 Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar La Inaha Inna Allah Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar Wa Lillahin Hamd These are phrases, Allahu Akbar, the phrase that we say throughout the days of Eid. This is a phrase that we say and we repeat to ourselves that Allah is greater and Allah is greater. We affirm to ourselves over and over again that Allah is the greatest and this Eid signifies the sacrifice of Ibrahim A.S. That he sacrificed his own love and desire for his son with the command of Allah, in the place of the command of Allah Azza wa Jalla When Allah Azza wa Jalla asks him to sacrifice his own son, his own beloved son, he says, what is his response? Of course, if this is your command I should do it. And he tells, that's the sacrifice of Ibrahim A.S. Then we look at the sacrifice of the son, Ismail A.S. When he's told that my Lord says that I'm to sacrifice you, what is his response? That you're going to find me Allah willing, God willing, amongst those who are patient. That this is the sacrifice of Ibrahim A.S. That, ya Allah, if this is the command that you gave me, then this is what I accept. I sacrifice what I desire or what I perceive to a desire for what you asked of me Allah. And this is something that we should inculcate in ourselves, the concept of sacrifice. That every single one of us is sacrificing something. We might be sacrificing time off of work today. We're sacrificing the shade of the trees over here by sitting here in the sun. That we're sacrificing a day off, people want to sleep in. There's a lot we're sacrificing throughout our nights and days. But is it sufficient and is it in the way that Allah A.S. asks us to sacrifice? That's a question we should ask to ourselves. And if we find, if we look towards the guidance of the Prophet S.A.W. If we look towards the guidance of the Quran, then the method of which we sacrifice what we want versus what Allah commands. The method by which we recognize Allah Akbar, that Allah is greater beyond. Allah is better than what I desire. Allah is greater than my comfort. Allah is greater than this luxury that I want to have. If we recognize that and we find that in the sunnah and implement that in our lives, whether we have the comfort in this dunya or not, whether we are able to find the comfort through our sacrifice in this dunya or not with absolute assurance, we'll find it in the akhirah. And we say that the best speech is the speech of Allah. The truest speech is the speech of Allah. And that the best guidance is the guidance of the Prophet S.A.W. This is a word that we repeat every single khutba. And there's not much further than we look towards these two statements. That in the astakhad hadith, the Kitab of Allah, that the best of speech is the speech of Allah. And that the guidance, the best of guidance is the guidance of our Prophet S.A.W. There's not much more that we need to explain on this. We've already started the khutba late. We're already sitting in the sun for a while. So insha'Allah, And so be it, And so be it, You have the forgiveness And the forgiveness of the Qur'an. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the most Merciful. The Most Merciful. We ask Allah, Allah the Almighty, He makes us people whose desires and the burdens which went to Allah, Allah the Almighty, to ask us. We ask Allah that our Allah that the thing that we desire that the things that we have, that is in absolute accordance without the promise of Allah, Allah the Almighty says, So we ask Allah Azza wa Jalla makes us people who are people of sacrifice We're willing to sacrifice those comforts and those long jays that we might have in the heart And then we do that for the sake of Allah Azza wa Jalla makes us people of sacrifice makes the people of solace in that sacrifice But we have serenity when we do that sacrifice We have a sense of salat when we do that sacrifice And then our only source of salami and Allah Azza wa Jalla says We ask Allah Azza wa Jalla knows and he loves and recognize that Allah and His angels So the prayers and peace upon the promise of Allah Azza wa Jalla and the prayers of the same