Mirza Yawar Baig – Eid ul Adha Khutba
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My dear brothers and sisters and elders, Alhamdulillah,
Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah,
as we are gathered here today
to listen to the Khutba of Eid ul
Adha,
it would do us well to remind ourselves
of the spirit of the sacrifice
that we are about to make.
Today,
the best rebaat or the best form of
worship that you can possibly do is the
Udhiya, the Qurwani.
There is nothing that pleases Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala more
on this day.
Rasulullah
said in the Sayyid hadith, in Tirmidi
and ibn Imajah,
the son of Adam
does not do any action
on the day of sacrifice which is more
pleasing to Allah
than the sacrifice of animals.
In another hadith in
Musa Adi Muhammad
and in Ibn Majah,
Abu Warrilla
narrated
that Rasool Allah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, whoever
can afford to offer a sacrifice
but does not do so, let him not
approach
our place for prayer, the Iqbal.
Alhamdulillah,
if Allah
has given us
the ability
to sacrifice,
then this is something which is
what you want us and we must do
it. My brothers and sisters, I want to
remind myself and you that the
meaning of being Muslim is to submit to
Allah
without question,
without argument,
without reservation
or hesitation,
to submit joyfully
and eagerly.
That is the symbol of our trust in
Him and that trust is what earns His
pleasure and His help.
That is why the iconic symbol of Islam
is the sajdah,
a state of total
and complete submission
and helplessness before Allah a
symbol of total unhesitating
obedience,
a symbol of total trust and faith.
The life of Ibrahim
is a symbol of all these things. The
reward of tawakkur,
reliance
and trust
is the nusrat of Allah SWT, the help
of Allah SWT
who is not subject to any of his
laws.
Remember,
tawakul comes only and only from obedience.
Tawakul is the gift that Allah
gives to those who are obedient to Him,
jalla jalaloo.
We cannot live a life of disobedience
and expect our hearts to be filled with
the noor and sukoon of
says, it is neither their meat nor their
blood that reaches Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
but it is taqwa
from you that reaches him. Thus, we have
made them subject to you that you may
magnify Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for His guidance
to you and give glad tidings, O Muhammad
to the Muslim.
Truly,
Allah
defends those who believe.
Verily, Allah does not like
any treacherous
ingrate
and that is people who are
disobedient
to Allah.
The purpose of the Uddhiya, the Khurbani is
to inculcate the spirit of submission of sacrificing
our personal desires to win the pleasure of
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
and to become among those who Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala called Al Mursinoon.
Every act of worship
has an essence
and a physical manifestation.
The manifestation, the physical manifestation of salah
is the qiyam and the ruku and the
sujood,
but its essence is the khusho,
the humility, the awe, the reverence, the concentration
towards Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala.
The manifestation of fasting
is to withhold ourselves
from everything
that breaks the fast from sunrise to sunset,
but its essence is Taqwa.
The taqwa of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, the
consciousness of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala in everything
that we say and do. The manifestation of
Hajj is Tawaf and Sahih
and standing in Alafa and so on. But
its essence
is honoring
the symbols of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
The manifestation of dua is the raising of
hands
and the praise and the request but its
essence is the brokenness
and the need of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
The manifestation
of zikr is saying, Allahu
Akbar, Alhamdulillah,
lailahaylallah,
subhanallah
and so on. But its essence
is the remembrance, the actual reverence and the
love of Allah
in what we are saying when we say
the Quran.
For on the day of judgment, I remind
myself anew that it is the hearts that
will be exposed
and only those who come with a heart
that is repentant and submitted completely and totally
to the will of Allah
qalbun Saleem
who will be saved. Let us therefore monitor
our hearts as well as our speech
and actions.
My brothers and sisters, I would like to
remind myself and you that the nusrah, the
help of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala comes only
to those who choose to be obedient to
Him, Jallajiragu
and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala provides
for them from sources that they could not
imagine, but all that is only for the
muttaqoor,
the obedient,
not for the fasikood,
not for the rebellious.
Selective obedience
is disobedience.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said,
O believers,
enter into Islam wholeheartedly
and do not follow the footsteps of Shayta.
Surely,
He is your sworn enemy. Now, brothers and
sisters, in the kind of world we live
today
to build a relationship with Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala is increasingly more important. Since you can
only give what you have, your responsibility
is twofold.
You need to build a relationship for yourself
as well as to create an environment at
home
where there is concern
for Allah and this concern is voiced on
and worked on. A concern for the pleasure
of Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
Remember, you can only give what you have.
Only a lighted lamp
can light the lamp
of others and illuminate the world. Remember
that when you and I are lying
with our breath stuck in our throats,
a time that will come upon every one
of us, man or woman, It is only
that connection with Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala which
will help.
All your money and friends and power and
family and your politics and your, your willing
and dealing will not be able to do
anything to help you, even to breathe easily.
They cannot make you live and they cannot
even help you to die easily.
Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala said this
to us very clearly.
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said very, very clearly
that when you are there with your breath
stuck in your throat and they are standing
there and watching you dying, Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala said, they cannot do anything. We are
there with you, but we are not visible
to you or to them. So leave them
and obedience, leave obedience to them
and
leave pleasing them by displeasing Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala and cling to the obedience of Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala no matter who is displeased.
Remember that the only one who is displeased
with obedience to Allah
is Shaytan
who sometimes looks like a human being. Ignore
him and recall the example
of the ambiya who we follow.
I would like to wish you all a
wonderful Eidur rasa and request you in the
middle of your enjoyment of eating good food
and meeting relatives and friends to spare a
little time to remind
remind each other and remember
the true spirit of sacrifice that was here.
To remember and remind each other of Muslims
in other parts of the world who don't
have the means
or the safety
to celebrate this Eid. Muslims in in the
Gaza, especially
Muslims in Sudan, Muslims in Yemen, Muslims are
all over the play in the world where
they are not able
to celebrate
this great,
age of ours in safety like you and
I are doing here. I want to remind
you that many such people also live right
amongst us. Let us go and look for
them and bring a smile to their faces
and ensure that they have a good, full
meal today and that their children wear good
clothes. May Allah
be pleased with you and accept your worship.
Eid Mubarak to all of you. Accept your
worship. Eid Mubarak
to all of you.