KHUTAB IV: INTRODUCTION

S   E   L   E   C   T   E   D

K   H   U   Ṭ   A   B    I V

(SERMONS & SPEECHES)

2007 – 2011

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BY

MUHAMMAD AMIN A. SAMAD

CANBERRA, OCTOBER, 2011

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Edited: November, 2017

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحمْنِ الرّحِيْم

وَ بِِه نَسْتَعِيْن

فِيْ أُمُوْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الدِّيْن

CONTENTS

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Contents    ……………………………………………               iii

Transliteration    ………………………………….                     iv

Preface  ……………………………………………          v

A. Introduction to the Khut.bah ……………………                  vi

B. Some Examples of Du‘ā’ for the

 Second  Khut.bah ……………………..                            vii 1.  Naskh (Abrogation) in the Qur’ā  n     (   1 )  …………………         1

2. Yusuf Estes (27 June, 2008) ……..……………….                  4

3. Hearing and Seeing in the Qur’ān      …………..          11  4. The Word “Son” Or “Child” in the Bible …..….           16

5. The Word “Father” in the Qur’ān and in the Bible...              21 6. Ibn Taymiyyah (1263-1328)……………………            25

7. Shaykh al-Ghazālī on Eating Etiquette …………….             28

8. Shaykh al-Ghazālī on Dressing Etiquette  …………              33

9. Khushū‘ in the Qur’ān and in Prayer   ….………..                 37

10.  Mixed-Marriage between Muslims and Non-Muslims        41

11.  The Low and High Tides in Islamic History..…….             46

12. Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. as a Model Teacher…                49

13. The Institution of Marriage in Jeopardy  …..……                55

14. Ramaḍān      ……………          ………………………          59

 15. Meaning of S.abr (Patience) ……………………….            64

16. Freedom of Speech in Islam (1) ………………….              69

17.  Muṣṭafá Maḥmūd  …..………………………….                73

18. Slandering Islam        …………………………….                79

19. Abdullah  Ibn al-Mubārak (118-181/736-797) ….              84

20. Khutbah in other than Arabic Language ………                  89

21. The Terms Zawj and Mar’ah in the Qur’ān ………             93

22. Scientific Interpretation of the Qur’ān  ….………..             98

23.  Interfaith Marriage  ………….…….......................            103

TRANSLITERATION  SYSTEM

          The English transliteration for Arabic names and terms followed in this booklet is as follows:

     a.  Consonants:

ا  =  a or ’   ب  =  b        ت  =  t         ث  =  th      ج  =  j         ح =  h.

خ  =  kh      د  =  d        ذ  =  dh      ر  =   r         ز  =  z          س          =  s

ش =  sh       ص =  s.         ض = d.         ط  =  t.         ظ  = z.          ع =  ‘

غ  =  gh      ف =  f          ق  =  q        ك  =  k         ل  =  l          م = m ن  =  n                   هـ  =  h          و  =  w        ي  =  y         ء  =  ’   (like alif)

     b.  Vowels:

                          Short:                                     long:

          Fath.ah      --َ---          :   =    a                ـا    =    ā

          Kasrah       --ِ---          :   =    i                 ـي   =    ī

                                                D.ammah   --ُ---          :   =    u                ـو   =     ū

     c.   Tā’ marbūt.ah: ah, e.g., sūrah (سُوْرَة)

         Tā’ marbūt.ah in id.āfah: at, e.g., sūrat al-Baqarah  (سُوْرَةُ اْلبَقَرَة)

      d.   Alif maqs.ūrah: á, e.g., qad.á   (قَضَى)  and  shūrá    (شُوْرَى)

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْم

PREFACE

          This  booklet is the fourth part of my collection of speeches and writings from 2007 till the early 2011, entitled Khutab IV. They were delivered at the ANUMA (Australian National University Muslim Association) as Friday sermons, and as ordinary speeches on other occasions, at the Indonesian community gatherings at the Kartini hall at the Embassy of Indonesia in Canberra and other places on certain occasions.

          The abbreviations used in this booklet are: (1) s.a.w. (and ص.م.)  for  s.allállāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (and صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمْ )  meaning “may Allah bless him and grant him salvation”, sometimes translated as “peace be upon him” (p.b.u.h.), an eulogy after the name of Prophet Muhammad, (2) a.s. (and (ع.س. for ‘alayhis salām  (and عَلَيْهِ السَّلامْ ) meaning “upon him be peace” usually used after the names of angels and prophets before Prophet Muhammad s.a.w., (3) r.a. (and ر.ع.) for rad.iyallāhu ‘anhu (and رَضِيَ الله عَنْهُ )  meaning “may Allah be please with him” usually used after the names of the s.ah.ābah (companions of the Prophet).

          It has been like an accident that before leaving a certain place I left a booklet behind. The booklet Khuṭab I (the collection of speeches and sermons at the Canadian Islamic Centre, al-Rashid Mosque) before leaving Edmonton (Canada) for Australia; Khuṭab II (the collection of sermons at the Canberra Islamic Centre) at Monash, ACT, before leaving for overseas (the longest and happiest travel I have ever made), and  the Khuṭab III before leaving for Indonesia and Malaysia in September 2007. This Khuṭab IV, however, was the collection of my sermon at the ANUMA delivered until the first quarter of this year (2011) and published later at the end of this year after recovering from the operation of removing the aortic aneurism of my stomach on 11 June.

          This booklet, like the booklets written before, is far from perfect. However, this is another attempt to introduce some Islamic teachings to the public. May Allah accept this humble contribution to Islam, and may He forgive any mistake in this booklet. Amin!

Canberra, October, 2011                                                               

M.A.S.

           

A.  INTRODUCTION FOR THE KHUT.BAH

This is an example for the introduction to the khut.bah as follows:

 أَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ نَحْمَدُهُ وَ نَسْتَعِيْنُهُ وَ نَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَ نَسْتَهْدِيْهِ وَ نَعُوْذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شُرُوْرِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِناَ، مَنْ يَهْدِ اللهُ  فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُرْشِدًا ، وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ  وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ، يُبْدئُ وَ يُعِيْدُ وَ هُوَ اْلغَفُوْرُ الْوَدُوْدُ ذُو اْلعَرْشِ الْمَجِيْدِ, فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُرِيْدُ, عَزَّ جَارُهُ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُهُ وَعَلا شَأْنُهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالىَ عَمَّا يَفْتَرِي الْمُفْتَرُوْنَ  وَ يَتَقَوَّلُ الُمْشرِكُوْنَ. وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُوْلُهُ وَصَفِيُّهُ وَخَلِيْلُهُ وَ كَلِيْمُهُ ، سَلَّ الرِّسَالَةَ وَ أَدَّى اْلأَمَانَةَ وَ نَصَحَ اْلأُمَّةَ ، أَرْسَلَهُ اللهُ بَشِيْراً وَ نَذِيْرًا وَ دَاعِياًّ إِلىَ اللهِ وَ سِرَاجًا مُنِيْرًا مَنْ يُطِعِ اللهَ وَ رَسُوْلَهُ  فَقَدْ رَشَدَ وَ مَنْ يَعْصِهِمَا فَإنَّهُ لا يَضُرُّ إلاّ نَفْسَهُ وَلا يَضُرُّ اللهَ شَيْئًا. أَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَ سَلِّمْ وَ بَارِكْ عَلىَ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُوْلِكَ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلىَ آلِهِ وَ صَحْبِهِ أَجْمَعِيْنَ. َمَنِ اهْتَدَى بِهَدْيِهِ وَ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِسُنَّتِهِ وَ سَلِّمْ تَسْلِيْمًا كَثِيْرًا.                                    

 أَمَّا بَعْدُ ، فَيَا أَيُّهَا اْلمُؤْمِنُوْنَ، أُوْصِيْكُمْ وَ إِياَّيَ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ فَقَدْ فَازَ اْلمُتَّقُوْنَ. قاَلَ تَعَالَى وهو أصدق القائلين:” يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ“ . صَدَقَ اللهُ اْلعَظِيْم.

B. SOME EXAMPLES OF THE DU‘Ā’ (SUPPLICATION)

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE

SECOND KHUṬBAH

Some examples of du‘ā’s and its meaning in the second khut.bah, as follows:

أَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُسْلِمِيْنَ وَ الْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ الْأَحْيَاءِ مِنْهُمْ وَ اْلأَمْوَاتِ،

 إنَّكَ يَا مَوْلانَا سَمِيْعٌ قَرِيْبٌ مُجِيْبُ الدَّعَوَاتِ وَ قَاضِي الْحَاجَاتِ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ

O Allah! Forgive the Muslims, males and females, the

 believers, males and females, the living among them as

 well as the dead! Verily, You  are, O our Lord, the All-

Hearing and Near, Who answer (our) prayers, and

 fulfil (our) needs, O the  Lord of all creatures.

 أَللَّهُمَّ نَوِّرْ عَلَى أَهْلِ اْلقُبُوِْر قُبُوْرَهُمْ؛ اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْأَحْيَاءِ وَ يَسِّرْ لَهُمْ أُمُوْرَهُمْ.

 O Allah! Lighten the graves of the dead, O Allah,

forgive the living and facilitate their affairs.

أللَّهُمَّ تُبْ عَلَى التَّائِبِيْنَ وَ اغْفِرْ ذُنُوْبَ اْلمُذْنِبِيْنَ وَ اشْفِ مَرْضَى اْلمُسْلِمِيْنَ وَ اكْتُبِ

الصِّحَّةَ  وَ الْعَافِيَةَ وَ التَّوْفِيْقَ وَ الْهِدَايَةَ لَنَا وَ لِكَافَّةِ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَجْمَعِيْنَ.

 O Allah! Forgive the repentant, forgive the sins of the

 sinners, heal the sick among the Muslims, prescribe

 well-being, vitality, prosperity and guidance for us

 and for the entire community of Muhammad.”

رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَ لِوَالِدِيْنَا وَ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانَا صِغَارًا

 O Lord! Forgive us as well as our parents and

bestow on them Your mercy as they did bring

 us up when we were young.

  أَللَّهُمَّ اْصْلِح لَنَا دِيْنَنَا الَّذِيْ هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِنَا، وَ اصْلِحْ لَنَا دُنْيَانَا الَّتِيْ

 فِيْهَا مَعَاشُنَا، وَ اصْلِحْ لَنَا آخِرَتَنَا الَّتِيْ إِلَيْهَا مَعَادُنَا، وَ اجْعَلِ الْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً

لنَاَ فِيْ كُلِّ خَيْرٍ وَ اجْعَلِ الْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لَنَا مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ

O Allah! Improve for us (in practising) our religion

which is the protection of our affair, our worldly

existence wherein is our livelihood, (our condition)

in the hereafter to which we shall return, and

make our lives increase in our good  deeds

and our death as a rest from evil.

أَللَّهُمَّ أَرِنَا الْحَقَّ حَقًّا وَارْزُقْنَا اتِّبَاعَهُ وَأَرِنَا اْلبَاطِلَ بَاطِلاً وَارْزُقْنَا اجْتِنَابَهُ

O Allah! Show us the truth as truth, and guide to

follow it, and show us the falsehood as falsehood,

 and guide us to avoid it.

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

 Our Lord! Bestow on us, our spouses and our offspring  

 the comfort of our eyes and make us leaders of the pious.

 رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى

 الَّذِينَ  مِنْ قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا

 أَنْتَ  مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ (البقرة : ٢٨٦)

Or Lord! Do not punish us if we forget or make

a mistake. Our Lord! Do not lay on us such a burden

 as You placed on those before us. Our Lord! Do not

 lay on us a burden that which we have not the

 strength to bear! Forgive us, have mercy on us.

You are our protector, help us against

the unbelievers.(Q. 2:286)

) دعاء سيدنا إبراهيم ع.س. ,   (The prayer of Prophet Abraham, a.s.

 رَبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ. رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِلَّذِينَ

 كَفَرُوا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ (الممتحنة : ٤-٥)

Our Lord! In You we have placed our trust, to You we

 turn in repentance  and to You is our final goal. Our

 Lord! Do not make us a prey for those who disbelieve

 and forgive us our Lord! You are the all-Mighty,

 the All-Wise. (Q. 60:4-5)

رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلْإِيمَانِ أَنْ آَمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآَمَنَّا رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا

ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ. رَبَّنَا وَآَتِنَا مَا وَعَدْتَنَا عَلَى رُسُلِكَ

وَلَا تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ (آل عمران : ١٩٣)

Our Lord! We have heard someone calling to the true

 faith saying ‘Believe in your Lord!’ So we believed. Our

 Lord! Forgive us our sins, remove from us evil deeds and

make us die with the righteous. Our Lord! Give us what

 You have promised through Your messengers and save

 us from the shame on the Day of Resurrection; for

You never break Your promise. (Q.  3:193)

 أَللَّهُمَّ وَحِّدْ صُفُوْفَ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ وَوَحِّد كَلِمَتَهُمْ وَانْصُرْهُمْ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهِمْ

O Allah, unite the Muslims and assist them

 against their enemies.

 رَبَّنَا آَتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآَخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ (البقرة:201)

Our Lord! Give us the goodness, both in this

world and in the Hereafter and save us from

the torment of Hellfire. (Q. 2:201)

عِبَادَ الله، إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبَى وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ. اُذْكُرُوا اللهَ يَذْكُرُكُمْ  وَ اشْكُرُوْهُ عَلىَ نِعَمِهِ يَزِدْكُمْ وَ لَذِكْرُ اللهِ أَكْبَرُ وَ اللهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَصْنَعُوْن. أَقِمِ الصَّلاة!!!