Dr Mozammel Haque
It is quite natural to have differences of opinions among friends, families and among scholars, and also among the humans. There is nothing wrong having different opinions and different points of view but everything is wrong when you start to insult and abuse each other because of the difference of opinions, said Imam Dr Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Sudais, Head of the Presidency of the Haramain in his Friday Khutbah on 25 December 2020.
He said, those who want to succeed and those who want to achieve highest ranks in the eyes of Allah they should observe Taqwa and piety and they should also observe cautious in relationship with Allah Subhanahu wa Taala. One should refrain from committing sins and do all good deeds, as far as possible.
The Imam at the beginning of his Khutbah wanted to say the overall objectives of the Shariah. He said, some people may not understand the objectives of the Shariah properly and in proper context.
He warned the dangers which can affect individuals and the societies. This one thing which causes discord and disunity which is to derogate someone and take revenge with the lewd things and to insult those people from whom we differ in our points of view, after being on the same line.
Dr Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais pointed out it is quite natural to have differences of opinions among friends, families and among scholars, and also among the humans. He said, there is nothing wrong having different opinions and different points of view but everything is wrong when you start to insult and abuse each other because of the difference of opinions.
The Imam of the Masjid al-Haram mentioned one of the greatest scholars Ibn Qayyum has said that people go extra mile in derogating and insulting or abusing people who have difference of opinions and they violate many commandments of Allah and the Sunnah of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam.
But the Imam mentioned, if we use foul language and if we look down upon others and run a campaign against them; that is really little for the Muslim society, individuals and families. Just a mere difference among ourselves on matters of opinions that leads us to go to the bottom of our morality and to violate all the human and Islamic values in term of respect and dignity and respecting the independence of each other.
Dr Sheikh Al-Sudais said those who claim to stick to Shari’ah they use this type of language which is a foul language and which brings them to the very lowest of the Islamic morality standards. As Allah Subhanahu wa Taala says in Suratun Nur – when you are accusing each other without proper base, do you think it is a small matter? It is a big big matter, like the incident mentioned in Suratun Nur.
Head of the Presidency of the Haramain mentioned: we know since the time of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam and the companions of the prophet and till today Muslims have engaged in intellectual debates and they validated each other differences of opinions and many Schools of Thought have been created and they tolerated each other. But some people cannot tolerate the difference of opinions.
Dr Sheikh al-Sudais mentioned a Hadith. He said, as it is in the Hadith of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam that those whenever they have an argument they resort to be lewd and foul language, this is among the signs of the hypocrites in the Hadith of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam.
Imam also mentioned another Tradition of the Prophet peace be upon him: As it is reported that Imam Shafie RA had an argument and debate with Abu Musa but after having exchanges heated argument for support of each other, then they departed but then Shafie RA took hold of his hands and said even with all our differences of opinions can we still remain friend and still be brother; Islamic brother. Yes.
Head of the Presidency of Haramain mentioned, when we criticise each other, we use most extreme languages and we put down our opposite with the unfair description and unfair accusations at things which are baseless. We use our tongue like a scissor and we use our positions to abuse our positions and our prominence to put down those who have difference of opinions with us.
Dr Sheikh al-Sudais mentioned, Allah Subhanahu wa Taala says that whenever someone brings a news one should ascertain the authenticity of the news and attributions unless that we end up hurting and harming someone due to our negligence and due to misunderstanding.
Head of the Presidency of Haramain prayed to Allah Subhanahu wa Taala to empower and grant peace and tranquillity for those people who observe decency when dealing with their opponents; when dealing with people of different of opinions. As it is being mentioned in the Qur’an that whenever some fearful news is brought to the Muslims they say Allah is Sufficient for us.
Dr. Sheikh Al-Sudais advised: Let us not indulge ourselves in Fitnah, into argumentation and to accusations and slandering while we are arguing with others. As Allah Subhanahu wa Taala says that those who hurt and accuse other brothers, other Muslim believers for things which they do not have or do not do, then they have taken a very big step and a very big risk.”
Full Friday Khutbah at the Masjid Al-Haram
By Imam Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Sudais
Followings are the Full Friday Khutbah delivered by Imam Dr. Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais at the Masjid al-Haram Makkah al-Mukarramah on 25 December 2020. [Rendered into English by Mufti Barkatullah via Islam Channel U.K.]
“Praise Allah Subhanahu wa Taala and seek refuge and forgiveness from Allah Subhanahu wa Taala. Those whom Allah guides no one can lead them astray and those whom Allah leads astray no one can guide them.
Dr. Sheikh al-Sudais said, “Allah Subhanahu wa Taala has urged us to obey His Commandments and follow the Sunnah of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam and I bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger and His servant. May Allah send peace and blessings on him. Allah Subhanahu wa Taala has granted Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam good companions who were excellent in all human qualities.
He said, “After praising Allah Subhanahu wa Taala, let us understand that those who want to succeed and those who want to achieve highest ranks in the eyes of Allah they should observe Taqwa and piety and they should also observe cautious in relationship with Allah Subhanahu wa Taala. One should refrain from committing sins and do all good deeds, as far as possible.
Imam of the Masjid al-Haram said, “Let us understand the overall objectives of the Shariah and some people may not understand the objectives of the Shariah properly and in proper context. So let me warn from the dangers which can affect individuals and the societies. This one thing which causes discord and disunity which is to derogate someone and take revenge with the lewd things and to insult those people from whom we differ in our points of view, after being on the same line.
“Because difference of opinions among friends, families and among scholars, it is natural things among the humans. So having different opinions and different points of view there is nothing wrong but everything is wrong when you start to insult and abuse each other because of the difference of opinions. So as one of the greatest scholars Ibn Qayyum has said that people go extra mile in derogating and Insulting or abusing people who have difference of opinions and they violate many commandments of Allah and the Sunnah of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam.
Dr. Sheikh al-Sudais said, “So due to different of Opinions in matters of Deen or Duniya if we use foul language and if we look down upon others and run a campaign against them; that is really little for the Muslim society, individuals and families. Just a mere difference among ourselves on matters of opinions that leads us to go to the bottom of our morality and to violate all the human and Islamic values in term of respect and dignity and respecting the independence of each other.
“Let us examine that whatever we see in the social media and in Court cases when the cases are fraud on a petty matters and on matters of differences and the abuse and the insult which are exchanges in social media is overwhelming and it warrants us to re-examine our situations.
Imam of the Masjid al-Haram said, “ Those who claim to stick to Shari’ah they use this type of language which is a foul language and which brings them to the very lowest of the Islamic morality standards. As Allah Subhanahu wa Taala says in Suratul Nur – when you are accusing each other without proper base, do you think it is a small matter? It is a big big matter, like the incident mentioned in Suratul Nur.
He continued, “So our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam has said that those who are very argumentative and very very debating and using harsh abusive language in the debate of the matters of different of opinions, they are the little and dangerous people for the society too.
Imam of the Masjid al-Haram said, “We know since the time of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam and the companions of the prophet and till today Muslims have engaging intellectual debates and they validated each other differences of the opinions and many schools of thought have been created and they tolerated each other. But some people cannot tolerate the difference of opinions.
“As the Hadith of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam that anybody who are used on a force point or the force point of things which he himself does not agree, not in his conviction; arguing and defending undefendable positions and did anything which they use to put down their opposite people, that is they would be punished on the Day of Judgement, with something which is the worst type of materials on the Day of judgement and they accused their opposition people with something which is not their.
The Imam continued, “As it is in the Hadith of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam that those whenever they have an argument they resort to be lewd and foul language, this is among the signs of the hypocrites in the Hadiths of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam. Those who observe false things among them to resort to foul language and having argument with each other.
“As it is reported that Imam Shafie RA had an argument and debate with Abu Musa but after having exchanges heated argument for support of each other then they departed but then Shafie RA took hold of his hands and said even with all our differences of opinions can we still remain friend and still be brother; Islamic brother. Yes.
Dr. Sheikh al-Sudais said, “When we criticise each other, we use most extreme languages and we put down our opposite with the unfair description and unfair accusations at things which are baseless. We use our tongue like a scissor and we use our positions to abuse our positions and our prominence to put down those who have different of opinions with us.
The Imam of Masjid al-Haram said, “It is not appropriate for a Muslim, let alone the scholars to resort to this type of abusive languages when dealing with the differences of opinions. In matters of Deen or Dunya when there are no clear-cut text but it is open for debate and based on Maslahah. As Allah Subhanahu wa Taala says that whenever some one brings a news one should ascertain the authenticity of the news and attributions unless that we end up hurting and harming someone due to our negligence and due to misunderstanding.
Dr Sheikh Al-Sudais prayed to Allah to empower and grant peace and tranquillity for those people who observe decency when dealing with their opponents; when dealing with people of different of opinions. As it is being mentioned in the Qur’an that whenever some fearful news is brought to the Muslims they say Allah is Sufficient for us.
Dr Sheikh Al-Sudais advised, “Let us not indulge ourselves in Fitnah, into argumentation and to accusations and slandering while we are arguing with affairs. As Allah Subhanahu wa Taala says that those who hurt and accuse other brothers, other Muslim believers for things which they do not have or do not do, then they have taken a very big step and a very big risk.
The Imam of the Masjid al-Haram prayed, “Let us seek forgiveness from Allah. I seek forgiveness for myself and for all the other Muslims. So let us return to Allah Subhanahu wa Taala. Allah Subhanahu wa Taala is the Oft-forgiving and Oft-Repentance.
Second Half
In the second half of the Khutbah, Dr Sheikh al-Sudais said, “We are thankful to Allah for all the favours He has given to us, all the humanity and specially the favours and I bear witness that Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam is His Messenger and servant of Allah Subhanahu wa Taala. May Allah send peace and salutations yo Muhammad, his families and all the followers till the Day of Judgement.
He continued, “Let us observe Taqwa in our life and observe our tongue from abusive languages and accusations of each other when dealing with matters of Maslehah and dealings with matters of Deen and Duniya; as Allah Subhanahu wa Taala says that you should be establisher of justice and fairness in all your affairs and as Allah Subhanahu wa Taala says that one nation, one person or one woman should not make mockery of each other in front of others and don’t resort to dealings labels and titles to opponents which derogate them or put them down and abusing other people’s reputation and putting it down with foul and unbased accusations is the most little things. As our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam has said that a believer is the one from whose tongue and hands others are safe and others are not being abused by believing person.
He said, “Because having friendship and concerns with each other and kindness among the brothers – especially believers is one of the highest values encouraged by Allah Subhanahu wa Taala and practised By Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam.
Dua and Supplication
Dr. Sheikh al-Sudais started sending peace and blessings upon Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam as Allah Subhanahu wa Taala has ordered us to make dua and ask for that. Allah and His Angels send peace and blessing upon Muhammad. O Muslims do ask forgiveness and send peace and blessings on Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam. For this is rewardable activity and as Prophet Muhammad is the most kind and considerate to his fellow companions.
The Imam of the Masjid al-Haram started making Dua and supplication, “Let us repay with the dua that O Allah send peace and blessings on Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam as you have sent peace and blessings on Ibrahim and his family and his followers. O Allah, send barakah and growth on Muhammad and his family and his companions like You have granted growth for Ibrahim alaihey wa salam and his companions.
“O Allah, send peace and blessings on four Caliphs after Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam – Abu Bakr, Omar, Osman and Ali R.A. and all the other believers and the companions who have believed in Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam . Let us pray that Allah gives the prominence to the religion of Islam and the believers. O Allah, destroy those people who are against religion. O Allah, give us peace and tranquillity in our lands and give Tawfiq to our rulers and our rulers in Saudi Arabia who is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and his deputies and the administration. O Allah, guide them towards the Taqwa and the goodness and towards the better benefit of the land and the people.
“O Allah, forgive all our believers whether they are alive or they have passed away. O Allah, grant us the recovery from the pandemic and all the illnesses. O Allah, defends from us. O Allah, keep away from us all the Fitnah and all the torments of this life, all the problems of the Muslim societies. O Allah, eradicate them. O Allah don’t leave us. O Allah, take care of us, be our Guardian. O Allah, save this life and the belief of the Muslims; all the believers who are around the world.
“O Allah, take away from us the pandemic or all the viral infections which the whole humanity is suffering. O Allah, give us or empower us to follow the Sunnah of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam and to follow Your Commandments. O Allah, give Tawfiq to our Muslim believing youth, man and woman, to keep away from extremism and from drug abuse or any abuse in their life. O Allah, empower us to be guided and to be reformed and to do good for the benefit of the society and for the believers and the world.
“O Allah, make our young dutiful to their parents. O Allah You are All-Powerful All-Empowering. O Allah, save our Holy Places from any abuse and from any inappropriate activity. O Allah, save the Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem from any harm or any alterations.
“O Allah, reward all our health workers, and security workers and security personnel; save them and improve their situations and save them from any torments and any accidents. O Allah, grant us goodness in this world and the Hereafter and save us from the torments of the Day of Judgement.
“O Allah, You are Independent and we are dependent on You. O Allah, don’t make us among the pessimists. O Allah, send rain as a sign of mercy. O Allah, give us rain which is useful and not harmful to us. O Allah, grant us deep belief and pure belief and pure trust on You. O Allah Subhanahu wa Taala.
“O Allah, accept our goodness from ourselves and forgive all our sins and all the shortcomings of our parents of all the Muslims, all the believers who are present today and who have passed away in the past. O Allah, You are the All-Hearing, All-Listening and All-Responding. May Allah send peace and blessings on all Messengers and all praise belongs to Allah Subhanahu wa Taala” Dr Sheikh Al-Sudais completed his Khutbah.
Acknowledgement
Courtesy: @Islam Channel U.K.
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