be like gemstones and rhinestones and stuff like that But anyway, this sold for 60 dollars plus shipping so This one came from bandy's closet again, I don't know where she got it But it sold for 175 dollars. These are stort whitesman black suede booties And what caught my attention is the size their size six and a half and I will tell you that size six and a half Is a hard size for me personally to sell so I'm not sure if maybe There's more of a market for those smaller sizes over on posh mark or I don't know But um, I do not do well with those sizes on ebay. I will tell you that or maybe I'm just picking bad shoes All right, the next one this one is also from making money mama now This is another new old stock item as seen on tv Probably retired she picked these up at a garage sale for a dollar each She got six of them and they're selling for 44 and 95 cents with free shipping and she is sold out How cool is that? That's a that's a big turnaround six bucks All for all of them and they're selling for 44 and 95 So, um, definitely a solar animal repeller. I don't even know what that is, but it's as seen on tv So do you guys think as seen on tv items work or don't work? Let me know in the comments The next item is this hydro peptide moisture Reset facial oil. It's an anti wrinkle cream. It is new And uh, chosen goods reseller got this out of a subscription box So she buys those subscription boxes. She keeps what she wants and then sells the rest This sold for 33 and 23 cents plus shipping The next item is this bajon nude for women um, edt spray now Donatella sold this to somebody and they messaged her they opened the box And said they did not like the smell. So That is one thing about perfume that kind of stinks is um That people can do that. So if you're selling perfume Be be conscious of that The bummer thing is this was new in the box. It was sealed And the person opened it and then opened a return. So Definitely a bummer, but those things do happen But if somebody has um She did have 30 day returns, but you guys let's understand like if a seller has 30 day returns And the item is sealed if you want to return that item the item must be sealed You can't use it and say, oh, I don't like the smell and then return it Because the seller has returns because that's not the same Okay, so the item must be returned in the condition that they bought it for it to be To qualify as a return now. We'll ebay side with the seller sometimes, but I think if you have free returns and Shipping handling time. I'm not sure if it's for everyone, but you can uh deduct if they don't return it in the same condition I don't know if that's available for everyone or just the people that offer the free returns and Do you guys know let me know in the comments? I know that I have that option on some of my items I'm not sure if it's all of them or not. I don't get a ton of returns for um item not as described It's typically like the item didn't fit and stuff like that Okay, so this is royal dalton dalton. I'm not sure how to pronounce it you guys. I'm sorry It's a sugar bowl with lid and a creamer and this is what it looks like on the bottom This one was picked up by Franklin Hills ventures from an estate sale. He paid four dollars for it and took a best offer of 45 plus shipping So it's a little creamer with a lid and a sugar bowl Oh wait Sugar bowl with lid. Yeah, it's both and a creamer thing got it And the next item came from a little bluebird and this is a vintage patagonia shirt, which is super super cool I don't know if I've ever seen a vintage one. She said it has wood buttons and then check out the tag Pat Aloha Pat Aloha. Oh, that's interesting And then it says patagonia Never seen anything like it, but I will definitely be on the lookout She bought this for three dollars at a thrift store and sold it for 72 dollars and 25 cents The next item belongs to it's all goods And this is a little uh, I shouldn't say little. I don't know how big it is But it's a robot from 1997 and shilling Space toy robot battery operated So, yeah Interesting, right Never seen anything like it. It looks like it's got the box too. That's cool Uh, got it at the Goodwill for five dollars and took a best offer of 50 plus shipping The next item is this clown photo. Okay, so here's another good story Toledo antique got this from an estate sale. They're at the estate sale It's all of the leftovers. Okay So these are the items that did not sell at the estate sale They paid $2,000 For approximately a thousand items. So their cost of goods for this picture is two dollars And I believe Yeah, it sold for the full asking price of 379 dollars and 99 cents So I apologize for those of you that don't like clowns because I know there's a few of you out there All right. The next item is this vintage mid-century modern abstract ceramic bird on metal stilts This one is horse and hare curiosity shop again. No youtube channel Just an ebay store and she got this for five dollars at the Goodwill and it sold for 188 dollars So definitely some big money bolos. I would not have known about And I appreciate everybody for watching. I appreciate everyone. That's a member that shared their bolos Thank you all for being here if you would like to check out memberships again, there's a Join button here if you're on your laptop and if you don't see that there should be a link in the description of the video This is a featured members Bolo video and thank you for being here. Like I said, I think there's four others I think this is the fifth one and again, there's going to be a bonus video over on my sourcing with bolo buddies channel So stay tuned for that. This one will post first So make sure you are subscribed to my sourcing with bolo buddies. Hit that little bell that will alert you when I post new videos And as always, thanks for watching


I want to challenge you with this truth. It may be uncomfortable for you to hear, but it's still the truth. Yes, God can do whatever He desires. None of us can tell Him what He can or cannot do, but what we can do is look to His Word to see His will. God will not bless your disobedience. You can plead with Him, you can try to rationalize it, you can even convince yourself that you're being obedient, but if you're in disobedience, God loves you too much to bless the mess of your disobedience. If you want His blessing, obey His Word.


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The management of Saint Jude Hospital has taken steps to ensure that patients have access to medical imaging services. Over the past months, the hospital's radiology capabilities have been affected with its X-ray machine damaged. However, the Chief Executive Officer says solutions have been employed pending the recommissioning of the equipment. Chief Executive Officer of the Saint Jude Hospital, Diana Henry Ernest, assures the public that the hospital is working assiduously to have the X-ray machine recommissioned in the shortest possible time. The X-ray machine has been out of service since 30 March 2021. Henry Ernest noting the importance of X-ray services to patients indicated that in the interim, they are able to obtain X-ray services at Medical Imaging Inc. The Saint Jude Hospital to aid in the inconvenience caused will facilitate transportation of patients to Medical Imaging Inc. Saint Jude is very much aware of the importance of X-ray. X-ray is one of the ways that we can diagnose problems so we definitely cannot do without X-ray. So because our machine is down at the moment and we are waiting for it to be rectified, we send our patients to Medical Imaging that's just in viewfort and what we do we absorb that cost. Sometimes if if Medical Imaging is not available at the time we send our patients to suffering but most of the times our X-rays are being done at Medical Imaging Inc. The Chief Executive Officer explained that the relevant personnel have already been contacted and the hospital is making headway in recommissioning the equipment. She assured that the hospital will soon be able to once again provide the high quality diagnostic service to the people of the South. Presently we are at the X-ray department where this X-ray machine is the one that is effective and that's the part that we are sourcing right now. This X-ray machine has been down from the 30th of March this year and we have been doing everything in our power to have the technicians from Saint to Domingo to diagnose troubleshoot the problem that we are having and they have already given us a quotation and at this moment all we are waiting for is for the pat to arrive here and they will come and install it for us. Percent Jude Hospital remains committed to providing the best medical services to its patients.


Good morning, Hank! It's Thursday, it's the fourth day of Pizzamas, and I have just one thing to say. YAAA! YAAA! Thank you for including this in your video, Hank, because I actually think about this man a lot. I call him Cheese Doodles Guy. And my current number one goal in life is to someday be as excited about something as Cheese Doodles Guy is about Cheese Doodles. But it's a weird facet of human brains that some things cause that joyful excitement and others don't. Like, today the World Health Organization announced that maternal death over the last 25 years has fallen 44% worldwide. And this is amazing news, arguably even better news than discovering Cheese Doodles in Antarctica. And yet, while I'm encouraged by this news, I am not Cheese Doodles Guy excited about it, which is so weird. Humans are so weird. But anyway, Hank, this video isn't about Cheese Doodles. It's Thursday, it's Question Thursday, the day that I answer real questions from real nerd fighters. Let's get right to it. Why did you shave your beard? I just started to like it. Mostly for the mustache joke, but also it was kind of itchy. Who is your least favorite beetle, and what is your least favorite color? Ringo Silver. That's a funny name. I feel like Ringo Silver would have a mustache and maybe a curious hat and a pet monkey, and together they would solve crimes. Hey, how many Pizza John shirts can you wear at the same time? Oh, I can wear all of them, and fairly comfortably as it turns out. Nonetheless, I think I'm gonna stick with just the one for now. Do you know any more dad jokes? I feel like dad jokes aren't something you know so much as there's something you are. Like, every time I'm putting away the dishes, I always say Tupperware, Tupperware, Tupper Here. And then I go to the Tupperware drawer, and then Sarah looks at me with just absolute disgust. Pizza or pizza? It's always pizza. How do you feel about vegetables? They're great on pizza. What should I get my boyfriend for Christmas? Might I recommend Pizza John shoelaces, the perfect gift for someone who has everything, except for a way to keep their shoes on available only during Pizza Miss at dftba.com. What's your opinion on licorice? Strongly in favor. How do you become well-read? I don't know, I mostly read books that are recommended to me by people that I trust, but I will give you a book recommendation. This amazing weird sci-fi book, Midnight Robber, I love it.  Well, I don't think my tattoo is fake. It was just made with water instead of ink, so it's not technically visible, but it's still real. I would consider getting more invisible tattoos. What do you think about ducks? Well, I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about what happens to them when the pond freezes over in winter, I'll tell you that. How do you become okay with being truly alone? Okay, so I would argue that you're both never and always truly alone. Like, you're always truly alone in the sense that no one can ever fully comprehend your experience or live inside your consciousness. But you're also never truly alone, because just like by virtue of living or having left that comment, you're part of this massive interconnected web of life on Earth. And that web is grateful to have you here. And when I can remember that, it helps give me the energy to connect more meaningfully with other people, whether it's online or in real life. And in turn, that makes me feel more aware of this big web that I'm part of, which makes me feel less alone. What is the opposite of guacamole? Illomacog. In 50 years, what country do you think will be the world's biggest superpower? I think in general, nation-states will be slightly less important than they are now, but I'm gonna say India. What's your favorite research chemical? What am I, Walter White? What should I get my girlfriend for our three-year anniversary? Let me answer your question with a question.  Because if so, she might enjoy this Pizza John travel mug available for pre-order only during Pizzamas at dftba.com. How do I deal with the death of my cactus? Well, things will get easier with time, but I think for a while, at least, you're gonna feel a little prickly. I'm sorry, I hate myself. Do you still have any leftover Halloween candy? If you mean does your two-year-old daughter still have some leftover Halloween candy and you eat it occasionally because she's two and won't notice, then yes. Hank, happy Pizzamas! Yaaaaaah! Now, you know, I'm excited about Pizzamas. I'm just not that excited. And I'll see you tomorrow.


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من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الحمد لله الذي هدان لها ذا وما كنا لنهدد يلولان هدان الله الحمد لله الذي أنزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيرا والصلاة والسلام على خير خلق ونور عرش أفضل الأمبياء والمرسلين حبيبنا وسيدنا وسندنا وشفيعنا ومولانا أب القاسم محمد الله سبحانه وتعالى وعلى آله التيبين الطاهرين المأسومين المظلمين أما بعد فقد قال الله سبحانه وتعالى في كتاب المجيد وقوله الحق وهو أستقص صادقين اسم الله رحمن الرحيم يا إيه الذين آمنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقوم صدق الله العالي لذين سلوات الله محمد وأهل محمد أنا أبدأ في الله's name the beneficent of the merciful and I welcome you all to this program and Ramadan Karim Ramadan Mubarak it's a month of blessing it's a month in which we increase our awareness and when Quran uses the word Taqwa which means God consciousness we need to understand what does that mean because it needs to be pray for us we need to understand what does that mean because it needs to be pragmatic in the way we understand the word Taqwa Taqwa is very much used in the Quran and this word is very deep very rich and it's a practical tool that the Quran establishes very clearly and in these nights that I'll be speaking Thursday Friday and Saturday nights Insha'Allah our goal is to enrich our souls with understanding so that when we do practice our religion in the month of Ramadan it's not only done with confidence but it's done with the kind of effect that enables us to impart that positive nature that comes out of these practices towards those around us because secondary behavior where our characteristics and how we perform in society is just as impactful as it is for us to apply it upon ourselves because at the end of the day we are the product of our surroundings so those around us are also impacting us either positively or negatively I welcome you all it's an honor and Insha'Allah we hope that these nights are fruitful and we will discuss briefly the effects of this blessed month of Ramadan and particularly the Quran being the book that it is and why Allah ﷻ emphasizes this book so much especially in this blessed month of Ramadan on that note my respected sisters and brothers in Islam السلام عليكم جميعا ورحمة الله وبركاته الله سبحانه وتعالى إن سوت البقرة verse number 183 starts with كتب عليكم الصيام so fasting as you know has been enjoined upon us as it was enjoined preceding to us meaning those before us were also commanded to fast كما كتب علي الذين من قبلكم so meaning that the injunction of fasting the injunction of prayer the injunction of those kinds of regulations that God has placed upon us is nothing new that has begun 1400 years ago with the Holy Prophet the conditions by which Allah has laid upon mankind to succeed in this world of trials and tribulations has been established those fundamental behaviors have been established since Adam's time that means that we know that Adam was prescribed prayer and we know that Adam was prescribed fasting the fundamental practices of human behavior that enables us to reach the high levels of maturity in our spirituality can only be possible by the command of Allah as Allah says وين كانوا من قبلوا لفي ظلال مبين meaning in سوت الجمعة الله says that هو الذي بعث في الأمين رسولا منهم يطلع عليهم آيات ويزكيهم ويعلمهم الكتابة والحكمة وين كانوا من قبلوا لفي ظلال مبين meaning Allah says that He sent prophets from among yourselves منكم from us from them same the combination of the Koran addresses on both sides يطلع عليهم آيات they came and they recited the signs of God آيات ويزكيهم they purified you ويعلمهم الكتاب and they taught you the law walla khikma and give you wisdom وقلت لك مزيد وقلت لك أنك في موضوع أسوء وكانوا من قبلوا لفي ظلال المبين يعني إذا الله لم يقوموا برسالة وموضوع فلن نكونوا في موضوع أسوء لذا نعرف أن هذه الموضوع يجب أن يقوموا برسالة وادم عليه السلام كانت أولى رسالة والأولى مجموعة في الأرض وذلك يجب أن يكونوا برسالة هذه عندما الله يقول كما كتب عليكم السيام كما كتب علي الذين من قبلكم يعني أن هذا يجب أن يكون يجب أن يكون أبدا before you أستطيع أن نقول أنه يجب أن يكون مبين أفصل على الأولى صلاة الله وحمد وآل محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم now we may ask the question This month of Ramadan Why is it instituted as a whole month 30 days Why is it that within this month ليس فقط كيف نحن نضع على فرصة ولكن الكثير من الأشياء الممتعين لديهم في هذه المنه ماذا عن هذه المنه؟ أنه جدًا جدًا لفرصة الأن 11 منه والله يدرس هذا في سرط البقرة ورس 183 ونحن فعلنا بعض الأشياء في سرط البقرة كما ترى ورس 183-184 و-185 يتكلم هذا المنه من أدان أريد أن أتكلم ذلك لكي نفهمه ونظر على الموضوعه يولدين آمن وكتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب على الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقوم لذلك الموضوع إلى why Allah has established for us is that we achieve once again the word تقوى meaning achieve God consciousness which we use the word piety when we ask people what is تقوى in the east they'll say fear of God having fear of God being fearful of God this term is used a lot in the eastern world because our understanding of fear of God is not negative but the western world tends to see that word as a negative word fear of God seems to be the antithesis to the love of God and somehow it has a negative connotation but fear of God here if we were to use that word we must qualify it immediately to say fear of God to lose his mercy fear of God to negate his love fear of God to be reckless to love him when he loves us already fear of God to deny ourselves the infinite mercy of God that fear is like a parent who fears a child you know from failing so there's a fear that my child should not fail there's a fear that my child should not get sick so due to that we promote our children to become more proactive and healthy and we institute them in educational facilities because we have a fear that our children should not go astray that's positive fear so the same term is used with تقوى and تقوى means it's it has that positive what we call standing now in the next verse 184 الله says so prescription is for a select number of days it's a select number of days meaning that Allah is saying to us I have not instituted fasting upon you all the time 365 days a year but rather we have chosen a select number of days which is sufficient for you and research shows and we'll talk about it in the end intermittent fasting for example the benefits of fasting why the pharmaceutical industries for example and certain businesses do not promote fasting and the reason is because the benefit of fasting outweighs the dangers of not fasting and that's very important for us to understand now I want us to put this also and plug it into the divine scheme of things if you can make it put your phones in silence Insha'Allah that would be really appreciated صلوات الله محمد و المحمد so Allah says if you're sick or you're traveling then postpone it for a later time meaning before the next Ramadan so look how Allah is merciful in saying I'm instituting this and you'll see that the verse continues that Allah does not want to make religion difficult upon us الله سبحانه وتعالى عليكم في الدين من حرج we don't want to make religion difficult for you there is this common understanding between us that religion is a burden upon us many a times I see youth asking me brother doesn't religion stop me inhibit me it prohibits me from expressing my freedom of choice this is a misstatement for if you remove laws the by-product the end product of no law is what we call a lawless society and a lawless society promotes anarchy and anarchistic societies are the most dangerous societies to live in so laws protect freedom of expression laws protect growth laws protect peace and harmony and what we call a progressive society so when we say that God has instituted laws upon us there are Haram and Halal and Makru and Mustahab and Mubah issues we should not say oh God why are you putting this on me flip it the other way and say imagine we remove that the danger is infinitely greater while you and I may have difficulty in appreciating the commandments of Allah in that he has instituted fasting upon us in Ramadan to such a degree that the kafara meaning the penalty should one break their fast willingly without any valid reason so in order to challenge the law of Allah is the kafara is you must fast for 60 days you're allowed to fast for 31 consecutive days then you can skip a few days but you must make up 60 days of fasting for each day of violation now you and I may say by the way you can also feed 60 poor people but the point is nonetheless that there is a penalty and we may ask why did Allah institute penalty upon us not because Allah is vindictive not because Allah is treacherous not because Allah is harsh Allah has done this upon us to show us the gravity that fasting is extremely important and to show us they don't think twice because if you say look God is so merciful he's so forgiving and he says if you break your fast it doesn't matter just make it up someday if you can and if you don't want to you don't have to what happens is when you violate what we call the core prescriptions of humanity humans will invalidate it it's just like it's like when you come to school and there are rules that are not enforced and the student does not feel that they are an important rule then they will violate it or they will follow it at will just to give a quick example look at prayer Muslims have been told to uphold prayers 3 periods a day 5 times a day Allah has أقم الصلاة أقم الصلاة و أمر بالمعروف this is فعل الأمر meaning God is commanded maintain prayer and Quran consistently emphasizes the importance of maintenance of prayer in fact that importance is so heavy if you and I understand it we as Muslims should sometimes wonder why has God made this prescription so heavy examine our Judeo-Christian brethren if we look at the Christian faith in the time of Isa according to the Bible when Jesus prayed and he fasted in fact they say Jesus fasted so much that his skin was pale because he loved to fast and when Jesus peace be upon him Isa prayed he put his face on the ground it's clearly written in the Bible he put his face on the ground he bowed he did complete sujud as Quran said ركعا سجدا يبتغون فضلة من الله و ردوانا سيماهوا في وجوه من أثر السجود ذلك مثل في التورات و مثل في الإنجيل this has been mentioned in the Torah in Injil that they did ركعا سجدا they did ruku meaning genuflexion and they did sujud meaning they did bowing of their heads on the ground but examine our general Christian population today there's over 2 billion of them 99% plus does not do that there is no prescription of prayer in Christianity you pray when you want how you want even the Sunday Mass is not obligatory it's a choice and there's no penalty if you don't attend mass and Christmas Eve is a choice for them so notice the injunctions have been invalidated Paul said the laws of God are no longer essential for Jesus has died for our sins on the cross so he took the law and discarded it because the Judeo idea the Jews of the time were known to be very law abiding the Jews actually were making money with law and law was the symbol of Judaism at that time I'm just giving a simple example whereas you find when Christians gave up the institution of prayer by God upon its followers the entire Christian population didn't know what to do because I don't have to so why should I it's like a student in school I don't have to study so why should I I don't have to do my homework so why should I I don't have to pass the exam so why should I there will be a few that will do it but on a collective institution you will find it starts to degrade and when it starts to degrade the entire institution of education becomes anarchistic and it no longer has any value so when Allah has instituted fasting upon us just as He has instituted prayer it is to ensure that the human race remains vigilant and persistent in its ways in order to ensure that humanity has good behavioral patterns and as we say discipline is part and parcel of success and growth so when Allah says we have enjoined upon you and should you violate it here's the punishment now a person can say I don't have to follow God I don't believe in God or I don't have to do what he tells me I'll cherry pick the fitra the conscience is going to bite us I give you an example we have some students who come to school and say I don't want to pray it's interesting during prayer time I said I don't want to pray I said why not I don't want to pray I said are you Muslim I said yes and do you believe that God has made prayer a law he said yes but you don't want to pray he said no I said okay no problem give up your faith relinquish your Islam say I'm not Muslim right now give it up he says no I can't I said why don't you go ahead since you want to disobey God blatantly openly then relinquish your iman and become an agnostic right now in front of me I dare you he said no I can't I said why can't you are you loyal to your father and your mother are you loyal to your community he looks at me he says no I'm a Muslim I said by what standard you're cherry picking explain to me why do you call yourself a Muslim he's like saying I'm an American citizen but I'm not going to abide by the constitution of the United States does that make sense maybe it makes sense to some people but you know what when you do get caught for violating the basic laws of this country don't be surprised if you get punishment we all know that and we all have to admit that yes I did violate I mean I do agree that I'm an American I've borne allegiance to this flag because it is my dominion now this is what we call secular in idea but here's the divine so then that person starts to say oh I said give it up I said no I'm not waiting to give it up I said then there it is it's holding you that constriction that you have within your heart to say that I'm not going to give up my Islam then what is wrong if I'm a Muslim encouraging you to follow that rule am I wrong and the person says no I said thank God there is a law that we as Muslims can encourage each other and what we call remind each other to say brother this is important but of course the best is not to force religion down a person or to say if you don't pray I'm going to beat you up no لا اكره في الدين there is no compulsion in religion التبيان الرشة من الغي truth is clear from error so Allah says speak to them with Burhan show them the truth show them the value let them come because they love it but also make them acutely aware that if you're going to insist on swearing by a faith then start to practice it because if you give it up you will become like the Christians of today who are good people they love God they have a desire to achieve the high stations of paradise but the institution has failed them by not giving them any kind of injunction by which on a communal level to follow and hence people are making it up as they go so when Allah says كتب عليكم الصيام you and I should say الحمد لله oh my lord thank you for enforcing this upon us so that we all become God conscious at a communal level thank you that we all have to obey it and thank you for making the punishment severe so that we all become aware of our obligations because at the end of the day it's good for us and thank you for us sitting together and breaking fast together and thank you for holding back and being abstinent in our drinking and eating so that we become more conscious of our obligations so that we have more empathy and more sympathy for society thank you but there's one thing for you and I individually to be fasting you know many a times in رجب and شابان we have people who fast for the entire month and sometimes we're serving breakfast or we're serving lunch and the couples come in or husband comes in or wife comes in or parent comes in or person anybody they say come on join us for lunch they say no no thank you I'm fasting today they say oh mashallah that's very nice the impact of an individual fasting when the rest do not have to is vastly different when we all have to do it and I swear examine the world nobody on earth today observes prayer and fasting and pilgrimage at the communal level at the highest level of society than we as Muslims isn't this a gift of God think about it you and I may think oh my God Ramadan is here I can't wait for the moon to show up before it ends now I mean I can't eat now for 30 days oh my God I was planning to go you know swimming every day now I can't I got to change my plans you know I was I'm a workaholic I love to work out in the gym in the afternoon now I can't do it because I'm going to be so thirsty so difficult well think about it so Allah continues in this verse beautifully and he says and I'll just read the English part for a certain number of days but whoever among you wants to go to the journey then you shall fast like a number of other days and those who are not able to do it may effect a redemption here Quran calls the word Fiddia Fiddia is a redemption so let's say you're sick terminally sick for the entire month you cannot fast or let's say you know for the rest of your life at least at your current state you cannot fast the rule the rule of Islam states if you're terminal and you cannot fast it will harm you and you must not fast it's forbidden let's not try to be more Muslim than the Prophet okay some people want to be you know like more English than English you know you want to be more American than the American let's not try to be more now brother Maghrib is 3 it's too short for me I'd like to do 4 now Maghrib is 3 keep it that way there's a reason for a prescription don't start changing things so if you're sick don't fast now if you're on the borderline you can but you're not sure until it gets bad then break it but Allah says let's say you're terminally incapable of let's say you're suffering and you're constantly on some kind of a medication system then Allah says give Fidia Fidia is 3 quarters of a kilogram which is roughly about 1.8 to 1.9 pounds of rice wheat of grain to the needy to a poor person feed one poor person for each day you miss your fast and the rule states and I'm just going to say this really quickly just as if we're interested to know let us say for 10 years God forbid this person was in that state of terminal illness in the 11th year they overcame it they no longer have this problem the rule states that if you overcame it on the 11th year you will only pay back the 10th year but the remaining past 9 years you will ignore it you don't have to pay back but the previous year that you missed because of the illness you will pay it back now your mind is probably thinking okay that makes sense but what if I cannot what if it's difficult look what Allah says Allah says then they shall in other words for a certain number of days whoever does good spontaneously now Allah says that if you cannot let's say you're a poor person you can barely feed yourself okay in Islam the beauty of the religion Islam is its flexibility Allah says we do not put a burden upon you except that which you can handle لا يقالف الله تقليف is upon us not because God is sitting there with a whip ready to whip us because we're going to violate no and Allah specifically tells us this He says it is good for you and I'm enjoying it for you look and I just give you an example you know I look at our Christian brethren and they have no system so when you and I have friends who are non-Muslims particularly Christians, Jews especially and you find at prayer time they're not going to pray don't say look at them they're having fun now me I got to leave this and I have to go and do my prayer you see Islam is so prohibitive don't say that say it the other way like wow God has a system for me I'm chosen I'm special you know I never understood the value of that until one day you know I had a very close Christian family I used to travel with a lot they were my friends they used to teach me martial arts and I used to teach them tennis we used to do exchange of services and they were Christian family very very good people were Christian and I remember I was very they knew all my laws because when I was with them I said I don't need haram they said what is haram what is halal explained to us so I told them everything you know this is the kind of food I must eat I cannot I'm not afraid you want to be my friend then you come halfway to my standards as I come to yours but let's not give up our standards some of us growing up in this society we wish we could give up our names our Islam to appease the other side don't ever do that that family respected me a lot they said we respect you because you are not giving up your faith we are not like you but we admire you because you haven't given up your faith and I learnt that even in the university I would never bargain my faith with anybody with all due respect and my friends used to respect me more than their friends because they used to say you stand for your faith now it doesn't make me anything special don't get me wrong I'm not saying that for that reason I am saying you and I should never sell our religion for any price الله says رجال لاتلههم تجارة ولا بي عن ذكر الله ويقام الصلاة ويتاع الزكاة يخافون يوما تتقلب في القلوب ولا بصار من who don't bargain for any price men here is generic رجال doesn't mean men without women it means universally that's the language of the Quran لا تلههم تجارة ولا بي عن ذكر الله they don't bargain nor do they sell themselves nor do they submit in the way of Allah so I remember I was water skiing one day and I just learned to water ski I was just getting the hang of it and I was a teenager at that time and it was tough for me to get up and on my skis and I finally got it it was the most amazing feeling you know gliding on water it's the most incredible feeling the same water I was created from which can drown me which I must drink from those of you who are fasting are very thirsty right now I know there's nothing more precious to you than water one brother came to me his brother I'm starving I'm thirsty I just want water I said if I give you gold and I give you water which one will you take water of course and let's say you can't trade gold for water because I know some kids they'll say brother I'll take the gold and I'll go buy more water so I'm gliding and I'm feeling really good and suddenly you know this is an amazing experience suddenly the boat stops you know when it stops you sink when you go down and they're pulling me so I was visibly annoyed I said what did you do I didn't give you the thumbs down why did you stop I said well it's prayer time you got to go pray and you know it was embarrassing because I had forgotten but they didn't forget they said look it's prayer time and you know we made that deal we will do this and we were there since 10 o'clock in the morning it's prayer time it's past noon sorry we got to stop we're going to take the boat back they're all non-Muslims but they changed their structure just for me I never appreciated that until that moment I got on the boat and I realized wow that's incredible these are my friends who respect me but I haven't given up my faith look how Allah is honoring me that while I'm having the best time of my life a non-Muslim is reminding me of the importance of prayer time to keep me in check they respect me because of this law of God that God has set a rule at the time for me to follow which other religions don't have it I hope you and I understand this that the gravity of this gift of God in this month especially in this month of Ramadan let's not underestimate it but let me conclude you because my time is almost up Allah says that it is better for you to fast if you can and it brings you towards closeness the next verse شهر رمضان الذي أنزل فيه القرآن now notice as soon as Allah introduces Ramadan He introduces us as a month of the Quran meaning this is not a month of fasting Quran says كتب عليكم سيام is 183 but as soon as Allah addresses شهر رمضان verse 184 he says شهر رمضان الذي أنزل فيه القرآن then immediately Allah is talking about the Quran He completely keeps Ramadan as a subset of Quran and I'm going to conclude on this very quickly شهر رمضان الذي أنزل فيه القرآن هدا للناس وبينات من الهدا والفرقان so Allah is describing this book of Quran which is a guidance for all of mankind it is what it is what Disciple is wrong from right it is as Allah says in the Quran He says the month of Ramadan is that in which Quran was revealed a guidance to man clear proofs of the guidance and distinction therefore whoever if you is present in the month he shall fast notice Allah is talking about the Quran as the description of Ramadan to show you how important it is for you and I to indulge in maximum reflection in the Quran for Ramadan is inseparable from the Quran and the Quran was revealed in this blessed month in fact all major scriptures تورات زبور انجيل and Quran all four of them were revealed in this month of Ramadan صلى الله عليه وسلم and Allah says if you experience it you must practice it very important but look what Allah says after just to appease us He says if you are sick and on a journey again Allah repeats if you are sick and on a journey don't do it fast afterwards no problem listen to the next verse Allah says يُرِيدُ الله بِكُمُلْ يُصْرَ Allah desires to make it easy for you okay He does not desire for your difficulty and that you should complete the number so any one of us thinking Ramadan is difficult I'm so addicted to coffee I'm so addicted to my morning tea you know I'm addicted to whatever that I take during the day it's become part of my habit Allah is saying I do not I do not want to put difficulty on you I want to make it easy for you so in conclusion to this the benefits of fasting and I'll briefly conclude on this that you will notice that the benefit of fasting is that research shows intimate and fasting the benefits okay you find that your mind becomes sharper your health becomes better your digestive system becomes more efficient although I haven't written that up there but you find that it lowers your insulin levels as you know when you got high insulin levels you crave more sugars you will find that it's great for weight loss now intimate and fasting even the rest of the year researchers show that when your body is under control with its ratio of weight you find that you suffer less diseases because when your body is at an optimal weight the stress on our organs is minimal you find that there's lower oxidative stress and inflammation this is all research shown improved heart health we've got cardiologists physicians here who can raise their hand and say brother I concur he concurs increased growth of neuronal activity brain activity it actually causes expansion of the brain glial cells that are formed in our brain when we have any kind of what we call critical thinking and we create neuronal connections you find that when you do critical processing and thinking it's increased when you are in a state of fasting and it prevents Alzheimer's diseases as one of the byproducts of fasting now what we find is let's look at the reverse now what is fasting about to make us more God conscious what is God consciousness let me define it very briefly God is the ultimate good let's be practical God is the absolute good He creates only for good what is his modus of good mercy الله says كتب على نفسي الرحمة I have been joined upon myself mercy ask any human being on earth mercy is it good or bad they will tell you mercy is good it brings good results mercy what is the components what are the components of mercy creation with goodness الذي أحسن كل شيء خلق create everything good give everything good potential you know what's another high level of mercy free will the power to dictate your own destiny but under that power you must have the power to destroy because free will is impossible if you don't have the ability to do the opposite so under that condition you and I as the best creation among creations is you and I we've been given the power to choose our own destiny this is huge while we have this enormous mercy and we've been positioned and designed and our body has been designed to be optimal in operation when we are stress free when we are in a healthy environment when we are in an environment full of grace and gratitude and the body starts to react positively you will find that we start to give off positive energy we live longer our disease factors are less our burdens are less and if you want to understand that go to hospitals and see those people who are bedridden ask them what is one thing you wish they will tell you we wish you can get out of this place when people get heart replacements and they're asked what's the first thing you're going to do once you get your new heart they say we're going to go outside when it's raining we want to feel the rain on our faces true documented real questions and answers that were given you would think that no don't you want to go out there and raise a million dollars and buy yourself a palace and a nice fancy car no I just want to feel the rain fall on my face why because that mercy I have ignored all my life there's too much mercy around us these lights going off humans sitting around us the air that you and I are breathing everything is a mercy ألم تروا أن الله سخرة لكم ماء في السماوات والماء في الوقت مع كل this mercy for you and Allah says وَإِتَّالْدَنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَاِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ وَلَاِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِلَ شَدِيدْ we have made a calling to you if you are grateful we'll give you more if you are ungrateful we'll punish you what is gratefulness when you and I fast we become grateful when you and I abstain we become grateful when we pray we become grateful we become cognizant of our submission we become humbled and I tell you on a communal level on a global scale of 8 billion people nobody's got this chemistry nobody has this mechanism except Islam with all due respect to thousands of other religions nobody's got it that's why they say by the year 2050 statisticians have noted by the year 2050 the number one religion on earth will be Islam صلوات الله محمد والمحمد so gratitude let's look at those who complain you find people who complain and I see that even at our school see kids complaining about every little thing why are they complaining with all due respect they're probably getting it from someone else someone is feeding into the ears when you see people complaining the most likelihood is that somebody said something which got twisted which became Chinese whisper it became something completely different which became so negative it started catching momentum like a snowball and the next thing you know everybody starting to complain about it and wants to break apart complaining research shows that complaining actually actually if you look at it right there it shrinks the brain and it creates connections that leads to greater complaining and second hand complaining means that if you hang around people who complain you will feel negative the aura will be negative you will have that uneasiness in your heart you will not feel happy you will feel dissatisfied and you know the worst feeling of dissatisfaction is when you eat you drink no matter what you do you just don't feel right that's the sign of ingratitude okay and it increases your cholesterol level it causes diabetes as we know because it also leads to obesity by the way and strokes and it releases cortisol it releases blood pressure and by the way the minute you are grateful cortisol levels drop by 23% researchers have shown that the minute you indulge in gratitude meaning you start thinking and feeling positive about life your cortisol levels drop by 23% that's huge if you understand chemistry and biochemistry okay and it enlarges the brain increases neuronal activity and then you start to become solution oriented so we know problems are here to stay and we know that we will always be facing problems that's life that's beautiful if there are no problems it will be a dull boring world problems are good it's like you go to the gym and you are super muscular and now you're raising a 20 pound dumbbell you said no problem you go to 30 pounds no problem you go to 40 pounds no problem you're looking in the mirror you said no problem then you go to 70 pounds problem and the brain says good that's the one I want why problems? because you don't grow without problems but the difference is you approach the problem as a solution solution based problem solving is in and of itself the thicker of Allah and we'll talk about it insha'Allah tomorrow night may Allah give us to enjoy this blessed month of Ramadan and while you especially you my young brothers in the front and sisters when you're fasting anytime you feel hungry say no alhamdulillah what a zikr Imam Ali alaihi salam says my greatest desire is to be in armor defending Islam while I'm fasting that's state of fasting on a battlefield when you're thirsty in a desert you know you and I are living in very comfortable environments concrete base you're going to dusty environments that are very hot okay and very arid as they say you know where there's a lot of heat and you dry up within minutes in the desert it's not easy to fast but Imam says my mind is so conditioned that a little food is sufficient when I break my fast we should pray to Allah to give us the strength to become like him and the prophets because they were of that character that love to be abstinent because fasting was a positive move a positive social move and it brings positive realities it makes us become more appreciative more grateful and to increase our empathy for the poor and as you know Muslims become most generous in the month of Ramadan and there's a reason for that because when we start to feel a little pain with our fasting we start to consider those who really don't have food بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ربنا خفر لنا والإخواننا الذين سبقون بالإيمان ولا تجعل في قلوبنا غلة للذين آمنوا ربنا إنك رأوف الرحيم وآخر الدعون الحمد لله رب العالمين والسلام عليكم جميعا ورحمة الله وبركاته as you know we will have salah for those of you who want to join with Salat Al-Jama'a we are testing out a restaurant called Baiti which is close by that we will be going there but you know it's with donations although there are sponsors for that but seats are limited so those of you will be joining us we ask you to sign up Insha'Allah depending on how things go if the audience increases then we will do iftar here at wise in the near future but we are honored that you have participated and may Allah bless you all and we are we are honored if you will join us also for iftar and by the way tonight