Friday Khutbar

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The Street Mimbar: Friday Khutbah On Corruption
Jul 01, 2005
Source: The Street Mimbar

Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem

In another ayah, Allah speaks to you and to me saying:

Committed Muslims shall not have the kaafirs as their authority, allies and those they reciprocate allegiance with, to the exclusion of the other committed Muslims (Surah Ahl Imraan verse 28)

In another ayah, and these are only samples of the many ayaat that drive home this point.

Whoever dies without an allegiance that he pays to Allah and His Prophet and the committed Muslims dies a death from the days of Jahiliyyah or on a branch of hypocrisy.

And, in another hadith, he says:

Whoever lives, fights and dies in the name of nationalism is not from amongst my Ummah! A Committed Muslim is one who fore-sees events and is fine-tuned into them.

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FRIDAY KHUTBAH: Islam and Revolution
Jul 15, 2005

(Part 1 of 3)

Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem

Alhumdulillah. Peace and blessings on Muhammad, his Noble Companions and Family.

It is He (meaning Allah) who has produced you from the earth and settled you there-in (Surah Hud verse 61) Whoever rejects Taghut, i.e. A totalitarian government that is intoxicated with the excessive concentration of excessive power and believes in Allah is on firm grounds (Surah Al-Baqarah verse 256) Their desire is that you should accommodate and compromise so they would accommodate and compromise (Surah Al-Qalam verse 9) Verily you kaafirs and the false gods that you worship besides Allah are but fuel for Hell; to it will you surely come (Surah Al-Ambiya verse 98) That which you lay out for increase through the property of other people will have no increase with Allah (Surah Ar-Rum verse 39)

The revolutionary justice in the following ayaat threatens those mercantile elements:

Condemnation to those who deal in fraud; Those who when they have to receive from men exact full measure; But when they have to give by measure or weight to men give less than due (Al Mutaffifeen verse 1-3)

Was it prudent for the divine script to antagonise the financial typhoons, the multi-national merchants and the religious establishment within the Quraishi power structure all at once? Our present day liberals who are enjoying the claim that they are the true Muslims and thus causing a spurious commotion in the Muslim rank and file are the same ones who are attacking other Muslims because they are following this policy of the beloved Messenger. The consequence of these divine revolutionary guidelines was an increase in the persecution of Muslims. The revolutionary students and companions of Muhammad were tortured, but they did not leave their torture chambers convinced that the only way to power is by joining the Quraishi power structure and changing it from within. They did not depart their torture sessions and incarceration cells convinced that they had to align themselves with the devil to undermine the aristocracy of Quraish. Instead, they graduated from their torture chambers with a fervent revolutionary conviction that Allah will deliver them either to worldly power or heavenly peace, and this is represented by the statement of Muhammed (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam)

Endure with patience Oh family of Yasir, verily your promise is Jannah.

Quraish instigated policies of boycotts and embargoes, it activated its mouth-pieces and media against the revolutionary impulse of the emissary and his deen but Muhammed (sallalahu alaihi wa sallam) continued to criticise them and he continued his struggle to undermine the prevailing Meccan order. He made no bones about it. Remember, he was one individual, unarmed, unassisted and unsupported by any secular power.

O You (Muhammed) who is enshrouded; arise and deliver the warning; and Magnify your Lord ; and keep your garments free from stain; and shun all abominations; nor expect in giving any increase for thy self; but for your Lords cause be patient and be constant (Surah Mudatthir verse 1-7) May you perish O Muhammed for this! Did you only summon us here for this? Perish the hands of the father of flame, perish he; He will not profit from all his wealth and all his gains; Soon will he be burnt in a fire of blazing flame; his wife shall carry the crackling wood as fuel; a twisted rope of palm leaf fibre will be around her own neck (111) End Part 1

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FRIDAY KHUTBAR: Islam and Revolution
Jul 23, 2005
Source: The Street Mimbar

Part 2 of 3

Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem

Alhumdulillah. Peace and blessings on Muhammad, his Noble Companions and Family.




This prophetic statement has to be the epitome of revolutionary immunity for the manoeuvre of containment and vacillation. But containment and vacillation are the order of the day for the grand Quraish of today. Whatever happened to the Sunnah of these Sunnah-less leaders? Or should the Sunnah dare not have a political much less revolutionary meaning? It was this firm Prophetic revolutionary will that was liberated from all forms of fears. It did not fear the fortunes or misfortunes of the future and an uncertain tomorrow.



If Allah most gracious should intend some adversity for me, of no use whatsoever will be their intercession (Surah Yasin verse 23)

Say: Do you then take as protectors other than Allah; such who have no power to benefit or harm themselves? (Surah Ar-Rad verse16)

Say: Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us (Surah Taubah verse 51) The thing that you adapt to, serve and worship besides Allah has no power to give you sustenance (Surah Al-Ankabut verse 17)

Say: Who gives you sustenance from the heavens and the earth, Say it is Allah (Surah Saba verse 24)

Truly such will be our provision to you, it will never fail (Surah Saad verse54) Verily it is We that give life and death and to Us is the final goal (Surah Qaaf verse 43)

And verily it is Us who gives life and who gives death. It is Us who remain inheritors after all else passes away (Surah Al-Hijr verse 23)

It is We who gave you life, will cause you to die, and will again give you life (Surah Al-Hajj verse 66)

It is Allah who grants laughter and tears, and it is Allah who grants death and life (Surah Najm verse 43-44)

We have decreed death to be your common lot, and We are not to be frustrated (Surah Al-Waqiah verse 60)

It can only be a revolutionary mood in the dear book that erodes all elements and factors of fear. Thus the stage is set for the military assault against the forces of shirk and kufr. Only after being equipped with this revolutionary fervour can Muslims be ready for the military campaigns awaiting them. It was upon this revolutionary foundation that ayaat such as the following were revealed:



Indeed, Allah loves those who fight in His cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure (Surah As-Saff verse 4)

But if the kaafirs turn renegade or return to enmity, seize them and slay them wherever you find them (Surah An-Nisa verse 89)

Fight the Mushriks and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame and help you to victory over them (Surah Taubah verse 14)



And fight the Mushriks in an all out manner the way they fight you in an all out manner (Surah Taubah verse 36)



Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you (Surah Al-Baqarah verse 190)

And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression and Deen is for Allah (Surah Al-Baqarah verse 193) O Apostle, arouse the believers to the fight (Surah Al-Anfal verse 65)

Those who compromise their revolutionary and military momentum during combat are warned and threatened. This is their ultimatum

O you who are committed to Allah, when you meet the kaafirs in battle positions, never turn your backs to them. If any of you turns your back on this enemy, and it is not as part of a strategy of war or a retreat to join another battalion of your own, then you draw on yourself the wrath of Allah and your abode is hell an evil refuge indeed (Surah Al-Anfal verse 15-16) Muhammed is the messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are strong and firm and ferocious against the kaafirs but compassionate amongst one another (Surah Al-Fath verse 29)

And that is precisely the issue. The revolutionary figure of the Prophet has faded away. His revolutionary and combatant nature does not exist in the minds and hearts of the bulk of those who purport to follow him. Here lies the task of rehabilitating the revolutionary character of our supreme guide and teacher.

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Friday Khutbah: Islam And Revolution
Jul 29, 2005

(Part 3 Of 3)

Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Er-Raheem.

Alhumdulillah. Peace and blessings on Muhammad, his Noble Companions and Family.



O Mankind, revere your guardian Lord who created you out of a single nafs, created of like nature his mate and from them twain scattered like seeds countless men and women (Surah An-Nisa verse 1)

The Prophet says:

Not among us are those who live, fight and die in the name of Nationalism. Then pass on quickly from the place from where the multitude do so (Surah Al-Baqarah verse 199)

We have sent down to you the book in truth that you might judge between men as guided by Allah (Surah An-Nisa verse 105)

If any do fail to judge by the light of what Allah has revealed, they are no better than the kaafirs (Surah Maidah verse 47)

So judge between them by what Allah has revealed (Surah An-Nisa verse 48)

And this He commands: judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and follow not their vain desires, but beware of them lest they beguile you from that which Allah has sent down to you (Surah Maidah verse 49)

Do they then seek a judgement from the days of ignorance, but who can give better judgement than Allah (Surah Maidah verse 50) And if anyone puts his trust in Allah, the sufficient is Allah for him (Surah At-Talaq verse 3)

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FRIDAY KHUTBAH: Muslims Whose Responsibilities Are Defined By Allah
Aug 19, 2005
The Street Mimbar

Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Er-Raheem

Alhumdulillah. Peace and blessings on Muhammad, his Noble Companions and Family.

Muslims Whose Responsibilities Are Defined By Allah And Whose Direction Is Outlined By Allah

Allah speaks to us closely, carefully and intimately, and the times that we are going through make it more necessary for us to dwell on His guiding words. In a world that has been polluted with every idea that is counter to the purpose of our presence and creation, He says as He said hundreds of years ago:

Allah offers evidence or Allah testifies to the fact that there is no Divinity or no Deity besides Him, and so do the Angels and so do those who are endowed with knowledge, that He is the upholder of justice or equity. There is no deity save Him, the Impregnable the Truly Wise. Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 18 Certainly, the deen that is recognized by Allah is mans self-yielding to Allah. Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 19The only reason for these so-called people of scripture, the only reason for their divergent views, their disputes, their discrepancies and their differences is that they were presented with knowledge and because of a penchant for transgression and aggression among them Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 19We have to make a statement here to those who were vouchsafed revelation before us and to those who are un-educated about this whole affair. We should say to them, this is what self-surrender is all about. Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 20If they self-surrender themselves to Allah, then they are on a direction of guidance. Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 20If they turn the other way, you continue to present this issue and these facts to them Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 20

Not only verbally, but in your actions which count more, and:

Allah has a watchful eye on what they are doing. Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 20Indeed, those who kill Prophets. Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 21And these same deniers of Allahs Power presence in human life also kill people who are focused and centered on justice- who reinforce, demand and order that justice become the central feature in human life. Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 21Certainly, We have sent our Messengers with evidence and We have vouchsafed unto them, we have revealed to them the book and the criterion so that people have justice as their point of gravity in life and as their central issue in their societies. Surah Al-Hadid Verse 25Give them the Glad tidings of a tormenting punishment. Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 21These kaafirs, It is they who have inflated deeds in this world and in the one to come, but these inflated deeds are diseased. Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 22

They think the more inflated acts they put out, the more progress they are making- NO- it is a disease that is going to spell the end of their empire and of their aggression:

..and neither in this world nor in the world to come will they have anyone to support them, Surah Ahl-Imran Verse 22A reminder has its effect upon those who are committed to Allah Surah Az-Zaariyat Verse 55

Let us remind you:

If you retreat from this responsibility, if you give your backs to this trust from Allah, He will replace you with another people who will not duplicate your behaviour, your attitude and your policies. Surah Muhammad Verse 38

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Aug 26, 2005
The Street Mimbar

Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem

You will find yahud the most attached to life, even more than the Mushriks Surah Baqarah verse 96And if the enemies opt for peace, then your choice should be the choice of peace. Surah Anfal Verse 61It is He who has caused the deniers of truth from Ahl-al Kitaab, (in this instance yahud), to be expelled from their fortifications, they thought they were well guarded and well protected, but Allah approached them from a direction un-beknownst to them and He threw terror in their hearts. They ruined their own homes with their own hands and the hands of the committed Muslims. Take notice of this, those of you who have an insight and a foresight for these types of issues. (Surah Al-Hashr verse 2