 And this is the story of the the historical figure in many of our cultures and civilization called Juhah Hoja any other names you guys know about him? Juhah chemical figure but historical real figure and so Juhah one time he was He was he was walking with his son and they they had a donkey and they were walking and they had the donkey and so Juhah the father was sitting on the donkey and his son was walking and they passed by some people and The people looked at Juhah and he said What a heartless father He's making his child walk. So Juhah said no man. Yeah My god So then he he got off the donkey and he put his son to sit And so they continued walking and then they passed some other people and The people said Look at that son with no adab He's sitting on the donkey and he's making his father walk What kind of adab is that no manners look at the kids these children these days So Juhah said Okay, we're both sit on the donkey So the father sits on the donkey the son sits on the donkey and they continue walking and then they passed by another group of people and The group of people they look at Juhah and his son and they say Look at that heartless family Putting all that weight on that poor donkey What bad manners So Juhah says Okay, let's Get off the donkey So we don't put too much weight on the donkey So Juhah and the son start walking next to the donkey and then they walk by another group of people and the people say Look at those imbeciles They have a donkey and neither no one's riding it so then Juhah Takes the donkey and carries the donkey above his head and Starts walking and the moral of the story is if we're chasing The approval on the pleasure of people We're making ourselves lower than donkeys and so there is there is Rid Allah gaya tun la tu drak warita nas gaya tun rid Allah gaya tun la tu drak warita nas gaya tun la tu drak Fatraq ma la yudraq wadraq ma la yudraq pleasing People is a goal you will never achieve and pleasing Allah is a goal. You should never leave so achieve What you should never leave and leave what you'll never achieve They say there's a Quote that says, you know in my 20s. I used to care about what people thought about me you know I have to dress like them what I'm gonna think of my my my hijab. What are they gonna think about my clothes? What are they gonna think about my hair? What are they gonna think about my car? What are they gonna think about my house? What are they gonna think about my about my wife about my husband? What are they gonna think about my joke? What are they gonna think about my job my career my promotion? What are they gonna think and then in my 30s, you know, I got courageous and so I said, you know what I don't care what people think about me I Don't care anymore. I'm gonna I'm gonna be me. I'm gonna live my own life. I'm gonna be authentic Which is another discussion for another day so they start Becoming free of people's Opinions and approvals and And then in their 40s, they realize no one was actually ever thinking about them But a Muslim in their 50s realizes Allah Was thinking about them and looking at them the whole time like ah, it's about Allah Right and so in conclusion, I Leave you with this beautiful aphorism from Ibn Ataillah beautiful Hikmah and This is I leave you with this gift to take this away inshallah from this night Inshallah, we also take away paradise say Amin and exemption from Hellfire say Amin Because that's what it's all about Everything else is a distraction We're only here for a few days And so Malaik be shuhudi Ibn Ataillah says Vanish from your eyes The sight of people on you in exchange for the sight of God on you Did you get that? Vanish from your eyes from your perspective People's eyes on you in exchange for God's eye on you When we make that shift that paradigm shift, it's so Comforting It's so relaxing. It's so liberating. It's so empowering It's so empowering and the second part of the aphorism waghib an shuhudi eqbali him aleik be shuhudi eqbali he aleik and ignore People approaching you and witness God approaching you and Ignore people approaching you and witness God approaching you Allah That's what it's all about That's what it's all about amazing Amazing and so I leave you with that inshallah so we can Worship Allah as if we see him and if we don't see him we know that he sees us Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, so we don't end up carrying the donkey inshallah say amen