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Jum'ah Khutba - 24 Jan 2020
Jum'ah Khutba - 24 Jan 2020
O Muslims: The piety of Allah the Exalted is the best advice and the best
dress and the noblest attribute:
He Allah is the One Who is feared and He Allah is the One on Whom
hope is laid.
And the people of the earth, the whole earth, – do not, by Allah – do
not harm, do not benefit, do not disgrace and do not honour:
“I cannot encompass Your praise. You are as You have praised Yourself.”
established on the throne of His Kingdom. No invisible is hidden from Him in the
diameters of His Kingdom. The affairs of the servants and their needs and their deeds
ascend to Him, so He – Glorified is He – commands what He wishes, then His
command is carried out and His force overpowers.
He forgives sins, and removes hardship, and lessens suffering, and consoles the
afflicted, and helps the weak, and enriches the poor. He gives life after death, and
makes happy and unhappy, and leads astray and guides, and He favours a nation and
forbids His favours on others, and He honours nations and disgraces others:
“And with Him are the keys of the hidden (ghaib), none knows them but He. And
He knows whatever there is in (or on) the earth and in the sea; not a leaf falls,
but He knows it. There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth nor anything
fresh or dry, but is written in a Clear Record.” [Surah An’aam: 59] “Allah! None
has the right to be worshiped but He, the Ever-Living, the One Who sustains and
protects all that exists. Neither slumber, nor sleep, overtake Him. To Him
belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth.”
And Ibn Kathir narrates with his chain:
“so I will return and I will stand with the people. While we are standing
we will hear a loud sound from the sky, so we will be frightened. Then (a
group of) men and jinn like those on the earth will descend from the sky of
this world, until they approach the earth and the earth will light up with
their light and they will take their positions and we will say to them: Is our
Lord with You? They will say: No, but He is coming. Then from the second
heaven (a group) will descend as descended before, of angels, jinn and
men, until they approach the earth, it will light up with their light and they
will take their positions and we will say to them: Is our Lord with you? So
they will say: No, but He is coming. Then like this multitudes will descend
from every heaven. Until the Almighty – Majestic is His Majesty – will
descend, in a shade of clouds and angels. Eight (angels) will carry His
throne on that day, their feet being in the edge of the earth, and the earth
and heavens at their waists and the throne upon their shoulders. They will
be humming in their praise (of Allah) saying: Glory be to the Possessor of
the Throne and Might, Glory be to the Possessor of Kingdom and Royalty,
Glory be to the One Who causes the creation to die while He does not die,
the Praised, the Holy, Lord of the angels and Rooh (Jibraeel).”
And surely Allah (the Exalted) has mentioned that He covers the hearts
of those persistent on sins and seals them, and that He ignores them as
they forgot Him, and He disgraces them and destroys them as they have neglected
His commands. In this regard, He – Glorified is He – says in the verse of the
creations prostrating to Him:
“And whomsoever Allah disgraces, none can honour him.” [Surah Hajj: 18]
So to the extent of your fear of Allah, the creation is in awe of you, and to the
extent of your exaltation of Allah, the creation reveres you, and to the extent of your
love for Allah, the creation loves you. And verily trials are driven off by repentance,
seeking forgiveness and submitting to the commands of Allah, the One, the
Irresistible:
“And all of you beg Allah to forgive you all, O believers, that you may be
successful.” [Surah Noor: 31]
May Allah bless me and you in the Great Quraan, and benefit us in what
is in it of verses and wise reminders. I say these words of mine and I seek
the forgiveness of Allah the Great for me and for you.