FROM THE MIMBAR OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES IN MAKKAH AND MADINA
(Friday, January 17, 2003)
Fulfill duties entrusted to you: Imam of the Prophet’s Mosque
IN MAKKAH
The Imams and Khateebs of the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madina in their
Friday sermons urged Muslims to be God-fearing, just, trustworthy and honest
in all their affairs.
Sheikh Dr Saleh Bin Abdullah Bin Humaid, Imam and Khateeb of the Grand
Mosque in Makkah, said quoting the Holy Qur’an. “Allah has created Heaven
and Earth with truth and sent Apostles and sent down to them Scriptures to
lead people to the right path”
He noted that our day-to-day affairs cannot be in order unless based on
truth and justice, the absence of which leads to falsehood, injustice,
untruth and dishonesty.
“Success of nations and restoration of people’s dignity can (only) be
achieved if they do righteous deeds and speak truth. A virtuous society can
be built by enjoining what is right and forbidding what is evil,” Sheikh
Humaid said.
Allah has enabled man to many discoveries and inventions, including a range
of communication media such as telephones, satellite transmission, Internet
and other devices that disseminate information at high speed. Theses devices
are best means of communications as they save time, shorten distances and
enable contacts in all directions with all types of peoples. They can be
(very well) used for the betterment of mankind by spreading useful knowledge
and providing wholesome and permissible entertainment,” he observed.
“However, some people misuse them and turn them into tools of evil: to
spread sedition, falsehood and hatred among people. The misuse has (however)
crept into every medium be it satellite channels, websites, telephone or
newspapers etc: which otherwise should have been used for communicating good
and correct information. The media (trends) reflect the nature of its
audience- good or bad truthful or false, polite or impolite, denoting belief
or unbelief, Sheikh Humaid said.
He advised people that it is wiser to acquire information based on facts and
inculcate virtues from credible sources and ignore the falsehood being
spread by the ignorant and deviant people.
He urged the believers to act in a truthful, righteous and just manner and
(with firm) belief (in Allah) and they should never be afraid of the abuses
hurled by detractors and revilers.
“A wise man, a believer always listen to criticisms and great men always
take it in their strides.
“If someone shows a defect in such a person, he makes efforts to amend it
and thank the one who has pointed it out. But if it is a false criticism
they just ignore it. People should make distinction between constructive and
futile criticism. Muslims should avoid slander and ill will at all times,
for all Muslims are brothers, he concluded.
IN MADINA
The Imam and Khateeb of the Prophet’s Mosque Sheikh Ali Bin Abdul Rahman Al
Hudhaifi in his Friday Sermon spoke about trustworthiness that should be the
(common) attribute of all believers even though it may be a big task that
very few can fulfill. At the outset of his sermon he quoted Allah’s words
“We did indeed offer the trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the
mountains: but they refused to undertake it being afraid thereof: but man
undertook it: he was indeed unjust and foolish (with the result) that Allah
has to punish the hypocrites men and women, and the believers, men and
women, Allah turns in mercy to the believers, men and women: for Allah is
oft-Forgiving, most Merciful.: (Qur’an 33:72)
“Trust, the heaviest of obligations, the bearing of which was declined by
the Heavens and the Earth out of fear of Allah’s punishment, if they fail to
carry out the duties entrusted to them, but man - out of his foolhardiness
and unjust nature – consented to bear the burden, The trust which Allah is
referring to is the Shariah that includes the rights due to Allah and the
people at large. If a person discharges it well, he would be rewarded but if
he fails in his duties he would be punished. Salah (obligatory prayers) is a
trust, so also is ablution, giving weights and measures, and many other
things, Prophet Muhammad (Sallallaaho alaihi wa sallam) said that an
untrustworthy person is a disbeliever, and the one who cannot keep a promise
cannot be true to his faith.
“A person who deliberately breaches a trust by not fulfilling his duties, or
by not observing other people’s rights on him, he would be punished by
Allah,” Sheikh Hudhaifi said.
“Besides belief in Allah and establishment of Salah; duties entrusted to
believers are Zakat, fast, pilgrimage, fostering ties of kinship, enjoining
virtues and forbidding vices, wealth - which should not be spent in sinful
ways, the senses – which should not be used in unlawful manner; and
children, wives and husbands - who should be treated in best of manners; and
other human beings - whose rights should also be respected.
“Neglecting the trust given to man leads to corruption and discord in
people’s relationship with each other and turns life into chaos “he
concluded.
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with the very best of good wishes,
Musa Amadu Pembo
Glasgow,
Scotland
UK.
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Da’wah is to convey the message with wisdom and with good words. We should
give the noble and positive message of Islam. We should try to emphasize
more commonalities and explain the difference without getting into
theological arguments and without claiming the superiority of one position
over the other. There is a great interest among the people to know about
Islam and we should do our best to give the right message.
May Allah,Subhana Wa Ta'Ala,guide us all to His Sirat Al-Mustaqim (Righteous
Path).May He protect us from the evils of this life and the hereafter.May
Allah,Subhana Wa Ta'Ala,grant us entrance to paradise .
We ask Allaah the Most High, the All-Powerful, to teach us that which will
benefit us, and to benefit us by that which we learn. May Allaah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala grant blessings and peace to our Prophet Muhammad and his family
and
companions..Amen.
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