 Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Inna alhamdulillahi na'hmaduhu nasda'inuhu. Without a doubt, certainly all praise, thanks and gratitude belongs to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Na'hmaduhu nasda'inuhu and that's why we praise Him, we thank Him for things that He has given to us. And we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls and from the evil of our deeds. And we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls and from the evil of our deeds. Allah says this in His book. Believers, addressing every single one of you and myself included. What is the address? What is He saying? Don't you ever forget that Allah is in Allah's presence and He's watching you constantly. The way He deserves it, the reason I am emphasizing it because that's what it is. Don't you dare. It is very, very strong language. Don't you dare forget we just said because Allah's presence is always there and you find yourself in a manner that you are departing this world while you are not in this full state of submission. I tell you, this is kind of hard to talk and breathe with this thing in your face. So we'll do insha'Allah. Allah says something else in His book. And this is the part of the ayah that I want to talk about and address to you guys insha'Allah for the next couple of minutes or so, a few minutes. Inna Allah la yoghayru ma bi qawmin hatta yoghayru ma bi anfusuhim. Incredibly important topic for us, what we face today, the challenges we face today. Think about the challenges that you're facing today yourself, whatever the challenge is. Undoubtedly the question comes in your mind saying, why this? Why this to me? Why not? I'm making all sorts of dua. For God's sake, I spent the entire 27th night waking up making dua and I don't see any changes. So what's up with that? Allah says He is not. Certainly, certainly He is not going to change. Allah is not going to change the condition of a people unless you bring change to yourself first. What does that mean? That means point a finger to yourself first, understand. What is it that you do to contribute towards the change? We spend entire month, 30 days. I don't want to hear from a single person saying, I'm not capable of changing. That is not true at all because we demonstrated. We showed that we are capable of change. We did entire month. What does that mean? We change our habits. We change our approach. We change our sleeping habits. We change our eating habits. We change everything about us for the entire month. You can do that. What is the take to do the change? That's what I do professionally. You got to understand the reason behind the change. You got to understand why are you making the change. You understand the importance of that change, whatever that might be. I'm talking to you generalistically. You apply to whether you're a student, whether you're a professional, you're a husband, you're a wife, you're a daughter, you're a brother. There is something that you want to make a difference. You need to make that change. It works on the individual level. It works on the societal level. We are often quick to point finger at something, but we don't understand it. So you have to understand what is the reason behind the change. You got to understand what will happen if you do not make that change. What will be the consequences? What will be the repercussion of that change not taking place? You got to understand the reason behind it. Then you need to understand something else. What's in it for me? That's an acronym everyone uses in a professional environment. Allah uses that over and over again in the Qur'an. He gives you over and over again reasons for change. Reasons why should you do it? Here's a great example for you. Have you heard Jannat in Taji Min Tahtiha Lanhar? The rivers, you have the castles for you. They are in a waterfront property where the rivers run underneath that. Allah is giving you incentive for change. Telling you that this is what's up for you up there if you do things in this world a certain way. You got to have the desire for it. You got to know the reasons for it. You got to have the desires for it. You got to then build the ability for that towards it that I want to. Now I know why. I know the importance of it. I have the desire to do it. I want to get the ability to do so. What are the tools that you need to make that change? Keep that in mind. If any of these things are lacking and we don't take any initiatives, things are not going to change. Why? Because Allah says so. He is not. This is one of the sunnahs of Allah. There are a few things Allah says in the Quran that He does. This is how He does. This is one of those things giving you clear instructions. Things not going to change for you unless you are the one who is initiating it. Unless you are the one to bringing that to yourself. I'm going to sit here. Pause. Make a dua. You make the dua too. In the second part of the Qudbah, I'm going to tell you a couple of other things that Allah says. Okay. You're like, where do I start? Allah tells you where to start.isten! Inna.. This was one of the things clear instructions given to you by Allah. Allah's sunnah. He says this is what He's doing. You should do this. Here's another thing Allah says in the Quran that He does, and asking all of you to do the same thing. And what is that? Inna Allaha.. Certainly Allah and all the angelic forms. You can imagine how many of them are there. They do something on a continuous basis. So here's the keyword, continuous basis. Not like you and I that we do it for a few minutes or one time or two times and we just forget about it. No, continuous basis. What did they do? They sent salam and salutations to our beloved prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. So Allah is telling you, do the same thing. Inna Allaha Ya'mur bila adi wa l-Ihsan. No, that's the other one I'm going to discuss. Inna Allaha wa malaikada hui salloon al-Nabi. Ya ayyuhal ladina amanu bilaevers. Sallu alaihi wa sallim utaslima. Allahumma salli ala Muhammadin wa ala ala al-Muhammad. Kama sallayta ala Ibrahim wa ala ala Ibrahim. Inna kahamid majid. Allahumma baareka ala Muhammadin wa ala ala ala Muhammad. Kama baarekta ala Ibrahim. Wa ala ala Ibrahim. Inna kahamid majid. Rabbana laa tu'aakhizna inna sinna wa fta'na. Rabbana wa laa tahmila alayna. Israan kamaa hamaltahu alal ladina min qablina. Rabbana wa laa tahmila maa laa taaqat ala nabi. Wa'afu anna wa aghafil lana wa rahmna anta maulana. Fansurna anal qawmil kaafirin. Ameen wa rahmat gaya rahman rahmin. Whenever you make dua, please remember all our brothers and sisters around the world, especially those who are the victims of oppression today as we speak. So, change. You say, okay, I got you. I heard you. I want to make change. Where do I start? Hey, I'm glad you asked because Allah tells you where to start. And that's how the khutbah ends. Everywhere around the world. Inna allah ya'umur bil adli wal ihsan wa ita eid al-kurbah. Allah is telling you, these are the three changes you should make. Ya'umur bil adli, be just in every single thing that you do in all your actions and all your attitudes and all your character. Be just. Okay, I want to be just. Where do I start? Wa ita eid al-kurbah. Start with your own family. Start with your parents. Start with brothers, siblings, grandparents, cousins, whoever they are. Start from there. Wa lehsan. And then find out where you are. Find your status quo, where you are here. The example that I have given over and over again. I don't get tired of it. If you are a C student, C student, you know where you are. Make sure to do things that you become a better student, a B student, an A student. That's what lehsan is. That's what you start. Those are the changes you make. Well, okay. What other changes Allah says? Inna allaha ya'umur bela adi wa lehsan. Wa ita eid al-kurbah. Here's the flip side. Wa yanha analfah sha'i wal munkari wal ba'i. There are other three things that Allah says make a change to yourselves. Any forms of shamelessness, avoid it with all costs. Anytime you come across two different rulings or you're not comfortable with the ruling that you're trying to dig for a loophole, avoid all that. And the last change is oppression. And that's what we make to offer that from Allah SWT to save all the victims. And you do not wanna become a victim of oppression and you do not want to become oppressor. And then we conclude by reading the ayah of Quran again and we do pray, insha'Allah. Inna allaha ya'umur bela adi wa lehsan. Wa ita eid al-kurbah. Wa yanha analfah sha'i wal munkari wal ba'i. Ya'idakum lehallakum tadakkaroon. Ra'aqeem al-salaah al-sprey, insha'Allah. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. Ashad wa la ilaha illa Allah. Ashad wa al-na Muhammad al-Rasool Allah. Ayy al-as-salah, ayy al-alfala. Kad kamat al-salah, kad kamat al-salah. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. La ilaha illa Allah. All right, I cannot tell you to stand shoulder to shoulder because we can't stand shoulder to shoulder. So stand straight please. As-Salaamu Alaykum. Allahu Akbar. Alhamdulillahi Rabb-la alamin. Ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. Maliki yawm ad-din. Iyaka na'bud wa iyaka na'sta'een. Ihidna siraat al-mustaqeem. Siraat al-nadina na'amta alaihim. Wa-ir al-mawdubi alaihim wa-l-attaa. Sabbih isma rabbika alal ladhi qalaka fa-sawa wal ladhi. Qadr fa-hana wal ladhi. Aqraja al-mara'a fa-ja'alahu qutha'an ahwa. Sa-nukriu ka fa la-tansaa illa maasha Allah. Inna huya'lamu al-jahra wa ma yaghfa. Wani yasrakal il-yusraa fa-zakirin nafaat al-dhikraa. Sa-yadzakar man yaghshaa wa yatajannabohan. Ashqa al-nadiyasqal al-nara al-kubraa. Tumma la'yamu jubiha wa la'yamu.