Sadullah Khan – Jumuah 14 Rabi Al-Akhar 1446-18 October 2024
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The speakers discuss Islam's history and its importance in modern times, including its importance in protecting everyone and the negative consequences of human actions. They also touch on the corruption and harm caused by groups like the World Health Organization, financial institutions, and nationalist groups. The importance of protecting human rights and responding with compassionate behavior is emphasized, as well as the need for everyone to be aware of their actions and resist evil behavior. The conversation also touches on the ongoing protests and injuries caused by actions of Russia and Saudi Arabia, as well as the importance of community engagement and responding with compassionate behavior.
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All praise and thanks are due to Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala.
We send salutations and peace upon our beloved
Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Respected Musalis, beloved youth, and honourable elders, I
greet you with a universal greeting of peace
and love.
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah.
On behalf of Islamia College, Rashidul Furqan, and
the extended family, we would like to wish
each and everyone a Jummah Mubarak.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us
all a blessed weekend inshallah.
Ameen.
Our speaker for today, who needs no introduction,
Sheikh Saadul Haqqan, CEO of Islamia College.
Shukran.
I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed
Satan.
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most
Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah.
All praise is due to Allah, peace and
blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and
upon his pious and pure family, and upon
his companions, and upon all the Prophets and
Messengers.
Allah said in the Noble Qur'an, After
that, I seek refuge with Allah from the
accursed Satan.
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most
Merciful.
He said, Walk in the earth and see
how was the end of the criminals.
And Allah said, And when it is said
to them, Do not commit corruption in the
earth, they say, We are only reformers.
Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters,
but they perceive not.
Allah, the Most High, the Most Great, speaks
the truth.
And the Prophet said, Our Beloved, the Chosen
One, peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him, and upon his household and his companions,
Indeed, of what people have grasped from the
words of the first prophecy, If you are
not ashamed, then do what you will.
Or as the Messenger of Allah said, In
the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise is due to our Creator, our
Cherisher, our Nourisher, and our Sustainer.
We bear witness there is none worthy of
worship but Allah.
We bear witness we believe in all the
Prophets who came throughout history.
And we bear witness that Prophet Muhammad ibn
Abdullah, Rasulullah ﷺ, is the final of all
the emissaries of Allah.
Respected Ulama, Imams, Hufadh, Qurra, Educators, Elders, Brothers
and Sisters, Respected Youth, Learners, I greet you
with the Islamic universal greeting of peace.
May the peace, the mercy, and the blessings
of Allah be upon each and everyone at
this auspicious hour of Jum'ah.
May the peace, the mercy, and the blessings
of Allah be upon you.
Amid the tragic genocide raging through Gaza for
the past 55 weeks, the world citizenry is
deriving invaluable lessons from what we are observing.
Observing who is doing what to whom, observing
who is aiding whom, and of course, observing
who is doing absolutely nothing about all of
this.
More than ever, we are really learning that
when capitalistic, selfish, self-centered forces, primarily former
colonialists and imperialists, and neo-colonialists, when they
combine their nefarious, tybolical efforts, they unleash tremendous
havoc to ensure their self-interests are secured,
that they have control of the land, and
that control is unhindered, and they have that
their resources, their access to resources is undisturbed.
And if that is affected by anyone, or
any government, or any people, they will bring
to bear the full might of their armed
forces to destroy whoever denies them access to
what they want, or what they feel they
need.
In all of this, human rights is the
westerners' privilege.
It is the Eurocentric, so-called white mindset
that determines who is worthy of human rights.
While people of color are dispensable, mere statistics
as part of collateral damage.
Those who are aligned with privilege, and are
co-opted and controlled, and there are those
who are non-aligned or independent, they are
easy targets in the open and fair game.
And when these people are challenged, these colonialists,
imperialists, al-dhalimun, the people who are in
positions of power but oppressive in that when
they are challenged, we see throughout history, whether
it be Dawud against Jalut, David against Goliath,
Musa a.s. against Fir'aun, Rasulullah against
Quraysh, or Husayn against Yazid, they bring two
things in their arsenal.
One is their might with their numbers and
their connection to authority, and the second is
they try to rationalize their actions and try
to justify why they are doing what they
are doing.
Such deceitful people, whether it be Fir'aun,
whether it be Nimrud, whoever it may be,
or the neo-colonialists and imperialists of our
time, such deceitful people have a diseased heart.
And a disease prone to hypocrisy, deceptiveness in
character, prone to oppressiveness and injustice, and to
maintaining selfish self-interest and the spreading of
corruption.
People like these are deemed by Allah as
being worthy and deserving of painful retribution from
the divine.
And Allah says about people like that, وَإِلَىٰ
قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرَضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا
نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ أَلَىٰ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَكِنْ لَا
يَشْعُرُونَ When it's told to them, stop your
corruption and the harm that you are causing,
they say, we are only trying to resolve
matters, we're trying to improve things.
No, indeed they are not.
They are spreading corruption and harming others without
even perceiving the harm that they are causing.
This diseased heart aptly describes the attitude, the
approach, and the modus operandi, the means of
operation of many of the world governments and
many of the international powerful institutions at present.
Blatant, apparent in their attitude towards the suffering
of people in Palestine.
International bodies and global institutions like the World
Health Organization, financial institutions like the International Monetary
Fund, like the World Bank, together with major
sporting bodies like FIFA, like UEFA, like the
International Olympic Sports Committee, and media from CNN
to BBC and the rest, they have all
been exposed through this Palestine, the lesson we
learned, that they are all a farce, subservient
to political and economic interests and pressures and
where truth and justice is often, most often
compromised.
You see, Palestine and Lebanon are gateways to
Africa from the East and to the Middle
East and from Africa and Europe to the
Middle East.
As we stand here, 55 weeks of genocide
and ethnic cleansing, 43,000 people have died
including 17,000 children, 195,000 people injured,
more than 10,000 people are missing in
Palestine.
People are being starved to death.
In one area people haven't received food for
the last 13 days, food or water.
Approximately 1.5 million people subsequently in Lebanon
have been displaced following Zionist aggression and the
killing of 2,200 people in the past
month with 10,099 injuries according to the
Lebanese Health Ministry.
We are witnessing a deliberate crusade, my brothers
and sisters, a crusade against Islam and against
Muslims and that current crusade is roaring over
those Muslim lands, those who are not marching
according to the tune of the western pipers
to the imperialist pipers.
The rest of them are silent and they
are indifferent, seemingly safe, temporarily so in their
subservience to the colonial masters and that crusade
which has been waved, has paved the way
for the current apocalypse with Gaza as its
epicenter.
It is utterly humiliating and treacherous that perhaps
the most brutal, gruesome, blatant anti-Islam and
anti-Muslim campaign at the large scale, the
largest scale in human history is taking place
in a landscape surrounded by hundreds of millions
of Muslims.
Most of the lands are controlled by Muslim
leaders but they choose to remain idle and
indifferent to this crusade and that kind of
idleness and indifference is an act of treason
against the Ummah, against moral consciousness, against the
very essence of our common humanity.
When leaders are allowed to hold up a
map of the West Asia at the UN
in which Palestine has been erased from the
map, it doesn't appear on the map and
it shows the Zionist occupation stretching from the
river to the sea, there's applause.
But when people like us and others, Palestinian
supporters, Muslim and non-Muslim chant, from the
river to the sea Palestine will be free,
it is deemed highly offensive and sensitive, anti
-Semitic, provocative against Jews and even deemed illegal
in some countries including many Arab countries.
We must learn, we work with everybody, Muslims,
Jews, Christians, we cooperate on the basis of
goodness but we need to take care of
ourselves.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَا وَبَعْضُهُمْ إِلَّا تَفْعَلُوهُ
تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ كَفِيرٌ The forces
of unbelief, the forces of those who deny
the truth and their allies, they are partners
and allies one of the other.
And unless you organize yourself, O believers, in
a similar manner of camaraderie and brotherhood and
sisterhood and unity, تَكُنْ فِتْنَةٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَفَسَادٌ
كَفِيرٌ There'll be fitna on the earth and
tremendous amount of fasad.
And boy, are we witnessing that.
You see, we need to realize and especially
our Muslim leaders, it is better for community
to possess even a little of its own
than to hope in relying on others.
Having little with freedom and with dignity is
a recipe for living and dying with honor.
Whereas living, whereas having a lot, but with
reliance upon others and subservience, guarantees continued subservience
and dependence.
Indeed, freedom and a sense of dignity and
independence are among the greatest assets that a
community, a society or a nation can have.
As the Rasul said, مَا قَلَّ وَكَفَا خَيْرٌ
مِّمَّا كَثُرَ وَأَلْهَا What is little and sufficient
is far better than that which is destructing
and destructive.
We are now convinced from what we are
observing over the past year, we knew it
before but now it's apparent evidence that our
detractors respect no sanctity, have no honor, have
no limits, have no rules, no justice and
no shame.
And that is why they can do what
they can do without flinching an eye.
And Rasul s.a.w. in a hadith
documented Sahih of Imam Bukhari said, إِنَّ مِمَّا
أَدْرَكَ النَّاسِ مِن كَلَامِ النُّبُوَّةِ الْأُولَىٰ إِذَا لَمْ
تَسْتَحِ فَاسْنَعْ مَاشِئٍ Among the wisdom we receive
from prophets of past generations and the Rasul
repeats that wisdom, if people have no sense
of decency and no shame, then they do
just as they please as we are witnessing
what's happening to the people in Palestine.
It's an irony of faith that the so
-called human rights champions have crossed all limits
of human decency.
There's a total lack of empathy or concern
for others.
There seems to be an apparent lack of
conscience and a total disregard for humanity at
large.
They want to make the rules, they want
to dictate the rules, they want to enforce
the rules, but they play by the rules
only when it suits them.
Talking of rules and playing, when there was
an invasion of Ukraine by Russia, for want
of a better word, invasion of in four
days time FIFA, UEFA, International Olympic Committee banned
Russia in four days.
Four days.
We had flags everywhere at games, at the
Premier League games of blue and yellow of
Ukraine and they were encouraged to do so.
Celtic fans in Scotland carry a few flags
on Palestine and they are banned.
Four days after the so-called invasion, Russia
was banned from FIFA, from UEFA, from the
Grand Prix racing, from Olympics.
It's 376 days and in that 376 days
senior people in in sport in Palestine, forget
religious people, forget everybody else, forget revolutionaries, sporting
people, Mohammed Barakat known as a legend of
Khan Yunus, the first player in Gaza in
Palestinian League to score 100 goals.
He played for Al Wahda club in Jordan
and also professionally in Saudi Arabia.
They destroyed, they killed him and he left
a message before he was killed, the last
message.
They wiped him out, his family completely out.
They killed Hani Al Mazdar, one of the
greatest players and managers of the Olympic team,
of the Olympic team in January this year.
I think Mohammed Barakat was killed in Ramadan.
Yet FIFA and the Olympic committee to which
he belonged said absolutely nothing up to today,
double standards.
So we have international institutions like the UN
and the OA, Organisation of Islamic Conference and
Arab League who talk and watch and talk
and then talk some more.
Words with no substance and they occasionally issue
meaningless resolutions and appeasing statements that does nothing
to aid the cause of the oppressed or
prevent the offenders from oppressing or committing offenses
or defending the defenseless or ending the criminality
and the mayhem of those who perpetrating the
genocide.
Rasulallah warned us, whether you're Muslim or whoever
you may be, you're not Muslim, leader or
not.
Hadith documented by Abu Dawood, al-Tirmidhi, al
-Nisai, Ibn Majah and the Musnad of Imam
Mahdi ibn Hanbal.
Indeed when people see oppression and they see
an oppressor perpetrating oppression and they do not
prevent that oppression, Allah will punish the oppressor
and punish those who remain silent, who witness
the oppression because they did nothing about it.
International councils, European Union, global institutions, they have
been exposed as a farce.
Subservient to economic and political pressures, truth and
justice is compromised and our humanity in the
process is undermined.
But we've learned a lot.
We have learned watching from the safety of
our homes and our TV rooms, watching the
disaster experienced by the Palestinians, the ongoing disaster.
How these people live with dignity amidst continuing
calamity.
Their ability to resist and their capacity to
persist.
Their lack of worldly possession yet their fearlessness
in the face of death.
We have learned that their commitment to the
cause for justice is greater than their love
for life or their fear for death.
We have been amazed by their calmness and
enduring cruelty.
Their patience in bearing loss and they respond
simply by recording what they can on their
cell phones with sheer faith in Allah and
hope in humanity.
Recording what is being done to them and
reminding us and the rulers of the world
that we are allowing this to happen.
On the day of Qiyamah, Allah will ask,
this happened while you were alive, what did
you do about it?
And he won't ask us, he'll ask me,
you individually.
The only solace is the millions of prayers,
the massive marches, colossal demonstrations and growing voice
of people of conscience from all walks of
life, from all faith traditions, from every part
of the world have indicated the overwhelming support
of the world's citizenry, not the leadership, but
the citizenry for the Palestinian cause and empathy
for the fight against injustice.
And their struggle has done more than anything
else to show the world how to resist
tyranny.
But, for us as an Ummah, we need
to realize the importance of us being united
at least at the level of community to
respond to what we are witnessing.
Realize that believers in particular are supposed to
be compassionate to one another.
And even in our secondary differences, even in
our secondary differences, because every time some difference
come up, madahib and madahib and fitna among
us are really busy now, full time.
You never see them anywhere, now they come
with madhab and madhab, you never heard them
all the time, now they're full front, full
force.
Realize that believers in particular are supposed to
be compassionate to one another.
And even in our secondary differences, we must
be primarily aware that it's far more important
to be good than wanting to be right
about our own issues.
Far better to be united on a higher
common cause and higher purpose than be divided
over lowly petty issues.
Remember, if others are harmed and you don't
take a stand, someday when they harm you,
who will stand up for you?
Besides all of us being part of humanity,
we acknowledge the importance of justice and freedom.
Why is it important for us to focus,
to take note of all these evils?
Besides that we are part of the human
family and we feel the pain and so
on, and prophets said believers are like one
body and we feel the pain.
But besides that, why are we taking note
of these evils?
One of the Arab poets answered beautifully.
He said, عرفت الشر ليس لشر بل للتوقيت
He said, I learn about evil not for
evil itself.
I learn to know about evil, not because
of evil itself, but rather to protect myself
from evil.
أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله والسلام عليكم ورحمة
الله Please
stand and follow the gaps so there is
no time wasted between the khutba and the
salat.
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Allah Ta'ala, وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَا تُفْسِدُ
فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُفْلِحُونَ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ
هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَكِنْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ صدق الله العلي
والعظيم وقال النبي حبيبنا المصطفى صلوات الله وسلامو
عليه وعلى أهل بيته واصحابه إن مما أدرك
الناس من كلام النبوة الأولى إذا لم تستح
فاصنع ما شئت أو كما قال صدقت يا
رسول الله أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله أستغفر
الله العظيم لي ولكم ولسائر المسلمين والمسلمات فاستغفروه
إنه هو الغفور الرحيم الحمد
لله الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم مالك
يوم الدين إياك نعبد وإياك نسعين الحمد لله
الذي لم يتخذ ولدا ولم يكن له شريك
في الملك ولم يكن له ولي من الظل
وكبره تكبيرا الله أكبر الحمد لله الحمد لله
الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنهتدي لولا أن
هدانا الله نحمده ونستعينه ونستهدي ونعوذ بالله من
شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات أعمالنا من يهدي الله
فلا مضل له ونشهد أن لا إله إلا
الله وحده لا شريك له ونشهد أن سيدنا
ونبينا ورسولنا وحبيبنا وشفيعنا وسيدنا وسندنا ومولانا محمد
عبده ورسوله قال الله تعالى في شان حبيبي
يا أيها النبي إنا أرسلناك شاهدا ومبشرا ونذيرا
وداعيا إلى الله بإذنه وصراجا منيرا فقال الله
تعالى مخبرا وآمرا قولا كريما إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ
يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا
عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا اللهم صلي على محمد وآل
محمد كما صليت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم
اللهم بارك على محمد وعلى آل محمد كما
باركت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم في العالمين
إنك حميد مجيد اللهم وحد سفوف المسلمين اللهم
طهر قلوبنا وأفكارنا وأقوالنا وأعمالنا من الرياء والفساد
والنفاق والسوء الأخلاق اللهم اشهر مرضانا وارحم موتانا
اللهم انصر إخواننا المجاهدين والمظلومين والمصدعفين في كل
مكان خاصة في فلسطين رب يسر ولا تعسر
فأنت الميسر يا أكرم الأكرمين ربنا آتنا في
الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنع عذاب النار
فالله خير حافظه وهو أرحم الراحمين اللهم اغفر
لجميع المؤمنين والمؤمنات والمسلمين والمسلمات ارفع لهم الدرجات
وكفر عنهم السياد برحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين عباد
الله رحمكم الله إن الله يأمر بالعدل والإحسان
وإيتاء ذي القربة وينهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر والبغي
يعظكم لعلكم تذكرون ولذكر الله أكبر ولذكر الله
أكبر والله يعلم ما تصنعون أقل السلام صراط
الذين أنعمت عليهم غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضاهر
يَا أَنْ يَأْتِيَ
يَوْمٌ لَا بَيْنَا شَفَاعَةٌ وَالْكَرِيمُ مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
كَافِرُونَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ الله لا إله إلا هو
الحي القيوم لا تأخذه سنة ولا نوم له
ما في السماوات وما في الأرض من ذا
الذي يشفى عنده إلا بإذنه يعلم ما بين
أيديهم وما خلفهم ولا يحيطون بشيء من علمه
إلا بما شاء وسع كرسي السماوات والأرض ولا
يؤذو حفظهما وهو العالم الله
أكبر الحمد
لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم مالك يوم الدين
إياك نعبد وإياك نستعين إهدنا الصراط
المستقيم صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم غيرهم