Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem. Alhumdulillah. Peace and blessings on Muhammad (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam), his Noble Companions and Family. Brothers and sisters those who's hearts and minds are fixed on Allah… Audio on http://www.islamiccenterdc.com/khutbasarchive.htm (12-21-2001) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hKEsEQ7MBc LOST MEANINGS FROM THE BIRTH OF ISA/JESUS (A) This week virtually the world- whether it is Christian/non-Christian- is going to be taking notice of the 25th of December- Christmas. Every society in its own way. On this day people who belong to the Christian faith believe that "The Prince of peace" was born; and obviously he was born. Whether it was on the 25th of December or on another day is a matter that Allah knows and they lack the knowledge there-of. As humans with minds we should take notice/think of what Allah says to us concerning the birth of Isa (alaihi as salatu wa salaam). In a number of ayaat in Surah Maryam speaking about Isa's mother Maryam (alaiha as salaam) He says- and His information is the indisputable truth of this matter beyond which there is no doubt and about which there is no uncertainty- These ayaat which most of the time are recited by hearts that are tender but by minds that are rigid. After Maryam was approached by an Angel and was given the good news of bearing a child when she had no relationship with a man- knowing the enormity of what that would mean in society how people would look upon a woman in that position Allah says … she takes off/secludes herself from what she anticipates to be a campaign against her. (Surah Maryam verse 16) She was caught between the will of Allah i.e. Allah wanting her to have a son without husband (and) Allah wanting a baby to be born without a father. Imagine what this means to society, then and now. Then all over sudden she becomes pregnant without being married/having a husband/ without the normal way in which pregnancy occurs. While she was in that condition Allah says The pains of labour and giving birth forced her to a date palm tree and that time at that moment realizing the fall out from this giving birth to a baby having no father for the baby (and) having no husband for her)… (Surah Maryam verse 23) Nothing about a stable/shepherds. As she was in a state of seclusion from her people/withdrawn from her society… (Surah Maryam verse 16) Concentrating on the new reality that she is in that would draw accusations/point fingers/stir a public campaign against her. She was known for her virtue/her straight-forward character/devotion to Allah- in that condition when she knew that it's a matter of moments and she is going to be giving birth to an infant and this act is going to defy what all of society knows/what all of science will tell you- at that moment realising the critical position/sensitive moments that she was in … she says if it were that I only die before this is to happen and would become a forgotten nothing. (Surah Maryam verse 23) Now the tender heart that reads these ayaat but the absent mind that are involved in it should take a combined look at what Allah is telling us with our hearts as tender as they are and with our potential of thinking as gifted as they maybe. What are we looking at here? Who are we considering? We are considering a lady known for her superb moral character who is about to give birth in a society that is going to immediately accuse her of adultery and an adulterous affair in having that child. What can a lady/young woman do in (that) position knowing what the position of women is in normal society? They are already under tremendous pressure in many senses. They are oppressed/excluded and it is easy for accusations to stick against them and she knew that she is going to be put in that vulnerable/accusatory position. So she says I wish I would have died before this would happen and were something to be forgotten- or more than that- nothing to be forgotten. He called her from beneath her "don't be afraid." (Surah Maryam verse 23-24) This is the fear people have from society. It comes normal even if you are in the position of truth (and) even if Allah is involved in your physiology, Allah was involved in having her getting pregnant. She sensed the presence of Allah yet she was fearful. What do you think about other human beings who can't even sense the presence of Allah in their lives and when society begins to point its fingers of accusation against them?! How do we feel? Ask yourself- when society looks at you as if you are guilty of something/a higher crime in this society. Has anyone felt these before or are you so secluded that a woman like Maryam has to teach you how to behave?! Allah comforted her. She wasn't running away from Allah's will. She wasn't questioning Allah. That's what many of us begin (to do) when we are put in this position; we begin to question Allah's will- "why are we in this position? Why should we be accused by society?" If it's Allah's will and society wants to accuse you, you go ahead with Allah's will the same way this woman/pregnant mother did. Pregnancy is a time of weakness. We have men with muscles/Herculean physiques who are unable to take a position that pregnant Maryam was in. She relied upon Allah and had confidence in Him Then she heard a voice beneath her saying don't be afraid. Allah has cause a river/stream of water to run beneath you. (Surah Maryam verse 24) You hear the voice of Allah as she heard the voice of Allah when she was with Him against her own fears. How many of us can work our determination up against our own fears/the accusations of a materialistic society around us to hear the "voice" of the Prophet/the Angels/Allah Himself? As she felt the public pressure that was coming her way, she felt her physical weakness because she is giving birth and she felt the mental arguments that are going to be stacked against her! She can't make an argument! Which woman can come out to the public and say "this child was born without a father" without soliciting the ridicule of society around? From all directions she was weak/ vulnerable. It was during those moments of weakness/vulnerability that, (what we call), miracles… We don't emphasise miracles; we emphasize the will of Allah. If you are with Allah and Allah is with you His will will take its course and they may appear to us to be miracles. A voice speaking to her from beneath her when she is giving birth… … a stream of water that begins to run in front of her for sustenance. She needs to drink/clean herself and then food in the form of dates from the date palm tree that she was at. (Surah Maryam verse 24-26) Why did all of this happen? Because she was making some du'a far away?! Or because she was involved with Allah's will and Allah's will was taking its course through her realisation of what He is doing to her life? Something not many of us want to do. We want to conveniently run away. When Allah's will is coming to us we don't want to be with Him. When He gives us the opportunity to stand besides Him we run away from Him. We have to learn from a lady and many of us disparage ladies. We look down upon them when Allah has elevated them. The words/order from Allah to this weakest human being. You eat, you drink and feel comfortable and if you see a human being say to them "I have vowed a fast to Allah therefore I am not speaking to any human being." (Surah Maryam verse 26) At a time when she has to explain herself Allah says … you fast from that natural urge to respond when you want to do so… (Surah Maryam verse 26) (Is) anyone learning? Is anyone watching with their minds what Allah is telling us? Can anyone/you do it? When many of us sense that Allah is on our side we want to open our mouths wide open. She sensed that Allah was with her but she heard Allah saying to her … keep silent … (Surah Maryam verse 26) When you have the urge to talk like someone in that position has the urge to talk and to talk back, He says … remain silent don't speak to any person out there… (Surah Maryam verse 26) Then after those days go by- miraculously event happening- but what is physically miraculous is for all practical purposes irrelevant. What is relevant is Allah's will in human conduct/behaviour as exemplified by Maryam and her son in this incident- an occasion now that is commercialised by the materialistic societies all around us and they say "they going to be celebrating Christmas on Tuesday." If Allah gives them/us the privilege to be in this position we all run away! We don't want any celebrations. It's too demanding/tasking/asking too much- that's what they would say. If they were put in the position that this powerless human being was put in "they would say this is too much." They don't want to listen/watch Allah's will in their lives. And then she comes with a baby finally to this society around her… (Surah Maryam verse 27) What do they say? They said to Maryam "you are the quality of Harun the High Priest in the history of Bani Isra'eel. You have that quality of morality; your father was not sexually lewd and your mother was not given to prostituting herself." (Surah Maryam verse 28) What did she do? She anticipated/knew this was coming and when it came what did she do? What would you do? Thinking about it - you would not know what to do. She pointed to him/the baby… (Surah Maryam verse 28) What is the baby -another weakling- going to do? She is in a position of being very weak and this new born baby/infant is in a position of being very weak. These are two weaklings in society and all of society has come upon them with accusations- he's an illegitimate child and she had an affair. And she points to him… (Surah Maryam verse 28) How does society respond? As it does every time it senses a weakness in children/women. … they said how can we speak to an infant in a cradle. … (Surah Maryam verse 28) That doesn't make sense. And then what does he say. The infant speaks- he says I am Allah's subject and servant; He's giving me scripture… … (Surah Maryam verse 30) They're hearing this. Did they become Mu'min/committed to Allah? Did they conform to this unique "miracle" in their lives? They saw this with their own eyes and it's not reported that any of them said "we bear witness that this is the truth." (Do) you want miracles? This is a miracle. And no one became a Muslim because of this miracle. It was demonstrated/illustrated to their eyes/ senses/ears and none of them became a Muslim as far as we know from these ayaat. These are not a few words. This infant is speaking, (more-or-less), he's giving them a lecture. He has blessed me wherever I go; he has advised me of making as salaah palpable in human life and institutionalise the giving/fair distribution of wealth and to be kind to my mother and he did not designate me to be arrogant/disobedient… (Surah Maryam verse 31-32) He continued speaking to them and they're watching … and peace is mine the day I am born and the day I shall die and the day that I shall come back to life… (Surah Maryam verse 33) What happened? (Was there) the mass conversion of people listening? That accusing society was all around. They saw/listened to this and as far as we can tell none of them became Muslims. He may have touched some hearts for the future; that may have been a seed that was planted when he will resume his mission when he reaches adulthood. What happened later in life? The same society with the same Government that took him on sought to crucify him with all the miracles that were demonstrated/performed. They were not about to commit themselves and conform to Allah. That's not what they were thinking of. With all of this they wanted to kill him at the end. Imagine spending all of your life with whichever way Allah produces the effect of your life in society around and then the Government of that society turns around and wants to kill you. For what? The only thing you are doing is trying to place Allah in the lives of these peoples around. That was the major "crime" of the Prophets and it is a major crime of the followers of the Prophet up unto this very minute/moment. Certainly those who deny Allah's ayaat… (Surah Aal Imran verse 21) These are ayaat. This Prophet came to these people with numerous ayaat. They denied though. It's either magic/something is wrong with this person/he's tricking us/we don't understand what he is saying/he doesn't make sense etc. We hear it all the time. He heard it then; we hear it now. Not only do they deny these they go a step further. … they attempt to kill Prophets… (Surah Aal Imran verse 21) (Take a) look. They are coming upon Christmas. It's supposed to be the day in which according to their belief "the Prince/King of peace" was born and now they have an international war in progress and you wouldn't even feel it. You wouldn't feel that these two occasions are contained within one timeframe. Why? Because the same powers that ridiculed Isa during those times/days are at work now and they are on the offensive and they paid the religious institutions/Churches/ Synagogues/Mosques in such way that this occasion will go by and there's no contradiction between having a war and claiming to be praying for peace. … and they kill those who want justice- from among people… (Surah Aal Imran verse 21) They don't have a short term program. They begin by denying all the facts that they have accumulated to them. These are evil people here- from the sly fox in the White House all the way to the preachers on the Mimbars who are like putty in the hands of these officials. They formulate them any way they want. They look at self evident facts and they deny them. There are a lot of facts that they are aware of- classified information. They throw their lies to that and they want to take on Allah and they want to take on those who represent Scripture and Prophets and if need be to kill them- they will kill them. And then they will celebrate peace/goodwill towards man on Earth?! What does goodwill mean?! (That) you drop bombs on innocent people?! Is that goodwill towards man? Is this a holiday of peace when you are at war with the world? They do all of this. You know- the way they represent the world to us (is) if you have this long beard/Muslim looking features you are a terrorist but you can't be a terrorist when you are clean shaven, have cologne on and you're in a three piece suit!? That conflicts with the definition of terrorism. Those who have these types of programs (of) denying Allah have classified information. They have the facts available to them. They can see miracles happening. They can sense it around them but they deny it. They have the power to deny it and make you believe that they are getting away with it and then they turn around and in hit three kill the Prophets and they turn around in our time and try to kill those in the footsteps of the Prophet and come Christmas they are religious and in the Churches and come Ramadhan Muslims are in the Masjid and all of them are supposed to be religious/pious/devotional and they are all liars! But we can't see this if we are reading the Qur'an with hearts that are open and minds that are closed. We can't see this if we have minds that are open and hearts that are closed. We need to open our minds and our hearts. Sisters and brothers, committed Muslims… This week is the time when people begin to remember the Holy Land- Nazareth/An Naasirah, Bethlehem/Bayt Lahm, Al Quds/Jerusalem. These areas/this land becomes important to these people. We ask them "do you know that the weapons that are made here are killing Christians in Bethlehem?" Just two months ago American made weapons used/deployed by Israeli Zionist Jews were killing Palestinian Arab Christians in This khutbah was presented by Imam Mohammad Al Asi on the occasion of Jum'ah on 21 December 2001 on the sidewalk of |
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