Mufti Menk – Dhul Hijjah, Best 10 Days #09 – The Joyous Day of Eid

			Salam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh The day of eat my beloved brothers and sisters, the
greeting on the day of EDI still As salam o Alaikum. Remember, a Salaam Alaikum is a greeting of
Jannah it's a greeting of Allah. It's a greeting of Adam alayhis salaam. It's a greeting of the
angels. It's a greeting of the prophets. It's a greeting of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
So remember, never replace it with something, you meet someone, the first thing you do as salaam
alaikum. You could add to that what I meant to lie about a cat May peace be upon you and the
blessings of Allah and His mercy. That is the greeting even on the day of aid. But after that, after
		

			that, you may want to add a cultural greeting. You may want to congratulate someone for something
you may want to say good morning, or whether it's in Arabic or English or Bible Hey, or good morning
in English etc. You may want to say eat Mubarak to someone you know, may Allah bless you on this
day, etc. All of that can only come secondary, not as a primary Islamic greeting, just remember
that. So my brothers and sisters, we ask Allah to grant every one of us not just a blessed day of
aid, but a blessing season, the day of read the 10th day of the hedger amazing day, it's a very
intensive day, not just for those in hajj, but even those out of heart. If you can afford it, you
		

			should be sacrificing an animal for the sake of Allah following the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him and the Sunnah of the Prophet Ibrahim May peace be upon him. And Subhan Allah one
thing that is very, very amazing is
		

			that animal.
		

			Allah says it's not about the meat. It's not about the blood. It's about the tequila from it. Lying
		

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			come, the meat in the blood is not going to get to Allah. The takoma will get to Allah, the God
consciousness. What are you ready to sacrifice for a lot? Here's Ibrahim alayhis salam, his life
what he sacrificed. What about you? What are you ready to sacrifice. So it's not all about the meat,
although Allah wants you to enjoy, because you've made promises to Allah and you've changed your
life. So Allah wants you to enjoy the meat and he says, don't enjoy it alone, you must distribute it
in a third. So a third for you a third for family and friends and the third for the poor. That's how
you should be doing things.
		

			So Alhamdulillah we thank Allah Almighty for giving us a blessed day of aid. And that will happen
after that Salah to eat Salah to eat you're supposed to be coming out for Salah today, the prayer of
eat, everyone should be coming out for the prayer of eat. Now, we do know this year there are
restrictions perhaps in some places people may not be able to gather the way they used to. But in
some places they will either wait. Remember, you put on something good, you smell good, you bave you
make sure that you're clean. You're excited you say your tech be allowed the declaration and
proclamation of the greatness of Allah, you say that aloud. And you actually enjoy what Allah has
		

			blessed you. You go for Salah to eat, you have the sacrifice, you meet each other, you congratulate
each other, you reach out to the poor and so much more. don't engage in the displeasure of Allah on
the day of eight, don't, because that's the day Allah gave you to enjoy. Allah gave you to enjoy the
fact that you've worshiped all these days. Now here's a day of happiness and joy, joy and happiness
is never achieved through sin. Those who think that I'm going to be happy just by releasing myself
into my lusts and desires. They don't ever become happy. It's very short term. You want long term
true happiness, engaging the relationship with Allah engage in the beautiful connection with Allah.
		

			As for those who are in hajj, what will be happening on the day of eat? Well, it's the day of the
day of the great sacrifice. That's what it is. And they will move from arafa to two sorry they had
moved from arafa to most Delhi for the previous night from was Delhi for they're going to move back
to Milan they're going to pelt the shade barn and then they will sacrifice their animal and then
they will cut their hair or shave the hair depending they can choose either one for the males or the
females. They just clipped their hair from some places. When that is done a lot allows you to
		

			Come out of harm, come out of the condition that you were in in terms of your clothing and all other
restrictions, the restrictive condition, everything has been lifted. But you would still need to go
for what is known as of tawaf circumambulation of the house, the office era before all the
restrictions are lifted.
		

			Now, in the meantime, this great day of sacrifice is a day filled with with amazing worship of Allah
subhanho wa Taala. So remember, that is one of the greatest days, one of the greatest days after the
day of arafah we have the day of na The day after the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him got up on
so many occasions during his pilgrimage, to tell the people to give them words of advice to warn
them about their treatment of one another, how they should be treating women, what they should be
doing, how they should be following his son and so on. All these pieces of advice were amazing. May
Allah help us read through the sermons and practice upon them. inshallah we have another episode. I
		

			look forward to continuing a cola cola or sallallahu wasallam Allah Nabina Muhammad