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,

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