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Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem.
Alhumdulillah. Peace and blessings on Muhammad (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam), his Noble Companions and Family.
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Audio on http://www.islamiccenterdc.com/apps/podcast/podcast/352127 (01-23-2015)
KING ABDALLA
Allah says- these are two ayaat now. The first ayah (is) from Surah Al Maa'idah (and) the second ayah (is) from Surah An Naml
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنبِيَاءَ وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكًا وَآتَاكُم مَّا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًا مِّنَ الْعَالَمِينَ
And remember when Musa said to his people "O my people remember that Allah has favored you by designating kings and Prophets out of you (or) appointing kings and Prophets from amongst you and He has given you what He has not given to anyone else from amongst mankind. (Surah Al Maa'idah verse 20)
That is the first ayah.
قَالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوا أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَا أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
She said, "of a certainty when Al Muluk enter a social order or society, they corrupt it and they make of its noble people, people who are humiliated- that is the way they operate or that is their social character." (Surah An Naml verse 34)
In these two ayaat we have the word muluk, which means multiple meanings. The first meaning that is used quite often without any refinement and without any contextualization is the word king. The word malik, which is the singular of muluk, means king. So more than often if you look at the word muluk in the Qur'an you will find good intending, (sometimes), translators but uninformed translating the word muluk as kings. This is a very dangerous mistake. It is dangerous because it imparts legitimacy to the kings of the world especially if they happen to be kings who are Muslim kings. So we have to revisit these ayaat and explain away this misunderstanding. In the first ayah
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنبِيَاءَ وَجَعَلَكُم
Musa (alayhi as salaatu wa as salaam) is telling his people, "my people bear in mind Allah's provisions or provision to you as He has out of you made Ambiya' and he has rendered you… (Surah Al Maa'idah verse 20)
Now here those who say the word (or) use the word kings have not taken into consideration the previous word and the following sentence. Allah is saying
أَنبِيَاءَ وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكًا وَآتَاكُم مَّا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًا مِّنَ الْعَالَمِينَ
… out of Bani Isra'eel He has rendered from within them Prophets (or) Ambiya'… (Surah Al Maa'idah verse 20)
That's a word that everyone agrees on- it doesn't shift. And after that Allah says
وَآتَاكُم مَّا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًا مِّنَ الْعَالَمِينَ
… and He has provided you with such as He has not provided anyone else of the peoples of the world. (Surah Al Maa'idah verse 20)
So the word muluk here in this context does not mean the monarchs and the kings that we are familiar with. What it means here is sovereigns or potentates, (i.e.) people who are in charge (or) in possession of their own affairs. It has the implication of independence and freedom. This is a prime example of how a context defines a word. So all of these people who are translating a word muluk liberally and without second thought into the word kings and monarchs are not contextualizing the word in the Qur'an. So the word muluk here- not meaning king (and) not meaning monarch- has a positive and a favorable definition to it which cannot be extended to the types of dictators and despots who have official designations as monarchs and kings.
Now we transfer to the second ayah in which the ruler in Saba ' says
قَالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوا أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَا أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
She said, "of a certainty when Al Muluk enter a social order or society, they corrupt it and they make of its noble people, people who are humiliated- that is the way they operate or that is their social character." (Surah An Naml verse 34)
A fact! A matter of fact.
إِنَّ
… "(as a) matter of fact … (Surah An Naml verse 34)
الْمُلُوكَ
… when kings and monarchs … (Surah An Naml verse 34)
Here is where if you want to use the word monarchs and kings the context permits.
إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا
… "as a matter of fact, when kings and monarchs enter a society they corrupt it… " (Surah An Naml verse 34)
Of course the meaning here is not individual king. Allah is not speaking about and individual king when he goes to a society obviously. When He is paraphrasing the ruler in Saba ' when
وَجَعَلُوا أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَا أَذِلَّةً
She said, "and they render or make or turn the honourable of this society's people into dishonourable people or those who are respected become humiliated…" (Surah An Naml verse 34)
Now we said when kings enter a society that's not when a king as an individual or with his bodyguards or entourage enter a society; kings visit societies. If they are visiting a society on an official visit that doesn't necessarily mean they are corrupting that society. The implication of this ayah is
وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
… when they enter that society with their force, with their command (and) with their orders- this is what they are bound to do (or) this is their history. (Surah An Naml verse 34)
Needless to say we can't cover the other ayaat in the Qur'an in which there are synonymous and parallel meanings to these two examples that have been presented to you. What we have to understand though and it is very important because there are people out there who have money and who have access and who have clout who will come and use these ayaat in the Qur'an with their mistranslations to try to convince you and me and the rest of us that kings have legitimacy. We say to them kings do not have legitimacy and the ayaat in the Qur'an- if we mind to think through them- will tell us that kings and monarchs who inherit power illegally, (i.e.), they happen to be born into a family or they happen to come to power because they are sponsored by their outside supporters (and) world powers that have militaries (and) they usher them into the seats of power. This does not give them legitimacy and this is what we have in the rulers of Arabia . These are the types that exist and are ruling in Arabia- whether they call themselves kings, whether they call themselves princes, whether they call themselves sultans or whatever they call themselves. They have no legitimacy if we are understanding the meanings of this Qur'an. By closer observation you can realize that in our Islamic history we have an internal Islamic type of give and take about the title of a legitimate ruler. Some of us say he is the Imam (and) some of us say he is the Khalifah (but) even (from) those who say he is Emir Al Mu'minin no one that we know of has referred to any of the rulers in Arabia even (from among) their staunchest supporters frankly, publically or even stated that such and such ruler in the Arabian Peninsula is an Imam or is a Khalifah or is even Emir Al Mu'minin. That failure to say these words (and to) combine these words with those individuals is a type of implicit or indirect condemnation of those rulers.
We have in the past day the demise of one of these kings in the Arabian Peninsula and it is in the character of Muslims, (we're speaking about refined, cultured, committed and devote Muslims), not to take any type of reactive (and) revengeful attitude towards even a person like that who has passed away. We are not here to spill out any negative emotions concerning these types of rulers and they are right now in the domain of eternity. We're not that type. It's simply not in our character but that doesn't mean that we cannot bring Allah's guiding words to this moment (and) to this day when this type of person has passed away and use Allah's enlightening ayaat to look at those who are in public office. We don't look at them as personal (or) as individuals. I don't know them you don't know them. We don't know them as individuals. We speak to them as functionaries in public capacity- that is what we are concerned with and if they go wrong we tell them "you were wrong" (and) if they are right we tell them "you are right." In this particular case this person who has passed away was wrong in almost everything that he has done he's wrong- he and those who are around him, (i.e.), his advisors, his sponsors, his masters (and) his consultants because if you just knew the Arabic language you would know he didn't even have a communication ability. This person could not stand in front of an intelligent public and express intelligent ideas- neither him nor his predecessors. So someone else is running the show and we should not be as imbecilic as to not understand that there are more informed people who are making decisions detrimental to the populations of Arabia and the populations of the world. We want to remind you that Allah in His infinite wisdom quoted a lady, not a man, who has passed judgment on the behavior of those who have ultimate world power i.e. these monarchs and these kings (and) their dictatorial and despotic character when she said, (and these words live for eternity).
قَالَتْ إِنَّ الْمُلُوكَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا قَرْيَةً أَفْسَدُوهَا وَجَعَلُوا أَعِزَّةَ أَهْلِهَا أَذِلَّةً ۖ وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَفْعَلُونَ
She said, "of a certainty when Al Muluk enter a social order or society, they corrupt it and they make of its noble people, people who are humiliated- that is the way they operate or that is their social character." (Surah An Naml verse 34)
How does this ayah fit the deceased? It fits in the sense that they have caused corruption. These types are responsible for the systemic corruption that lives on in their lands and beyond their lands. They have money and money speaks, money moves, money kills and that's what they have. They can buy. They buy the Manabir (and) the Masajid in the world and unfortunately- this is self criticism- many Muslims are cheap! They can be bought. So they ascend the Manabirs on Fridays and on other occasions and they don't have the courage to look at corrupted power figures through the lens given to them by Allah and His Prophet. They don't have it within them! Why? What is wrong? Isn't there going to come a day when you are going to wake up and look at reality as it is especially when Allah is informing you with concrete information about these types? How does the meaning of this ayah pertain to those who are making decisions for their peoples and making decisions for other peoples? Number one- they have corrupted their own society by imposing on them their own ruling class. This is the first manifestation of corruption in Arabia . There's supposed to be a bai'ah. We know many of you don't know Arabic but if you read and listen the characterization of the transition of the monarchy of the deceased to the inheritor you realize that they use the word muba'yi'ah. They didn't use the word bai'ah in the overall majority of their communication. There is a subtlety here because the word bai'ah is lodged into Islamic fiqh, Islamic history and Islamic ideology so to avoid the connotations of the word bai'ah they maneuvered it with another extraction from the same source and they use the word muba'yi'ah which also tells us they are on vulnerable grounds. So that's the first issue of corruption that we have, (i.e.) when people inherit power. Who gives this bai'ah? (Do) you think the overwhelming majority of people in the Arabian Peninsula would endorse a despot to rule them? Absolutely not! Some of the surveys speak to this. A recent survey of a few months ago said "92% of the population of Saudi Arabia sympathizes in one way or the other with this Da'ish phenomenon" which is opposed to the ruling class in Arabia . So how would they consent to a ruling class? 92% of them endorse the enemy of that ruling class. But it just takes putting one and one together (and) corralling this information. So we can understand that these people are not popular. This ruling class in Arabia is not popular. There's no bai'ah. There's no shura. The affairs of Muslims are decided through the public mind of the Muslims. In the time of the Prophet when a public issue was to be decided they would call the public into the Masjid to decide on the issue. Where is that? Where is that happening anywhere in Arabia ? By the way, when we are speaking about Arabia that doesn't mean that all of these other areas are exempted from what we are saying. We are concentrating on Arabia simply because the big boss (or) the big shot of them has passed away. There is no shura. This Muslim public decision making is gone. Of course they could put that in other procedures. They could make a shura into a parliament, (so to speak). They could put ash shura in a Majlis. Of course, they have a token Majlis shura that has no powers. So not only is the ruling, (i.e.), the way rulers are determined corrupted but also the decision making process is corrupted.
We come to the discrimination they have. They discriminate among Muslims. A Muslim who goes there on the hajj and umrah realizes that if he comes from a poor African country or a poor Asian country he is treated less. This is official treatment. This is the official policy. We're not speaking about the average person in his shop some where in Makkah or Al Madinah, we're speaking about official behavior. Official behavior there discriminates among Muslims when we are all supposed to be, especially in that land- the land of al wahy, the land of Ibrahim and Isma'eel (alayhi as salaam), the land of Muhammad. Here is where we encounter (discrimination). You would expect the last place in the world to encounter discrimination here we are. If you're black, you're a lesser human being. If you're brown you're a lesser human being. We are talking about Muslim here. If you are white, you're a superior human being (and) you are treated differently. This is official discrimination. This is a form of corruption. On the other hand there is discrimination between men and women. Women there cannot drive cars. Watch the world- all of the world which is concerned with women's affairs (and) with the emancipation and the rights of women; when it comes to Saudi Arabia Arabia- the birthplace of the Prophet (and) the receptive place of the wahy. Women can't drive cars? Just a few years ago 15 students- women at a school where there were young ladies who are students there, (probably a high school if my memory recalls rightly (or) correctly), (there was) a fire inside the school and these young students tried to run out of the fire (and) leave the school to survive (and) they were prohibited by the guards?! This is the type of rigidity and literalism and absence of Allah's bounty of thinking! These guards forbid these students from running away from the fire. 15 of them where incinerated to death! Burnt to death! Where is this? Impulsively speaking you don't need shar'i education- any human being, Muslim or non-Muslim, would understand that for survival purposes you can break the laws provided, of course, no harm is inflicted on the other. That is a ma'ruf; that transcends religions and it transcends educations and cultures and all of this. Everything! Even in our Islamic fiqhi if we are going to die we can consume the prohibited to stay alive but this common sense is absent in that kingdom of discrimination (and) that kingdom of oppression. Discrimination, you think, is limited within that place?! The harsh (and) arbitrary application of the hudud the Islamic legal punishments… Just last week an innocent lady who was accused of killing one member of the family that she is serving in- many of these servants come from the Far East- and just before the sword went down on her neck to decapitate her head she yelled out "I am innocent" in that moment before her death. Where are the people who are advocating for the rights of human beings? Why is the world silent about this? Because the world is part of that! They are interfering in out internal affairs. Why is it that the Union Jack in Britain today is flying at half-mast and the prince, Prince Charles, is going to Saudi Arabia Arabia are doing the same thing. They're building a wall between them and Yemen- Iraq-
This is not to speak about how they have corrupted the hajj. The hajj is three months. They reduced it to three weeks. The ayah in the Qur'an
الْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَاتٌ
The performance of the hajj is done through known months… (Surah Al Baqarah verse 197)
Who said (or) who told them (and) who imposed on us that we perform our hajj in three weeks? Where did this come from? This is another form of corruption and fasaad.
They pass a law several months ago that says "anyone who criticizes them (and) anyone who is asking for reform is a terrorist." Where did they get that law from? Fallaciously they pride themselves of being those who apply the shari'ah- where in the shari'ah (and) where in the ayaat of the Qur'an or the ahadith of the Prophet does it say someone who criticizes you is a terrorist? Where in our history? Wasn't there criticism of our legitimate rulers? No one said they were terrorists. They're drawing up terrorists lists now (of) those who are in the Arabian Peninsula . Why? Because we want to speak our Qur'anic conscience we become terrorists? One of these persons who criticize the ruling family had to go to court and after the proceedings in that court the judge- and you can speak days about their legality or their legal system. They have no defense (or) they have no lawyers to defend those who are accused. They have no appealing process. This person, the judge said, has to be lashed 1000 times and they are lashing him in installments. Every week or so he's lashed 50 times until his skin regenerates and then they lash him again! Where did this come from? Because a person is telling you, the rulers of Arabia , are wrong?! You are wrong in your internal policies pertaining to Muslims! You are wrong in the economics and the way you are managing your finances!
Because these monarchs and kings in Arabia brought the price of petroleum down by over producing and selling petroleum they collectively so far have taken a hit of over $400billion. Losses! Pure losses! For the first time now, because of their foolish policies, the Saudis are drawing on their reserves. They're taking money out of their reserves. For what? What's the reason for that? You would think if they were facing the Israeli occupation in Palestine Europe , (i.e.), the P5+1 verses the Islamic republic. This is how they feel towards Muslims. They want to go into action and prove that they are someone. So this king who was sitting on the top of all of this corruption has passed away. May he go in the abode that will deal with him in justice.
Not to mention his own family. He has his own daughters. This person was married over a dozen times. He has over 30 children from marriages that are known and unknown and some of his daughters he has locked up and he doesn't permit them to leave their own home except if they are supervised. They are in their thirties and forties. He has caged his own flesh and blood! We wonder where are these people who are speaking about women's rights and human rights and all these other rights when all of this is violated in front of their own eyes? The Prophet of Allah says- for those who don't want to listen to this hadith (and) for those who want to bury this hadith in the books and not verbalize it in public- you shall indeed authorize or command from a power position Al Ma'ruf i.e. what is self-evidently right; and you shall de-legitimize, disestablish and criminalize Al Munkar i.e. what is in and of itself by the standards of human nature repugnant and offensive; and you- the Committed Muslims- will place a hand of control over an oppressor and you will limit him to the proportion of al haqq, truth, legality and justice and you, the Committed Muslims, will frame him or put this person in the frame of the haqq and if you don't do that Allah is going to have our psychologies, hearts, internal thoughts, expectations, and hopes clash and jam into each other or else He will condemn or curse you as He did to those preceding you.
Dear committed Muslims…
We pray that Allah hastens the day that we are able to look at the facts and not be intimidated and not be overwhelmed by fear of one sort or the other. This regime in Arabia has been the poison that is circulating throughout the Muslim body in the world. It has given us misinformed and derelict type of Muslims who want to kill other Muslims and the world is silent. The world is infuriated that there are beheadings in Iraq and Syria but it looks the other way when there are beheadings in Saudi Arabia Syria and Iraq but the world looks the other way not wanting to go to the source of those fanatics, the religious institutions and Universities in Arabia . The part of Saudi Arabia
Some Palestinian brothers had the courage today in Al Masjid Al Aqsa. The scholar for dollar who ascended the mimbar spoke favorably of the deceased king and when he came down and the Jum'ah was over Muslims with dignity went up to him and hit him left and right so he can understand that there are people who are alive! What did this king do for people who are under occupation? This has been going on for decades. We've lived through the demise of three of these kings here, in Washington DC
This khutbah was presented by Imam Muhammad Asi on the occasion of Jum'ah on 23 January 2015 on the sidewalk of Embassy Row in Washington D.C.
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