Friday Sermon
Sermon urging the approach of rapprochement between the doctrines of scholars and preachers and unifying their ranks
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<p>Sermon urg<br />
Delivered by:<br />
His Eminence Imam Sheikh Dr. Abdul Kadir Al<br />
Salman Sholagberu<br />
The Grand Sheikh of the Ilorin Emirate, Kwara state<br />
Imam and Khateeb at the National Mosque in Nigeria<br />
The first sermon<br />
Praise be to Allah, praise befitting His majesty, greatness, and<br />
actions in general and in detail. Praise be to Allah, who has<br />
singled out some of His creatures for honor and glorification, out<br />
of justice and preference. Praise be to Allah, who is glorified. He<br />
has made the surging seas, the rushing clouds, and the soaring<br />
eyes glorify and venerate Him. He has favoured some months<br />
over others, and has recommended to His servants the<br />
comprehensive aspects of His piety as a law and a completion. He<br />
has included that in three verses. Whoever understands them,<br />
adheres to them, preserves them, and applies them will succeed<br />
in his worldly pursuits and enjoy the reward of his afterlife.<br />
Whoever neglects them, procrastinates in them, and ignores<br />
them will fall into the fire of Hell, banished and ill. Your Lord<br />
Allah the Almighty says: (O you who have believed, fear Allah as<br />
He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims.) (O<br />
mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and<br />
created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many<br />
men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one<br />
another, and the wombs. Indeed, Allah is ever, over you, an<br />
Observer.) (O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak<br />
words of appropriate justice. He will amend for you your deeds<br />
and forgive your sins, and for whoever obeys Allah and His<br />
Messenger has certainly achieved a great victory). I bear<br />
witness that there is no god but Allah alone, without partner, and<br />
I bear witness that our master, the joy of our eyes, and our<br />
intercessor on the Day of Resurrection, Abu al-Qasim, the<br />
husband of the mothers of the believers, the seal of the prophets,<br />
the mine of secrets, the source of lights, the light of hearts, and<br />
the medicine of bodies, Muhammad, may Allah bless him and<br />
grant him peace, is His servant and messenger. O Allah, bless and grant him peace. And upon his family, his companions, and those<br />
who follow them in righteousness until the Day of Judgment..<br />
Servants of Allah, Fear Allah as He should be feared. Fear<br />
Allah in what is permissible, fear Allah in what is forbidden, fear<br />
Allah in what is allowed, and fear Allah in what is doubtful.<br />
Servants of Allah,With the advent of this blessed month,<br />
Shaaban al-Khair, there appear and shade us with breaths of faith,<br />
which every soul humbled before its Lord awaits and waits for.<br />
Breaths in which Muslims acquire and imitate the morals of<br />
angels. Breaths in which the principle of the scholars of<br />
monotheism is true: if reasons (to do)are weak, and the deed(sins)<br />
is done, the burden is made great, and punishment doubled, (but)<br />
and if reason (to do) are strong, and the deed is neglected, the<br />
benefit is made great, and reward doubled.<br />
Servants of Allah,It&#8217;s from tracking, extrapolation and<br />
sampling To the texts, you can hardly find a ritual of the rituals<br />
of Islam except that it is preceded and advanced by what is known<br />
as a form of ihramÙ, or more precisely, her key. And ihram and<br />
the key of Hajj Talbiyah on the Day of Tarwiyah, and Ihram<br />
And the keyFor those who want to offer a sacrifice, is to refrain<br />
from cutting their nails or cutting their hair, except in cases of necessity, according to the most correct of the jurists’ opinions,<br />
and the Ihram And the key to obligatory Prayers, is ablution and<br />
purification, and ihram And the key to Acceptance of deeds, is<br />
sincerity and following the Book and Sunnah, as well, -the<br />
servants of God-, the Ihram and the key to the holy month of<br />
Ramadan is the blessed month of Sha’ban, which We live its<br />
atmosphere and breathe its fragrance(And whoever honors the<br />
symbols of God &#8211; indeed, it is from the piety of hearts) Al-J/32.<br />
Servants of Allah,It is not hidden from us and from you what<br />
is customary in this month From exchanging criticisms and<br />
insults, conflicting opinions of scholars, and social media being<br />
filled with superficial, unfounded research, everyone’s holding<br />
firmly onto his knowledge, party and opinion, some Muslims in<br />
these blessed lands, when entering such a month and other<br />
Islamic months, such asÙRabi&#8217; al-Awwal and Rabi&#8217; al-Thaniand<br />
Rajab, And Shaaban And even Ramadan fills the atmosphere<br />
with differences. And in Rabi’ al-Awwal and Rabi’ al-Thani, is<br />
it permissible to celebrate the birth of the Prophet, may God bless<br />
him and grant him peace? In Rajab, they differ as to whether it is<br />
permissible to fast or not. In this month, Sha’ban is also<br />
mentioned.ÙIsn&#8217;t it an innovation to perform the night prayer?ÙThe middle of ShaabanÙDid the Prophet, may God bless him and grant<br />
him peace, fast all of Shaban? Or most of it? Is it permissible to<br />
allocate the second half of Sha&#8217;ban for fasting? Is it true that fates<br />
change on the night of the middle of Sha&#8217;ban? So speak and do<br />
not be embarrassed. These differences have caused estrangement<br />
and animosity, the consequences of which only Allah knows.<br />
How many opportunities have they delayed and missed for<br />
Muslims that only Allah knows!!<br />
Preachers of the nation,Is it reasonable what is happening<br />
between our Islamic parties of hateful gangs, severe disputes,<br />
bitter enmities, and mutual slander, as if we are of conflicting<br />
religions and contradictory doctrines?<br />
Scholars of the nation,Advocates of sects, have you forgotten<br />
or pretended to forget that society does not witness theÙprogress<br />
of her people, people will not be happy, nor will they be<br />
successful in progress and development, except through your<br />
unity, except through your righteousness, except through your<br />
rapprochement, except through your following the approach of<br />
rapprochement between the religious sects and parties present in<br />
the state. Scholars of the nation,What we have seen in Rabi al-Awwal<br />
and Rabi&#8217; al-Thani and In Rajab, and what we are seeing now of<br />
conflicting scientific messages, everyone criticizes those who<br />
disagree with him. By God, they are nothing more than<br />
differences in the deduction of scholars regarding the optional<br />
and voluntary acts of religion. The rules related to the optional<br />
act, whether it is an absolute or restricted optional act, are not<br />
hidden from you. The rights of God &#8211; as you know &#8211; are based<br />
on forgiveness. The optional act is broader than the obligatory<br />
act. The acts of worship that come in various forms may be<br />
performed in those forms without any dislike. If two matters of<br />
the same type come together and their intended meaning does<br />
not differ, one of them usually enters into the other. The last<br />
point is that there is no denial in a place of disagreement.It is also<br />
not hidden from you that one of the main reasons for the<br />
emergence of differences among scholars after ignorance of<br />
religion, loss of foundation, and Satan’s embellishment is the fifth<br />
type, the states of the word with the meaning, which is the<br />
commonalities in their types or the faces and counterparts,<br />
whether it is a noun, verb, or letter. The Qur’an has used<br />
commonalities, and the Prophet, may God bless him and granthim peace, used them all to be a field.ÙJurists ponder their<br />
deductions and the reasons for their differences in ruling on legal<br />
details.<br />
Scholars of the nation, preachers of Islam,Why do we fight,<br />
quarrel and exchange words over matters and details that do not<br />
matter? And are not even obligations. It is true that scholars<br />
differ, butThey do not envy or quarrel with each other. Ibn al-<br />
Jawzi was right when he said: “I contemplated the envy among<br />
scholars, and I saw that its origin is the love of this world. The<br />
scholars of the Hereafter love each other and do not envy each<br />
other, as God Almighty said: “And they do not find in their<br />
hearts any need for what they have been given&#8230;”And God is<br />
trueIn his perfect revelation whereHe said:<br />
(And obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute<br />
and [thus] become paralyzed and your strength departs,<br />
and be patient. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.)Al-<br />
Anfal/46<br />
May Allah bless Abu al-Baqa al-Kafwi in his comprehensive<br />
works when he distinguished between differences and<br />
disagreemens, mentioning the differences between them:<br />
“differences is that in which the intention is the same and the way to reach it differs, and disagreements is that in which the<br />
intention differs from the path leading to it. Differences is that<br />
which is based on evidence, while disagreements is not based on<br />
evidence. One of the effects of differences is mercy, while one of<br />
the effects of disagreements is innovation and division. If a judge<br />
rules on it and it is referred to someone else, it is not permissible<br />
to annul it, while disagreements is permissible to annul it because<br />
it occurred in a place where ijtihad is not permissible, which is<br />
that which contradicts the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and consensus.<br />
The conclusion in all of this is that if disagreement occurs in what<br />
is permissible, it is called differences, and if it occurs in what is<br />
not permissible, it is called disagreements.” End of his words,<br />
may Allah have mercy on him.<br />
Preachers of the nation,With all that we have mentioned<br />
above, no preacher with a conscience alive Ù with His only<br />
concern being to call people to God, will let the aforementioned<br />
matters go beyond differences to disagreement.“And if your<br />
Lord had willed, He could have made mankind one community;<br />
but they will not cease to differ, except whom your Lord has<br />
given mercy. And for that He created them&#8230;” Al-Hud/ 118-<br />
119. O servants of Allah, prices have gone up and up, so lower them<br />
by sincerely repenting, turning to Allah, and seeking forgiveness<br />
from your Forgiving and Merciful Lord. Pray and send peace and<br />
blessings upon your beloved Muhammad, may God bless him<br />
and grant him peace. Your Lord has commanded you to do so,<br />
starting with Himself and then mentioning His angels. He asked<br />
you to do so and said: “O you who believe, pray upon him and<br />
greet him with peace.”<br />
The second sermon<br />
Scholars of the nation,Yes, we differ, and difference is not<br />
reprehensible, but disagreement is reprehensible. If we review<br />
our glorious history, we discover that it is full with the differences<br />
of Muslim jurists from the era of our Prophet Muhammad, may<br />
God bless him and grant him peace, and the era of the<br />
Companions, and throughout the ages, until difference (which is<br />
religions and sects) became a science that is studied and taught in<br />
the faculties of Sharia.<br />
Scholars of the nation,The difference occurred in an era that<br />
we cannot imagine happening, which is the era of the Prophet,<br />
may God bless him and grant him peace, and its images are not hidden from you, and the differences of the Companions after his<br />
death, may God bless him and grant him peace, are not hidden<br />
from you, as well as the differences of the followers and the<br />
imams of the schools of thought, but they all avoided<br />
disagreement, and I am not here in the space to list these<br />
differences.<br />
Scholars of the nation, it is time to unite ranks, an era of<br />
rapprochement between parties and sects, no party is better than<br />
the other, remember your Prophet, may God bless him and grant<br />
him peace, who said: “If a man says, ‘People are doomed,’ then<br />
he is the most doomed of them.” Narrated by Muslim. And may<br />
God bless the one who said:<br />
If God wants a nation to awaken, He inspires it with the<br />
awakening of individuals.<br />
Therefore, our preachers must clarify the path before taking it,<br />
and become aware of it. They should clear the way before<br />
entering, and light up with the lamp before night time.<br />
Preachers of the nation,Why do some of us collect flimsy,<br />
unfounded evidence?Ù For him, he convinces himself of its<br />
correctness and the error of others, forgetting the words of God<br />
Almighty: “Say: Shall We inform you of the greatest losers as to [their] deeds? Those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while<br />
they think that they are acquiring good in work.” (Al-Kahf<br />
104/103), and the words of God Almighty:<br />
“Is he for whom the evil of his deed has been made<br />
attractive so he regards it as good? Indeed, Allah leaves<br />
astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. So let<br />
not your soul perish over them in regret. Indeed, Allah is<br />
Knowing of what they do.”Fater: 8.<br />
Scholars of the nation,Why don’t we excuse each other, learn<br />
from each other, and forgive each other!! Isn’t it correct<br />
according to Sharia and belief, or is it not among the established<br />
principles of religion, that we cite the words of someone who has<br />
made a mistake? And if our answer is “No” and that it is not<br />
permissible!! Then you should not benefit from the knowledge<br />
of many of the scholars of Islam, nor from the authentication of<br />
the hadiths of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon<br />
him) by these scholars, such as Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani,<br />
Imam Muhyi Al-Din Al-Nawawi, Jalal Al-Din Al-Suyuti, Ibn<br />
Al-Jawzi, and Al-Haythami. You should also boycott their<br />
books such as “Fath Al-Bari”, “Sharh Muslim”, “Fayd Al-<br />
Qadir”, etc. And if you do this, then peace be upon Islam!! Preachers of the nation,Cast hatred behind you, and follow<br />
the path of the great imams in exchange, taking and giving. Look<br />
at Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and his students citing the<br />
statements of those who had some innovations and some errors,<br />
so they cited the statements of al-Juwayni, Ibn Hazm, al-Ghazali,<br />
and others, may God have mercy on them all.<br />
My fellow preachers,The truth is accepted from any source,<br />
and whoever says it. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings<br />
be upon him, accepted the truth brought by Satan in reciting<br />
Ayat al-Kursi before sleeping. The Messenger, peace and<br />
blessings be upon him, cited the words of the poet Labid when<br />
he was an unbeliever: “Behold, everything except Allah is false.”<br />
So if the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, accepted<br />
from Satan and cited the words of an unbeliever&#8230; then what<br />
about a Muslim who has made a mistake! Why do you hate and<br />
criticize him just because he does not follow your school of<br />
thought, and it may even go so far as to expel him from the<br />
religion!! What will you say to “There is no god but Allah” when<br />
it comes to you on the Day of Judgment?<br />
My brothers in the call, feel your responsibilities, and diagnose<br />
yourselves in a way that befits your position. There you will discover that you are the core of society, and that you are its<br />
pivot. You are like teachers in schools and doctors in hospitals.<br />
Without you, society would not be a society. From you, to you,<br />
in you, and with you will come the advancement and progress of<br />
society. It is time for you &#8211; may God protect you &#8211; to rearrange<br />
the papers of the call, unifying the ranks, and bringing together<br />
the parties and religious sects (Has not the time come for those<br />
who have believed that their hearts should become humbly<br />
submissive at the remembrance of God and what has come down<br />
of the truth? And they will not be like those who were given the<br />
Scripture before, and a long period passed over them, so their<br />
hearts hardened, and many of them are wicked) Al-Hadid/16<br />
My fellow scholars&#8230; Excuse me, perhaps I have hurt you, but do<br />
we let the patient not take medicine for fear of disturbing him??!!<br />
And do we leave the wound without stitches for fear of causing<br />
him pain??!! So excuse me, O preachers, if I have hurt you, for<br />
you know that the skillful, honest, and firm doctor is the one<br />
who cuts open the stomach of the afflicted, cuts off the hand of<br />
the leper, and stitches the wounds of the wounded, and does not<br />
pay attention to groans or heed to screams. May God bless the<br />
one who said: If the wound heals on corruption # It shall be known of it<br />
neglect of The doctor<br />
If the wound heals on corruption # the sickness will spread to<br />
the patient&#8217;s stomach.<br />
Servants of Allah,Make up for what you owe from the past<br />
Ramadan in these blessed days, honor the awaited guest, and hide<br />
from him what is not befitting of chivalry, and hide grudges,<br />
hatred, lies, hypocrisy, drinking alcohol, adultery,<br />
embezzlement, and false reports. May God let me and you reach<br />
Ramadan, accept our offerings in it, and may God return it to us<br />
and to you for many years and times.</p>
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