Last Friday’s Message (Khutba)
We praise Allah the Lord of every thing exists , we ask Him forgiveness and guidance, Whosoever Allah guides no one can take him astray and whoever Allah takes astray no one can guide him. Surely, the best words are the words of Allah and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad peace be upon him and the worst of all issues is innovations ( Bidi-a) ie to bring new things in the religion as all innovations leads to astray and all astray ways are leading to Hell Fire.
O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except in a state of Islam. Q(2:102) O mankind! Revere your Guardian-Lord, who created you from a single person, created, of like nature, His mate, and from them twain scattered (like seeds) countless men and women;- reverence Allah, through whom ye demand your mutual (rights), and (reverence) the wombs (That bore you): for Allah ever watches over you. Q 3:1
” O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and (always) say a word directed to the Right: That He may make your conduct whole and sound and forgive you your sins: He that obeys Allah and His Messenger, has already attained the highest achievement ” Q 33 70-71
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam , i advise myself and you ro fear Allah always. The Serants of Allah seasons are changing and years are ending , the sun , moom and stars are rotating. Everthing is moving, what was began will end and who was born will die and after sunrise there is sun-set. ” Allah changes the night and day , surely there is a leson in thta for those who have vision ” 3:44
The seasons are reminding us the changing and movement of everythin. We are now in Winter and there lessons to learn from winter. Winter is reminding us the tough coldness of Hell-Fire. In a Hadith reported by Bukhar and Muslim on the authority of Abi Hurairat the Prophet peace be upon him said : ‘ The Hell Fire complained to its Lord that O my Lord , we are eating ie hurting each other , then Allah alowed it to breath two breathes. Whenever you feel bitter cold its from the breath of Hell fire and the tough hotness you fell is from its excessive hotness.”
Brothers and Sisters as w know the fire is in pipes , it had no any outlet so it was very very tough inside, and as its a creature it felt in needs to release its hotness and coldness, as we human being we breath and feel okey. Then Allah allowed it to have two breathes , one brings winter and the other brings summer. Both are from Allah’s greta creation. Fire has parts of hotness and coldness Allah does whatever He wants , He created sweetness and sour from Plants which feed from the same water.
We are now in winter preparing to wear strong closes to prevent our selves from the cold , its a lesson to us to fear the cold of the Hell fire.
Brothers our righteous ancestors were taking Winter as a gift and an offer from Allah as Ibn Masqood r.a said ‘ Welcome the Winter where there is blessings , the night is long for praying and the day is short for fasting.
Al Hasan AlBasar was saying : ‘Blessed is the believer’s period of winter , its night is long he stands praying and its day is short he fasts’
Winter is therfore a simple gain for those who want to gain.
Yes, you may feel uneasy to wake up for ablution in that coldness but know that this also is a favour and a way of reward for you. The Prophet peac be upon him said should i tell you what rubs off sins and lifts the grades and ranks ? The Companions said Yes O the Messenger of Allah , He said: Getting Ablution in disliked times ie like in Winter. and in other ays when you feel uneasy. Therefore we should tryu to benefit from this season as we have seen.
Brothers , in previous days we were in Ramadan. praying, fasting remembering Allah , reciting Qur’an.
Are we continuing with these good deeds?
Have you been able to pray at night after Ramadan?
Are fasting Sunnah after Rmadan?
Are we reciting the Noble Qur’an?
Are we remenbering Allah day and night?
Lets try our best and as we know there are tendays coming in the month of Dhul Hajj which are better than the days of Ramadan.The Hadithis in Bukhar. Be prepared for Ibaadat. Allah says : Wal Fajr. Wa Layaalin Ashr ” By the Dawn and the ten nights”. The scholars of Tafsiir from that Hadith of Albukhar make it clear that these are the ten days which Allah sweared on.
So the chances are coming for us for worshipping Allah.
WE pray for our beloved Prophet may Allah put His mercy and blessings upon Him and his followers. WE ask Allah to forgive and help muslims all over the world and solve their problems.