Two identities

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 upon his family and companions, peace and blessings be upon him. And after that, brothers and sisters, we have two identities. We have two identities. One identity is the identity of this world. It starts from a few days after we are born, when we are given a name by our parents. Until that time, we have no identity. Until the name is given, there is no identity. If somebody has a baby, and then before the naming is done, if the baby dies, who do you say died? So and so's baby. That baby has no identity of its own. So it starts with that. And then throughout our life, this identity builds. And it acquires for itself all the actions, all the things that we speak, all the things. We do all of these, get attached to this identity. So as we grow older, we say, who is this boy? He says, he is from HBS. He is from such and such a school. The man, he grows up, he gets a job. Who is this person? He works for IBM. He has his own business. So there is a connection. He has his own business. He has his own business. Then simultaneously, there is the identity of the family. Who is this? He is so and so's son, so and so's daughter, so and so. In the old days, when we had titles, the titles were there. This is so and so Jung. This is so and so Umara. This is so and so Ja. This is so and so Mulk. And each title had its own level. And so on and so on. So our identity of this world comprises of our profession, our educational qualifications, maybe the money. Yesterday we were walking in KBR Park and met some friends. And as we were, you know, making salaam, we met some friends. Some famous politicians, personality passed by. And one of my friends said, this man is worth three thousand crores. Some number like this. And then he said, in this place when we walk, we don't know how many people we pass. We don't know who is worth how much. We don't know whose position is what. So this is identity, right? And this identity is boosted by also cultures. So in this culture, for example, it is common to have, once you have reached some stage of prominence, then you are never alone. There is some bodyguard with you or there is somebody with you. Not because you are in any danger. Huh? There is no danger. That bodyguard is a status symbol. It's like wearing a watch. You know, you don't wear the watch to tell the time. You wear the watch to tell the world. So this is identity. We build this. Until a time comes when this identity suddenly, without any warning, is taken away from us. The first thing which goes, the first thing which goes is that identity which is taken away from us. This, on Saturday, I led the janaza of my aunt, my mumani, in Majid Baqi. And every time I lead a janaza, I am always, always struck by this. The fact that the identity of the person is gone. I mean, all of us have attended many janazas. So when, for example, when I die, and my janaza is going to be prayed, wherever, Allah knows best, there will be, if there are, you know, even if you guys are here, at that time, if you are there, may Allah make it that you make dua for me, inshallah. The janaza, when it is brought to the masjid, it is kept somewhere on the side, right? Because the salat-e-janaza is done after some first salah. You see, after salat-ul-asr, janaza will be prayed. So while salat-ul-asr is going on, janaza is not in front. Janaza is on the side, or at the back somewhere. So after salat-ul-asr is over, and people stand up for salat-ul-janaza, they will say, bring what? Janaza. Bring the mayyat. Bring the janaza. If somebody says, kya aisa bol rahe hai? Aapke dost, aapke bhai, he prayed with you in the masjid every day, every salah next to you, right? You have forgotten his name. You don't say, yaavar bhai kul aao. Sheikh yaavar kul, nahi molte. Koi bhoi kabhi suna aap. Bade se bada, baasha khatam ho jaye, ho gaya hunga. Maybe the biggest king in the world, maybe the biggest sheikh in the world, the sheikh kul haram, whoever, whatever. Nobody will ever say, will ever take that person's name and say, bring him here, for us to pray salat-ul-janaza. Nobody. Bring the janaza. Bring the mayyat. Mayyat kul aao, janaza kul aao. Nahi bolte nahi. So what happened to all those jangs and daulas and mulk and jaa and this one and that one and doctor fulan and professor fulan and Allah knows what, ha? Teen hazaar karood ka aadmi, bolte, teen hazaar karood ka aadmi kul aao bolte. See? Janaza. So before we got a name, even though we were alive, we were breathing, we were crying, everything. No identity. And the minute the breathing stops, literally the minute the breathing stops, you have converted from whatever you are to mayyat. So this is one identity. Now think about it. This identity, how much time and energy and effort and emotion and everything we spend on this particular identity. If we come into a room and somebody does not say salaam to us or if somebody refers to us in a way which we consider to be disrespectful, oh, reba, preba. We lose sleep over it. Our blood pressure will shoot through the... 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And when our breathing stops, they will put us into the earth. They will dig a hole in the ground and bury us. Finished. This is the identity. And this identity, next identity we will talk about tomorrow maybe, the first, this identity, we spend our entire life behind this. Trying to boost it, trying this, that, what not. Seeking title, seeking name, seeking fame. Running behind this one, that one. Including humiliating ourselves before people. So that we get some name. So that we are on this trust or that body or this organization or this, you know, tanzim. Go and beg this one, beg that one. And then there is another identity which starts. It is always there, but it literally starts when we stop breathing. That is the identity. The identity by which we will be known by the malaika. The identity by which we will be taken before Allah . That is another identity. This identity, you say, three thousand crore people. Okay. This man has got three thousand crores. That identity, the moment you are in your qabr, the moment I am in my qabr, what is the identity? Man rabbuq. Who is your rab? The malaika are not asking, where is, what is your back balance? How many buildings did you own? Did you have your own house? How did you, why did you not buy your house? Why did you not own the house? Now we try to, we take haram loans on interest. To buy houses. And then you have compliant muftis to give you fatwas to say, the first house is okay, you can take a loan. You ask the mufti, he will give you the same amount. Where did you get it from? Fatwa. That identity starts. Man rabbuq. Maya deenuq. What is your deen? What do you say about your deen? What do you say about the person, the man who was sent among you? Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam. First question to be asked is, Salah. Not back balance. Salah. Did you pray? Did you pray on time? Did you pray in the masjid? Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said to, Ibn Umar Maktum, Radha Allah Anhu, blind sahabi. He asked for ruksa. He said, can I have your permission not to come to the masjid and pray at home? Especially in the night because to come is difficult for me. Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, can you hear the adhan when the adhan is called? He said, yes. He said, then answer the adhan. Answer the adhan. Maudin is saying, hayyara salah. Hayyara falah. Then? How do you pray at home? Who is he calling? He is calling you. He said, answer the adhan. For the blind person, he has huzur. He has huzur. He will tell you, he will tell you. He will tell you, he will tell you. He will tell you, he will tell you. He will tell you, he will tell you. He will tell you, he will tell you. He will tell you, he will tell you. He will tell you, he will tell you. Ramadan fasting, you could fast. You were able to fast physically. Did you do it? People owed you things. Did you pay them back? You owed people things. Did you complete that? Whatever. The problem we forget is that it doesn't matter in this dunya, maybe you did something, maybe you got away, maybe people had no, you were so powerful, nobody could say anything. It doesn't matter. Before Allah, if you have taken somebody's haqq, you are in trouble. Simple as that. It doesn't matter. You could have been the biggest king in the world. You could have done whatever you did. Before Allah, there is no king. Ta'ala Allahul Malikul Haqq. La Ilaha Illah Huwa Rabb. Rabbul Arshil Kareem. Allah SWT said, All glory be to the true king, the Rabb of the earth. Rabbul Arshil Kareem. There is no other Malik. Al Malikul Haqq. The only king is Allah SWT. All the rest are playing,