And when you have performed your holy rites remember God, as you remember your fathers or yet more devoutly. Now some men there are who say, ‘Our Lord, give to us in this world’; such men shall have no part in the world to come. (2:200) Celebrate Allah’s name and glorify Him Allah Almighty made it compulsory for those who perform hajj to praise Him through tasbih (subhanallah – glory to be to Allah), tahmid (alhamdulillah– all praise is due to Allah), takbir (Allahu akbar – Allah is the Greatest) and istighfar (I seek forgiveness) and to gloryify Him through the talbiya, by reciting: لَبَّيْكَ ٱللَّٰهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ ٱلْحَمْدَ وَٱلنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَٱلْمُلْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ Here I am [at your service] O God, here I am. Here I am [at your service]. You have no partners (other gods). To You alone is all praise and all excellence, and to You is all sovereignty. There is no partner to You. Labbayka llāhumma labbayka, labbayka la sharika laka labbayk, inna l-ḥamda wa n-ni’mata, laka wa l-mulk, la sharika lak. The whole ummah participate in the celebration of Allah’s name throughout this day. Brotherhood is a blessing from Allah Despite all our differences and multitude of factions, and political disagreements, Allah has united us all through Islam, through our shared beliefs and brotherhood.  It was a huge blessing (ni’mah) from Allah that He united the Ummah and brought peace to all the warring factions which existed in the Arabian peninsula at the time. Eid is the day that we show our unity. Unite as one ummah Allah Almighty told us: And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah (i.e. this Quran), and be not divided among yourselves, and remember Allah’s Favour on you, for … Continue reading Eid al Adha: a time for unity and brotherhood