THE STREET MIMBAR
Eid Al Adha Khutbah (8 December 2008)
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It is in such a manner that We make plain our signs so that
the course of the
criminals may become clear.
Bismillah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem.
Alhumdulillah. Peace and blessings on Muhammad (sallalahu
alaihi wa sallam), his Noble Companions and Family.
Brothers and Sisters, Muslims of commitment, conviction,
hard work and a struggle...
audio on http://www.islamiccenterdc.com/khutbassermons.htm
(17-03-2000)
YAWM AL EID AL ADHA
Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar.
Allah is Akbar! Even though it may appear that the forces of
those who are the enemies of Allah, opposed and antagonistic to Allah are
greater.
Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar.
The Prophet of Allah said Allahu Akbar when the forces of
those times appeared to be superior to the Prophet and the Muslims who were
with him, but that did not mean that they were not going too face the fact that
remains embedded in every Muslim mind and enshrined in every Muslim soul.
Allahu Akbar - Allahu Akbar - Allahu Akbar
It is true that we have worldly centered Muslims who think,
calculate and suppose that there are forces that are greater than Allah and in
the time of our Prophet there were also the same forces that were at work. On
this day and at this time of the year, hundreds of thousands, (there's supposed
to be tens of millions), of Muslims. There's a place in Makkah that probably
not many Muslims pay attention to; that place is where the opponents of
Rasulillah met, discussed, deliberated and exchanged opinions on how to defeat
Allah's Apostle. Not many Muslims want to go to this place and not many Muslims
know the name of this place. It's called Dar An Nadwa- where the conspiracies
against Islam and the Muslims were hatched. They discussed placing the Prophet
under what we call today house arrest- that idea didn't go through; they discussed
how to put the Prophet into permanent asylum- that idea didn't go through; they
discussed how to kill the Prophet and they agreed to that idea. The forces that
were at work against the Prophet were there from the 1st day; (this) was not
because the Prophet was a diplomat or politician in the sense that is
understood today- he wasn't! He had the word/book of Allah to render to the
rest of Mankind and so they decided in their hostility to Allah, His Prophet
and the committed Muslims to assassinate him. You would ask when Muslims go to
the Hajj, why can't they ask where this Dar An Nadwa was?! Or, are there the
powers that be who have eliminated it, saying "it would be some type of
bid'ah to go and look at the place where the animosity to the Muslims was centered
and located?" Is there anything wrong with that? This hostility to Allah's
Prophet continued unabated; they didn't succeed in their assassination attempt
or in the other attempts against him, but their hostility and animus to the
Muslims continued until Allah finally- (because of the experiences that the
community of the Prophet went through)- they had agreements with Ahl Al Kitaab
and Ahl Al Kitaab sided with the Mushriks against the Prophet; they betrayed
their agreement with the Prophet; the Prophet signed an agreement with the
Mushriks themselves at the Treaty of Hudaibiyah and the Mushriks betrayed this
agreement; all the forces around were betraying the Prophet every time he
entered into an agreement with them- this pattern had to come to an end and it
came to an end in the Hajj! This is a feature of the Hajj that is absent from
the majority of Muslims who go to Makkah to perform their Hajj! Where is the
Bara'ah from the Mushrikeen in Makkah we ask?! Answer the question- where is
the Bara'ah from the Mushrikeen who stab us in the back every time Muslims sign
an agreement with them?!
An ending to these types of agreements between Allah, His
Prophet and the Committed Muslims (on one side) and the Mushrikeen (on the
other side) (Surah At Taubah verse 1)
Does this bother anyone to have the Muslims in the world
cut-off the relationship with those who are stabbing the Muslims in the back-
there's plenty of them The murderers of Muslims emanate from this city and what
are Muslims doing having relationships with these people (who rule) in this
city?! Does it bother (anyone to say to) the Saudi Arabian governors,
politicians and diplomats to say to them "you are treacherous to Allah and
His Apostle because you honor the contracts and agreements that are spilling
Muslim blood all around the world!" This Bara'ah is not the signature of a
Saudi official some where; it has to be declared publicly, (out loud)
A declaration from Allah and His Prophet to the people on
the great day of Hajj that Allah and His Messenger are free from these types of
agreements with the Mushrikeen… (Surah At Taubah verse 3)
In our days, when we say Allahu Akbar and when we know quite
well what the forces are around us, we mean that Allah will carry this affair
to a better day. We haven't ended our thinking ability and our efforts for
Allah in this world. We know from the Book of Allah and from the Sunnah of His
Messenger what it means to cut off relationships with Mushriks who are
responsible for quite a few things…
Number 1- stifling this central message of the Hajj. We ask,
on this day while we say Allahu Akbar and while we know that Allah will bring
to nil their policies in stifling the Hajj; but we say to them "we know
these Saudis are protecting themselves, because the Mushriks are protecting
them; and they don't want the Muslims to come to Makkah and realize that
there's a globalization of policies against the Muslims. They don't want the
Muslims to reach the Qur'anic and Sunnatic conclusion that there should be no
dependency relationship upon any Mushrik or kaafir bloc in the world.' But, in
the meantime, (we remember how just a few years ago) the Mushriks went to them
and said "we are being hurt when the prices of oil go up; you have to do
something about it." This was being done during the days of Hajj – this is
the irony of it- when these Saudis are saying with their mouths Allahu Akbar in
Makkah, they are saying with their works and deeds Amrika Akbar in Washington! And you want
to continue to fool the Muslims?! We say Allahu Akbar knowing that these
dynamics are at work. These Saudi officials went to the rescue of the Mushriks
instead of coming to the rescue of the Muslims! They should be exposed to the
rest of the world, beginning from Makkah all the way to Washington. They think that they are going
to ride the tide of ignorance among the Muslims?! That tide is come to an end!
Let us demonstrate to you how ignorant Muslims are… All/most/the overwhelming
majority of us know what a gallon of gasoline costed (back then)- $1.80 or
$1.90 a gallon. But, they don't tell us how much the Saudis and their cartel-
who are in the service of the Mushriks- are selling a gallon of oil for; they
tell us how much they're selling a barrel of oil. We don't know how much a
barrel costs over here and we're don't know how much they're selling a gallon
over there! Between a barrel and a
gallon they want to take the Muslim mind for granted- as if we can't figure out
and as if it can't become public knowledge and information how much we were
selling a barrel of oil. Muslims were selling a barrel of oil in the world for
around $9. A barrel of oil is 159 liters, which is roughly about 40 gallons.
With a simple mathematical process/equation, you (can) divide $9 by 40 gallons
and you come up with something like $0.25 for a gallon of oil that these Saudis
and their cartel were selling to the kaafirs who's policies are draining the
Muslims of their blood. Due to the effort of some more enlightened Muslims
within this cartel, the price of oil has gone up in the market here, to $1.80,
(depending where you are and what gas station you go to etc.). (Back then), the
price went to around $32 a barrel. (Once again, if), you divide- we should not
continue to be ignorant Muslims. The Saudis and their group were selling to the
Mushriks- who Allah is telling them to cut relations with and to depend upon
themselves- for $0.80. So, what's this $1.80 doing at the gas pump? Where's
this extra dollar going? Is there any Muslim around to think about this? There
were truckers who were protesting as to "why oil had gone up to that
price?" Yet, it's still a miniscule of what it's supposed to be! They're
still robbing us dry of our resources and these Saudis and their company still
have more relationships with the Mushriks. What are they doing in the Hajj?!
Where is Surah Al Bara'ah?! How does it fit into the contemporary world? These
Mushriks betrayed and were treasonous to the Prophet and so, this type of
agreement had to come to an end. There is no question in Islamic history about
the 9th year after the Prophet went to Al Medinah when Surat Al Bara'ah was
revealed and the Prophet sent two of his companions to the Hajj in Makkah and
he said to them to declare to the rest of those who were coming that the
Muslims were now terminating all these types of agreements with all the
Mushriks around. If it was an indefinite agreement, there are four months to
lapse and that indefinite agreement is over; and for those timed agreements,
when that time period lapses, there would be no renewal of these types of
arrangements. Here we are- look at the arrangements they have. One of these
other states, the Emiraat in the Gulf, signed a $6billion contract with the
American military industrial complex to buy 80 F16s. This means they will
depend, (the key word is they will depend), on the Mushriks for their own
protection. Allah doesn't want this dependency relationship and the Mushriks
will take them to the bank because these planes need maintenance expenses,
training, military bases and these Muslims who go to Makkah and say Allahu
Akbar come here and pay homage to the Mushriks and Kaafirs and depend upon them
for their survival. Where is the meaning of Hajj in all of this?! Where is
Bara'ah in all of this?! It is conveniently swept aside and eliminated from all
aspects of being in Makkah. This was not done by chance; this was not a natural
evolution of things; there were evil minds that took this Bara'ah from the
Muslims in Makkah, and now they have a free-for-all with the Mushriks. They are
more in tune and comfortable with the Mushriks than they are with the Muslims
in Makkah. We realize this, and even though this is the case, there'[s no dent
in our determination; we will go on like the Prophet himself and say Allahu
Akbar- Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar. Allah is greater than all that they have on
their minds. Allahu Akbar because tomorrow is going to be better than today;
Allahu Akbar because we have Muslims around the world who Allah is nurturing
and guiding to a better tomorrow. We know what is happening to us; we see that
the policies of these Mushriks that have the Saudis and their company addicted
were causing 8,000 infants to die daily in the Muslim land of Iraq.
Do they think that we don't see and don't know this?! Do they think that we
don't see and don't know what they are doing to the Muslims in the Caucuses, Algeria, Southern Sudan, Europe, and the United States?!
They have occupied and subverted Masajid, Makkah and Al Medinah and only a few
Muslims have the mental courage to see through the propaganda and rumors
engineered to enter into our subliminal being and too see through this façade
and realize that there's not really much difference between the Saudi rulers in
Makkah and Al Medinah and the Yahudi rulers in Al Quds! Both of them are serving
the same interests; both of them are relaxed and comfortable with each other
and both of them are trying to combat our consciousness and adherence to Allah
and His Prophet- we know there's a war in process and because of that and
regardless of that we say Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar. We will
continue to say Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar and let these Saudis
and their company stew in their conspiracies against the Muslims. The day shall
come and the time shall approach when they shall be held accountable for what
they are doing. They hide behind closed doors and have security around- why?
Don't they feel equal with the rest of the Muslims? Why don't they come out? We
have no security, our securer is Allah; we do they hide and not listen to us
and then speak to other people behind our backs? If they have the courage and
integrity of Islam that is demanded of every Muslim, then come and speak to us
heart-to-heart; man-to-man and face-to-face. Don't speak about us behind closed
doors and in the company of your Mushrik superiors. Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar-
Allahu Akbar. They're afraid of Allahu Akbar, but they're not afraid of it if
it is automatically said in Makkah; they are afraid of it when Muslims know
what it means and to behave Allahu Akbar. That is what they are afraid of and
their day is approaching and we continue to reverberate, say and echo with our
brothers and sisters and committed Muslims anywhere and everywhere in the world
Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar- Allahu Akbar.
Kullu aamin wa antum bi kheir. An Eid that is a motivated
Eid with the meanings that belong to it in the hearts and minds of all of us
and unto a better Eid in the coming year.
This khutbah was delivered by Imam Mohamed Asi on the
occasion of Eid Al Adha on 17 March 2000. The Imam is based in Washington D.C.
He previously led the daily and Jum'ah prayers inside the Masjid. His speeches
were revolutionary and thought provoking; and eventually irritated and
threatened the Middle-East Ambassadors who control the Masjid. Finally, the
Imam, he's family, and other Muslims faithful to the course of Islam were
forced out, into the streets. This khutbah originates from the sidewalk across
the street from the Islamic Center, currently under siege.
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