Eid Mubarak! May this Eid al-Adha bring divine joy, forgiveness, and nearness to the station of Sayyidina Ibrahim (ع), who offered everything for the sake of Allah ﷻ Whether you are offering Qurban, praying with your family, or simply remembering Allah in your heart, may your devotion be accepted and your burdens lifted.

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Eid ul Adha Memories

Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani

December 2008: Eid Al-Adha Celebration and Ziyarah to the Holy Hair of Prophet ﷺ

The Blessed Days of ʿArafah and Eid: A Time of Eating, Drinking, and Remembering Allah

The Prophet ﷺ said:

يَوْمُ عَرَفَةَ وَيَوْمُ النَّحْرِ وَأَيَّامُ التَّشْرِيقِ عِيدُنَا أَهْلَ الإِسْلاَمِ، وَهِيَ أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ وَذِكْرِ اللَّهِ.

"The Day of ʿArafah, the Day of Sacrifice (yawm an-naḥr), and the Days of Tashrīq are our ʿEid, the celebration days for the People of Islam. These are days of eating, drinking, and remembering Allah!"

For the People of Islam, these five days, the Day of ʿArafah and four days of ʿEid, are the days of eating, drinking and remembering Allah. So eat and drink, don’t leave any food uneaten today! Anything you like is not a waste, you eat and you drink and thank Allah! May Allah forgive and bless us. May Allah support us on this beautiful day, the day of rewards, barakah and mercy, the day of people coming together and sitting in a Circle of Remembrance.

This is a Circle of Remembrance, and everyone around the world observing ʿEid is in a Circle of Remembrance to which Allah will give endless blessings that no one knows, for everyone who is observing ʿEid al-Aḍḥā, who fasted the Day of ʿArafah and is now enjoying eating and drinking in these four days. Anything you eat or drink will be written for you as ḥasanāt in these days, and as the Prophet ﷺ said, up to 700 times Allah will multiply them!

Excerpt from the book, Meccan Openings

The Power of Tears

Eid al-Adha Khutbah | Feltham, London UK

September 2016

Every `Eid, the speaker likes to speak about its greatness. When `Eid al-Adha or `Eid al-Fitr comes, everyone is happy, the children are happy and, alhamdulillah, these are the holy days for Muslims, there are no other holy days. The main holy day that we observe in Islam is the birth of Islam, which is the birth of Prophet (ﷺ). That is the biggest `Eid, although the importance of `Eid al-Adha is great. Sayyidina Ibrahim (ع) was sacrificing his son that day by the order of Allah (ﷻ) through a vision he saw in which Allah said, “Slaughter your son for Me.” It was a big test, but he was successful. Actually, he wanted to slaughter his son, but he didn’t respond immediately; he paused out of love for his son, who would have been slaughtered in front of his eyes. He was a little bit reluctant; he thought, “It might not be a true vision or a true dream.” He was not supposed to be reluctant, he was supposed to immediately fulfill the order as he is a prophet and he knows better than us.

Sayyidina Ibrahim was reluctant, Sayyidina Nuh was reluctant, Sayyidina Adam was reluctant, Sayyidina Musa was reluctant, Sayyidina `Isa (ع) was reluctant. Only Sayyidina Muhammad (ﷺ) always followed the order immediately!

People enjoy this day because Allah (ﷻ) took away all their sins through that sacrifice. The meaning of ‘sacrifice’ is to sacrifice your desires, not to follow your desires, but rather to follow Allah’s orders. Allah (ﷻ) gave us something that can shut down Hellfire and take you to Paradise, because on the deathbed everyone will realize when he goes from this dunya that there was Hellfire within himself or herself. Every one of us has a Hellfire punishment.

وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا كَانَ عَلَى رَبِّكَ حَتْمًا مَّقْضِيًّا

And every one of you will come within sight of it: this is, with your Lord, a decree that must be fulfilled. (Surat Maryam, 19:71)

That’s why Sayyidina Muhammad (ﷺ) said to Sayyida `Ayesha (r):

من حوسب عذب

(Ya `Ayesha!) Who will be judged will be punished for sure. (Bukhari)

Anyone asked or judged will be punished, so ask Allah not to judge you. That Hellfire within us is naar al-hasra, the Fire of Sorrow. We don’t want to stand with sorrow on that day or to be regretful. What do we need to do to take us to Paradise? I will quote a Hadith:

عَنْ أَبِي رَيْحَانَةَ صَاحِبِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " لا تَرَى النَّارَ عَيْنٌ بَكَتْ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ ، وَلا عَيْنٌ سَهِرَتْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ "

An eye that cried out of fear of Allah will never see Hellfire. (Ahmad, Nisa’i, al-Hakim)

I heard Prophet (ﷺ) say something important:

"If ever a tear comes from your eyes from fear of Allah, that eye will never see Hellfire.”

That tear is sufficient! Even one tear in your life when you are reciting or listening to Qur’an or Hadith, and you weep from its intensity, emotion and love, if one tear comes on your cheek it will be enough to take away that Hellfire within us and before we leave dunya, Allah will give us Paradise!

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