Sajid Ahmed Umar – Eidul Adha 2013

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			Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar.
Allahu Akbar. Allah Akbar, La ilaha illallah wa Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar Allah.
		

			All praises belong to Allah subhanho wa Taala. We praise Allah subhanho wa Taala. And we seek Allah
subhanho wa Taala as guidance, and we seek Allah subhanho wa Taala as assistance and we seek refuge
in Allah subhanho wa Taala from the evils of ourselves, and the adverse consequences of our deeds.
Whomsoever Allah subhanho wa Taala decrees guidance upon, then none can misguide him. And also Allah
subhanho wa Taala decrees misguidance upon then then can guide him and peace and salutations be upon
the final messenger, Muhammad Ali Abdullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, I bear witness that there is
no one with you of worship besides Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah, and that Muhammad sallallahu
		

			alayhi wa sallam is his final messenger, respected earlier man, my beloved brothers and fathers and
mothers and sisters, I greet you with the greetings of peace on a blessed day of goodness and peace.
Salaam Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Indeed, this day is a day of happiness, and even more so
for myself. For Allah subhanho wa Taala, Allah has granted me the opportunity on this blessed day
		

			to address a community that I consider myself a son of, for the first time on this particularly due
to my absence. For the past 10 years on this particular day, ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to make our
time together a blessing one, one that is an act of worship. And ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to make
us a gathering that he is a good word and follows it. And a gathering that is forgiven upon its
departure, me are servants of Allah, no children of Adam, Indeed Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah is
the Creator of everything in creation, and from the universal student and ways of Allah subhanho wa
Taala is that Allah subhanho wa Taala grants a special status and rank to certain parts of his
		

			creation over others. Thus Allah subhanho wa Taala, Allah created the angels and he gave a special
rank and honor and status to jabril Allah, his Salah, and Mika Illa Allah, his solemn and with Rafi
Salah. And as he created these three angels, he gave a special rank and status to one of them and
even higher rank and status. And that was to gibreel Allah, Allah and Allah subhanho wa Taala, Allah
created mankind and he granted a special rank and honor and status and precedence to a few from
mankind over others. Thus he chose his MBA at a Hema Salatu was salam, his prophets, and he gave
them a rank and honor over the rest of creation. And from these prophets, Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			chose a few from them, and gave them to a special rank and status and honor. And this was to the
prophets of absolute resolution. The prophets that were known as oral as women of Rasul Allah He Sam
and Ibrahim alayhi salam, and Musa alayhis salam, and Lisa and his Salaam and Muhammad Ali Abdullah
Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and from these oral as women are Rasul, these prophets of absolute
resolution Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah from amongst them, raised, some of them in rank over
others. This he chose Ibrahim alayhi salam, and Mohammed sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and gave them
the title of holly Lola. And from these two prophets, Allah subhanho wa Taala gave a special
		

			precedence and rank
		

			to one of them Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and titled him the Seal of Prophets. And in
this way of servants of Allah, no children of Adam, Allah subhanho wa Taala created the places and
he gave a special precedence and rank to certain places over others. Thus he chose Mecca, and he
chose Medina and he chose Sham and he declared these lands to be blessed lands. And in the same
breath, Allah subhanho wa Taala created time and Allah subhanho wa Taala gave a special precedence
and rank to certain portions of time over others, thus he created the nights of the year and he gave
a special precedence and rank to the last 10 nights during the month of Ramadan. And he created the
		

			last few nights during the month of Ramadan and gave a special precedence to later to cuddle the
night of power. And Allah subhanho wa Taala created all the months and he gave a special precedence
and rank to the month of Ramadan and Allah subhanho wa Taala created the days of the air and he gave
a special precedence and rank to the first 10 days of the hijab. And in these days, he gave a
special honor and status to the day of alpha. And like this, Allah subhanho wa Taala created the
days of the week, and he gave a special honor and rank to a day known as the day of tomorrow, the
best day upon which the sun rises of volume in para la he shrimps, the own algebra. And as Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala created the days of the year, Allah gave a special precedence and rank to two
days, two days that will return to the
		

			year after year with blessings with goodness and with happiness. And these two days are known as the
days of Read, read a fiver a day which we experienced not so long ago, a day about which Allah
subhanho wa Taala says, pour the lemon test
		

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			according to a group of scholars of tafsir they say this ayah substantiates this and makes manifest
this particular day for a loss of Hannah who at the end I said that the successful one is the one
who offers visa and they say this occur here refers to the counterfeiter was smarter be he and he
remembered Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah with the tech beat on the day of read for Sunday and he
observed the Sunnah of eat the saga of Eden
		

			and the other day of read known as read of half a day about which Allah subhanho wa Taala and I said
for suddenly have become and have that observed the center this center of the center of read and
offer the sacrifice and that is why the scholars say that it was from the Sunnah of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to legislate this occur to fetal to occur and be observed before the
Salah of eight for that is how Allah subhanho wa Taala cited it in that area. And on this day of
read, it was on the Sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam to observe the Salah of read
first and then observe the sacrifice because in the ayah Allah subhanho wa Taala mentioned the
		

			Salah, and then the sacrifice will love Luca Masha. Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah creates what he
wants, and He grants a rank and honor and precedence to that which he wishes tapana what at this
day, oh sevens of Allah is one of those two days, one of those two recurring days, those days that
recur with blessings and goodness and happiness. A day in which Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam spoke about when he visited Medina, and he saw the people of Medina playing on two days. And
he asked them that what is being celebrated and they say these are two days in which we play. These
are two days in which we play, and we celebrate, and Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in
		

			Allaha Abdullah Kuma be Hema kuromon Hama that Allah subhanho wa Taala Anna has replaced these two
days with two better days. Allah subhanho wa Taala Allah preserve us in his obedience and make us
from amongst those that witness these recurring days of happiness and blessedness and goodness, year
after year, me observance of law and order
		

			Children of Adam, these two days encapsulate and celebrate values of the two great prophets, Ibrahim
alayhi salam, and Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
		

			And as I was gathering my thoughts for today's lecture, I was thinking of which values I could share
with you all, because it's impossible to share even three of the values of these great profits. And
one value that could not help but stand up was the value of selflessness. This was a great value
that existed in great amounts in the lives of these prophets, and he was Salatu was Salam. If we
look at the life of Ibrahim alayhi salam, we just heard in the fact of salah and I in which Allah
subhanho wa Taala makes manifest the selflessness of Ibrahim Alayhi Salam and when we talk about
selflessness, this is the opposite of selfishness. This is the ability to place the command of Allah
		

			subhanho wa Taala. Before our whims and fancies and desires, the ability to place the comfort of
somebody else before our own comfort, the ability to answer the call of Allah subhanho wa Taala and
the teachings of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam on time, every time this is what is referred
to as selflessness, Allah subhanho wa Taala. Allah in his book says, well,
		

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			Brunei? Allah subhanho wa Taala talks about Ibrahim Alayhi Salaam for Allah subhanho wa Taala. Allah
revealed to him through a dream that he should place a knife on the neck of his son and slaughtered
the son for the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala. So he turned to his son and he said, in me,
		

			man, me and me as bathroom.
		

			He spoke to his son and said, My dear son, indeed I see that I am slaughtering you. So what do you
have to say about this? And his son is married at a salon tend to his father and said, Paula? Yes,
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			la mina saw bewteen he said to his father, and this is another act of selflessness that Oh my dear
father, do that which you have been commanded to do for insha Allah you will find me from the
patient from the patient. And that is why this kindness a patience is of three types to be patient
when it comes to remaining upon the commands of Allah subhanho wa Taala because we have been pulling
us away from following this command and our neffs pulling us away from following this command, we
need patience to remain upon it. And then we need patience to stay away from that which Allah
subhanho wa Taala has warned us against for shavon is calling us towards that evil and vice and our
		

			enough's is calling us towards that evil advice. So we need patients to stay away from it, and
patience. The third type, when a calamity afflicts us when we have to be patient. This patient is
known as a suburb, and if there's two types of sobrasada he was sobre para de right a patient's when
you choose to be patient and a patient's when you have to be patient. It's very rarely Selim made
this type of patients manifest he said insha Allah you will find me patient with regards to the
commands of Allah subhanho wa Taala. This was a great act of selflessness, and act worthy of great
rewards. And thus Allah subhanho wa Taala blessed them with an act that will be celebrated year
		

			after year, as we find ourselves doing today, the Mohammed sallallahu alayhi wa sallam offering a
sacrifice depicting an act that was beloved to Allah subhanho wa Taala selflessness that was beloved
to Allah subhanho wa Tada. And then when that knife touched that neck, Allah says what will be the
pain of him that we saved him and made in place of himself being sacrificed. A wrap, the second
sacrifice was act of selflessness is and that which is specific to this day, is from the life of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam for Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam every year in Medina
would sacrifice and in the Sahaba have become shamy Emily amla Haney ochrony Allahu alayhi wa sallam
		

			sacrificed to hoard Rams white and black in color, healthy Rams he placed his feet on its sides and
		

			Said Bismillah, Allahu Akbar. And he started these animals, one animal for him and the family of
Mohammed, and the other animal for the poor from a Muslim Muslim,
		

			an act of selflessness, where he did not forget the impoverished, the destitute, those who don't
enjoy that greater financial standing, and material well being, and it is at this juncture servants
of Allah, and oh Children of Adam, that we must ask a question, that when we listen to these acts of
selflessness, and we are celebrating this day, that encapsulates the values of selflessness. What is
if we benchmarked ourselves to these two narrations? How close are we to the realm of selflessness?
And how far are we from it? Are we the people of me, myself and I? Or are we the people who live for
the sake of Allah, and do for the sake of Allah, and leave for the sake of Allah like Ibrahim alayhi
		

			salam, and the NBA. Masato Salah, we those who are good Muslims only when it suits us charitable
with that which we no longer consider valuable? Is it a case whereby we will only send our beloved
our children to study Islam only when they lack that form of diligence in schools? For example?
Where are we with regards to the commands of Allah subhanho wa Taala? And how appropriate are we
with them? Are we selfish, or are we selfless? And to highlight this point more, and help us enter
this realm of selfishness, we must understand the difference between sacrifice and investment,
sacrifice and investment. If we do this, if we shift our paradigms with regards to this insha Allah,
		

			our ability to enter the realm of selflessness, will become easier with the light and because when
Allah subhanho wa Taala made us Muslims, he gave us an amazing potential, a potential that a non
Muslim does not have for Allah subhanho wa Taala gave this Omar the best of everything. He gave us
the best book through the best angel to the best Prophet, in the best language, on the best night,
in the best month, and in the best of all places the best of everything. And in this book, he
declared this among those that believe and invite towards good and prevent from evil, he declared
them the best of all nations that in a halal law, the potential that we have with La ilaha illAllah
		

			Muhammad Rasul Allah is endless, to become the best of servants of Allah, and oh Children of Adam,
we have to understand the difference between sacrifice and investment. Because sacrifice refers to
two things, one, which we will experience today, when we slaughter an animal linguistically, the
term sacrifice applies to this act. But in terms of meaning, and that which applies to us on a daily
basis, we normally consider sacrifice, that which we do, that has no immediate return. In this,
something which we've given up, a speaker will speak. And it will be announced at the end, we think
so and so for sacrificing his time.
		

			Is this not common? Somebody offers some service for the sake of Allah. And he's thanked for
sacrificing his time, somebody donate some money, and he is thanked for sacrificing his wealth. But
in retrospect, this is not a sacrifice. This is an investment and I know we like the term investment
better. Right? Right. This is more palatable to us, given our attachment to financial standing in
material well being of servants of Allah, you can only sacrifice something which you own, you cannot
sacrifice that which you don't own. And with regards to this time that we have, and this wealth that
we have, we are not owners of it. We will return to Allah subhanho wa Taala and answer with regards
		

			to how we used it, if we were owners of it, why should we be answerable? And the reality is that we
do not own it for Allah subhanho wa Taala purchased it from us in a transaction that included Jenna,
Allah purchased our time, and he purchased our wealth, our life and our wealth in exchange for
gender. So we are owners of Jenna, and not owners of this time and wealth. If I gave you $5,000, for
example, and I said next week, I'm going to call you and I'm going to instruct you to give it to
such and such a person. Do you have the right when you deliver this 5000 to tell this person I'm
sacrificing $5,000
		

			You don't, because you don't own this wealth. And this is the same. Allah subhanho wa Taala owns
this wealth in time and he distributed it amongst us with wisdom. So he gave some, or lend some more
wealth and lend some more time and lend some less wealth and lend some less time. And he reviewed
books, and he sent profits to instruct us how to use this time and wealth. And if we use it
appropriately, it will be a means to our agenda becoming more beautiful for us. Allah doesn't need
us to prostrate for His Majesty to be increased Subhana. Allah His Majesty is not decreased if we
leave his worships panda who attended. He was the creator before he created and never needed to
		

			create to be known as the creator Suharto, whatever. So Allah subhanho wa Taala, Allah commanded us
to be diligent with this time and wealth. And when we use it, as he commanded, who benefited, we
benefited, we benefited, more trees were planted for us engender, more streams were dug for us
engender, more houses were built for us in general. And by Allah I asked you, if you spent your time
and wealth for the sake of Allah, and Allah gave you this in return is this a sacrifice or is this
an investment sacrifice or investment, investment, investment, we gave Allah one he multiplied it
700% which investment of the dunya can give you this, but we do sacrifice sometimes. And that is
		

			when we lack diligence, with this wealth, and we lack diligence with this time, we are sacrificing
something and we just said we can only sacrifice that which we own. We can only sacrifice that which
we own. So we are sacrificing something. And that is our paradise. We Allah subhanho wa Taala
protect us. When we lack diligence with this time and wealth, there is a sacrifice that takes place.
And that is a person sacrificing the greater, the greater because of the lesser, the perpetual
because of the temporary the era because of the dunya May Allah subhanho wa Taala protect us or if
we understand this or servants of Allah, we have a greater inclination towards becoming selfless,
		

			because I believe I never lived till the grave, I believe in lives to beyond the grave. I believe it
is one that when they walk in this dunya they are ripples that are felt in the area. It has to be
like us, everything we do in this dunya has to be for the betterment of our hereafter. It's like if
I throw a stone in a pond, the ripples should transcend to the end of the pond. This is the way we
need to live in this dunya that whatever we say and whatever we do, there's some shaking and some
happening that's happening in our agenda for us. This is selflessness This is living for the sake of
Allah subhanho wa Taala that he will Jelena Allah shikaka have an alpha summit and let the limited
		

			one amulet for you. Allah subhanho wa Taala grant is this understanding I want to end are servants
of Allah and all children of Adam, with the completion to the heady regarding the sacrifice of
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam on this day, it's a lesson that makes my hair stand every time
I read it every time I hear it. And every time I'm taught it for a simple lesson Allahu alayhi wa
sallam after he sacrificed these two reps and slaughtered them for the sake of Allah He went away
for a shot of the abattoir and how to distribute the meat of these Rams. And when he came back, he
asked her
		

			he Ayesha Ayesha what remains. So she happily said, Oh prophet of Allah, nothing remains electricity
for nothing remains except the shoulder. It's all been given. Now listen, remember we discussed
investment versus sacrifice. He said everything has been given nothing remains except its shoulder.
He corrected he says no he I don't say nothing remains except its shoulder. Say everything remains
except its shoulder, what you gave for the sake of Allah that will truly remain and the show that we
will eat and this will not remain, so cannot be allowed. selflessness May Allah subhanahu wa Tada.
grant us the understanding ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to bless these words to make them beneficial.
		

			And to make us a people that hear a good word and follow it ask Allah subhanho wa Taala to bless us
with a blessing to read and to grant us a day of unity and happiness and putting aside our egos for
the sake of Allah subhanho wa Taala and greeting with a complete heart, those that we might have
differences with for the sake of Allah because this day is a command from Allah subhanho wa Taala
for everyone to celebrate, irrespective of how they feel, even if you want to be a depressed person.
And I don't think anybody wants to live life in depression.
		

			But even if you wanted to be you are commanded to celebrate the day that we were forbidden to fast
on this day, may Allah subhanho wa Taala preserve us in his obedience and grant us death while he's
pleased with us. And grant us the grave which is a garden from the gardens of Jelena. And Grant has
placed underneath his option that they have and grant us our book of deeds in our right hands. And
we have like grant agenda, but Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and Ibrahim Ali salah and
mean Urban alameen Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar. Allahu Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar.