 We begin by praising Allah and our praise will never be enough and we thank Allah and our thanks will never be enough. And then we remind ourselves that we weren't made for this world, we are strangers in this world, we are travelers in this world, nothing more. And we warn ourselves that we are going back to our Creator, we are returning to our Maker, we're going back to Him. The one who made us gave us everything we have, we are returning to Him. And so I remind myself and I remind all of us here that this dunya, this world is poison and the next world, the afterlife is medicine. And we want to shift from the poison to the medicine. We want to empty our hearts from the poison and fill it with the medicine. We want to empty our minds from the poison and fill it with the medicine. We want to empty our dreams from poison and fill it with medicine. We want to shift our yearning, our cares, our thoughts, our love, our desires, our dreams, our ambition from poison to medicine. And what is this world that is not even worth one mosquito's wing? What is this world? It's not worth the crumbs that fall off of one dinner table compared to what's in store for us. And so opening the eyes of the heart and looking at the afterlife brings us comfort, brings us healing, brings us medicine. And the afterlife, what's in store for us? Allah tells us in the Qur'an, No soul knows the delight of the eyes waiting for them because of what they used to do. Heaven, where one tent in heaven is 60 miles high made of pearls And we struggle for 3,000 square feet and we toil for 30 years to get 3,000 square feet. Where one tree in heaven, a horse races for 100 years and cannot cross the trunk of this tree. Where the length of one bow in heaven is worth more than everything that the sun rises upon and sets. And where are our eyes setting? What are our eyes yearning for? What is our heart setting for? Where one span of a bow in heaven is worth more than everything the sun rises and sets upon. Where the last person to enter heaven. God tells him, Allah tells him, You have the world and 10 times the entire world. And he says, You have this world times 10 and the man shot. He says, Are you joking? And you are the king. And our prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam smiled until his molar teeth showed. And that's the last person to enter heaven. Where in heaven Allah S.W.T. says, Demanna, Demanna, Wish, Wish, Wish for whatever you want. And then after you done wishing, He says, Did you wish? And then he says, Yes, I wish. And then Allah says, You get all your wishes and even more. Where Allah asks us in heaven, Are you satisfied? Allah asks us, Who are we? Who are we that we get all this? Imagine a kindergartners competition. And you say, Whoever colors this picture the best, I'm going to give him 2 billion dollars. We have to be patient for a few years. And then we get Jannah. We have to be patient for a few years. Obey for a few years. Avoid the prohibitions for a few years. Be good to people, forgive people. And then we get heaven forever. Where there is no worry. There is no stress. Where there is no fear. No anxiety. There is no hatred. There is no sickness. There is no separation. Then why are we in love with this dunya? This poison that deludes us. This poison that hypnotizes us. This world is not even worth one mosquito's wing. This world is lower than the low. And its lover is more humiliated than the most humiliated. This world is a home for the one that doesn't have a home. But we all have a home in paradise. And the one who collects in this world has no intellect. Because you can't take it with you. The kafan has no pockets. The kafan that we get wrapped with has no pockets. We can't take anything with us. It's all delusion. This world is only but an hour. So make it obedience to Allah. وَالْنَفْسُ طَمْعَ عَلِّمْهَ الْقَنَاءَ And the nefs, the lowest, the ego is tamma'a. It's never satiated. It always wants more. فَعَلِّمْهَ الْقَنَاءَ Tame it to be satisfied with what it has. Tame it to not want more. 3,000 square feet is not enough. I need 4,000. My accurate is not enough. I need a Tesla. My Tesla is not enough. I need a Porsche. My Porsche is not enough. I need a Bugaro. It's never enough. There's always something else. And it's poison. Allah says in the Quran وَلَا تَمُدَّنَّا عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَا مَا مَا مَتْتَعْنَا بِهِ أَزْوَاجَ مِنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَيَاتَ الدُّنْيَا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِي Don't extend your eyes to the ornaments of this world. We will نَفْتِنَهُمْ فِي Make it a fitnah for those people. Make it a tribulation, a challenge, a difficulty, a temptation. So we don't put our eyes on the dunya. We put our eyes on the next life. And when we put our eyes on the next life, it's medicine. And when we put our eyes on this life, it's poison. Because when we put our eyes on this life, my house is not big enough. My marriage is not good enough. My wife is not this enough. My husband is not this enough. My job is not this enough. My car is not this enough. I don't have enough. Allah didn't give me enough. Allah didn't give me enough. This dunya is poison. And so we close our eyes from the dunya. And we open our eyes to the akhirah. And then we dream of paradise. Where there are places in paradise the Prophet peace be upon him described to the people, to the Sahaba. And the Sahaba, he described this gharaf. And they were so high and lofty and beautiful. And the Sahaba said, Are those only for the Prophet and for no one else? And no one else gets those houses? And you know what he said? He said, These are for the believers in Allah and the one who trusted their Prophet. Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. They get those gharaf. They get those houses. Are you not satisfied with what Allah gave you? So run to Allah. Flee to Allah. We flee to Allah. And we say, To Allah. Labbaika. Labbaika Rabbana wa sa'daik. That's what they say in heaven to Allah. At your service, at your pleasure. Wa l-khayru fi yadaik. And goodness is all in your hands. We say, Seek forgiveness from Allah. He forgives all sins. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. And peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. This world, this dunya is poison and the next life is medicine. And when we're feeling stress and anxiety, we close our hearts from this, our eyes from this world and we turn to the next world. One time they asked one of our scholars and saints in our history, they said why is it that people don't want to go to the next world and the people want to stay here and he replied to them, He said to them, you built your dunya and you destroyed your Akhirah, your next life, you built this life and you destroyed the next life. So who wants to go from the built to the destroyed? And we plant trees with Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar. And As-Salatu Noor prayer is light, light in the grave, light in this life and light in the next life. Wa Sabru Liya'a and patience is illumination. When we're patient in our marriages and with our children and with our work and with our people who are difficult to us, it's illumination. Wa Sadaqatu Burhan and charity is proof that we submit to Allah, love Allah and we give money to Allah, we give the money to Allah. And this is our deal, this is our deal with our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the pledge at the Akhaba, obey and don't fear the censure of anyone, don't fear what anyone makes fun of you, don't care. When anyone makes fun of you because you're Muslim, don't care. Tuba lil ghuraba, Islam began weird, it's going to end as weird and congratulations to the weirdos, to the dignified weirdos, the dignified, elegant, strange people. We don't want to be normal in today's world. Yes, we want to be dignified and elegant and presentable and we want Allah to be gentle with us in this life, in this world. But we don't seek the acceptance of everyone and the opinion of everyone, we seek the acceptance from Allah. We seek the acceptance from Allah. And so when it comes to the dunya, here's the tangible takeaway. When it comes to the dunya, when it comes to our money, when it comes to our bank account, when it comes to our 401k, when it comes to the size of our home, or our cars, or how pretty we are, or how handsome we are, look at those, look down at those who have less than you. So you can be grateful and have gratitude. And when it comes to religion and when it comes to prayer and when it comes to dhikr and when it comes to akhira and spirituality, look up at those who are doing more than me. So I can be inspired to do more. And the epitome of stupidity is to be satisfied with my religious state, to be satisfied with my spiritual state. We will always yearn to grow, to do more, to be more, and to fall in love with God and to be lovable to God. And we want to leave this world as awliya, as wali's, that's on our bucket list. We want to be wali's, to be the friends of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. That's what we yearn for. We are people who seek the afterlife. This life. فَطُوبَةُمَّا طُوبَا لِمَنْ مِنْهَا تَحَدَّرْ وَطَلَّقْهَا وَفِي طَاعَةِ الرَّحْمَانِ شَمَّرْ فَفَكِّرْ فِي عَنَاهَا وَفِي قِلِّدْ غِنَاهَا وَفِي كَثْرَةْ عَنَاهَا فَفَكِّرْ فِي فَنَاهَا This world, congratulations to the one who divorces the dunya. Who divorces this world. Divorce this dunya, divorce this world. And roll up your sleeves in the obedience of Allah. Roll up your sleeves in seeking Allah. In obeying Allah. Roll up your sleeves in obeying Allah. And then think contemplate about this world. How quick it is and how quick it disappears and vanishes. How quick this world vanishes. How the pleasures of this world vanishes. And how even the rich people here, even their weak, the rich people get sick, they die, they have difficulty. What is this world that's deluding us? And think of the difficulties and the problems. And how this dunya takes away this and takes away that. And our children and our families and this and that and our spouses. This world is not something worthy to live for. We are people of the afterlife. We live for the next life. And we are only temporary visitors here. And during this temporary visit, we obey Allah. We submit to Allah. And in exchange, we get paradise. That's the deal. In exchange, we get paradise forever, insha'Allah. So cross this world. Don't worship this world. And look forward to your next home. And when this world gets heavy, close your eyes and imagine the next world. Close your eyes and do Dhikr. Dhikr brings solace and serenity to your heart. When this world gets stressful, causes anxiety and difficulty, close your eyes and remember God. Remember Allah and do Dhikr as medicine. And the next life is medicine. And the afterlife is medicine. And so we empty our heart from this world, this poison. And we seek the next world. And we look up and we look down in the right direction, at the right time, in the right way, and in the right manner, insha'Allah. And may Allah be gentle with us. May Allah send peace and blessings on humanity's teacher, Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, our teacher, our beloved, our captain, our superhero. The mercy to mankind, the gift to humanity. May Allah send peace and blessings on him and his companions and his family. O Allah, give us the good of this world, the good of the next world and protect us from the torment of the fire. Ya Allah, we ask you for aafiyah. Ya Allah, we ask you for well-being. We ask you for gentleness in this life. Ya Allah, don't test us with more that we can bear. Bring us closer to you, Ya Allah, with gifts and not through tests. Ya Allah, let us be loved by you and help us fall in love with you. Ya Allah, let us taste the sweetness of Islam and the sweetness of Iman and the sweetness of Ihsan. Ya Allah, protect our teachers and our scholars and our institutions. Ya Allah, bring us closer to you, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, empty our hearts from the dunya, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, empty our hearts from the dunya, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, protect our mothers and our fathers and if they've passed away, elevate their state, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, help us be those who live for the next life. Who live for the Akhirah. Who live for the next life, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, help us enjoy من أحب لقاء الله حب الله و لقاءه. Whoever loves to meet God, Allah loves to meet him. Make us from those people, Ya Allah. Make us from those people who love to meet you. Make of those people who pray five times a day who even when they're sleepy, they obey you. Who even when they're sleepy, they obey you. Who even when they're sleepy, they obey you. Make us from those people, Ya Allah, that give their eyes to you. Ya Allah, they give everything that you gave them to you, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, we don't understand the wisdoms and what decisions you make, but we know you are the all wise. So we accept whatever you do. We don't understand the wisdoms, but we know you are the all wise. So we accept and we trust you, Ya Allah. We trust you more than we trust our own selves. We trust you more than we trust our own selves, Ya Allah. Protect our children, protect our offspring, protect our communities. Elevate the Ummah of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Unite the Ummah of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Alleviate the Ummah of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, from one sincere heart in this place, in this gathering, bring healing to the entire planet, Ya Allah, and bring elevation to every past Muslim, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, and you say be and it is and it's easy for you. Ya Allah, and that's easy for you and capable, you are capable of it. You are capable of everything, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, we all came here seeking you, submitting to you, searching for you. Ya Allah, let us leave purified. Let us leave elevated. Let us leave forgiven, Ya Allah. Let us leave illuminated, Ya Allah. Let us leave illuminated, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, help us leave where you bring us healing to our marriages, Ya Allah. Healing to our children, Ya Allah. If our children are lost or family members are lost, bring them back, Ya Allah. Bil khayr wa l-lotuf wa l-hafiah with ease and gentleness and well-being and goodness, Ya Allah. Ya Allah, Ya Allah. We ask you for everything good that our dear Prophet, Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, asked you for. And we seek protection from every harm that he sought protection from. Ya Allah, help us. Help us be people of knowledge. Ameen, Ameen, Ameen, Ameen and send peace and blessings on our superhero, our master, Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. إن الله و ملائكته يصلون على النبي يا أيها الذين آمنوا صلوا عليه وسلم متسلمة. اللهم صلي على Sayyidina Muhammad وعلى آل سيدنا محمد كما صليت على Sayyidina Ibrahim وعلى آل سيدنا إبراهيم في العالمين إنك حميد مجيد سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصيفون وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين وأقم الصلاة. الله أكبر الله أكبر أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أشهد أن محمد رسول الله حيا على الصلاة حيا على الفلاح قد قامت الصلاة قد قامت الصلاة الله أكبر الله أكبر لا إله إلا الله