Engineer Umar

“𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙚 (𝙌𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙞) 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙢 🤔?”

𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀… 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁.

Allah, the Most High, has never needed the blood of our animals nor their meat. Allah does not benefit from anything we give. It is we who are in need of His mercy.

Allah SWT says:

لَن يَنَالَ اللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَاؤُهَا وَلَٰكِن يَنَالُهُ التَّقْوَىٰ مِنكُمْ

“Neither their meat nor their blood reaches Allah, but what reaches Him is the piety from you.”

Think deeply…

A person may buy the most expensive ram, yet his heart may be filled with showing off, pride, and hurting others.

And another person may not have much in this world, yet he offers his sacrifice with tears in his eyes, sincerely seeking the pleasure of Allah.

By Allah, the second person is closer to the mercy of Allah.

Allah does not look at how much money you have. He does not look at the size of the animal you sacrificed. He looks at your heart.

When you raise the knife for Qurbani, remember that there are also things within your life that need to be cut off:

Cut off pride.

Cut off jealousy.

Cut off ظلم.

Cut off lack of mercy.

Cut off negligence in الصلاة.

What benefit is there in shedding the blood of an animal while at the same time causing the tears of parents, wives, or orphans to flow because of ظلم and oppression?

Eid is not only a day of celebration or showing what we have❗ It is a day of returning to Allah.

A day of mercy.

A day of forgiveness.

A day when hearts become purer.

Remember…

Perhaps this may be your last Qurbani in this world. Perhaps before the next Eid al-Adha, you may already be beneath the earth.

So correct your relationship with Allah before time runs out.

May Allah accept our sacrifices, and may He fill our hearts with taqwa, sincerity, and ikhlas.

Ameen.