Jumu’ah Masjid Al-Haram Makkah: Shaykh Dr. Salih bin Abdullah al-Humaid (Hafizahullah)
All praise is due to Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ). It is by His ability that all ships and celestial bodies move from place to place. He favored Adam (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ), our forefather and honored him by instructing angels to prostrate before him as a gesture of respect. I praise Allah who is perfect in every way. He is the one who is deserving of all praise. By His favor, He accepts the meager deeds of his worshiping servants, and by His bounty, he gives to them in abundance.
I bear witness that none is worthy of worship except Allah alone without any partner. He is exalted far above having any like or equal. I further bear witness that our leader and Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, the bearer of glad tidings, the Warner, and the radiant lamp of guidance is Allah’s worshipping Servant and Messenger ﷺ. May Allah grant his continual and abundant commendation, protection and blessings to his Messenger, to His Messenger’s family, each of whom was like a luminous, full moon, shining in the night to His messenger, companions, all of whom were beacons of guidance to the generation that succeeded them, and to all their followers who strive to worship Allah in the best way.
My dear audience, I counsel you all as well as myself to observe Taqwa of Allah, by doing what He commanded, and avoiding what He prohibited. May Allah have mercy upon you all, continue to observe Taqwa of Allah, and remain constant and seek Allah’s forgiveness.
If any person desires a mind that is at ease, a chest that is expanded with acceptance of the truth, a soul that is tranquil, a heart that is at peace, and a means from which much benefits can be gleaned, he must remain constant and seeking Allah’s forgiveness.
وَأَنِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُم مَّتَاعًا حَسَنًا إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِي فَضْلٍ فَضْلَهُ
And [saying], “Seek forgiveness of your Lord and repent to Him, [and] He will let you enjoy a good provision for a specified term and give every doer of favor his favor.
[Hud: 03]
This can be understood from Allah’s statement in His immutable revelation, and you are all instructed to seek your Lord’s forgiveness and then return to Him.
اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمْ
Ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him, He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength.
[Hud: 52]
When you do so, He will grant you that which you will be able to glean many benefits from until an appointed time, and He will give to every virtuous person, the full recompense merited by that person’s virtues.
وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَأَنتَ فِيهِمْ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
But Allah would not punish them while you, [O Muhammad], are among them, and Allah would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.
[Al-Anfal: 33]
Dear people, who submit to Allah and Islam! A civilization rising, flourishing, declining, and collapsing, all depending on its values, principles, and views on life. A civilization, civilization’s longevity and strength depend on its standards for how human behavior should be regulated and developed. Out of all the potential sources of pride among all peoples, and out of all the moral accomplishments that they may achieve, the things that are most diligently maintained by every people are the values that its members share as a civilization. That is because those values are what shaped their life, provide them with the foundation upon which they stand, and give them prominence.
My dear brothers, sound morals are the foundation upon which nations are built. It is by firmly establishing sound morals, that safety from ruin and collapse can be achieved. In fact, we will not be able to continue existing ourselves or coexisting with others after Allah’s permission, without maintaining upright values and sound morals.
Allah the most exalted, stated:
وَالْبَلَدُ الطَّيِّبُ يَخْرُجُ نَبَاتُهُ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِ ۖ وَالَّذِي خَبُثَ لَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَّا نَكِدًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نُصَرِّفُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَشْكُرُونَ
“And the good land – its vegetation emerges by permission of its Lord; but that which is bad – nothing emerges except sparsely, with difficulty. Thus do We diversify the signs for a people who are grateful.”
[Surah Al-Ar’aaf: 58]
Dear people, who submit to Allah and Islam! The true measure of a civilization is not determined by its material accomplishments or affluence. Instead, it is determined by its conservation of human well-being at its protection of human dignity, inventions, discoveries, and material things are not sufficient for keeping mankind safe. Nor are they sufficient for spreading peace and tranquility.
Dear Followers of Islam! Sound moral guidelines are inseparable from the principles, objectives and directives of Islam. Al-Shatibi (rahimahullah) had commented that the teachings of Islam are essentially an implementation of sound, character and conduct. They consist of rulings that are consistent with one another and directives that correct people’s conduct. He also mentioned that those factors prevent bad circumstances and the disruption of order.
Sound conduct and morals do not change when the individual situation time or place changes. Sound conduct and morals are constant, with both the enemy and the friend, the near and the distant, the strong and the weak, the victor and the defeated the righteous and the unrighteous.
Allah stated in His immutable revelation:
وَقُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا
And speak to people good [words][Al-Baqara: 83]
Also in an authentic hadith, the Prophet ﷺ said:
وَخَالِقْ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ
“and treat the people with good behavior”
(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1987)
The aspect that contributes to the terrible downfall of civilization is material gain. This form of morality is fraudulent and deviant. A nation with a foundation on this corrupted form of morality would dedicate its policies to achieving material gains, rather than dedicating them to the service of sound principles.
Dear Brothers! In current times, humanity suffers in many parts of the world from various things, including fear, anxiety, climate changes, forest fires, rivers running dry inequality, double standards, international crises, mass killings, and people being displaced from their homes and homelands. The causes behind all the suffering are a decline in sound values, impudent attacks on Islam, the spread of self-interest and selfishness, immersion in disobedient inclinations, familial dysfunction, and so-called ‘sexual liberation.’
Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ) stated in His immutable revelation:
ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].
[Ar-Rum: 41]
There has been an emergence of atheism, deviance regarding personal freedoms, intellectual and ideological liberation from sound, morals, and renunciation of family structure and cohesion, we seek refuge with Allah.
Some people have even gone so far, as they engage in acts of intimacy with members of the same gender. In other words, homosexuality, those deviant and immoral individuals have truly suffered the ultimate loss.
أَخْرِجُوهُم مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ
Evict them from your city! Indeed, they are men who keep themselves pure.
[Al-A’raf: 82]
That is the case, even though they may live on continued promises of bringing about peace, ending wars, spreading justice, extending equality, establishing safety and respecting human rights. They do what they do, because they think that material advancement can fill the emptiness in their souls and replace spreading correct values and sound morals, they have become immersed in the mire of bodily needs, and material desires. They have also detached themselves from moral directives. When values weaken, people invent tools of corruption, means of misguidance and all that leads to destruction and ruin.
Among the undeniable blessings that Allah has granted us are the immense progress and the many human accomplishments in various scientific fields such as manufacturing, medicine, education, culture, communications, technologies, space sciences, and others. These are blessings for which we must be grateful to Allah, and we must also fulfill the duties that we have towards Allah regarding them. It is truly a catastrophe for us to ignore values and morals, and to neglect giving sound care to the soul, the heart and the performance of righteous deeds.
Dear people, who submit to Allah and Islam! Values are the bond between a civilization and its culture, and they are the bond between knowledge and behavior. Civilized values are a soul and a light that provides mankind with true life.
Dear people, who submit to Islam! Contemplate what has come to us in the message of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, since it is the source of true life, people who have Imaan, acceptance of the truth and compliance with it, respond to Allah and to the Messenger, when the Messenger calls you to that which gives you life.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ
O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life.
[Al-Anfal: 24]
In fact, it is the true soul as Allah the Almighty stated:
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ رُوحًا مِّنْ أَمْرِنَا ۚ مَا كُنتَ تَدْرِي مَا الْكِتَابُ وَلَا الْإِيمَانُ وَلَٰكِن جَعَلْنَاهُ نُورًا نَّهْدِي بِهِ مَن نَّشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا ۚ
And thus We have revealed to you an inspiration of Our command. You did not know what is the Book or [what is] faith, but We have made it a light by which We guide whom We will of Our servants.
[As-Shura: 52]
And He said:
قَدْ جَاءَكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ نُورٌ وَكِتَابٌ مُّبِينٌ
يَهْدِي بِهِ اللَّهُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوَانَهُ سُبُلَ السَّلَامِ وَيُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear Book.
By which Allah guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.
[Al-Maidah: 15-16]
My dear beloved audience, the status that values held, and the life of the prophet is most aptly demonstrated by the words of Khadija (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْھَا), one of the mothers of the people of Imaan described the Prophet ﷺ:
كَلاَّ أَبْشِرْ، فَوَاللَّهِ لاَ يُخْزِيكَ اللَّهُ أَبَدًا، إِنَّكَ لَتَصِلُ الرَّحِمَ، وَتَصْدُقُ الْحَدِيثَ، وَتَحْمِلُ الْكَلَّ، وَتَقْرِي الضَّيْفَ، وَتُعِينُ عَلَى نَوَائِبِ الْحَقِّ
Never! But have the glad tidings, for by Allah, Allah will never disgrace you as you keep good reactions with your Kith and kin, speak the truth, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guest generously, and assist the deserving, calamity-afflicted ones.
(Sahih al-Bukhari 6982)
Then, after revelation came down repeatedly, a very important meaning became evident from a statement of Aisha (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْھَا), another one of the mothers of the people of Imaan. She described the Prophet ﷺ saying:
كان خُلُقُه القُرآنَ
“His character was the Qur’an”
(Musnad Ahmad 25813, Sahih al-Jami’ 4811)
Islam is comprised of all that it encompasses of beliefs, morals, teachings, and behaviors. Islam does not separate between the importance of acts of worship and the importance of the manner of their performance, nor does it separate between sound conduct and its effect.
Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ):
إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَىٰ عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ
Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing,
[Al-Ankabut: 45]
He also said:
خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَا
Take, [O, Muhammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them
[At-Tawbah: 103]
In Hajj, it is said:
فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِي الْحَجِّ
there is [to be for him] no sexual relations and no disobedience and no disputing during Hajj.
[Al-Baqara: 197]
In Surah Az-Zumar, it is said:
قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Say, “Are those who know equal to those who do not know?”
[Zumar: 09]
In Surah Al-Qalam, it is said:
أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾ مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals? (35) What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
[Al-Qalam: 35-36]
In Surah Saad, it is said:
أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ كَالْمُفْسِدِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَمْ نَجْعَلُ الْمُتَّقِينَ كَالْفُجَّارِ
Or should we treat those who believe and do righteous deeds like corrupters in the land? Or should We treat those who fear Allah like the wicked?
[Saad: 28]
Dear People who submit to Allah and Islam, if you desire additional clarification, regarding the status of sound morals in our religion, then consider and ponder the values that Islam promotes during the most darkest and difficult of circumstances, that being the state of war and the circumstances of battle when combat is hardest. Regarding such times, Abu Bakr (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ), the first Caliph said to his army:
لا تَخُونُوا ، وَلا تَغِلُّوا ، وَلا تَغْدِرُوا ، وَلا تُمَثِّلُوا ، وَلا تَقْتُلُوا طِفْلا صَغِيرًا ، وَلا شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا ، وَلا امْرَأَةً ، وَلا تَعْقِرُوا نَخْلا وَلا تُحَرِّقُوهُ ، وَلا تَقْطَعُوا شَجَرَةً مُثْمِرَةً ، وَلا تَذْبَحُوا شَاةً وَلا بَقَرَةً وَلا بَعِيرًا إِلا لِمَأْكَلَةٍ ، وَسَوْفَ تَمُرُّونَ بِأَقْوَامٍ قَدْ فَرَّغُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي الصَّوَامِعِ ، فَدَعُوهُمْ وَمَا فَرَّغُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ لَهُ
“Do not take from the spoils before their division, do not betray and do not mutilate, do not kill any elderly person, child or woman, do not cut down or burn any date palm and do not fall any fruit-bearing tree. Do not slaughter any sheep, cow or camel, unless it is for food. You shall come across people who have dedicated themselves to be in their places of worship. So leave them to what they devote they have devoted themselves to.”
(The History of Al-Tabari: 2/246)
Dear people, who submit to Allah and Islam! War in Islam is for the sake of peace and spreading safety. Allah said:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً
O you who have believed, enter into Islam completely [and perfectly][Al-Baqara: 208]
Allah also said:
وَإِن جَنَحُوا لِلسَّلْمِ فَاجْنَحْ لَهَا وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ ۚ
And if they incline to peace, then incline to it [also] and rely upon Allah.
[Al-Anfal: 61]
May Allah protect you all, if the world today adopted these tremendous values, that would be sufficient for establishing the bridges of considerate dialogue with the intent of fostering mutual understanding and extending the bridges of tolerance, coexistence, justice and goodness. Allah instructed His Messenger:
قُلْ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴿١٦٢﴾ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ ۖ وَبِذَٰلِكَ أُمِرْتُ
Say, “Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. (162) No partner has He. And this I have been commanded
[Al-An’aam: 162-163]
May Allah bless us all by the guidance of the Qur’an and Sunnah and may He enable us to glean benefit from the aid and wisdom they contain. (Aameen)
2nd Address:
All praise is due to Allah, He established clear evidences, proving His uniqueness, and He made apparent to his creation, amazing aspects of his wisdom. I praise Allah, the One who is perfect in every way for his abundant blessings, and I thank him for his special assistance and guidance. I testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone without any partners in His lordship or in His right to be worshipped. I further testify that our leader and Prophet Mohammed is the worshiping Servant and Messenger of Allah, who was sent to all of Allah’s creation. May Allah grant commendation, protection and blessings to His Messenger, the one who conveyed glad tidings of Allah’s paradise and also warned against Allah’s punishment. May Allah also grant commendation, protection and blessings to the Messenger’s family, his companions, his close ones, those who succeeded them, and all those who follow their path while striving to worship Allah and the best way and remain upon the prophets’ path and teachings.
My dear Brothers, the values of Islam, as well as its civilization are built upon adhering to the teachings of Islam, devoting all worship to Allah alone, striving to make the testimony of Islam superior, and finding strength in the unwavering beliefs taught by Islam. Islamic civilization is one that focuses on humanity and a global outlook.
As Allah the most exalted, said:
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا ۚ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ
O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.
[Al-Hujuraat: 13]
Dear people, who submit to Allah and Islam! The values of true civilization and the sound morals taught by Islam have been implemented by Muslims since the prophetic era. They continue to be implemented throughout the era of the rightly guided successors who led the Ummah and continued through the eras of successive Islamic nations throughout the history of Islam. Even during the era of colonization, as well as in the modern day and age, these values of Islam remain firmly established.
Furthermore, the sound morals of Islam are well ingrained within Muslims. They are not affected by the influences of changing times, political reforms, short social shifts, economic fluctuations, or any other factors. This is in contrast to what is witnessed in many other civilizations, which are generally focused on the state of the people and the contemporary age with regards to security, prosperity, poverty and affluence. As a result, whenever circumstances change, such people scale shift and their standards change as well. The strong overpower the weak, the rich abuse the poor, and the oppressive violate the rights of the weak and needy.
However, the Muslims during their conquests and throughout their civilization never ruined a land they entered, nor did they destroy its population, and they never fought or killed anyone who did not fight them or raise their sword against them. That is all due to the fact that the values, civilization and morals of Islam are intrinsically connected to Islam, unwavering beliefs, the rulings it prescribes, and the ethical standards it teaches.
Observe Taqwa of Allah, may Allah have mercy upon you all, and reflect over the words of the people of knowledge with regards to the statement of Allah, the One who is perfect in every way, and the message of Allah:
وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ الْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ
And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while their people were reformers.
[Hud: 117]
Oh Allah! grant commendation, protection and blessings to your beloved worshipping servant and specially chosen messenger our Prophet Mohammed ﷺ. O Allah! be pleased with his Four Rightly Guided successors, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali (May Allah be pleased with them all).
O Allah, grant strength to Islam and those who submit to you in Islam.
Forsake those who are oppressive. Oh Allah, grant a safety in our countries and make our leaders and authorities righteous individuals.
Oh Allah, Lord of all creation, make our leaders’ people who fear you observe Taqwa of you and seek to please you. Oh Allah, bestow Your guidance upon our leader, honor him by his obedience to you. Oh Allah, guide the leaders of the Muslims to act in conformity with your book and the Sunnah of your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
Oh Allah, bless this Ummah with soundly guided leadership. You are most certainly able to do all things.
Oh Allah, liberate Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa from the aggressors and occupiers, Oh Allah, elevate its status, raise its rank, make it structure solid, and make its pillars firm; You are indeed the one who hears all prayers. O Allah, Assist and grant victory to our soldiers who defend the borders. Oh Allah, guide their decisions, direct their aim, support them, grant them strong will-power, establish their feet firmly, make their hearts strong, and allow them to prevail over those who transgress against them.
Oh Allah, alleviate the hardship, adversity and suffering of our brothers in Syria and Turkey.
Oh Allah, have mercy upon their deceased.
Oh Allah, alleviate the hardship, adversity and suffering of our brothers in Syria and Turkey.
Oh Allah, accept them as martyrs since they passed away under collapsed buildings. Oh Allah, cure their ailing.
Oh Allah have mercy upon their weak and heal, their injured.
Oh Allah, they are certainly in a state of intense hunger, so grant them food.
They are barefooted, so carry them to their destination, their unclothed so clothed them, they are in need so bestow Your mercy upon them.
You are certainly the one who showers His mercy upon the needy.
Oh Allah, grant them from yourself those who will come to their aid and assistance of Allah.
There is none worthy of worship besides you. You need none but we are in dire need of you. We beseech you to send rain for us and not leave us in despair.
Oh Allah, grant us rainfall. Oh Allah, grant us rainfall. Oh Allah, we seek your forgiveness since you are certainly always forgiving, so send rain upon us in abundance. Oh Allah, make the rain you send a source of strength for us in our continuous obedience to you.
Oh Allah, grow our crops for us. Make our farm animals abundant and milk for us and send down the blessings of the sky for us. Oh Allah, we are merely some of your creatures, and we will always be in need of the rain you sent for us. Do not deprive us of your bounty due to the wrong we have done.
Oh Allah, we place our complete trust in you.
Oh, Allah did not make us a trial for people who perpetrate injustice.
Allah told his messenger your Lord is Almighty and He is exalted above every foster people may ascribe to him He grants protection to all of his messengers at all praise is due to Allah the Lord of all creation
22 Rajab 1444 (February 13th, 2023)
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