Assalamu Aleikum Warahmatullah,
Eid Mubarak to you all my Muslim brethren! I hope you will have a great celebration. May Allah SWT accept all our ibadahs and have mercy on us all. Please do not forget the less fortunate and the brothers and sisters who are suffering in many parts of the world.
Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon, Afganistan, Sudan..etc are all need our help. Please donate some of the money that Allah has given you. We need to remember that Allah is the one Who gives to whoever He wishes. So if you are the one who Allah has bestowed you with good health and some wealth, don’t you think you should be grateful and share your blessings with less fortunate? You may donate at www.muslimhands.org
Zakat nowdays…
It’s also unfortunate that many Muslims have forgotten about the Zakat at all. Please remember that Zakat is one of the 5 compulsory pillars of Islam! Not paying Zakat on your wealth is a great sin.
Allah says in the Qur’an:
“And there are those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of Allah, announce to them a most grievous penalty (when) on the Day of Judgment heat will be produced out of that wealth in the fire of Hell. Then with it they will be branded on their forehead and their flanks and backs. (It will be said to them) This is the treasure which you hoarded for yourselves, taste then the treasure that you have been hoarding.” (Qur’an 9:34-35)
Allah is Most Merciful! He forgives anything if you repent sincerely. So let’s take this opportunity and pray for forgiveness in the Eid prayer. Let’s pray for those who have fought for the sake of Allah and attained the blessing of Allah and became shuhadah. Shahid is something that God choses and not everybody can get it. As we know from the history of the sahabah, Khalid bin Walid who has been named The Sword of Allah, after fighting whole his life, did pass away in his bed. In his last words he said “there is no an inch on my body that is free from scars from the swords, but here i am living my last moment in my bed…” he wanted to attain the status of shahid so much! But he couldn’t get. One of the reason mufassirin say that he was not killed in the battlefield is that, The Sword of Allah is not killed. Therefore Allah made him die a natural death instead. And Allah knows best. May Allah SWT have mercy on all muslims who have stood up and protected the religion of Allah. In the past and today. Ameen.
