Maryam Amir – If youre sad on Eid

			In Ramadan, the daughter of the
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon
		

			him, passed away, and I want you
to think about what it was like
		

			for him, sallAllahu, alayhi wa
sallam, to witness that ayid, soon
		

			after her passing, Prophet, saw
them, had gone to the Battle of
		

			Badr the companions went with him.
Asmaa and rodilou anhu did not.
		

			And the reason why was because he
stayed behind to take care of the
		

			daughter of the Prophet peace be
upon his wife, rokaya Radi Allahu
		

			anha, the Companions came back
when the Prophet saw them, came
		

			back with this great news that
they had actually won the Battle
		

			of Badr. Imagine how the Prophet
saw them must have felt to see
		

			that his daughter had passed and
to go to visit her grave instead
		

			of visiting her. Imagine what it
was like for Ahmed Radi Allahu
		

			Anhu to lose his wife, that
Ramadan,
		

			and then to witness Saeed, the
both of them, sallAllahu, alayhi,
		

			wa sallam. And roll the Allahu
anhu, without that beloved person
		

			to them. Roll the olahu anha.
Right now we are witnessing whores
		

			that we cannot fathom, the
genocide in rasa, the horrific
		

			oppression in Sudan. There's so
many parts of this ummah and the
		

			vulnerable suffering everywhere.
And many of us ask, How can we
		

			celebrate aid? How can we witness
aid? And so many of you today or
		

			tonight are so lonely already.
You're just lonely. And I want us
		

			to remember the Prophet Muhammad.
Peace be upon him. There's a
		

			reason the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wasallam went through the
		

			particular hardships and
difficulties that he did. Peace be
		

			upon him.
		

			You are never alone in the way
that you feel. The Prophet saw
		

			them went through it too. So this
Saeed, remember you are not alone.
		

			This Ummah is not alone. We have
Allah. We have the angels who are
		

			ordered to pray for us constantly,
and whether or not you feel it, we
		

			have an ummah of people who
desperately, with all of our
		

			fervor and from the depths of our
hearts, care about each other. You
		

			may not feel that care on a
personal level right now in your
		

			life, but I hope that you know
that there are people like me and
		

			like so many others who are
praying specifically for you.
		

			Celebration of aid does not have
to look like parties.
		

			Ayed is a moment of thanks and
appreciation to Allah. Spano Tada,
		

			a.