إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون

Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers. Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and his family, and his companions. Peace and blessings be upon him, and his family, and his companions. From Abadu, my brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah, today is Jammu Juma'ah. Allah SWT has granted us one more Juma'ah. It's a very special day of Allah SWT. With a special Salah, which is the Salatul Juma'ah. Allah SWT revealed the Quran. Allah revealed the Surah, Suratul Juma'ah, in which Allah mentions Salah. So let us focus on Allah SWT and His worship. Allah SWT, in the Quran, Allah said, إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعٌ In Surah Al-Baqarah, Allah SWT, this ayat is there. إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعٌ Now usually, most of us, we know, if somebody dies, you say, إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعٌ But I want to remind myself and you, that إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعٌ is not only to be recited when somebody dies. إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعٌ is the essence of our existence. It is the essence, the meaning of our existence as Muslims. What does it mean? إِنَّا لِلَّهِ means verily we belong to Allah. إِنَّا means truly, verily, surely, certainly. لِلَّهِ We belong to Allah. Towards Allah. إِنَّا لِلَّهِ Truly, verily, surely, definitely, certainly, we belong to Allah. Who do you belong to, Ahmad? Allah. Who do I belong to? Allah. All of us. Whether we agree or not. Alhamdulillah, we agree. Because we are Muslim, we are a city of Muslims. But even if somebody else says, I don't believe in Allah. It doesn't matter. You believe, you don't believe. That is the truth. It is the truth. If somebody says right now, I don't believe that there is the sun. What will you say? You will say, it's crazy. You will say, wait for a little while. Wait for another maybe one hour. You will see the sun. Okay? So if somebody says, I do not believe that there is a sun. Nobody will say that because we all know the sun, we have seen it. But supposing, as an example, somebody says, I don't believe there is a sun. Does it change anything? No. The sun is there. And at the time, sun will come out. Then he will see. Then he will see. Islam, Iman bil Ghayb, is to believe without seeing. Iman bil Ghayb means what? Iman on the unseen, the unperceivable. He is to believe without seeing. Because the time will come and we will all see. So this ayat of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Inna lillahi, and then, after that what is there? Wa inna ilayhi raji'o. And truly and definitely and certainly, we return to Allah. We will all return to Allah. Now this is the essence of the verse. This is the essence of our Islam. This is the essence of our being. Because this is the reality. This is something to remind ourselves every single day. Every transaction, every speech, every action, every place we go to. Whatever we do. Inna lillahi, wa inna ilayhi raji'o. This is not only for reciting when somebody dies. It's for the living. I belong to Allah. And to Allah I will return. I belong to Allah. So what is the meaning of saying I belong to Allah? If I belong to Allah, so what? Two things. When something belongs to something, who is responsible for that thing? Suppose the guy say, that car belongs to me. Right? So who is responsible for the car? Owner. Owner. If there is no gas in the car, he must put petrol. He must put gas. If the car is dirty, he must wash it or he must get somebody to wash it. If something is wrong with the car, who should repair it? Owner. So the first thing with inna lillahi is, it frees you completely from all fikr. All worries. I belong to Allah. Who will give me food? Who will give food? Allah. Allah. Because I belong. I belong to Allah. Right? I belong to Allah. Who will put gas in my car? I have to put gas. Car belongs to me. Frees you completely. If I am in danger, who will save me? Allah. The one to whom I belong. I am property. Right? I am not free. You are property. Whose property are you? Allah. Allah. Allah. You belong to somebody, no? This phone belongs to me. This is my property. So to take care of this phone, to ensure it is safe, to ensure it is charged, whose responsibility is it? My responsibility. So when I acknowledge and I accept, as I said two things in inna lillahi, when I accept and acknowledge that I am not free, I belong to somebody, I am not on my own. I belong to somebody. When I belong to somebody, whose responsibility is it? The one to whom I belong. Right or not? So all fikr, all pareshani, all concern, all worries, khalas. Alhamdulillah. How are you? Alhamdulillah. I am very happy. Alhamdulillah. Why are you happy? Because I belong to somebody. I don't have to worry. First thing. Second thing is, if you belong to somebody, then who must you obey? The one to whom you belong. Right? You must obey him. Because if you belong to somebody else, then you have no will of your own. What do you want? I want whatever my Rabb wants. Do you have something, a desire or a will or a wish, which is different from what Allah wants? No. You cannot have. Because I am not free. So first thing to understand, you are Abdullah, you are Abdullah, you are the slave of Allah. Yes? You belong to Allah. If I am the slave of Allah, I belong to Allah, then I have no will of my own. I am mukallaf. I am completely obedient to Allah . What do you want? I want what Allah wants. Ibrahim , we know the story. He has been tied up and he has been put into the cup of the catapult, the trebuchet. They have lighted a huge fire. They want to burn Ibrahim . They lighted the fire. They made the fire so big, they cannot go close to the fire. So they have to use a machine to throw him into the fire. He is sitting there completely tied up. And Jibreel comes to him and says, Ya Ibrahim, tell me, how can I help you? What shall I do for you? What is his answer? He says, nothing. What do you want? Nothing. Right? It is not haram for him to say, help me. Because he is seeing Jibreel . He is not going to, he is not asking something unseen. He is, Jibreel is there, he is talking to him. He could have asked him, help me out, I am in a mess. I have got this problem. No. Completely at peace. In the face of death. Certain death. That also not easy death. Death by burning alive. Death by burning alive. No Fikr. Jibreel goes to Allah, Of course, Allah knows, Allah is seeing. Sammiul Basir. Jibreel goes to Allah, Ya Rabb, your Khayil is about to be burnt. I went and asked him, what can I do for you? He is not telling me anything. Allah says, go and tell him, I sent you. And I want to know what does he want. Jibreelis have come back, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent me. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants to know, what do you want? What is it? I want whatever my Rabb wants. My Rabb does not need to ask. That's the essence of Inna Lillah. What do you want? Whatever you want. That's it. What do you want? Whatever you want. Because He has the Qudrat to give you whatever you want. In any case, what will happen to you is what He wants, not something else. In any case, whether you like it, you don't like it, you say, I accept, I don't accept, I want, I don't want. What? Whatever happens to you and me is what Allah wants, nothing else. So accept it from Him. Inna Lillah. Wa inna ilayhi raji'un. And to Him is our return. So I know I belong to Allah. So two things. One is, frees me from all fikr, all worries. And second one, it reminds me that I must obey Allah. Because I am not free. I belong to my Creator. Therefore I must obey Him. And the third reminder of the same thing is, one day I will go back to Him. One day I am going to face Him. One day I will stand before Him. You heard the ayat, in Surah Sajda, may Allah bless the Imam. You heard the ayat. Allah says, O my Prophet, you will see them, the mujrimin, the people who continue to disobey Allah. People who continue to use up other people's haqq. People who continue to cause trouble for people. People who continue to deny Allah. People who will not pray. People who will not... Allah says, you will see them. They will stand before their heads hanging in shame. And they will say, O Allah, we have seen. O Samayana, we have heard. Return us back to the dunya. So that we become, we will be obedient. Send us back so we will be obedient. There is no coming back. Once you go, you will be obedient. That's it. That is the time for hisab. It's not the time for amal. This is the time for amal. So I remind myself anew. Let us remember, Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajul. We belong to Allah. To Allah is our return. What is the meaning of belonging? What is the meaning of return? And if I know this, Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajul. What must I do? What is the meaning of return? How much I lead my life? In a way that when I meet Allah, it will be a beautiful day. InshaAllah we ask this for all of us. May Allah make the last day when we meet him, the best day of our lives. Where Allah will be pleased with us, where He will show His pleasure, where He will reward us, InshaAllah. Wa sallallahu ala nabeel kareem, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in, bi rahmatika arhamdulillah.