Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem. Alhumdulillah. Peace and blessings on Muhammad (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam), his Noble Companions and Family. Committed Muslims… Audio on http://www.islamiccenterdc.com/apps/podcast/podcast/28254 (12-17-2010) ALLAH AS THE AUTHORITY Sometimes, (if not many times), our senses/minds are desensitised when it comes to what the Muslims/Prophets of Allah (alaihim as salaam) have done. We have to realise, (and no one is going to say this), that we in these fourteen centuries with all the mistakes/deficiencies/problems/troubles that we have had, we have elevated human expectations and we have improved societies around the world. That is regardless of much of the flaws that we touched upon in many of our presentations. If you want to think about the world, (absent our contribution to its societies), we would probably be having a world still worshipping the stars/sun/moon/rivers/night/day/idols/jinn and whatever was worshipped/revered in all of those societies in all of those centuries. We have to sometimes give ourselves a pat on the back/shoulder and say to ourselves "Bravo! There is something that you have contributed to human life on this planet." It's quite a transition to have almost one-third of humanity- these are the Muslims in the world- at least as far as recognising the divinity of Allah they have withstood the challenges of the times and Allah's Oneness in His Divinity has not been violated. Of course, we have the problems with Allah's Authority. Here's where the Muslims begin to show a serious lapse in maintaining the Oneness of Allah's pristine Authority. Allah says to us in a well/much repeated ayah We have of a certainty honoured the descendants of Adam… (Surah Al Isra' verse 70) This is a qualitative shift from human beings who were dealt with as if they were sub-human/even animals/chattels/slaves. If it wasn't for the Islamic blood/sweat/tears in all of these centuries that we are speaking about we still would have had institutions of slavery/degradation of human life/exploitation and the rest of these challenges that would challenge us in our personal lives. Even though we still have these characteristics in the world, but much of it has been deconstructed throughout all of these centuries to a certain degree. If you think about our contribution to civilization, (this is an area our minds don't tend to think about and work on), but our contribution to civilisation… Imagine the whole world that was afraid of nature and then (it) began to pick out certain aspects of nature to revere/bow/pray to it! Even though today we still have people doing that- there still are people/societies, (maybe hundreds-of-millions) who are still doing that but the general condition of humanity has shrunken from a whole world that was doing that. This is quite a leap and much of this honour goes to the silent/struggling/sacrificing Muslims throughout all of these centuries who have made it possible for us to reach a level in life where we can breathe the freedom and absorb the knowledge that is not adulterated by the shirk/kufr that was pre-dominant in the world before we assumed our heavenly responsibilities. Yes- in the world today (in) China/India and some other parts of the world they still have what we call Paganism. This word- because of our silent/practical efforts, (the word itself), has been pushed into a corner of the world with certain populations still awaiting their spiritual/mental/physical as well as social liberation. We have indeed honoured the descendants/Children of Adam and We have carried them through land and sea and we have offered them of the wholesome things of life as sustenance and We have raised them in an order of rank over other creation/creatures. (Surah Al Isra' verse 70) This is where we are people/Muslims. We are honoured by Allah with these words. In read the Qur'an and think of what you're reading you come across, (many times), the word sakh'khara/He has made/placed it at your use/utilised it for you. Imagine this long distance that was traversed. First, before these ayaat, people were worshipping the Sun/Moon- they're historical facts. Then Allah says, (to change the quality of our thinking), He has made the Sun/Moon to be at your service/so that you can use them. (Surah Ibrahim verse 33) There are many other ayaat. This is no time to exhaust the word sakh'khara. Winds/mountains/ night/day/seas- you name it- whatever there is in this nature Allah is saying this is at your service/something that you can use. How much confidence Al Khaaliq/The Creator is placing in you /me? All of this. We look around- "hey- wait a minute. We feel pity for those who still worship nature instead of having nature in the service of man." But as we said a few minutes ago there's an area that has suffered as we were moving ahead in the progress of affirming Allah's character as the Sustainer/Ar Rububiyyah- we have done good on that front. Allah is the Rabb of the Mu'min. He's the Sustainer of all. Has anyone heard anytime/anywhere that Allah denies His rizq to a kafir and gives His rizq to a Mu'min or He makes His rizq available for all His creatures? What we have fallen short of is affirming Allah's sole authority. Here is where we begin to encounter problems. The Qur'an and the Prophet liberated human beings from, (this is something not many people know, but let's begin to know it), when this Qur'an was revealed in And We have, for sure, honoured the descendants of Adam… (Surah Al Isra' verse 70) Brothers and sisters, committed Muslims… The area that we have to work on is the area of affirming laws- Uluhiyyah/ His Authority in the social affairs of man. Because we have those of the Christian/Jewish faiths who also carry with them some semblance of progress against the old world of Paganism/Idols and all of this. As we are approaching these types of holidays some of them are celebrating in these weeks certain occasions- whether it is Hanukah/Christmas or whatever other details are there-in. Living in the society that we are living in- well people living around us in a way, (whatever way that is), consider themselves Christians/Jews; but it is challenging to the mind to encounter people who have a distorted image of the Muslims and of Allah's last Prophet. They are so sensitized! You know- they had these cartoons of Allah's Prophet and all of these, (what can we say), bad words/imagery. When it comes to the Prophets before the final Prophet (take a) look at the information that they have in their own books?! No one objects to Nuh (alaihi as salaam) being a Prophet?! These people from the Jewish/ Christian religious contexts they have a problem- "Oh Muhammad is a Prophet. Come-on! That person! (Take a look at) what he did/his life/the wars/the women/blood/trouble?! No. He can't be a Prophet." OK. You people and some Muslims even go along with that. Some Muslims harbour within themselves a lot of uncertainty about all of this. They haven't cleared their minds on this issue. OK- when you meet these types of people you come to them and say to them "OK fine- let's look at what the Old/New Testament say about Nuh/Noah. There's a Prophet. There is nothing against him but what do you say?" This Prophet got drunk. We don't believe this but this is in your books/scripture that you adulterated/polluted with your own hands in writing. This person got drunk according to you- Nastaghfir Allah. We don't say these things. This person got drunk and then he had an affair and then his private parts showed and someone had to come and cover his private part. Now this is a Prophet that you have no argument against even though you have this information in your sacred books!? The information that we have of our Prophet there's not one incident/moment in his life that is anywhere near these types of "Holy Verses" in your Holy Books. Then you have Sulayman and Dawud (alaihima as salaam). You tell us in your Holy literature that Sulayman had seven-hundred concubines to upgrade the words he had seven-hundred women that he made his rounds among sexually?! That doesn't make you think!? Then you have in your own literature David/Dawud had one of his commanders sent to war so that he can sleep with the commander's wife- Astghfir Allah. We don't say this, We are saying what you are saying. Then the commander comes back but David wants more time with his wife so he sends them back to the war to be killed there so that he can repossess his commander's wife?! But then you have a little way out of it. Some of them will come and tell you "but David and Solomon were not Prophets. We don't consider them Prophets. These were Kings." OK- they were Kings, but they were responsible for scripture. There's the Psalms you have- don't you?! The Holy Book that comes from them and they are doing all of this. They have warfronts. David had commanders/armies and all of this. No one ever uses the word Sulayman/Dawud Solomon/David and the word terrorists in the same context/page but when it comes to the last Prophet then you rode the language against him: "terrorist/wives…" This khutbah was presented by Imam Mohammad Al Asi on the occasion of Jum'ah on 17 December 2010 on the sidewalk of |
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