Eidulfitri Sermon - Continuing the Spirit of Ramadan Throughout the Year

8/11/2019 Eidulfitri Sermon - Continuing the Spirit of Ramadan Throughout the Year

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Dear Muslimin and Muslimat.

On this blessed and joyous morning, let us enhance our takwa

to Allah s.w.t. Obey all of His commands and abstain from His

prohibitions. Know one is a successful belieer when one is

able to lie one!s life based on the commands of Allah and His

Messenger. "t is only by obeying Allah and His #asul that we

will be able to attain true success. Allah says in surah Al$

%athiyah, erse &'(

)hich means( Then, as to those who believed and did

righteous deeds, their Lord will admit them to His Mercy that will

be the achievement for all to see.

*hus, as a belieer, one should be able to feel the improement

to one!s personality and soul as a result of a month of fasting.

And on this +id day, eery Mukmin eperiences an

incomparable pleasure, which words alone cannot describe.

'llau '()ar* 'llau '()ar* 'llau '()ar*

'llau '()ar +a ,illail -am%

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Ma-asyiral Muslimin wa umratal Mukminin rahimakumullah,

*he arrial of /yawal is a reminder that #amadan has left us 0

along with all its blessings and special benefits such as fasting,

the ni!mah of performing terawih prayers and the anticipation of

the night of 1ailatul 2adar. *here is no guarantee that we will be

able to eperience all these in the coming years. Despite that,

we should not mourn the passing of #amadan. "nstead, we

should strie to continue to enlien the spirit of #amadan by

making the acts of worship that we performed in #amadan, a

habit in our daily lies.

3or eample, since we hae fasted throughout the entire month

of #amadan, we should strie to perform sunnah fasting

throughout the year4 "f we hae paid our akat in #amadan,

then let us strie to do charity wheneer we are able to do so. "f

we filled the nights of #amadan with terawih prayers, then we

should continue to fill our nights outside of #amadan with

tahajjud prayers.

*his is what it means by making the acts of worship in#amadan as a habit in our lies. /aidatina Aisyah r.a. in

describing the deeds of the 5rophet s.a.w. said

)hich means( Verily the deeds of the prophet s.a.w. were

continuous consistent!.6Hadith reported by "mam Al$7ukhari8

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7eloed jemaah, let us emulate #asulullah s.a.w. by performing

a deed continuously and consistently, and making it a habit that

is an integral part of our daily lies.

Dear jemaah,

"n line with this, we should ensure that the alues we hae

learned during #amadan continue to be applied in our daily

lies as well.

*hroughout the month of #amadan, we hae been constantly

reminded of the importance of )uil%ing a #amilythat holds on

to Islami. alu!s an% tra%itions*a family that is truly loes

Allah and His Messenger9 a family that practices "slam based

on the 2uran and the /unnah of our beloed 5rophet

Muhammad s.a.w9 a family who upholds "slamic alues such as

speaking the truth, trustworthiness, patience and so on. And

such a family will thus reflect these alues in their daily life. *his

was the #amadan message that we hae understood and

appreciated together. And we must continue on with theseefforts in order to build a successful family.



%emaah,

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*hroughout #amadan we hae tried to build the resilience of

our iman and increase our takwa through fasting. A resilient

iman should make us more responsible and more conscious of

what is happening around us, especially the struggles faced by

our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world. Howeer, we

should not beliee eery information and reports that we read

as there are many untrue claims that are being widely

circulated.

*his morning, as the beautiful call of the takbir echoes through

the masjid, our homes adorned with new curtains and arious

delicious dishes await us when we come back from our prayers,

we should be mindful and concerned about the grim situation

and hardship faced by our fellow Muslims in the Middle +ast

and many other parts of the world due to wars and internal

conflicts.

)e are sad for them, we sympathise with their conditions, and

we constantly make doa that Allah s.w.t. will pae the way for

them to be free from their sufferings. )e also make doa thatAllah will help them in finding a solution to end the conflict that

has gone on for many years. Amin :a #abbal Alamin.

At the same time, as a Mukmin, we must be critical towards the

news that we read, listen to and watch. )ith sound knowledge

and a resilient faith that we hae deeloped in #amadan, we

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should be able to siee through and differentiate between

reports that are reliable and those that are not. )e are also able

to differentiate between actions that are based on 2uran and

sunnah and those that are not.

"t definitely worries us when we read the news and watch

ideos of iolence and injustices committed. Many aspects of

what we see in these ideos, and what we read about in the

reports, are against "slamic teachings, because they are

propagated by misinterpretations of the teachings9 or the

actions are in support of a certain agenda. *hus, the command

to be just and not to oppress anyone, een when one is caught

in a conflict, is often ignored. #asulullah s.a.w. said in a hadith

reported by Abu Dawud which means( "o not #ill any old

person, any child or any woman$ and be #ind, verily %llah

s.w.t. li#es those who are #ind.

"n fact some of the brutalities that we witnessed are being

carried out by those who make the call for jihad9 using "slam to

justify their actions and call for the establishment of an "slamiccaliphate. *hese claims hae been determined to be against

"slamic teachings by our renowned scholars, as they use it to

commit iolence and atrocities among one another, and unjustly

the lies of innocent people are unjustly implicated.


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My brothers and sisters rahimakumullah.

)e should always remember that "slam is a religion of peace

and rejects, as well as condemns, any iolent acts and killings.

Allah says in surah Al$;isaa! erse


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when we read fatwas and indiidual opinions that call upon

Muslims to kill and commit acts of iolence to others.

7lessed jemaah,

"n order to ensure that our family members and ourseles will

continue to remain on the right path, it is important for us to be

e=uipped with sound religious knowledge. )e will not be

gullible and easily swayed by all sorts of claims that are being

widely circulated. )e will not fall for the manipulated

interpretations of the religious tets that these people are

making to justify their own desires and personal gains.

#emember that Allah s.w.t. has granted wisdom to the

belieers. #asulullah s.a.w. described the wisdom and

consciousness of a Mukmin in a hadith that means( % believer

does not fall into the same hole twice. 6Hadith reported by

"mam Al$7ukhari8



Ma-asyiral Muslimin rahimakumullah,

*hese challenges, and many others, are part and parcel of the

life of a belieer. "n fact, #amadan proides us with the golden

opportunity to replenish and recharge ourseles spiritually, as

we prepare ourseles to face life challenges for the rest of the

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year. *here will definitely be hurdles and struggles throughout

our journey in achieing our desired goals of Allah!s mercy and

His eternal paradise, and we must therefore prepare ourseles

well to face these challenges.

And dear jemaah, how can we prepare ourseles well for this

trying and challenging journey4 *he answer is to build on our

takwa. Allah s.w.t. says in surah Al$7a=arah erse @


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and compassionate. One will also be more forgiing, instead of

simply waiting for others to apologise first. One will prefer to

maintain good relations with family and friends, and make the

effort to resole any issues, instead of waiting for the other party

to make the first moe. *he 5rophet s.a.w. said(

)hich means( % person who upholds the ties of #inship is not

a person who hopes for a reward, but a person who uphold ties

of #inship is the one when others cuts ties with him, he will

uphold the ties of #inship.6Hadith reported by "mam Al$7ukhari8

%emaah, the lesson we can derie from this hadith is(

#esponding kindly to those who hae done good to us isnormal. 7ut what the 5rophet s.a.w. asks of us is to respond to

harshness eil acts with kindness, hostility with peace, and

rudeness with politeness.

*hus, let us take the opportunity of +id to forgie the mistakes

of others. 3orget about the conflicts and fights that we had in

the past. Don!t we all truly hope for Allah!s forgieness for our

own sins and mistakes4 "f so, we should be the first one to seek

forgieness from others. Allah says in surah Al$;ur erse BB(

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)hich means( ...let them forgive and overloo#, do you not wish

that %llah should forgive you 'or %llah is -ft'orgiving, Most

Merciful./.

May Allah s.w.t. grant us the purity of heart and takwa to build

good relations with our family, insyaAllah. May our success and

ictory today last us until we are gien the opportunity to greet

#amadan again net year.



:a Allah, :a #ahman :a #ahim, we depend only upon :ou :a

Allah. )e are weak without you :a Allah, so strengthen us. )e

hae committed sins :a #ahman, so please forgie us. *o

whom shall we turn if not to :ou. :ou are *he One, *he

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Almighty. *he One who is Most 3orgiing of our mistakes. 1ook

upon us :a Allah with :our mercy.

5lease accept all our deeds and worship :a Allah. Crant us

longeity so we may continue to sere :ou.

1et this ictory be meaningful, filled with :our diine loe and

:our blessings.

:a Allah, *he Most 3orgiing and Most Merciful,

#amadan came and went, but we are still here hoping for :our

guidance. )e seek :our blessings, and we seek :our loe.

5lease do not turn our hearts astray after we hae receied

:our guidance9 we seek :our protection, and :our loe is

eerything to us.

5rotect us from any forms of deiance and ignorance9 protect

our families from any eil and sufferings9 and grant our

community the success, peace and prosperity that :ou arepleased with.



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