Eid joy means gratitude and sacrifice
“We eat it, we feed others, we take care of those who are less blessed.”
Eid al-Adha should be celebrated through gratitude, worship, sacrifice, generosity, and solidarity with suffering people, recognizing both ease and hardship as tests from Allah.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Pilgrims at Arafat demonstrate humility and receive Allah’s mercy and forgiveness.
- Allah tests people through prosperity and hardship, calling for gratitude and patience.
- Security and sustenance are blessings that can cause forgetfulness, while others’ suffering should awaken gratitude.
- Eid joy is expressed through prayer, prostration, and collective thankfulness rather than worldly entertainment.
- Qurbani honors Ibrahim’s Sunnah and Allah’s symbols through taqwa, sharing, and caring for the less blessed.
- The Days of Tashreeq are for eating, drinking, remembrance, takbir, and remembering those who suffer.
In the khateeb's words
“Allah wants to see that how we react to whatever blessings He has bestowed upon us.”
“When Allah gives them a sense of security that they are secure, there is no harm to them, there is no fear for them and they are enjoying all sort of pleasures of this holy life.”
“Offering Qurbani, offering Bukhariya is not just merely a kind of ritual rather it is a sign of Taqwa of the heart.”
“We eat it, we feed others, we take care of those who are less blessed.”
For the dinner table
On Eid, the khateeb reminded us that Allah tests people through both ease and hardship. Pilgrims at Arafat showed humility, and we should answer our blessings with gratitude rather than forgetfulness, while meeting hardship with patience and faith. Eid joy is expressed through prayer, prostration, and thankfulness to Allah. Qurbani follows the example of Ibrahim and should lead us to share food and care for people who have less. During the Days of Tashreeq, we are encouraged to eat and drink, avoid fasting, and keep Allah's remembrance and takbir on our tongues while remembering those who suffer.
- What blessing are you most grateful for today, and how can you show that gratitude?
- How can our family share Eid joy with someone who has less?
- What would help us remember Allah during the Days of Tashreeq?
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