 In the lands of my forefathers, when we gather to celebrate the Mawlid of the Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, we say, Eid milaad mubarak, Eid milaad mubarak. May this celebration of ours be filled with barakah for us in this dunya and the hereafter. We gather to celebrate just a few moments ago, we were reciting certain verses of poetry on the Prophet alayhi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And there was a portion that we went through where it mentioned that the Prophet, and this is from the hadith, that the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was a prophet of Allah swt, even before Adam alayhi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was created. He was the chosen one. Allah swt made so many preparations for him to come to this earth. Part of some of that poetry speaks of his lineage sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. That is precisely the individual who you and I on a daily basis say is our Nabi, is our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. This is an extreme honor for those of us that may have gone through and rightfully so at times feel sad, upset, lost, hopeless, helpless, know that we happen to be from amongst the ummah of the Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. In Urdu we say, we are from his ummah. He had a certain amount of love for us, right, yearning for us. And the fact that in terms of space and time, right, space we are so far away from Madinah al-Munawwarah, the blessed city of the Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Like the furthest away if we may. And in times, the furthest from the time of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam yet, yet during the month of Rabi'u al-Awwal and even outside of the month of Rabi'u al-Awwal there are people, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands who celebrate the Maulid of the Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam annually and especially during the month of Rabi'u al-Awwal. This is a Bashara for all of us. This is a glad tiding for us. That those who make that zikr and who have those remembrances keep the rest of us sustained. Keep the rest of us protected. That is part of our tradition. We believe that for as long as we have believers in the ummah, we have awliya within the ummah. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would protect the ummah from calamities. Would protect the ummah from calamities to be a part of a community in a place and a time. It's such an immense blessing. Always remaining hopeful of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the promise of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. I just want to share a few things really quickly before I close. We recite, there's two verses at the end of Surah Tuttoba which we frequently recite and we recited a little while ago where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed devil. He's extremely merciful with the believers. There's none worthy of worship except him. I put my trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as he is the Lord of the mighty throne. And the Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam explains to us how to put trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. That when the Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam was with his partner Abu Bakr on his companion in the cave and they were in that moment of extreme worry and difficulty. He said, he put his trust in Allah, he knew that he had done the right thing. He knew that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would look after him. He said, do not fear, inna allaha ma'ana, verily Allah is with us. Musa alaihi wasallam on the other hand, when he was fleeing the Pharaoh and they came to the river and his people said, oh Musa, Firu'un is behind us. He responded and said, inna ma'iya rabbi sayahdeen, that verily with me is my Lord. Some of the ulama of tafsir have gone to mention that with the Nabi of Allah, he mentioned the word Allah before he mentioned the word ma'ana. And this is because he was the Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Musa also put his trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, but he mentioned himself before he mentioned Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. We are from that ummah that puts our complete trust in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and asks Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and when we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we don't ask for little things, we ask for big things and which is why I want to close with the hadith of the Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam. Abu Huraira r.a narrates that the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam says if one of you asks Allah who makes dua to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala let that individual hope and ask for great things as nothing has any greatness over Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. There is nothing mighty for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. We simply in our minds and our hearts only ask Allah for so much when our Lord reminds us to ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for the world of course we have to make an effort as well. We have to make an effort, we have to work towards it in terms of our actions and whatever means we have to take. But know that this blessing that we have of being from the ummah of the Nabi Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam is a blessing enough. Is a blessing enough if this is all right? The only thing that will matter in the hereafter when it comes down, when all is said and done is our belief in Allah and His messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam. As long as we have that insha'Allah we are in good shape. Everything else at that point becomes extra and our ranks in the hereafter continue to increase but in reality that is all that matters and we pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah keep us steadfast on this path and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala keep our progenies until the day of judgment steadfast on this path. If you are here with your children right now basha'arah to you, glad tidings to you and your families. If your children wanted to be here and they couldn't be here glad tidings to you and your families. If you are amongst those families where you told your children we're going they would be excited and happy basha'arah to you and your families because this is what will keep it alive in the generations after us may Allah bless and reward all of us and may Allah reward our hosts, our families, this community and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala this thing that we've begun where we are now meeting in person and sitting close to each other we pray to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that may this ni'mah and this blessing remain for us until the day of judgment and may it never be decreased and may it never be taken away from us and may Allah grant sheafah to all those who are ill and grant ease and aafiyah to all those in need Jazakumullahu khayran Salaamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh