 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته اسم الله الرحمن الرحيم في نام الله سبحانه وتعالى رائعة رائعة ورائعة الحمد لله كل محاولة always دون الله سبحانه وتعالى لا matter what condition we are upon it is indeed the mercy of Allah سبحانه وتعالى that we beseech, that we seek that we follow that we would like to ask for and indeed therefore we praise him because through the praising of Allah سبحانه وتعالى we will be able to achieve his mercy الصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله واصحابه أجمعين we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم his household, his companions we ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to bless all those during or through the generations who have come to us or who have brought the goodness to us and we ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to bless every one of us and our offspring, those to come up to the end may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless us all, amen I commence by saying that if we would like tenfold the blessings of Allah سبحانه وتعالى each time we send blessings and salutations upon Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم we would achieve that a loser is the one who hears the name of Rasool الله and does not say صلى الله عليه وسلم so each time today and every other day when we hear the name of Muhammad we should say صلى الله عليه وسلم the strange point I want to raise is when I visit certain places that are poor in some parts of Africa I notice that they give so much of importance to the name of Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم that we hear a huge buzz as soon as you say that name let's revive that because indeed it shows our love to Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم so don't be ashamed, don't be shy to say it slightly louder with a little voice where everyone knows there is a hum that is uttered and we know what is being said today we will hear this blessed name Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم so many times before we get up you would have had thousands of blessings of Allah سبحانه و تعالى and indeed it is a sign of the love of Allah سبحانه و تعالى and it shows that we love Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم himself as well I want to start off also with another very interesting point regarding the love of Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم no Muslim no Muslim on earth would not be loving Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم no Muslim hates Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم because they would not be Muslim if that was the case but each one shows his love in his own unique way and we should not belittle the way people show their love what this means and I am going to draw an example for us to understand if a man has four sons for example and as he grows older one becomes a doctor and as an alim maybe he has studied the dean one did not find the job and one is a businessman who is very very rich now each one of those four loves their father they love their father so much and the one who is a doctor comes and says you know what dad every time there is anything wrong I will be the one taking care of your health matters anything medical I will do you come for a check up every six months every year or whatever it is and I will make sure that all this is done and whatever you need I am going to make sure because I love you so much you come first the other sons cannot say that because they are not medically qualified but the one who is a businessman will say dad every month I will give you a check of 50,000 rands you do what you have to with that I am not worried you are my father I love you the most because he is yours every month I hope we had sons who did that so that is his love he has the money he does not have something else so he is offered what he has and he will never insult his father but what he has been given and blessed with he gives then you have the one who is unemployed he is neither a doctor nor is he a businessman and what happens subhanallah he comes and says you know what dad I tell you something you live with me I will take care of you I will take you where you want to go I will come I will go and so on and so forth and the fourth one in his own way also says dad you know what I will help you assist you I will ensure so many different things let's sit every day together I will teach you what I have and we can give and take and say I love my father more or you don't love your father the problem with us in the ummah is when someone shows their love to Rasool الله عليه وسلم in a way different from ours on condition that it is something permissible and taught by Muhammad sometimes we become upset and we say this man doesn't love Rasool الله عليه وسلم I give you some examples some people show their love their life as best as possible according to the exact way that Muhammad عليه وسلم lived his life so the beard is grown it's a sign of the love of Rasool الله عليه وسلم the clothing is changed it's a sign of the love of Rasool الله عليه وسلم when it comes to something like salah we would like to be on time every time give importance to the adhan give importance to the masjid that's a sign of the love of Rasool الله عليه وسلم when you spend a lot of time effort and energy learning the Quran it's a sign of the love of Muhammad عليه وسلم when you spend time learning his life and attending events or programs where we are going to learn more about him and his life it's a sign of love we are here today to show not only that we love Rasool الله عليه وسلم but to prove that we will follow his example as best as possible some might choose like حسان بن ثابت عبد الله بن رواحة رضي الله عنهم كعبي بن مالك these were the poets the munchidid they used to come out with beautiful poems out of their love of the deen and Muhammad عليه وسلم and there are so many we may hear of some and we may not know some we should study these and we can come up with our own in order to express our love for Muhammad عليه وسلم so this would be in the form of singing the praise of Rasool الله عليه وسلم that is also showing love it is one aspect of it remember never belittle someone who is showing a different aspect of the love of Rasool الله عليه وسلم we are not perfect human beings in fact human beings will not be perfect the perfection was for Muhammad عليه وسلم granted by Allah سبحانه و تعالى will keep trying you know when they say the sunnah of Rasool الله عليه وسلم it is so vast it is so wide so broad that only he was able to fulfill every aspect that's why it's his sunnah as for us even the best from amongst us we will only be able to fulfill a limited number of aspects of that sunnah of Rasool الله عليه وسلم may Allah سبحانه و تعالى so never say someone does not love the Prophet عليه وسلم yes if they are going wrong we can correct them in a beautiful way that correction should also be according to the method of Rasool الله عليه وسلم it's an automatic gift for us to be following the sunnah even while correcting people now let's start off right at the beginning Rasool الله عليه وسلم was born that birth was a gift for all of us every one of us indeed Allah had favored the believers when he sent to them a messenger it is the favor of Allah so if someone asks you what is the biggest favor that you have it is the fact that you have iman and you are a follower of Muhammad the biggest favor hold on to it learn about it teach your children live by it because more important than giving lip service to your children about how important it is to fulfill your deen and to follow Rasool الله عليه وسلم is actually to fulfill it yourself so that they watch you and they fulfill as you do the most successful parents are those who lead by example they practice what they preach how many of us are prepared to do that that is also a sunnah of Muhammad so let's start making resolutions for today a mental note we need to practice what we preach we need to be role models for our children we need to be people who can pass the baton look at the globe and look at the disasters across the globe والله the solutions of the problems of the globe are those who lead by example solutions of the problems of the globe depend on how closely you are following the sunnah of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم we cannot be seeking solutions from Allah سبحانه وتعالى yet the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم who was sent to us we are far away from what he has taught yet that is what the solution was سبحان الله may Allah grant us a deep understanding may Allah grant us a love such that we feel it in our hearts for one another he was born that was a gift of Allah سبحانه وتعالى for every one of us we thank Allah for that and at the same time the conditions surrounding his birth some of these we learn such deep lessons that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has kept in them that it would change the way when he was born what had happened to his father he had passed away prior to the birth imagine the most loved unto Allah that is something we firmly believe he is without a doubt the best of creation the most noble of all prophets of Allah imagine when you say the best of creation have you thought about what that means the best of creation better than the angels and Gabriel and in fact the most noble of all the prophets of Allah سبحانه وتعالى including Isa Musa he is the highest and Allah chose that when he was born he was born an orphan Allah chose that for him لا إله إلا الله محمد الرسول الله what good news is that for those they think they were disadvantaged at birth because they didn't have a father or they lost their mother yet it is an advantage سبحان الله it is a sign of the love of Allah سبحانه وتعالى it does not mean you are going to fail the first lesson that I learned when I look at the birth of Muhammad is to appreciate the orphan child and this is why Allah سبحانه وتعالى warns us about the treatment that we give to those who are orphaned or those who are widows so much so that Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم himself has said myself and the one who looks after an orphan shall be like these two fingers in Jannah remember it's easy to read that but when you start thinking he was an orphan you look at it differently imagine he is saying me and someone who takes care of those who are like me will be in Jannah together that's the whole reason why they will be in Jannah he was also an orphan سبحان الله صلى الله عليه وسلم the most loved by Allah the one whom when we hear his name if we don't say صلى الله عليه وسلم we have in fact insulted ourselves and cursed ourselves سبحان الله because after a little while he lost his mother صلى الله عليه وسلم a few years later we hear this every year we look at it we understand it we hear it we listen to it but have we ever paused and thought about going out of our way to take care of orphans going out of our way to take care of those who lost their mothers going out of our way to take care of the widows for the sake of Allah and Allah alone and earning Jannah you have love for رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم go back and look at those who are orphaned and tell yourself if Allah chose for his most beloved to be like this at the beginning then surely for me to look after such children would actually be my stepping stone towards earning the intercession رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم on the day of judgment may Allah grant that to us say amen so my beloved brothers and sisters remember when you have a soft spot in your heart for those who are orphans widows those who are disadvantaged those who may have lost a loved one and when you take care of them when you reach out to them when you give them a good word you find Allah if you want to find Allah you will find Allah where the broken hearted are you will find Allah where the sick and those who are elderly are those who need help are because if Allah wanted he could have done for them every single thing without needing anyone else but he wanted to give an opportunity for those with the greatest of hearts to take care to rise to the occasion to earn an active worship a reward through it so Allah kept the sickly the elderly those who are disadvantaged imagine there were no poor how would we be earning through giving according to one of the narrations a time will come when there will be so much wealth on earth that no one will accept zakat you go and give a man and he'll say I've already got bitcoins you can keep your money may Allah forgive us there will come a time there will be so many people with wealth your money will be rejected so spend before that time there will come a time when the way we are worshipping Allah today may not be as easy it is happening already across the globe so while you have the opportunity worship Allah in the best possible way imagine if there was no one who was sick and ill how would we be able to earn the reward when Allah says you heard about so and so who was ill and we say yes and then he says well had you gone there you would have found me there Subhan Allah so make an effort put your phone aside for a moment it's a disease that all of us are involved in to different levels myself included we need to put it aside and do something real to earn جنة الفردوس look for the people look for those who are in need the true people in need don't show that they are in need you might find a person next to you every day you haven't even greeted him and yet the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says أفشو السلامة بينكم should I not show you something if you were to practice upon it it would increase the love and the محبة among you how many of us would like to see that love and the محبة spread amongst us every one of us if that's the case you start off with the first step of greeting the people and meaning it السلام عليكم and you smile subhan Allah you've earned a lot I promise you a smile is not an act of charity for nothing it's a صدقة for a reason because the power of it is way beyond anything material remember this try it out you find a person who looks so difficult they look so stern and the next best thing they smile at you all the barriers are broken you can greet you feel close you feel a connection through what showing your teeth even if you haven't shown the teeth but at least you've broken into a smile so it's not something cheap no matter how small it is that someone can say this is insignificant may Allah forgive us may Allah strengthen us my brothers and sisters I want to tell you something very important before I go ahead came to my mind right now anything we say about the deal is connected to Muhammad anything we say about Islam about Salah about the pillars of Islam about the do's and the don'ts no matter what you want to say is connected to Muhammad he receives a reward as we are talking right now and we receive a reward and at the moment the angels are surrounding us the Rahmah of Allah is descending upon us Allah is mentioning us Subhan Allah to the angels and at the same time Muhammad is achieving a full reward of anything and everything we do every Salah that is read every act of worship that is engaged in every act of goodness that is engaged in he receives a full reward look at how his rank is elevated to the highest of the high so thank Allah today we are seated here because of Rasool Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم effort what he did and how he taught and he was chosen by Allah he brought everything to us so don't forget this nothing that you want to do to earn closeness to Allah can you do without going through Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم's teachings remember this what a great gift of Allah and this is why anyone who involves himself or herself in anything to do with the deal has involved himself or herself with Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم you want to get closer to him involve yourself somewhere wherever you can like I said earlier some people can give differently from others you might be able to give your time someone gives their wealth someone gives their expertise someone sits and makes du'a because perhaps that's the only thing they could do now when you have a big capacity don't just sit back and say I'll just make du'a no wait if Allah has given you something greater than that you need to know that's your test where are you going to take what you have now if you are a top doctor for example where are you going to take that when you die it's gone with you unless you have passed something on unless you've helped people if you are a very wealthy person what are you going to do with that wealth it's not even going to come with you in your grave as for your offspring they come with their own sustenance written by Allah سبحانه و تعالى so go back to the life of Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم and see look at what he tells for example when he felt he was on his death bed and he says oh Prophet of Allah I have a lot of wealth and I've only got one daughter at that time he only had one daughter so he says I want to give my wealth in charity the Prophet says no don't give all of it he says well then I give half of it he says no he says well then I give a third of it so the Prophet says yes you give a third so to give out a third of your wealth and leave your wealth is also part of the Sunnah of Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم let's go beyond the birth of Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم I drew one example and I drew a few lessons from it and I pray that every one of us from this moment when we hear the term orphan we look at it differently those who are orphans minimum is minimum is to put your hand on the head of that orphan wallahi there is a hadith that speaks about that action in particular and how beloved it is to Allah سبحانه و تعالى have we done it have we shown some form of kindness insha'Allah we do from this day on the second aspect that I want to speak about is that of the friends of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم from a very young age today we have a crisis what is the crisis we have drugs on one hand we have gambling on the other we have the clubs we have so many gangs and gangsters we have people who are doing all sorts of things insha'Allah we also have a lot of good we must never lose hope in the mercy of Allah Allah will bring all of them back to the path if he wishes never think that you are safe from the plot of the devil no matter how pious you think you are because the only time you can be guaranteed that you are safe from the plot of the devil is when you are given your books in your right hand if you passed away with iman you have succeeded we hear of the story of the one who worshiped Allah for 70 years then he turned the one who was disobedient for 70 years then he turned he had a good death so remember when we see others perhaps who may not be on a line that we would like to see them upon go back to the sunnah of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم we are talking about the seerah we are talking about aspects of his life when the kufar of Quraish who were disbelievers he used to want to ask him a question he used to want to answer it so much that sometimes you find some of his companions look he is giving preference to these people but his idea was in fact to ensure that they get the message because to win them over was what he wanted one person coming onto the right path we should be equally interested in trying to guide those perhaps who are misguided we should be equally interested sometimes they are in our families a lot of us out of what we think is our own piety we write off people we say write off gone have you followed the sunnah have you understood the seerah have you looked at what the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم did he kept on trying and kept on trying and kept on trying and guess what the results came in years later in some cases instantly but in a lot of cases it was the victory of Makkah the victory of Makkah that brought about so many people thousands who accepted Islam by one good deed what was the good deed he gathers the Quraysh صلى الله عليه وسلم and those were the people who had killed his companions and some of his family members and those were the people who had driven them out of their homes those were the people who usurped their property and those were the people who did so much of harm and evil against the muslimin they had prepared armies and drove to Medina in order to attack the muslimin and yet the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم the day he was on a level of strength that they could see he asks them a question يا معشرة قرش ما ذا تظنون أنني فاعل بكم or people of Quraysh what do you really think I'm going to do to you today obviously you're seeing a ruler with more than 100,000 with him and what are they doing they're ready to take instruction from him if he said go for them they were wiped out easily let's go back to the seerah we are not prepared to do this to our own brothers and sisters at times and then we want to be considered for the intercession of Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم you have to do something big in your life you have to do something massive in order to be able to achieve that love of Allah and that intercession of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم something you did not want to do but it was so noble and it was part of the teachings of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم so you did it in order to earn the pleasure of Allah so Quraysh at that stage they couldn't say much what would they say they had good hope that's all I mean if a man is there he's got all his guns and everything what do you think I'm going to do to you you're going to say I think you're a good man I think you know I hope that you're going to do something decent because that's the best you could ever say the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says فأنتم التلقى he says you can go you are free لا تتريب عليكم اليوم I tell you what my brother Yusuf عليه السلام told his brothers no retribution against you today you can go you are free he didn't talk to them about the deal he didn't talk to them about converting reverting nothing what happened as a result of that deed you see the people entering the fold of Islam one after the other they could not believe that was not their system the system of Jahiliya was one man attacks one you kill another ten but that's not Islam this is the sunnah of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم and this is how we would achieve فأنتم التلقى I don't want to ask you something very very difficult to do all I'm saying is today is a day we are looking into the life of the most beloved of Allah are we prepared to do what he did to the kufar of Quraysh to the muslimin who are related to us in our own families whom we've had a dispute with over a lot of the times wealth a lot of the times argument between the women or the men or sometimes wealth a misunderstanding a mistake some bad habit someone might have had we must make an effort to reconcile and Allah سبحانه وتعالى will definitely grant us so going back to the aspect of the friends of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم one of his best friends if not his best friend was a man known as عثمان رضي الله عنه do you know that عبد الله ابن عثمان رضي الله عنه was the closest to رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم so close that even later on he was the first man to accept Islam now some of you might be looking at me a little bit surprised عبد الله ابن عثمان who is that عبد الله ابن عثمان he was known as أبو بكر ابن أبي قو حافة رضي الله عنه I said عبد الله ابن عثمان intentionally because a lot of us don't know his proper name so I thought perhaps we might educate ourselves today to say أبو بكر was a كنية it was just a pen name given to him and his proper real name was عبد الله عبد الله ابن عثمان so now all of us whose name is عبد الله ما شاء الله we know that that name was also the name of أبو بكر رضي الله عنه his father was called أبو قو حافة his father's name was actually أثمان they all had names like that so it's interesting for us to know this he was so close to Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم guess what he never ever drank alcohol even prior to Islam just like Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم never touched alcohol even prior to Islam although the entire community and society was involved in it or most of the people were it was something they traded in like no man no man's business but my brothers and sisters this goes to show how we need to learn a lesson your friends make you your friends he had the best of friends when he married he married against all odds someone who was older than him صلى الله عليه وسلم someone who asked for his hand in marriage things that we would consider today oh is that what happened you see these guys look at what they're doing go back to the sunnah go and check do you know what his choice of a spouse was so blessed that the day he came with nubua she did not doubt him a single bit how many of us our wives do not doubt us a single bit صلى الله عليه وسلم every other day we receive problems of people who صلى الله عليه وسلم their wife looks at your phone the next thing قيامة is there الله أكبر من الله سبحانه و تعالى grant us steadfastness we shouldn't have anything to hide his wife خديجة بنت خوالد رضي الله عنها والله when he came down and he asked her to hug him سبحان الله that is mentioned how many of us when you have an issue you come to your wife and say hug me I don't think we do that I don't think we do that would we you have an issue you have a problem when you come home you're like a devil you say get out of my sight you don't know I've had issues at work today that's how we operate but when you have had something big happen to you come home and you're supposed to get that comfort and that embrace helps you embrace سبحان الله it helps she didn't doubt him at all and so when he told her what happened she said hang on let's go to this cousin of mine I take you to him Allah will never let you down you are such a good man الله أكبر this was prior to nubua this was just at nubua in fact سبحان الله imagine a wife saying he is a very good man سبحان الله may Allah make us from those may Allah make us from those say amen I see the amen was so soft initially may Allah make us from those whom our wives can bear witness that we are top people that's why the prophet says خيركم خيركم لأهله و أنا خيركم لأهله he says the best from among you are those who are best to their wives and on top of that he says you know what I want to tell you I am the best from all of you to my own سبحان الله سبحان الله what a great sunnah of Rasul Allah that brings us to another aspect and that is the issue of being good within your home being the best you can to your family members the term أهل although primarily may refer to the wife it includes family members it includes family members so the friends you make very very important to let them be those whom you would like to be like those who have habits and characteristics that you would be proud of your friends make you or break you when we go to the Quran and we see the verses of the Quran and the Ahadith of Rasul Allah speaking about friends and friendship and we look at it and we don't take it seriously we are the losers every time you see a person with a bad habit I have actually asked people questions you know what tell me more about your friends when you see them in a deep hole you ask them about their friends are in a deeper hole mostly you need to be friend good people you need to make an intention that you will be a good person to your friends you need to make that intention this is when we will have hope again by the will of Allah in our own future change your friends look at the youngsters on drugs for example they have to do it together with their friends really would you find someone and friendship includes those whom you be friend online today you have to be very careful whom you be friend online you have a person who doesn't go out of the house do you have any friends no online there is no answer because I don't even know how many friends I have online subhanallah do you know that your friends online are actually not necessarily even real people may Allah subhanahu و at-ta'ala forgive us come to the masjid for salah interact greet the people it's part of your deen it's part of the life of rasoolullah when they arrived in madinah munawara what happened masjid kuba first thing they thought about they didn't think about guys let's start our business let's do this that that was secondary first thing was the masjid when they arrived in madinah munawara first thing was the masjid the people were brought together there is love between us today we are seated here in large numbers and we want to tell you if you do not feel the love in your heart for all those who are here there is something wrong with you we will have differences by all means we will but our deen is based on محبا the verse of the Quran tells that to us Allah subhanahu و at-ta'ala explains to us how important it is to be رأوف و رحيم his quality is obviously but we too need to be filled with love when it comes to the believers we have to we are part of an umma part of a family we will be resurrected with رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم not on our own but with the umma with the entire umma so we ask Allah سبحانه و تعالى to grant us ease so as I say if you look at every single aspect of the life of رسول الله and pause after that and draw a lesson from it in order to be able to practice upon and learn from to adopt in your life that is when you will be truly successful we have read the seerah we know the aspects of the seerah we sometimes know our facts the dates and so on it's important to know all of that it's part of our heritage it's part of our deen we must know the names of the people we must know the names of the mother the father of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم the lineage the more you know the better but shaitan must not make you think that that's good enough no that's a loss shaitan must not make you think that when we sit and talk about the seerah it's only talking about history no it is so alive and it should be alive in our lives because we should be practicing upon every aspect like I told you today the issue of friends سبحان الله when Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم in Makkah المكرمة when initially they started harming do you know that the issue of hypocrisy in Makkah was nil nil the muhajireen initially those who had accepted Islam they were free from hypocrisy that's why Allah says أولائك هم الصادقون when he refers to them those are the truthful ones because they stood with محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Haq that they believed in so solid in the face of the tyrants of Makkah who not only threatened them but executed some of those threats they stood strong so hypocrisy only crept up later on أستغفر الله when they went to مدينة مناورا and some of the people decided like عبد الله ابن أبيبن سلول etc. they said you know what we don't show that we're a part of this group here we're going to lose out so let's show that we're a part of the group but we're not really a part of the group مكة المكرمة they were solid people they gave their lives now I want to end with one aspect of the seerah that should bring tears to our eyes واللهي my brothers and sisters we are in love with محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم there is no doubt we are also in love with his companions because he says لا تسبوا أصحابي فوالذي نفسي بيديه لو أنفق أحدكم مثل أُحُدٍ ذهبا ما بلغ مد أحدهم ولا نصيفه don't ever talk bad don't ever insult any one of my companions for indeed if you were to spend Mount أُحُد weight or size or worth of gold in the cause of Allah it would never equate a single hand full of what they spent nor a portion of it now I want to explain to you that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم his companions were chosen by Allah they were chosen by Allah when you hear the name أبو بكر أصدق something should happen to you you should feel something in your heart عمر إبن الخطاب ربي الله عنه the same man whom the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says when عمر walks through a gully shaitan cannot walk through the same gully he walks through another one سبحان الله that is عمر can I tell you they gave their lives they gave their lives مسعب ابن عمر ربي الله عنه he gave his life حمزة ابن عبد المطلب the uncle the fierce uncle of رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم gave his life and he was martyred in order for the deen to come to you and it has so what are you going to do about it we are sitting here today thousands of kilometers away thousands of years away from what happened then and they gave their lives for the deen to continue and we are sitting here today we are not prepared to give up 5 minutes of our time for the deen to continue into our children our own children their concern was about the whole أمة they didn't even know we existed our concern is not even about ourselves sometimes واللهي they had more concern about us than we have about ourselves they had more concern about أو آخرة than we had about ourselves the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is the only Nabi whom on the day of judgment he will be saying أمتي أمتي the rest of them will be worried about نفسي نفسي because of certain things that may have happened so that goes to show he is more worried and concerned about us and our jannah and our آخرة and our future than we are ourselves many of us have so many bad habits we are not ready to give up not at all and yet they forget about giving bad habits up they gave their lives up you go to Uhud a lot of us may be blessed to have gone there and you see حمزة ابن عبد المطالب grave you greet salam do you know what happened there and you might know the history do you realize he fought for you and I it came here today we are seated here today my brothers and sisters I hope we can ponder deeply over that last point as well and I hope that we can change our lives completely because there is no point in saying tomorrow I am going to change it has to happen here and now this was Allah who gave us such a great gift have we appreciated the gift of Rasool Allah this evening insha'Allah we will be hearing many aspects a lot of the seerah of Rasool Allah every aspect of it ask yourselves and I should be asking myself too what have I done to appreciate the fact that Allah has chosen me out of the billions to be an Ummati to be a part of this beautiful ummah of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless every single one of us may Allah grant us goodness and ease may Allah forgive our sins may Allah grant us a new chapter a beginning for indeed every time we gather in this way the mercy of Allah descends and we seek the forgiveness of Allah in such a way that when we get up we will get up مغفورين totally forgiven by Allah may Allah سبحانه وتعالى grant us goodness I'll say this صلى الله عليه وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد والحمد