Eid Mubarak from Ameer Jama'at USA

Dear Members:

As-Salamu Alaikum,

I wish you Eid Mubarak. May Allah continue the blessings of Ramadan and guide us on the path of His pleasure. I would like to share a few words from an Eid ul Fitr sermon by Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih ll, Muslih Mau'ud (may Allah be pleased by him) delivered on July 11, 1919:

"What is our Eid? It is that we find our beloved, our God. That whoever strives and endeavors hard, he will find his God. Our Eid is that in which we tread the right path, and through which we are led to God, and then the acceptance of our prayers and righteousness is borne. Thus, the object of our Eid is as I have just said, to find our God and the way to reach this goal is by offering sacrifices. If we remember this purpose, then our Eid will be a true Eid. Otherwise, this false happiness only exacerbates distress and pain.

For those who are servants of God, every day is Eid and no worldly affliction affects them because their hearts are content, but a person whose heart is distressed and is surrounded by all sorts of troubles, even if he dresses in nice clothes, eats fine food, he does not enjoy Eid. On the contrary the servants of God reside in that garden where no affliction touches them and they are free of all woes.

This is the Eid which a Momin (faithful) should strive for, for merely wearing nice clothes is not Eid. How can it be Eid when your heart is filled with distress? Eid is only for those whose hearts are happy and this contentment only comes by meeting one's God or finding the means to achieve His pleasure. One who becomes the recipient of His favors, the world gazes upon him with amazement because there is no grief or worry for the servant of God, his heart is at peace and he is in a state where God is pleased with him and he is pleased with God.

The Eid then becomes an emblem of God's pleasure for him, God's angels guard him and protect him. May Allah enable our Jamaat to experience this type of Eid."

May Allah soon bring that day when we as a Jama'at can claim to be part of those true servants of God and celebrate this true Eid, Ameen.

Wassalam,
Khaksar,
Mirza Maghfoor Ahmad