HIGHLIGHTS Bismillah al-Rahman al-Raheem [Video suitable for viewing at increased Playback speed. Transcript available in video Description. English language sermon \ Khutbah commences @ 7:37] 8:10 the stages of an idea - mirroring life... 11:00 ...the death of ideas - no longer inspiring creativity or human imagination... 11:27 ...which is the case with many Islamic concepts... 11:55 ...unlike the first Muslim generation - Qur'anic concepts viewed as full of potentialities... 12:25 ...the deathknell symptoms - habit and familiarity. 13:05 the importance of context. 14:35 the requirement for purification... 16:22 ...once the predicament is fully comprehended... 16:31 ...as well as honest circumspection performed... 16:51 ...the potential for change. 17:03 an example of this approach taken from the Qur'an... 17:54 Surah al-A'raf, #7 : Ayah #29: "...amara rabbi bil-qis't wa-aqeemoo wujuhakum inda kulli masjidi wad'oohu mukh'liseena lah ud-deen kama bada-akum ta'udoon" (..."My Lord commands justice, and to stand devoted at every place of worship. So call upon Him, and dedicate your faith to Him alone. Just as He originated you, so you will return"). 19:38 Ayah #31: "yabanee adama khudhoo zeenatakum inda kulli masjidi wakooloo wash'raboo wala tus'rifoo innahu la yuhibb ul-mus'rifeen" (O Children of Adam! Dress properly at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but do not be excessive. He does not love the excessive)... 23:35 ...Ayah #32: "qul man harrama zinat al-laah illatee akhraja li'ibadihi wat-tayibati min ar-riz'q qul hiya lilladheena amanoo fil-hayat id-dun'ya khalisata yawm al-qiyama kadhalika nufassil ul-ayati liqawmi ya'lamoon" (Say, "Who forbade God's finery which He has produced for His servants, and the delights of livelihood?" Say, "They are for those who believe, in this present world, but exclusively theirs on the Day of Resurrection." We thus detail the revelations for people who know)... 24:55 ...pondering on the Qur'anic word زِنَاء \ Zināʾ generally... 25:57 ...Surah al-Suffat, #37 : Ayah #6: "inna zayyann as-sama ad-dun'ya bizeenatin al-kawakib" (We have adorned the lower heaven with the beauty of the planets). 27:12 Surah Ta-ha, #20 : Ayah #87: "...walakinna hummil'na awzaran min zeenat il-qawm..." (...but we were made to carry loads of the people's ornaments...). 27:44 Surah al-Kahf, #18 : Ayah #46: "al-malu wal-banoona zeenat ul-hayat id-dun'ya..." (Wealth and children are the adornments of the present life...). 28:00 repetition of Surah al-Suffat, #37 : Ayah #6 [see above @25:57] 28:25 "zeena" mostly employed by Muslims in conjunction with women's modesty, per Surah al-Nur, #24 : Ayah #31: "waqul lil'mu'minati yaghdud'na min absarihinna wayahfathna furoojahunna wala yub'deena zeenatahunna illa ma thahara min'ha..." (And tell the believing women to restrain their looks, and to guard their privates, and not display their beauty except what is apparent thereof...)... 29:10 ...Ayah #31 continued: "...wala yub'deena zeenatahunna illa libu'oolatihinna..." (...and not expose their beauty except to their husbands...)... 29:30 ..."...wala yadrib'na bi-arjulihinna liyu'lama ma yukh'feena min zeenatihinna..." (...And they should not strike their feet to draw attention to their hidden beauty...). 30:05 the different Qur'anic contexts where Zināʾ is employed - beautification/aesthetics for good or bad reasons... 31:02 ...the bad: as in Qarun\Korah's arrogance portrayed in the Qur'an (Surah al-Qasas, #28 : Ayat #76-84)... 31:57 ...the good: as in beautifying oneself and God's houses... 32:20 ...the virtuous precondition described in the Qur'an, #7 : #29: "...amara rabbi bil-qis't..." (..."My Lord commands justice...). 35:28 Surah al-Baqara, #2 : Ayah #177: "lays al-bira an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibal al-mashriqi wal-maghribi walakinn al-bira man amana bil-lahi wal-yawm il-akhiri wal-mala-ikati wal-kitabi wan-nabiyina wa-at al-mal ala hubbihi dhaw il-qur'ba wal-yatama wal-masakeena wab'na as-sabeeli was-saileena waf ir-riqabi wa-aqam as-salata wa-ata az-zakata wal-mufuna bi'ahdihim idha a-hadu was-sabireena fil-basa-i wad-dara-i wahin al-bas ula-ik alladheena sadaqu wa-ula-ika hum ul-mutaqoon" (Righteousness does not consist of turning your faces towards the East and the West. But righteous is he who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Scripture, and the prophets. Who gives money, though dear, to near relatives, and orphans, and the needy, and the homeless, and the beggars, and for the freeing of slaves; those who perform the prayers, and pay the obligatory charity, and fulfill their promise when they promise, and patiently persevere in the face of persecution, hardship, and in the time of conflict. These are the sincere; these are the pious)... 38:27 ...the true picture of piety encapsulated, CAUSES... 39:00 ...NOT the enforcement of gender separation/segregation or sermons focused solely on ablution \ Wudhu or the inconsequential remembrance \ Tasbih of God or minor Prophetic practices. 40:52 using the Qur'an to determine moral and virtuous growth.. 41:25 ...the potential for the renovation of Muslims - afflicted by the squalor and filth of their social diseases in this era. 42:43 [second sermon \ Khutbah] 43:34 how not to approach the Qur'an - betraying the text and its message... 46:04 ...today's Muslims, blind followers of the aesthetics \ Zināʾ of the non-Muslims. 46:51 [supplication \ Dua'] Ameen
A phenomenal Khutbah. Thank you for this, Ja Zak Allah
A beautiful Khutbah sheikh, jazakallah.
HIGHLIGHTS
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Raheem
[Video suitable for viewing at increased Playback speed.
Transcript available in video Description.
English language sermon \ Khutbah commences @ 7:37]
8:10 the stages of an idea - mirroring life...
11:00 ...the death of ideas - no longer inspiring creativity or human imagination...
11:27 ...which is the case with many Islamic concepts...
11:55 ...unlike the first Muslim generation - Qur'anic concepts viewed as full of potentialities...
12:25 ...the deathknell symptoms - habit and familiarity.
13:05 the importance of context.
14:35 the requirement for purification...
16:22 ...once the predicament is fully comprehended...
16:31 ...as well as honest circumspection performed...
16:51 ...the potential for change.
17:03 an example of this approach taken from the Qur'an...
17:54 Surah al-A'raf, #7 : Ayah #29:
"...amara rabbi bil-qis't wa-aqeemoo wujuhakum inda kulli masjidi wad'oohu mukh'liseena lah ud-deen kama bada-akum ta'udoon"
(..."My Lord commands justice, and to stand devoted at every place of worship. So call upon Him, and dedicate your faith to Him alone. Just as He originated you, so you will return").
19:38 Ayah #31:
"yabanee adama khudhoo zeenatakum inda kulli masjidi wakooloo wash'raboo wala tus'rifoo innahu la yuhibb ul-mus'rifeen"
(O Children of Adam! Dress properly at every place of worship, and eat and drink, but do not be excessive. He does not love the excessive)...
23:35 ...Ayah #32:
"qul man harrama zinat al-laah illatee akhraja li'ibadihi wat-tayibati min ar-riz'q qul hiya lilladheena amanoo fil-hayat id-dun'ya khalisata yawm al-qiyama kadhalika nufassil ul-ayati liqawmi ya'lamoon"
(Say, "Who forbade God's finery which He has produced for His servants, and the delights of livelihood?" Say, "They are for those who believe, in this present world, but exclusively theirs on the Day of Resurrection." We thus detail the revelations for people who know)...
24:55 ...pondering on the Qur'anic word زِنَاء \ Zināʾ generally...
25:57 ...Surah al-Suffat, #37 : Ayah #6:
"inna zayyann as-sama ad-dun'ya bizeenatin al-kawakib"
(We have adorned the lower heaven with the beauty of the planets).
27:12 Surah Ta-ha, #20 : Ayah #87:
"...walakinna hummil'na awzaran min zeenat il-qawm..."
(...but we were made to carry loads of the people's ornaments...).
27:44 Surah al-Kahf, #18 : Ayah #46:
"al-malu wal-banoona zeenat ul-hayat id-dun'ya..."
(Wealth and children are the adornments of the present life...).
28:00 repetition of Surah al-Suffat, #37 : Ayah #6 [see above @25:57]
28:25 "zeena" mostly employed by Muslims in conjunction with women's modesty, per Surah al-Nur, #24 : Ayah #31:
"waqul lil'mu'minati yaghdud'na min absarihinna wayahfathna furoojahunna wala yub'deena zeenatahunna illa ma thahara min'ha..."
(And tell the believing women to restrain their looks, and to guard their privates, and not display their beauty except what is apparent thereof...)...
29:10 ...Ayah #31 continued:
"...wala yub'deena zeenatahunna illa libu'oolatihinna..."
(...and not expose their beauty except to their husbands...)...
29:30 ..."...wala yadrib'na bi-arjulihinna liyu'lama ma yukh'feena min zeenatihinna..."
(...And they should not strike their feet to draw attention to their hidden beauty...).
30:05 the different Qur'anic contexts where Zināʾ is employed - beautification/aesthetics for good or bad reasons...
31:02 ...the bad: as in Qarun\Korah's arrogance portrayed in the Qur'an (Surah al-Qasas, #28 : Ayat #76-84)...
31:57 ...the good: as in beautifying oneself and God's houses...
32:20 ...the virtuous precondition described in the Qur'an, #7 : #29:
"...amara rabbi bil-qis't..."
(..."My Lord commands justice...).
35:28 Surah al-Baqara, #2 : Ayah #177:
"lays al-bira an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibal al-mashriqi wal-maghribi walakinn al-bira man amana bil-lahi wal-yawm il-akhiri wal-mala-ikati wal-kitabi wan-nabiyina wa-at al-mal ala hubbihi dhaw il-qur'ba wal-yatama wal-masakeena wab'na as-sabeeli was-saileena waf ir-riqabi wa-aqam as-salata wa-ata az-zakata wal-mufuna bi'ahdihim idha a-hadu was-sabireena fil-basa-i wad-dara-i wahin al-bas ula-ik alladheena sadaqu wa-ula-ika hum ul-mutaqoon"
(Righteousness does not consist of turning your faces towards the East and the West. But righteous is he who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Scripture, and the prophets. Who gives money, though dear, to near relatives, and orphans, and the needy, and the homeless, and the beggars, and for the freeing of slaves; those who perform the prayers, and pay the obligatory charity, and fulfill their promise when they promise, and patiently persevere in the face of persecution, hardship, and in the time of conflict. These are the sincere; these are the pious)...
38:27 ...the true picture of piety encapsulated, CAUSES...
39:00 ...NOT the enforcement of gender separation/segregation or sermons focused solely on ablution \ Wudhu or the inconsequential remembrance \ Tasbih of God or minor Prophetic practices.
40:52 using the Qur'an to determine moral and virtuous growth..
41:25 ...the potential for the renovation of Muslims - afflicted by the squalor and filth of their social diseases in this era.
42:43 [second sermon \ Khutbah]
43:34 how not to approach the Qur'an - betraying the text and its message...
46:04 ...today's Muslims, blind followers of the aesthetics \ Zināʾ of the non-Muslims.
46:51 [supplication \ Dua']
Ameen