Haifaa Younis – Islamic New Year 2024 – Let Us Prepare

Sunday,

July

7th is actually the first day of the

Islamic calendar.

The Islamic calendar actually started not at the

time of Rasool alaihi salatu wa salam,

Rather, it started

at the time of Sayidna Umar. May Allah

be pleased with him.

He,

actually

was asked

by 1 of the companions

that we are receiving

letters from you, but we don't know the

date of it.

Then he gathered, as said, no, Omar

always

do and take

the

opinion of the others, which is the sunnah

for Rasul alaihi salatu wasalam. And there was

many ideas was given to him. Let's do

the birth of Rasool alaihi salatu wa sallam

to, start the Islamic

calendar. Another said, well, it's badr since we

had the victory.

And at the end, they decided

the day that Rasul alaihi salatu wa sallam

migrated

from Makkah to Madinah

should be the

day

or the that we start the Islamic calendar.

And why is that? Because if you look

at the Islamic history,

there is many changing points

as we can say, but the 1 that's

really changed

and a lot of lessons learned from it

is when he moved, Alaihi Salaatu Wa Salam,

left everything behind him, left the most important

or the most beloved thing to him, which

is Mecca,

for only 1 reason. Number 1, and the

reason because Allah told him.

And the second and the third, as we

know from the history, that Islam changed completely

when he moved alaihis salatu alsalam

to

Medina. Islam changed in the way it became

much stronger.

The the real Islamic

society

started,

build, became much stronger

in Medina.

For us living these days, we need to

know the followings.

Number 1, let's not forget our heritage.

Let's not forget

our history.

Yes, we don't use it on a daily

basis, but we need to remind ourselves. That's

number 1. Number 2, in 10 days from

today,

there will be a shura, which is the

best day to fast. And, the most important

thing for me and for everybody to remember,

that when we move and when we leave,

sometimes what we love and what is dear

for us for the sake of Allah, Allah

will give us much better. May Allah Subhanahu

wa ta'ala make it a blessed year for

all the Ummah. May Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala

lift the suffering of the people

of Gaza. Give them full victory. May Allah

subhanahu wa ta'ala bring us to him back

in the best way, and may Allah subhanahu

wa ta'ala always

keep reminding us

of the beauty of this deen.