KHUTAB X: INTRODUCTION

 

 

S E LE C T E D

K  H  U T. A  B    X

 (SERMONS  & WRITINGS)

 8 January – 20 May, 2016   

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BY

MUHAMMAD AMIN A. SAMAD

CANBERRA, MAY, 2016

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Edited: December, 2017

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحمْنِ الرّحِيْم

وَ بِه نَسْتَعِيْن

فِيْ أُمُوْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الدِّيْن

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CONTENTS

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

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

Preface  …………………………………………………  ……                   v     

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

B. Some Examples of Du‘ā’ for the Second  Khut.bah ……  vii

1. DR LAWRENCE B. BROWN  …………………………                 1

2. TEN DEGREES OF GUIDANCE (1)    ..………………….           7

3. TEN DEGREES OF GUIDANCE (2)         ………………..        13

4. TEN DEGREES OF GUIDANCE (3)                   ………….    19

5. TEN DEGREES OF GUIDANCE (4)                   ………….    25

6. THE USE OF REPETITION IN THE QUR’ĀN (1) …….        31

7. THE USE OF REPETITION IN THE QUR’ĀN (2) …….        37 

8. THE USE OF REPETITION IN THE QUR’ĀN (3) ………      43

9. THE USE OF REPETITION IN THE QUR’ĀN (4) . …..        49

10. THE USE OF REPETITION IN THE QUR’ĀN (5) …….      55

11. WHY ARE YOU MUSLIM?    …………………………...           61

12. INDONESIA: ITS LANGUAGES, PEOPLE,

AND RELIGIONS   ………………………………….                 67

13. THE STRANGE CONVERSION OF A PRIEST  ……          75

14. THE RHETORICAL EXPRESSIONS OF

THE QUR’ĀN (1)       ……………………………..                  81

15. THE RHETORICAL EXPRESSIONS OF

THE QUR’ĀN (2)       ……………………………….                87

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 الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

PREFACE

         

This  booklet is the tenth part of my collection of speeches and writings from 8 January – 20 May, 2016, entitled Khuṭab X. They were delivered at the muṣallá (place of prayer, prayer room) at the Multi-Cultural Centre, Canberra Museum and Gallery building, Civic Square, Canberra.

          The abbreviations used in this booklet are: (1) s.a.w. (and ص.م.)  for  s.allállāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam (and صَلَّى 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 Muḥammad, (2) a.s. (and (ع.س. for ‘alayhis salām  (and عَلَيْهِ السَّلام ) 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 اللهُ  (عَنْه 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); the Khṭab III before leaving for Indonesia and Malaysia in September 2007, Khṭab IV was the collection of my khuṭbahs at the ANUMA (Australian National University Muslim Association) delivered until the first quarter of the 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; the Khuṭab V is the collection of my khuṭbahs at  the prayer room at the Multi-Cultural Centre, Canberra Museum and Gallery building, Civic Square, Canberra, from the end of December, 2012 till the end of June, 2013 before leaving for Indonesia; the Khutab VI is the continuation of my collection of my khuṭbahs at the same location at Civic Square, Canberra, before leaving for Melbourne visiting friends. This visit was following the advice of Prophet Muḥammad s.a.w. زُرْ غِبًّا تَزْدَدْ حُبًّا “Visit at intervals, so that you will increase love;” the Khuṭab VII is the continuation of the collection of my khuṭbahs at the same location at Civic Square, Canberra, before leaving for Sydney and Melbourne visiting friends; the Khuṭab VIII is the continuation of my collection of my khuṭbahs at the same location at Civic Square, Canberra, before leaving for Sydney. By this time I was very lucky to reach the age of 79 AH/77 CE. Praise be to Allah the Almighty Who has given me such a long life. I have confidence in Him that He would give me more extra bonus life; the Khuṭab IX is the continuation of my collection of my khuṭbahs at the same location at Civic Square, Canberra.

This Khuṭab X which is in your hand is also the continuation of my collection of my khuṭbahs at the same location at Civic Square, Canberra, before leaving for Europe and Canada to visit some friends, especially in Montreal (Quebec), Ottawa (Ontario), Edmonton, and Lac la Biche (Alberta). By this time I shall be approaching the age of 80 AH/78 CE. (Praise and glory be to You, O my Sustainer!). In shā’ Allāh (God willing) I shall be back in mid-September, and continue my humble contribution to Islam and the Muslim community.

          This booklet, like the booklets written before, is far from perfect.  May Allah accept this humble contribution to Islam, and may He forgive any mistake in this booklet. Amin!

Canberra, May, 2016                                                            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 إلاَّ اللهُ 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 KHUTBAH

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

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)

اللَّهُمَّ 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 اْلقُبُوْر 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.

أَللَّهُمَّ تُبْ عَلَى التَّائِبِيْنَ وَ اغْفِرْ ذُنُوْبَ اْلمُذْنِبِيْنَ وَ اشْفِ مَرْضَى اْلمُسْلِمِيْنَ

وَ اكْتُبِ الصِّحَّةَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ وَ التَّوْفِيْقَ وَالْهِدَايَةَ 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 اجْتِنَابَه

ُ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.

أللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا مُتَحَابِّيْنَ فِيْ جَلالِكَ مُجْتَمِعِيْنَ عَلَى كَلامِكَ وَ أَظِلَِنَا تَحْتَ

ظِلِّ عَرْشِكَ يَوْمَ لا ظِلَّ ِإلاّ ظِلُّهُ وَ تَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِيْنَ وَ أَلْحِقْنَا بِالصَّالِحِيْنَ

وَاجْعَلْ خَيْرَ أَعْمَالِنَا خَوَاتِمِهَا وَ اجْعَلِْ خَيْرَ أَيَّامْنَا يَوْمَ لِقَائِكَ.

O Allah! Make us love each other in Your Majesty and agree on

Your sayings, and shade us with Your Throne on the day there will

be no shade  except its shade, and make us die as Muslims, and

join us with pious people, and make our best deed its last

 one, and our best day the day we meet You.

 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)

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. اللَّهُمَّ آمِيْن يَا رَبَّ اْلعَالَمِيْن

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)

اللَّهُمَّ آمِيْن يَا رَبَّ اْلعَالَمِيْن

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!!!