Vacation Advice from Sh. ibn Baaz

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Shaykh ibn Baaz's advice for the Muslims during the Vacation Period

الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله، وعلى آله وأصحابه ومن اهتدى بهداه. أما بعد فبمناسبة الإجازة الحالية فإنه يسرني أن أوصي الشباب خاصة والمسلمين عامة بتقوى الله عز وجل أينما كانوا واستغلال هذه الإجازة فيما يرضي الله عنهم ويعينهم على أسباب السعادة والنجاة، ...

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A few of the points he mentioned:

1. To have Taqwaa of Allah wherever they are
2. To use the vacation in what pleases Allaah
3. To busy themselves in reciting, reflecting upon and memorizing what is easy from the Qur'aan because it is a great book;Allah says:
   
   كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُولُوا الْأَلْبَابِ
   
   {(This is) a Book (the Quran) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings that they may ponder over its Verses, and that men of understanding may remember.} [Sad 38 v 29]
4. Giving attention to the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam, memorizing what is easy from it and acting by it