Ali Albarghouthi – Friday Khutba 25-10-2024
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The transcript discusses the behavior of various people and the potential consequences of killing a person. It touches on the widespread practice of killing and the consequences of it, including punished lives and negative consequences for individuals. The shaytan is discussed as a way to avoid embarrassment and avoid sexual assault, and individuals are encouraged to get married early to protect their children and avoid major violations. The segment emphasizes the importance of reforming society and empowering people to marry early.
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Inna alhamdulillah nahmaduhu wa nasta'eeluhu wa nastaghfiruhu
wa na'udhu billahi min shururi anfusina wa
sayyi'ati a'malina man yahdihi allahu fala mudhilla
lah wa man yudhlil fala hadiya lah wa
ashhadu an la ilaha illa allahu wahdahu la
sharika lah wa anna muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh
sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa
sallam amma ba'du fa inna khayral hadithi kitabullahi
ta'ala wa khayral hadi hadi muhammadin sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam wa sharral umuri muhdathatuha wa
kulla muhdathatin bid'ah wa kulla bid'atin
dalalah wa kulla dalalatin finna amma ba'd when
you look at the world today you will
notice that expectedly a lot of sins have
become normal and one of those sins that
are so heinous yet are so normal is
the sin of zina fornication and adultery and
because it is so normal it is important
for us to remind ourselves of how heinous
it is and why heinous it is because
as muslims we cannot imagine that we are
immune from the ills from the mistakes of
the larger society we are susceptible very susceptible
so why is zina such a problem well
to begin with because it contradicts iman that
is you cannot be a muslim like a
really good muslim you cannot have iman if
you ever wish to have iman and yet
think that the practice of zina is normal
it cannot be a normal part of your
life you cannot look at it approvingly even
if you don't practice it and the prophet
alayhi salatu wasalam said la yazni zani hina
yazni wa huwa mu'min he says the zani
the one who commits zina when he commits
it or she commits it they do not
this while having iman there is a contradiction
they do not do this while having iman
and another hadith he said salallahu alayhi wasalam
clarifying what happens he says
when the person is committing zina iman departs
from him and it becomes shades him like
a cloud leaves him and it's next to
him like a cloud so if he stops
if he repents it gets back and when
you look at the book of allah azawajal
when he lists the attributes of the believers
those of iman are successful and he lists
their attributes he says they safeguard their private
parts in the other sequence of ayahs that
allah describes humanity as flawed there are some
flaws in it except those who pray and
then he lists their attributes similarly an ayah
that talks about that they safeguard their private
parts and allah azawajal specifically addresses the believers
male and female قل للمؤمنين يغضوا من أبصارهم
ويحفظوا فروجهم tell the males believing males to
lower their gaze and safeguard their private parts
and for the females the mu'minat similarly that
they should lower their gaze and safeguard their
private parts he adds to this let them
not show their adornment this is a barrier
between you and zina to protect your iman
otherwise you compromise it and you lose it
it doesn't stay with you and if a
person wants to enter jannah he cannot be
a fornicator azani it's one of the greatest
sins as allah azawajal said in the quran
وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَهًا آخَرٌ وَلَا
يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَلَا
يَزْنُونَ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَلْقَى أَثَامًا يُضَعَفْ لَهُ
الْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَيَخْلُطْ فِيهِ مُهَانًا those who
do not invoke with allah azawajal another deity
and do not kill the soul that allah
had made sacred forbidden except injustice and do
not commit zina and the one who does
this will face the penalty the punishment will
be doubled for them on the day of
judgment and they will reside in it forever
and the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam he recited
this ayah when someone asked him ya rasulallah
what are the biggest of sins he said
that you would make or consider a rival
with allah azawajal and he is the one
who created you then he asked him and
then what he said that you would kill
your son out of fear that they will
eat your food he says and then what
he said that you will sleep with your
neighbor's wife commit zina with your neighbor's wife
these are the greatest of the greatest sins
and note how allah azawajal listed them and
how the prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam listed them
he said it is shirk than killing someone
and then zina note and that is why
al imam ahmed rahimahullah said la alamu ba'da
qatli nafsi dhanban a'zama minaz zina he
says i do not know of a sin
greater than zina after killing someone meaning killing
someone is absolutely awful and just leave that
is a considerable violation that allah hates and
everyone agrees that it is heinous but he
says right after this the greater sin is
zina and consider the disparity of how people
look at killing versus zina how they reject
one but they accept the other how someone
is ok or something like that is ok
and the other is not and imam ahmed
is saying you would be the greatest sinful
person if you are committing zina you ask
yourself well why is that the case because
it is corrupting for self and corrupting for
society ibn al qayyim rahimahullah he said inna
dhuhura zina he says the widespread practice of
zina fihi kharabu al alami wa min ashrati
al sa'a he says the widespread practice
of zina signals two things the destruction of
this world and the impending approach of the
day of judgment as for the destruction of
this world he said alayhis salatu was salam
qala wa ma zaharat al fahisha fi qawmin
hatta yu'linu biha illa zaharat fihim al
tawa'in wal awja'u lati lam takun
fi aslaafihim he says if illegal sexual *
is widespread until it's public among the people
is they will experience plagues and pains that
are novel and new that people did not
experience before and he also said alayhis salatu
was salam in another hadith ma zaharat al
riba wa zina fi qaryatin illa istahallu azab
Allah he says if riba and zina is
public and widespread in a town in a
city they are inviting Allah's punishment so think
about the world that we have today and
the mess that we see almost everywhere and
you think about it where is this all
coming from and consider the role of riba
in the economy and in everybody's life consider
how widespread zina is until nobody bats an
eye when they see it no one rejects
it or speaks against it when they see
it and then think to yourself what are
we marching towards except a destruction of humanity
if this continues so it's a destruction of
this world and he also said alayhis salatu
was salam that when you start seeing that
then the day of judgment is getting closer
and closer because the day of judgment will
come when things are turned upside down when
right is wrong and wrong is right so
he said salallahu alayhi wasalam it
is from the signs of the day of
judgment is that knowledge meaning Islamic knowledge will
shrink and ignorance will expand and alcohol will
be drunk widely and zina will be widespread
and there is a connection between all of
these because when you don't have knowledge when
you're ignorant when you drink more likely to
commit these acts that Allah azawajal so much
hates so how can Allah azawajal bless you
as an individual how can Allah azawajal bless
a town or bless a country when they
allow this when they don't speak against it
say why is it a problem because it
will bring the punishment of Allah azawajal in
the next life Rasulullah alayhi wasalam in a
hadith he saw the punishment of the zina
of the fornicators and the adulterers when he
was with the angels and they were showing
him instances of bliss and instances of punishment
so he looked at people they're like in
an oven so he looked inside alayhi wasalam
he saw naked men and women and then
fire were lit under them and they started
to scream and wail so he said ask
the angel who are those and he says
haulai zina those are the fornicators, the adulterers
so think about being burned alive in the
next life and not only that in another
hadith he also said alayhi wasalam so
he looked at people and they have swelled
up as much as you can see or
imagine and they were stenchy rotten smelling as
rotten as you can imagine they smelled like
a toilet so he asked who are those
and he said those are the fornicators and
I want you to keep something in mind
that there's always a correspondence between the punishment
in the next life and the reality and
the offense of the people who committed those
offenses there's always a correspondence why do they
smell so bad I want you to remember
that smell every time you go into a
public restroom and you're revolted by that smell
what is the thing that swells up and
is rotten smells bad it's what is rotten
on the inside what is corrupted on the
inside that's the thing that in this life
when you look at it you say it's
gone bad you throw it away so Allah
azza wa jalla is telling you that when
you commit something like that you are rotting
on the inside you're going bad even if
you are celebrated even if you are glamorized
even if you are praised it doesn't matter
on the inside this is how Allah sees
you and this is how you smell so
Allah azza wa jalla turns that into a
reality in the next life so when you
look at azani or azania don't be attracted
to what Allah azza wa jalla says in
reality they smell like a toilet in reality
they are rotten like a toilet do you
want to be close to something like that
do you want to bring that into your
body into your mind into your bed and
then expect Allah azza wa jalla to bless
you and honor you it is a serious
offense and it contradicts iman and it brings
the anger of Allah azza wa jalla and
also it will destroy your love if you're
committing zina because you say I'm in love
with so and so rest assured that once
you bring the shaytan into your companionship your
relationship you are poisoning that love if you
really honor that person if you really love
that person if you really want them to
be your wife, your husband the love of
your life do not bring the shaytan in
your midst because you are going to lose
them and they are going to lose you
your love for them and their love for
you will turn into hatred because the shaytan
will poison every aspect of your life bring
the shaytan into your food he will take
it away from you into your money will
take barakah away from you then into a
relationship and he will take it away from
you you want to love them love them
the way that Allah Azza wa Jalla will
continue to bless that love don't think that
your choices are better than Allah's guidance أقول
خولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم فاستغفروه الحمد
لله رب العالمين حمدا كثيرا طيبا مباركا فيه
وأصلي وأسلم على رسوله محمد صلى الله عليه
وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم so you say how
do we protect ourselves from it and there
are things that we have to do as
individuals and there are things that need to
be reformed in society structural things in society
to incentivize people to marry early rather than
choose zina as an alternative the first thing
that you should do is not simply be
motivated by self interest but look at the
common good and love for others what you
love for yourself once a man came to
the prophet young man came to the prophet
عليه الصلاة والسلام and he said يا رسول
الله ائذن لي بالزنا he says oh prophet
of Allah give me permission to practice zina
so the sahaba were angry with that type
of request and he said no let him
be and he says come close then he
had a brief conversation with him قال أتحبه
لأمك أتحبه لأختك أتحبه لبنتك أتحبه لعمتك أتحبه
لخالتك فكان يقول لا والله يا رسول الله
لا أحبه لأمي لا أحبه لبنتي لا أحبه
لأختي لا أحبه لعمتي لا أحبه لخالتي قال
فكذلك الناس لا يحبونه لأمهاتهم وبناتهم وأخواتهم وعماتهم
وخالاتهم he asked him do you want to
practice zina is it ok would you love
something like that to happen to your mother
he says no prophet of Allah never not
to my mother to your daughter if you
had a daughter he says no prophet of
Allah never not to my daughter he says
to your sister he says no prophet of
Allah not to your maternal aunt to your
paternal aunt he says no prophet of Allah
no he says similarly no one likes this
for their mothers for their daughters for their
wives for their aunts for their sisters so
if you are going to commit zina with
a lady think that she is the mother
of so and so the daughter of so
and so the sister of so and so
the aunt of so and so why do
you want to do that to her where
is the love and where is the respect
where is the honor so don't just look
at your raging desire but look at what
you are doing to her what you are
destroying in her what you are destroying in
him then he said alayhis salatu was salam
Allahumma ghfir dhanba wa tahhir qalba wa hassin
farja falam ya'ud yaltafito ila shay'in
min dhalik then he made dua for him
alayhis salatu was salam he put his hand
on him and he said ya Allah forgive
his sin purify and cleanse his heart and
protect his private parts so that man afterwards
never paid attention to that type of desire
that type of request and that is a
dua that you could do for yourself remember
it seek it memorize it for your children
Allahumma ghfir dhanba wa tahhir qalba wa hassin
farja keep making dua for yourself so that
Allah azza wa jalla will take that desire
from you and send you to what he
loves subhanahu wa ta'ala also a way
to protect yourself from it is to know
that things develop in stages shaytan is not
gonna trap you in zina immediately but will
take you step by step to it and
Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam said in the hadith
al aynani zinahum an nazar he says the
eyes commit zina and their zina is that
illicit look and al udhunan zinahum al istima'
and the ears when they listen to something
illicitly that invites to zina that's also their
zina and the tongue when it speaks inviting
to zina illicit talk that's also the zina
of the tongue and the hands that illicit
touch that's their zina and the feet walking
to it that is their zina and the
heart wishes and longs and the private part
either accepts this or rejects it confirms it
or denies it these are the steps so
you don't want your private part to commit
the ultimate zina well guess what our eyes
commit zina this is the zina of the
eyes the zina of the ears the zina
of the hands the zina of the feet
the zina of the tongue if you cleanse
yourself of that type of zina it's impossible
for you to commit the ultimate zina so
the prophet a.s.w. was giving you
the steps that the shaytan will take put
a barrier between you and what angers Allah
a.s.w. don't put yourself in situations
that are compromising that invite the shaytan never
be alone with a woman never be alone
if you're a female with a man don't
let the shaytan be the third among you
don't bring down the barriers that exist between
you and a member of the opposite *
especially at school at work when you commingle
when you intermix and you start talking casually
about mundane things then sharing jokes then talking
about your day and slowly but assuredly slowly
what's gonna happen is that you're gonna develop
attractions to her and she to you and
the shaytan revels in all of this keep
the barrier between you and a sister up
between you and a brother up speak sparingly
as much as you need and nothing else
and don't be spousa don't be inviting you
don't have to share what happened with you
this day or that day talk to other
men if you are male talk to other
females if you are female but fear Allah
a.s.w. don't let this assault you
and ruin your relationships so if we do
this and we then recommend and encourage everyone
to get married as soon as they can
marry early marry early convince your son convince
your daughter to marry early they don't have
to wait until they graduate from school until
they get a job you don't understand or
maybe you do but you forgot how difficult
it is for them and the level of
temptation that they are facing out there and
how they are gonna be brainwashed into committing
that sin and then not even considering it
a sin anymore you wanna protect your children
marry early convince them of the merits of
marriage let them grow up together let them
graduate together let them build a life together
because if you don't do this you may
reach a stage where not only do they
not wanna marry they cannot even marry anymore
so if we do this despite that societal
pressure despite the structure despite the trend if
we do this then we can resist and
all of us are supposed to resist right?
all of us are supposed to resist you
should consider yourself in the resistance to uphold
what Allah loves is not easy to follow
the sunnah of Muhammad alayhi salatu wassalam is
not easy to be sincere in this role
today is not easy but you're part of
that resistance you I'm talking about somebody else
I'm talking about you you're part of that
resistance and we are relying after Allah azawajal
on you because if you are weak, I'm
weak and if I'm weak, you're weak so
we ask you by Allah azawajal be strong
for his sake and don't commit that sin
stop and ask Allah for the halal we
ask Allah azawajal to grant us iffah to
grant us chastity to grant us the halal
and make it sufficient for us we ask
Allah azawajal to practice for all types of
zina ya Allah we ask that you protect
us from all types of zina and all
sin that you hate ya arham al rahimin
we ask you ya rabbal alameen to make
halal beloved to us and make haram distasteful
to us we ask you ya rabbal alameen
to cleanse our hearts to forgive our sins
and safeguard our private parts we ask you
ya rabbal alameen to make us of those
who love you more than they love themselves
of those who love Muhammad more than they
love any other human we ask you ya
rabbal alameen to forgive us our sins that
which we know about and that what we
forgot we ask you ya rabbal alameen to
grant us a sincere repentance from all major
sins and to forgive us all minor sins
ya arham al rahimin we ask you ya
rabbal alameen to send your immediate relief upon
Muslims all over the world especially ya rabbal
alameen in Gaza especially in Palestine especially in
Bilad al-Saram especially in As-Sudan and
in every other country or corner that we
may not know about we ask you ya
rabbal alameen to protect them and safeguard them
and reconcile their hearts and give them victory
against their enemy ya rabbal alameen Allahumma ansur
ahla Gaza ala man adahum rabbal alameen Allahumma
ansur ahla Gaza ala man adahum rabbal alameen
Allahumma ansur ahla Gaza ala man adahum rabbal
alameen Allahumma abtil kayda adowihim Allahumma arina fihim
yawman aswadan fa innahum la yu'jizoonak Allahumma
taqabbal qatla qatla al mu'mineena hoonaka shuhadaa aindaka
ya rabbal alameen Allahumma taqabbal qatlaahum shuhadaa Allahumma
ra'ayna aytaamahum wa arami lahum Allahumma at
'imhum wa asqihim Allahumma at'imhum wa asqihim
wakun ma'ahum wa la takun alayhim Allahumma
ansur hum wa la tansur alayhim Allahumma ankur
lahum wa la tamkur bihim rabbal alameen Allahumma
atihim nasran muazzara waj'alna mimman nasarahum wa
lam yakhthulhum ya rabbal alameen Allahumma atina aljannata
wa maqarraba ilayha min qawlin wa amal wa
izna minannari wa maqarraba ilayha min qawlin wa
amal wa aqeem alsalah