Dr Mozammel Haque
The Imam of the Masjid al-Haram said, “Apart from the physical security and peace, protection of privacy and honour is one of the most important assets in life. So protection of privacy and public interest should be highly regulated. Protection of honour dignity and privacy should not be violated by social media, or print media or electronic media.”
Sheikh Saud al-Shuraim said, “Destroying someone’s reputation and destroying their privacy is one of the heinous crime equalled to physical and other protective measures. Protection of soul, protection of body, protection of property, protection of religion, belief, protection of honour - all these are from the objectives and main theme of Shari’ah. May Allah protect us from playing with other people’s reputation and other’s privacy, violating other’s privacy and destroying some one else reputation and social status.”
The Imam of the Masjid al-Haram said, “To taint someone reputation is one of the things people have been obsessed in their private communication and in public communication. The reason behind this violation of privacy and disrespect of dignity and dignity and honour is either because of ignorance or because of criminal mentality or with intent destroying and harming others. Tainting other peoples’ reputation and their honour does not only affect the individual, it affects family and the neighbourhood and the other things.”
Sheikh Saud al-Shuraim said, “Whether we are at home or whether we are at public spaces, playing with other peoples’ dignity and privacy is one of the heinous crime which should be observed and protected and it should be enforced in private and public. Even if general people, men and women, if they are not careful about even their own reputation and their own honour and dignity and some lapses happened from them, still it does not justify other people to violate the privacy and treat them with undignified manner and try to taint it.”
The Imam of the Masjid al-Haram said, “There should be deterrent in our public space and in our observation and in our public conscious about all the protective measures which need to be taken. As our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam has said that eventual violation of each other dignity and honour does not happen and illegitimate relationship does not happen with suddenness. There are pretexts to illegitimate relationship. So Zina of eyes are to look at non-Mahram and Zina of hands are to touch inappropriately. So sexual harassments and comments and gauging on others – opposite sex - is one of the violations, is one of the pretexts to Zina and eventual illegitimate relationship of Zina happens when there are all the pretexts there.”
Sheikh Saud al-Shuraim mentioned, “When a Governor of Iraq was falsely accused of certain things to taint his reputations, he made a dua against the person that O Allah, is this person is wrong and he is seeking just a prominence by accusing the people in the power. O Allah, put him through trials and tribulations. That person was cursed with the dua of Saad ibn Rabbi Radhiallahu Anhu and he used to be walking in the streets of Qufa – with all sorts of lewd things and saying to the people that I am the curse of Saad ibn Rabbi.”
The Imam of the Masjid al-Haram said, “Protection of honour which is one of the five Muqasids of Shari’ah should be protected by all measures – protective measures, by deterrent measures, punishment and other appropriate actions and the law and order enforcement agencies are looking and developing things to protect each others’ privacy and protect the honour of each other and not to use the public space to harm each other and taint their reputations. Because violating each others’ privacy and tainting the honour is among the Hukuk of human rights and human rights are based on negotiations and anybody who violates others rights is deserved the appropriate deterrent and punishments.”
Sheikh Saud al-Shuraim mentioned, “As in the Farewell Sermon Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam has declared that in this most sacred place at the most sacred day as it is sacred, sacredness extent to all security of the people to their blood, to their honour, to their property, to their belief system. Those who play with other peoples’ reputation and honour did their privacy and taint them by words and actions in public and private, they should think about their own extended family, their own relatives. If it is to their own sisters, their own mother or their own aunties, if they would like to their own family members honour or dignity violated or cursed or tainted as people do with each other.”
The Imam of the Masjid al-Haram said, “As it is reported in a story that a young person asked Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam to allow him to have an illegitimate relationship or Zina with others, so Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam convinced him that would you like this illegitimate relationship to be maintained with your own family members, yours sisters, your mother, or your aunties. He said, no. Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam said, why do you wish others to allow you to have illegitimate relationship when you do not wish for your own family.”
Sheikh Saud al-Shuraim mentioned, “As Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala urges us to maintain higher standard of morality and abstinence from any illegitimate gauge or relationship as Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala says that those who are not married they should keep themselves protected until they can afford to get married and have legitimate relationship. As Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala says that those who do not expect to have relationship and married invitation, they can live some of their hijabs but if they take their hijabs it would be better for them. Still Allah urges all the men and women to keep their gauge lower and protect their honour and their abstinence and their riswa.”
The Imam of the Masjid al-Haram said, “We are all subjects of accounting on the Day of Judgement in front of Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala We do not know whether our Book of Deed will be in our right hand or on the left hand. So I will urge all the Muslims to observe each other’s dignity honour and privacy and do not seek any illegitimate relationship. There is a story that one of the shahabis said I think I can show you one woman of Jannah – there was this black lady who used to have some leprosy or some illness; She came to Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam to ask for dua, seek for dua to be cured; Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam said, If you want I can make dua for you; but if you want you can be patient and Jannah is guaranteed for you. She said, yes O Rasulullah I am happy with it but can you make a dua that I should not get exposing public when I am in my situation.”
Sheikh Saud al-Shuraim said “Look at this lady who was very conscious of her dignity her privacy. She at least ask Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam to make dua that even in her worst situation she should not be exposed publicly. As Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala urges through Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam that O Rasul, tell Muslim men and women to keep their gauges low and keep their private part safe from the illegitimate relationship. Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala urges us and wishes us pure and tranquil and peaceful relationship and legitimate relationship; not any public or illegitimate relationship.”
Full Khutbah at Masjid al-Haram
Followings are the full khutbah at the Masjid al-Haram, Makkah al-Mukarramah, delivered by Sheikh Dr. Saud al-Shuraim, on 12 March, 2021, [rendered into English by Mufti Barkatullah @ Islam Channel, UK]
Sheikh Dr. Saud Al-Shuraim started his Khutbah by saying, “Indeed all praise belongs to Allah. We thank Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala. We seek help from Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala and we seek refuge from the side-effects from all our rebellions and disobedience. Those whom Allah guides, nobody can lead astray and those whom Allah leads astray nobody can guide. I bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger and the servant. O People, you should be afraid and observe Taqwa towards Allah as one should be and be afraid of Allah who has created all the humanity by one should be afraid of Allah who has created all the humanity by one soul. Be careful with Allah by whose name you ask each others Favours and Allah is watching over you. O believers only say appropriate things He will put your actions into right direction and those who observe Taqwa, they are successful people.
“The best guidance is the Book of Allah and the best role model is the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam. The clever are those people who control themselves and work for the Hereafter. Those people who had just have good wishes and do not behave they are the wishful thinkers.
“As Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala has created us male and female and put in ourselves desire to have relationship with each other. Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala has regulated relationship between other human beings and between male and female. The regulations are governed by ethos, ethics and morality and code of conduct and morality. Anything which pollutes the high moral standard and the boundaries set by Allah and Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam, then it is losing situations even if we have been progressing in terms of material possessions in the world.
“Apart from the physical security and peace, protection of privacy and honour is one of the most important assets in life. So protection of privacy and public interest should be highly regulated. Protection of honour dignity and privacy should not be violated by social media, or print media or electronic media.
“Destroying someone’s reputation and destroying their privacy is one of the heinous crime equalled to physical and other protective measures. Protection of soul, protection of body, protection of property, protection of religion, belief, protection of honour, all these are from the objectives and main theme of Shari’ah. May Allah protect us from playing with other people’s reputation and other’s privacy, violating other’s privacy and destroying some one else reputation and social status.
“To taint someone reputation is one of the things people have been obsessed in their private communication and in public communication. The reason behind this violation of privacy and disrespect of dignity and dignity and honour is either because of ignorance or because of criminal mentality or with intent destroying and harming others. Tainting other peoples’ reputation and their honour does not only affect the individual, it affects family and the neighbourhood and the other things.
“Whether we are at home or whether we are at public spaces, playing with other peoples’ dignity and privacy is one of the heinous crime which should be observed and protected and we should be enforced in private and public., Even if general people, men and women, if they are not careful about even their own reputation and their own honour and dignity and some lapses happened from them, still it does not justify other people to violate the privacy and treat them with undignified manner and try to taint it.
“There should be deterrent in our public space and in our observation and in our public conscious about all the protective measures which need to be taken. So as our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam has said that eventual violation of each other dignity and honour does not happen and illegitimate relationship does not happen with suddenness. There are pretexts to illegitimate relationship. So Zina of eyes are to look at non-Mahram and Zina of hands are to touch inappropriately. So sexual harassments and comments and gauging on others – opposite sex is one of the violations, is one of the pretexts to Zina and eventual illegitimate relationship of Zina happens when there are all the pretexts there.
“When a Governor of Iraq was falsely accused of certain things to taint his reputations, he made a dua against the person that O Allah, is this person is wrong and he is seeking just a prominence by accusing the people in the power. O Allah, put him through trials and tribulations. That person was cursed with the dua of Saad ibn Rabbi Radhiallahu Anhu and he used to be walking in the streets of Qufa – with all sorts of lewd things and saying to the people that I am the curse of Saad ibn Rabbi.
“Protection of honour which is one of the five Muqasids of Shri’ah should be protected by all measures – protective measures, by deterrent measures, punishment and other appropriate actions and the law and order enforcement agencies are looking and developing things to protect each others’ privacy and protect the honour of each other and not to use the public space to harm each other and taint their reputations. Because violating each others’ privacy and tainting the honour is among the Hukuk of human rights and human rights are based on negotiations and anybody who violates others rights is deserved the appropriate deterrent and punishments.
“As in the Farewell Sermon Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam has declared that in this most sacred place at the most sacred day as it is sacred, sacredness extent to all security of the people to their blood, to their honour, to their property, to their belief system. Those who play with other peoples’ reputation and honour did their privacy and taint them by words and actions in public and private, they should think about their own extended family, their own relatives. If it is to their own sisters, their own mother or their own aunties, if they would like to their own family members honour or dignity violated or cursed or tainted as people do with each other
“As it is reported in a story that a young person asked Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam to allow him to have an illegitimate relationship or Zina with others, so Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam convinced him that would you like this illegitimate relationship to be maintained with your own family members, yours sisters, your mother, or your aunties. He said, no. Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam said, why do you wish others to allow you to have illegitimate relationship when you do not wish for your own family.
“Let us ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala to give us barakah and understanding and adherence to the commandments of Allah and Sunnah of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam. May Allah forgive us all our public and private violations because Allah is only Who can forgive all our sins.
Second Part
“Indeed, all praise belongs to Allah and peace and blessings be upon Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam and his family and his companions and those who followed him till the Day of Judgement. As Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala urges us to maintain higher standard of morality and abstinence from any illegitimate gauge or relationship as Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala says that those who are not married they should keep themselves protected until they can afford to get married and have legitimate relationship. As Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala says that those who do not expect to have relationship and married invitation, they can leave some of their hijabs but if they take hijabs it would be better for them. Still Allah urges all the men and women to keep their gauge lower and protect their honour and their abstinence and their riswa.
“We are all subjects of accounting on the Day of Judgement in front of Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala. We do not know whether our Book of Deed will be in our right hand or on the left hand. So I will urge all the Muslims to observe each other’s dignity honour and privacy and do not seek any illegitimate relationship. There is a story that one of the shahabis said I think I can show you one woman of Jannah – there was this black lady who used to have some leprosy or some illness; She came to Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam to ask for dua, seek for dua to be cured; Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam said, If you want I can make dua foryou; but if you want you can be patient and Jannah is guaranteed for you. She said, yes O Rasulullah I am happy with it but can you make a dua that I should not get exposing public when I am in my situation.
“Look at this lady who was very conscious of her dignity her privacy. She at least ask Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam to make dua that even in her worst situation she should not be exposed publicly. As Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala urges through Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam that O Rasul tell Muslim men and women to keep their gauges low and keep their private parts safe from the illegitimate relationship. Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala urges us and wishes us pure and tranquil and peaceful relationship and legitimate relationship and not any public or illegitimate relationship.
Dua and Supplication
“Let us pray for the peace and blessings on Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam as Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala has urged. O Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala send peace and blessings on Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam and his family and his companions, especially his four Caliphs and all the other companions and then who follow Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihey Wa Sallam till the Day of Judgement. O Allah, we ask from Your Generosity and from Your Abundance Mercy. O Allah, honour Islam and Muslims and support Your obedient servant. O Allah deliver us from the pandemic and all the illnesses which we are suffering. O Allah, forgive all our people who have passed away and those who are living, give them Tawfiq to be recovered and live as according to Islam and following the pleasure of Yourself.
“O Allah, save us from all the inappropriate actions and sayings. O Allah, empower our servants – he Custodian of the two Holy Mosques and his deputies and all administrative staff to give them Tawfiq and empower them to work for the betterment of the country and the public. O Allah, give us goodness in this world and the Hereafter and protect us from all the unpleasant outcomes.
Allah wishes us to be thankful and He will give us more and Allah knows all we are doing. Let us seek forgiveness and Mercy, Sheikh Saud al-Shurain concluded his Khutbah.
Acknowledgement
Courtesy: @Islam Channel, U.K.
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