Salah Mahmoud – Their Lord Has Fallen
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The title of Jesus as the Greatest person on earth is used as a reference to the "Grader of the world" and the "Grader's rule", which affects human behavior. The struggles of the previous headlines and the loss of thousands of its victims are discussed, including struggles with the Iraq War and the loss of local organizations. The importance of learning from history and finding peace in the Middle East is emphasized, as well as the need to open the book of Islam and avoid taking responsibility. The speakers also offer advice on saving themselves from punishment and avoiding taking punishment.
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Praise be to God.
We praise Him and ask for His guidance
and forgiveness.
And we seek refuge in God from the
evil of our souls and from the evil
of our deeds.
Indeed, whoever God guides is not misguided, and
whoever He misguides, you will not find for
him a rightful guardian.
And I bear witness that there is no
god but God, alone, with no partner.
A word upon which the earth and the
heavens stood, and upon which God created humanity.
And it is the basis of the law
and the Sunnah.
And whoever is the last of His words,
there is no god but God, will enter
Paradise.
O Allah, we ask You, by Your grace,
to make the last of our words in
this world, there is no god but God.
O Allah, grant us to live upon, there
is no god but God.
And grant us to die upon, there is
no god but God.
And raise us up upon, there is no
god but God.
And admit us to Paradise.
And we bear witness that there is no
god but God.
And I bear witness that our Master, our
Prophet, our Teacher, our Beloved, and our Intercessor
on the Day of Judgment is Allah.
Our Master, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon
him.
O Allah, send blessings and peace upon him
and his family and companions.
And may Allah be pleased with our masters,
Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, and all the
companions.
And with us, O Lord of the worlds.
My dear brothers and sisters, The last khutbah,
I came to this blessed community to ask
Allah to put more barakah into the community.
Allahumma ameen, O Lord of the worlds.
I was actually celebrating with you the fall
of a tyrant.
The tyrant and the dictator of Bangladesh.
Some of you might even remember this.
And the title of the khutbah was the
psychology of the tyrants because they're all the
same.
And here I am again after a few
months of taking a break.
I am coming again to celebrate the fall
of another tyrant, Takbir.
But that tyrant was very different.
The tyrant of Syria and the tyrant of
Sham was different.
What is very interesting is that Before, we
used to talk about Fir'aun, the one
who said, I am your Lord, the Most
High.
And we would always give an example of
Fir'aun as the bad apple.
Fir'aun is the dictator, the worst in
the history of humanity.
But wallahi, after we've seen the footage and
the videos that came out from Sidnaya prison
in Syria, wallahi, I feel like Fir'aun
is miskeen next to that tyrant.
Fir'aun is miskeen.
And I hope nobody cussed at this part
and just put it in social media.
Fir'aun is miskeen compared to Bashar al
-Assad.
Miskeen.
For those who did not watch the videos,
please do not.
For the sake of your mental health, please
do not.
Because they're horrible, they're terrible.
And you can imagine how come a human
being does that to a human being.
Brothers and sisters, the title for my khutbah,
The Lord Has Fallen.
You know why I'm saying that?
You know why it's the title of my
khutbah today?
Because it was known thing amongst the soldiers
and the army of Bashar.
They would always say, يَسْقُطُ رَبَّكُمْ وَلَا يَسْقُطُ
بَشَّارٌ Your Lord falls, but Bashar will never
fall.
Can you imagine that?
Can you imagine that they say that to
Ahl al-Sunnah?
That your Lord, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
they talk about Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
falls, but our Lord will never fall.
But today we're coming to tell them, guess
what?
Your Lord fall as well.
تَكْبِيرُ كَبِّرُ اللَّهُ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ
يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشْرَى The believers should celebrate, brothers
and sisters, whenever a tyrant collapse, whenever a
tyrant's rule is being demolished, we should be
happy.
Wallahi, we should be happy.
We should be happy for that.
Because there are so many people who are
struggling, so many people who've been suffering under
this corrupt regime, brothers and sisters.
And this is gonna continue.
Because this is the time when we need
to open the book of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
Our problem is that we do not open
the book of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
فِيهِ نَبَأُ مَنْ سَبَقَكُمْ The Quran has the
news and the update for everything that has
happened in the past, everything that's happening now,
and everything that will happen, insha'Allah, بالعالمين.
Because when you look at what is happening
in that part of the world, and you
question Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and you'll
say, Ya Allah, why are you allowing a
tyrant to exist, and to torture and punish
people like this?
Where are you?
Why are you treating the children like this?
What kind of God are you?
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala himself told you
in the Quran that this dunya is the
dunya of test.
That Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala can just
give you the victory like this.
He can give you the victory.
النصر يحوم فوق الرؤوس The victory isn't within
reach.
ينتظر قولكم فيكون It's just waiting for the
command of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and
it will be, it will happen.
The problem is, we should not be waiting
for the victory.
You should make sure that you are on
the right side of the history.
That's the most important thing.
Sayyida Sumayya, the first martyr in Islam, she
did not go back to Mecca.
She lost her life before that.
She did not see Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa
sallam going back victorious in Mecca.
She did not.
Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib did not see the
victory of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
He did not.
But he did his part.
He was on the right side of the
history.
Allahu Akbar.
Brothers and sisters, that regime, and I will
tell you why we should celebrate and watch
so happy.
And again, I will try to be as
gentle as possible.
When you hear of that woman that she
was in prison, her daughter and her husband,
unjustly in prison, in the prison of Bashar
al-Assad, that tyrant.
And she says, after she left, obviously she
was released, alhamdulillah, with so many sisters and
so many children, so many people, men and
women.
She said, they wanted to harass my daughter.
And I want you to picture that.
Just read between the lines.
We have youngsters here.
They wanted to harass, sexually abuse my daughter
in front of me.
So I cut off my clothes.
I want you to picture this.
You have daughters.
You have wives.
Right?
You have family.
And I wanted, I cut off my clothes.
I ripped my clothes.
And they say, do this to me, but
leave my daughter.
You know what they did?
They actually did this to the daughter and
the mother in front of the father.
And guess what?
The father died right there.
Do you see this?
Do you see that's why Allah says, وَيَشْفِي
صُدُورَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنٍ So He heals the hearts
of the believers.
That's why we should be happy.
We should be happy that Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala caused a tyrant to fall and
more will come.
And we're going to celebrate more because this
is the victory of Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala.
I want you to listen to some verses
from the Quran, brothers and sisters.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in Surah
Al-Imran, a beautiful surah.
He says, وَتِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ
اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمْ شُهَدًا This is
the question or the answer to those who
question Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Why are you allowing what is happening to
Gaza to happen?
Why are you allowing children to be massacred?
Why are you allowing women to be sexually
abused?
Why are you allowing all of this?
Here is the answer from Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
He says, if you have suffered at Uhud,
they suffered similarly at Badr.
He's talking about the companions.
We alternate these days of victory and defeat.
Today, you're defeated.
You're weak.
Tomorrow, you'll be victorious.
And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
وَتِلْكَ الْأَيَّامُ نُدَاوِلُهَا بَيْنَ النَّاسِ And so that
Allah revealed the true believers shows markers from
among you.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, look, it's very
easy to claim that you are brave, that
you are a freedom fighter.
It's very easy to claim that.
It's very easy to talk.
But when the test comes, this is the
time when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would
know.
We have seen so many people praising the
glory of Bashar al-Assad.
We've seen so many scholars, so many ulama
and shiukh and imams celebrating the praise of
Bashar al-Assad, telling him you're something.
We've seen that.
Just like the magicians of Fir'aun, we've
seen that.
It's easy to talk, but when the test
comes to your, the step of your door,
this is when Allah will decide whether you
were being truthful or not.
And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
وَيَتَّخِذَ مِنكُمْ شُهَدَاءٌ We've all seen the video
of the soul of the soul, brother Khalid,
we asked Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to
pick him from among shuhada.
We've heard this story and touched all of
us.
What would Allah allow something?
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wanted someone like
this to be pure from this dunya.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wanted to clean
someone like that and unite him with his
granddaughter.
That's the work of Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala.
Otherwise, what is the point?
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala can take the
ruling of Bashar and any ruling, you name
it, in a minute, just a minute and
a second.
But would Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala let
this happen?
Because he wants to filter.
It's a test, right?
When you're given the questions in the exam,
it's a test.
We will know which student was studying and
which one was claiming that he was studying.
How would we know?
When we take the answer sheet again and
we check, yes, he was right.
He was studying.
She was studying.
She was not studying, and so on and
so forth.
This is dunya, brothers and sisters.
And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
وَلِيُمَحِّسَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَيَمْحَقَ الْكَافِرِينَ So that
Allah distinguish the true believers and destroy the
disbelievers.
Allah says, أَمْحَسِبِتُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةِ وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ
اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ جَاهَدُوا مِنْكُمْ وَيَعْلَمَ الصَّابِرِينَ Do you
think you'll go to Jannah by just saying
I'm a Muslim?
No.
Without being tested?
Absolutely not.
How can you prove that you love Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala?
If you're someone who questions the qudrah, the
power of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
If you're the one who's questioning the wisdom
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when you
see this happen to children.
You're questioning this Someone like brother Khalid who
just lost his life.
All of these prisoners who came out of
the prison of Bashar is coming out and
saying الحمد لله، الحمد لله، الله أكبر Their
Iman is actually strengthening and we're losing our
Iman.
Well I just, I want you to picture
this in your mind.
Imagine if they put you like a very
small room.
Very small, dark.
Right?
There is no cell phone with you.
There is no book.
You cannot even pray.
You cannot pray.
They would say we would hide to pray.
I heard someone saying I was praying with
my eyes.
And we have a beautiful center.
Yet the rest of the prayer, there is
nobody here.
Right?
When we look at them brother sisters, we
learn from their Iman.
They come making Sajdah to Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
Brother, sister, after all what you saw, you
did not question Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
We question Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Learn from these people brothers and sisters.
The Lord has fallen.
And all the tyrants will collapse.
And I know, let me tell you, I'll
conclude inshallah.
I know a lot of brothers and sisters,
they're very skeptical when they see something happen
in the Middle East.
I know.
You know, it's the work of the enemy.
We know it's going to happen.
The occupation is going to take part of
Syria.
We understand that.
Al-Imam al-Ghazali.
Al-Imam Muhammad al-Ghazali.
I want you to remember this very well.
Al-Imam Muhammad al-Ghazali says, The liberation
of al-Masjid al-Aqsa, because we're waiting
for the liberation inshallah.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala liberate al
-Masjid al-Aqsa.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala give Nasr
to our brothers and sisters in Palestine and
Gaza.
Ameen.
He says, The liberation and the freedom of
al-Masjid al-Aqsa will be preceded with
the fall of many tyrants in the region
during the battle of al-Ahzab.
Who was the biggest and the worst enemy
to Rasulallah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam?
The hypocrites, the traitors.
Those are the ones who stopped the victory.
Those are the ones.
Go to any country in the Middle East
now and try just to go to Gaza
to give them some help.
I mentioned before I was in Sinai, Egypt.
A hundred miles from Gaza.
If you just think to take something to
help your brothers and sisters there, good luck.
Going through all of these tanks and all
of these militaries and all of this just
to go give some support, some help.
Give them some water.
Good luck.
So before the liberation of al-Masjid al
-Aqsa, he says, Muhammad al-Ghazali, that many
regimes have to fall first.
The traitors.
That is the Sunnah of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
One of them has fallen.
Alright?
So be happy inshallah.
Be happy.
Be happy.
The Nasr is very soon.
It's coming very close inshallah.
But brothers and sisters, don't be skeptical.
If there is no fruit, if there is
no benefit for the revolution in Syria except
the people who have been in jail for
years.
They went out.
And now they are with their families.
If there is no other benefit, Wallahi that
is enough.
That is sufficient.
More than 100,000 people.
100,000 people.
Alhamdulillah they were released.
Takbir.
Takbir.
Brothers and sisters, we need to give back
to Quran.
Wallahi we do.
Open the book of Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala.
It will tell you everything.
It will comfort your heart.
But the most important thing is, do your
part.
Do your part.
I say this and I ask Allah forgiveness
for me and for you.
Alhamdulillah.
Alhamdulillah wa kafa wa salatan wa salaman ala
ibadihi allatheena astaghfirullah.
wa la ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika la.
wa ashhadu anna muhammadan abiduhu wa rasuluhu.
Amma ba'd.
The refugees of Syria, they're back.
And Bashar al-Assad is now a refugee
in Russia.
Takbir.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
This is the work of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
Right?
He's being a refugee now.
Right?
And the refugees, they can go to their
country.
Look at this.
Look at that.
Brothers and sisters, when we talk about Fir
'aun, when we talk about the tyrants, we
need to understand that we have individuals who
can actually be Fir'aun.
I speak about this before.
You can be Fir'aun with your family.
You can be a tyrant with your family,
with your children.
You should understand that when we talk about
Fir'aun, Fir'aun is an idea.
It's not a person.
We have so many Fir'auns.
How many brothers are oppressing their wives?
How many sisters are oppressing their husbands?
How many sisters taking their children from their
husbands and their fathers?
How many brothers are not giving the haq
to their wives?
How many children are oppressing their parents?
And how many parents are being Fir'aun
in front of their children?
How many bosses are oppressing their employees?
There are so many Fir'auns.
And wallahi, wa billahi wa tallahi, the justice
will come.
The sister who took the haq of her
husband, justice will come.
The brother who is oppressing his wife, justice
will come.
Just like what we see, what is happening
now with Bashar, becoming a refugee, you will
see what is going to happen to you
in dunya as well as in the hereafter.
The last thing I want to leave you
with.
There are so many people, they're very anxious
when any imam speaks about jahannam.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala spoke about jahannam.
May Allah protect us.
Say, Allahumma ameen.
Now we know, when you heard some of
the stories about what happened to our sisters
and brothers in Syria, billahi alaykum, do you
think that any punishment, any punishment will be
sufficient for the person who did this to
this family except to jahannam, wa li'azubillah?
Do you see now why jahannam could be
rahmah, mercy from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?
There are some people that there is no
punishment enough for them.
That is the reality.
This is the rahmah of Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
If someone sees something like this happening in
front of his eyes, happening to his daughter
and to his wife, do you think that
if we even take the tyrant of Syria
and put him in jail, that will be
sufficient for his heart to heal?
Absolutely not.
And because alhamdulillah, we're not in their position.
But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, inna
jahannama kaanat mursada, lit-taghina ma'aba.
Jahannam was prepared for these people.
Brothers and sisters, save yourself from the punishment
of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
Give the haqq to your wife, to your
husband, to your mother, to your daughter, to
your children, to your employees.
Give the haqq.
We live this dunya and the shroud does
not have pockets.
I repeat, the shroud does not have pockets.
We came from this dunya naked and we
will leave back to Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala the way we came to this dunya.
Give the inheritance back to your sister.
Give the money and the haqq back to
your brother.
Give the haqq back to your family.
You will leave this dunya and you will
not take anything.
Allahumma ya Rabbana inna nas'aluka an tanswa
al-Islam wa an tu'izza al-Muslimin.
Allahumma tanswa al-Islam wa an tu'izza
al-Muslimin.
Ya Rabb al-Alamin.
Allahumma alayka bi-fir'auni kulli dhaqtin wahin.
Ya Rabb al-Alamin.
Allahumma kun ma'a ikhwanina fi-Syria wa
fi-Ghaza wa fi-Kashmir wa fi-Bangladesh
wa fi-Pakistan wa fi-al-Hind wa
fi-kulli makani min ardi al-Islam.
Ya Rabb al-Alamin.
Taqabbal minna innaka anta assami'u al-alim.
Wa tub alayna innaka anta al-tawwab al
-rahim.
Allahumma istajib du'a'ana.
Ya Rabb al-Alamin.
Allahumma ameen.
Wa aqim al-salat.