 All praise is due to Allah SWT, Lord of the World, Master of the Day of Judgment. We thank Allah SWT for allowing us to be here on this blessed day of Juma. This is a very special day. It's a very special day because it's a Juma, but it's a very special day because it's a Juma inside of Ramadan, and it's a very special day because it's not just Juma inside of Ramadan. It's in the last 10 days, and in the last 10 days it's on an odd day, subhanAllah. This is the blessings upon blessings. We thank Allah SWT. The pious predecessors would take this day very seriously, Juma tul Wida, the farewell Friday of Ramadan. They would take this day very seriously. They would approach this day with a lot of hope. They would approach this day with a lot of ibadah. One subhanAllah outside, one subhanAllah inside of Ramadan is 70 times greater than one subhanAllah outside of Ramadan, subhanAllah. So imagine the day we're in right now, it's Juma in Ramadan. The amount of reward we're getting every moment in this month is supercharged. It's supercharged, and this is the day of Juma. So inshaAllah we can take this day seriously and approach it inshaAllah with a lot of hope. The last hour they say of Juma is a time to do a lot of du'a. So between Assad and Mufti today, inshaAllah we can take some time to raise our hands to Allah SWT. Brothers and sisters, in the few moments we have together today, I just wanted to talk about the mindset that we should have as we leave this month of Ramadan. Ramadan is leaving us, there's only a few days left and inshaAllah we are not the same. The way we enter Ramadan and the way we are leaving Ramadan, we are not the same, we are for the better inshaAllah. And so I just wanted to talk about briefly the mindset that we should have. There's a very scary statistic. The World Health Organization, the World Health Organization predicts that by the year 2030, the main problem facing the countries of this planet, of this world that we're on, will be mental health, particularly depression. By the year 2030, the World Health Organization predicts that the number one burden on the countries will be mental health, particularly depression. And so the question becomes, why is this happening? So all the experts are getting together, the institutions are talking, the double PhDs, the doctors, the social scientists, the political scientists, everyone's trying to figure out why is this happening? And there's many different conclusions. They come to many different conclusions. But one common conclusion that they come to is that it's because people are not living lives that they're satisfied with. They're living unfulfilling lives. So then they ask the question, why are people living unfulfilling lives? And so they debate and they discuss and it's up for debate. But as Muslims, brothers and sisters, they came to the conclusion. One of the main conclusions that they came to is that the reason people are living unfulfilling lives is actually because people don't know their purpose. They don't know their purpose in life. And so then the question becomes, what is life's purpose? And everybody's trying to figure this question out since the beginning of time. But brothers and sisters, you and I, as Muslims, we know the purpose of life. It's already, Allah SWT has already told us our purpose. Our purpose is to worship Allah SWT. That's the number one purpose of humanity is to worship Allah SWT. Allah SWT created us so that we would worship Him. This is the number one purpose for our creation. And it's also to have the wakala of Allah SWT, to have God consciousness in every single thing that we do. When we speak, we only speak that which is pleasing to Allah SWT. When we eat, we only eat that which is pleasing to Allah SWT. When we look, we only look at what is pleasing to Allah SWT. This is the purpose of our life. And unfortunately as a society, we've become so impressed with ourselves. We've become so impressed with ourselves. And we're not impressed with Allah SWT, we're impressed with ourselves. What does it mean to be Muslim? What does the word Muslim actually mean? It means to submit. That's what we call ourselves, we're Muslims. We're the people who submit to Allah SWT. And there's a peace that comes with submitting. There's a peace that comes with submitting. When we tell Allah SWT that we give all our deen and all our dunya, all our hopes, thoughts, spirits, aspirations, concerns, we give it all to Allah SWT. It's all in Allah SWT's hands. It's not in ours. We can't do anything to help ourselves but Allah SWT Allah SWT can do everything to help us. And this is one of the goals of Ramadan, is to reorient ourselves, to be Muslim, to submit ourselves to Allah SWT. Why do we leave food and drink? We leave food and drink for Allah SWT. We're submitting ourselves to Him. We left our beds during the night to worship Him, to submit towards Him, to Him. We're submitting to Allah SWT. And unfortunately, we become very impressed with ourselves. And we don't realize that it's Allah SWT behind everything that we do. When you get a headache and you pop two Tylenol, as Muslims, we know that it's not the Tylenol that takes your headache away. It's Allah SWT that takes your headache away. When you are thirsty and it's of thought time and you drink that water, it's not the water that quenches your thirst. It's Allah SWT that quenches your thirst. One Nimrod wanted to throw our master, Ibrahim A.S., into the fire. He tried. He built one of the greatest fires. And he catapulted our prophet into that fire. But did the fire burn Ibrahim A.S.? No, why? Because it's not the fire that burns. Allah SWT decides. And so this is the mindset that we need to have as we leave Ramadan, brothers and sisters. This is the mindset that we need to have. Complete submission to Allah SWT. We're trying to make this world jannah. We've forgotten the reality of this dunya. And one of the reasons mental health issues are spiking is because we're trying to make this world, we're trying to make this dunya jannah. We've forgotten the reality of this dunya. What did our Prophet, S.A.W., tell us about this dunya? He told us that it's not even worth the weight of a nat's wing. Our Prophet, S.A.W. advised us to be like the wayfarer, to be like the traveler. We're only traveling through this dunya. When you're traveling and you stop at a hotel to spend the night, you don't plant your roots there. You're living out of a suitcase. Your basic necessities are in a toiletries bag. And then they come knocking on your door, hey, you need to get out. It's time for checkout time. And then you check out and you leave. That's what this dunya is. And we have to remember that. We have to remind ourselves of that. And we're trying to make this world jannah. So then what happens when life throws us a curve ball? What happens when life gives us lemons? There's so many stories of people who are high-flying in life, balling out. And then they get diagnosed with cancer. You know what I'm talking about? They keep us all healthy. I mean, they get diagnosed with cancer. What do they do? They put their trust in the top doctors at Stanford. And they put their trust in. The chemotherapy. And when the doctors fail them and when the chemotherapy inevitably fails them, oh, what was me? What was me? There's no purpose in life. But the Muslim knows that it's a loss upon Allah that is in control. And that gives you a freedom. That gives you a peace. That whatever happens, it's a loss upon Allah's will. I don't know who here has seen a non-Muslim on their deathbed and a Muslim at their deathbed. But it's actually very, very, that it's upon Allah that the difference is striking. It's striking, it's upon Allah. Even if the Muslims are very average Muslim. He's very average Muslim. And we're not talking about Mufti Sahib who's on his deathbed. Wali Allah. No, we're just talking about the average Muslim. There are people in our community right now. The doctors have been giving them only a few days to live. Hamdulillah, Hamdulillah. It's okay. We see the videos of our brothers and sisters in Palestine. Alhamdulillah, Allah's, there was one lady who lost her house in everything in Yemen. Blown up, destroyed. No one had no idea why. They asked her, how are you doing? She said, Allah is present. Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. Go ahead and tell me how to stop Allah. Allah is the best of the best. He gave them the best looks. He gave them the best ability to speak. He gave them the greatest strength. He gave them everything. Everything we would want in life, right? He gave them. But they didn't rely on what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave them. Musa alaihi salam was one of the strongest men to ever live. He accidentally killed a man with one punch. He was a beautiful man. He awestruck people. People were awestruck by him. But he didn't rely on that. What is the dua that he made? When he accidentally killed a man and now he's a refugee, he flees. He has no home. He has no job. He doesn't know what he's going to do. He sits underneath a tree by a well. And with all of the things Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given him. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given him strength, looks, the ability to speak, all of this stuff. No, no, no. He doesn't use that to get out of the situation. What does Musa alaihi salam do? He says, He makes dua to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. My Lord, verily I am in need of whatever good you will send down to me. Nooh alaihi salam. Also, very beautiful man. Very strong man. All the prophets had these qualities because they're ambassadors of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. When the flood came, you didn't say I'm going to use my own strength and my skill to get out of this situation. No, what did he say? Oh Lord, I'm helpless, so help me. Oh Lord, I'm helpless, so help me. Brothers and sisters, we have to be broken in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. We have to be humbled in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. This is one of the main purposes of Ramadan. Is to reorient ourselves back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this month. To tell Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that no one can help me but you. It's you, I am here. I'm a Muslim. I'm someone who submits. And we submit to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, insha'Allah. Everything that we do is for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. It's this inability to understand our brokenness in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that we see many of the things happening around us. We believe this. As Muslims, we believe that our spiritual actions have a direct correlation with the physical world around us. We believe this as Muslims. Two weeks before coronavirus struck, the United States of America, our president got up and said, we have the greatest economy in the entire world. The world has never seen an economy like the economy that we currently have. Coronavirus hit the United States. Two weeks later, people thought it was the end. Alhamdulillah, we're all still fine. But our economy did take a hit. This world has been put on pause by something that we can't even see. We can't even see it. Before the vaccine, our experts had no answer. They're like, just wash your hands. Just do what you were taught in second grade. They had no answer. We still don't have an answer. The Indian coronavirus variant has just reached California. Who knows what the future is? Who knows if we're gonna be here again next year and it's gonna be a whole other thing? Who knows? We don't know. What is Allah swt trying to teach us through this ordeal that we've been through? Two years now, no Ramadan, like we're used to. Two years now, no Hajj, like we're used to. I mean, this should make us really scared. Like, whoa, what's going on? We really need to ask ourselves, what's going on? Are we submitting to Allah swt? Are we submitting to the will of Allah swt? Are we impressed with ourselves? Are we impressed with our LinkedIn resume? Are we impressed with our job? Are we impressed with what we do from nine to five? Are we impressed with the car that we pull up to Jammah in? Or are we not impressed with any of those things? And we're impressed with Allah swt, because Allah swt is the one who gave us all of those things. And that is the goal of Allah swt, to come back to Allah swt. To submit to Allah swt. Alhamdulillah, we raise our hands and we ask Allah swt to forgive us for our sins. Ya Rabb, Ya Rabb, Ya Rabb, Ya Rabb, Ya Rabb, Ya Rabb, we turn to you, Ya Allah, we turn to you, Ya Allah, one door elayna, Ya Allah, bilkhayr wal-utwa afya, Ya Rahmar Rahimin, Ya Allah, Ya Allah, notice us, Ya Allah, notice this gathering here at MCC in Pleasanton, Ya Rahmar Rahimin, Ya Allah, on this last Friday of Jammah, on this last Friday of Ramadan, Ya Allah, notice us, Ya Rahmar Rahimin, Ya Allah, be proud of us, Ya Allah, Ya Allah, we promise to reorient ourselves back to you, Ya Allah, to submit to you, Ya Allah, everything that we have is for you, Ya Allah, our war job is for you, Ya Allah, our car is for you, Ya Allah, our families are for you, Ya Allah, our speaking, our eating, our talking, everything is for you, Ya Rahmar Rahimin, Ya Allah, nothing is for us, Ya Allah, everything is for you, we submit everything to you, Ya Rahmar Rahimin, Ya Allah, Ya Allah, be gentle with us, be gentle with the community of MCC, be gentle with the community of California, Ya Rahmar Rahimin, Ya Allah, be gentle with us, Ya Allah, we get it, Ya Allah, we understand, Ya Rahmar Rahimin, Ya Allah, that you are the Lord of the Worlds, the Master of the Day of Judgment, Ya Rahmar Rahimin, Ya Allah, That you are Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim, Ya Hayyul Ya Qayyul, Ya Hanan, Ya Manan, Ya Razak, Ya Thani, Ya Mukhani. You are all of these things. You've given yourself 99 names. You are all of these things. And we are none of these things. Ya Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim, Ya Allah. We understand this and we bear witness, Ya Allah, that you are in control. We understand that we bear witness, Ya Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim, that you are in control. Ya Allah, Ya Allah, Ya Allah, one door elayna, Ya Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim, Ya Allah. We ask the dua that the Prophet ﷺ asked you. Ya Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahman, Ya Allah. We ask the dua that the Prophet ﷺ asked you. Ya Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim, Ya Allah, one door elayna, Ya Ra-Rahman Ar-Rahim, Ya Allah. Ya Arhum Ar-Ruahimin, Ya Allah, Alhamdulillah Al-Sariah, Al-Asr, Al-Muhammad, Al-Ali, Al-Safi, Al-Salam, Al-Ajma'in Rabban Al-Atina, Al-Duniya, Al-Hassanatum, Al-Akhirat, Al-Hassanatum, Al-Qinaat, Al-Bannar Allahumma, Al-Niyya, Al-Aafi'ah, Al-Duniya, Al-Akhirah, Ya Arhum Ar-Ruahimin, Ya Allah, Astaghfirullah, Al-Halim, Al-Wa Alakum Kama Tussadah