The First Friday Sermon after the Liberation of Quds by Sultan Salahuddeen Ayubi
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The First Friday Sermon after the Liberation of Quds by Sultan Salahuddeen
Ayubi (May Allah have mercy on him)
The first Friday sermon that was delivered after the liberation of Jerusalem
from the occupation of the Crusaders at the hands of Sultan Abi Al Muzaffar
Yousuf Bin Ayyub. Salahuddin Al Ayyubi, on 4th Shaban 583 H, corresponding to
the 10th of October 1187, delivered by Sheikh Mahyudeen Muhammad Bin Zakee
Adeen Ali Al Qurayshi (May Allah have mercy on him), that has been related in
the majestic book of the Anas in the Tareekh Al Quds History of Quds and Al
Khaleel The friend of Mujeeruddin Al Hanbali (May Allah have mercy on him).
When he advanced (i.e. Sheikh Muhyadeen) on the pulpit he began with Surah
Fatihah and
recited it till the end
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;
Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
Master of the Day of Judgment.
Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
Show us the straight way,
The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is
not wrath, and who go not astray.
And said, (Surah Al Anaam, Verse 45)
Of the wrong-doers the last remnant was cut off. Praise be to Allah, the
Cherisher of the worlds.
Then he read from (Surah Al Anaam Verse 1-3
Praise be Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and made the darkness
and the light. Yet those who reject Faith hold (others) as equal, with their
Guardian-Lord.
He it is created you from clay, and then decreed a stated term (for you). And
there is in His presence another determined term; yet ye doubt within
yourselves!
And He is Allah in the heavens and on earth. He knoweth what ye hide, and what
ye reveal, and He knoweth the (recompense) which ye earn (by your deeds).
Then he recited from the (Surah Isra Verse 11)
The prayer that man should make for good, he maketh for evil; for man is given
to hasty (deeds).
Then from (Surah Al Kahf Verse 1-6)
Praise be to Allah, Who hath sent to His Servant the Book, and hath allowed
therein no Crookedness:
(He hath made it) Straight (and Clear) in order that He may warn (the godless)
of a terrible Punishment from Him, and that He may give Glad Tidings to the
Believers who work righteous deeds, that they shall have a goodly Reward,
Wherein they shall remain for ever:
Further, that He may warn those (also) who say, "Allah hath begotten a son":
No knowledge have they of such a thing, nor had their fathers. It is a grievous
thing that issues from their mouths as a saying what they say is nothing but
falsehood!
Thou wouldst only, perchance, fret thyself to death, following after them, in
grief, if they believe not in this Message.
Then he read from (Surah Nahl Verse 59)
With shame does he hide himself from his people, because of the bad news he has
had! Shall he retain it on (sufferance and) contempt, or bury it in the dust?
Ah! what an evil (choice) they decide on?
Then he recited from (Surah Fatir Verse 1-2)
Praise be to Allah, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and the earth, Who
made the angels, messengers with wings,- two, or three, or four (pairs): He
adds to Creation as He pleases: for Allah has power over all things.
What Allah out of his Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is none can withhold:
what He doth withhold, there is none can grant, apart from Him: and He is the
Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.
Then he began the Sermon and said:
First Khutbah (sermon):
All praise be to Allah, the glorifier of Islam with His victory, disgracer of
disbelief with His might, and resolver of matters by His commands, and the
perpetuator of bounties through His thanks, and the tempter of the disbelievers
with His cunning who has destined days as exchange (amongst people) with His
justice, and made the outcome for the pious with His grace, and has shaded His
slaves by His shadow, and has exhibited His religion over all religions
So
Powerful over His slaves that He isnt argued, and apparent over His creation
that He is not competed, and the matters go in accordance with His wishes that
He doesnt consult, and the Ruler of what He wants that He cannot be protected
against. Praise him for His victory and Manifestation, and His reinforcement of
His auliyaa (allies) and His victory for His ansar (helpers), and for the
purification of Jerusalem from the impurities of idolatry and harms. He has
truly praised Him, who has felt the praise from the
secret of his inner self and the apparent of his outer self. And I bear
witness that there is no God Except Allah, He has no partner, unto Him is all
praise, He is the Self-sufficient, He does not beget nor is He begotten, and
there is no one like Him. This is the witness of the ones who have purified
their hearts with the Oneness of Allah, and pleased Allah with it, And I bear
witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger, the remover of Doubts,
and the refuter of Shirk, and the Denier of lies, who was taken for a journey
by night from the Sacred mosque (Masjid Al Haraam) to the Farthest mosque
(Masjid Al Aqsa) and was ascended to the High Skies
So that (ruins unknown) have covered them up. (Surah Najm, Verse 14)
Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his successor, Caliph Abu Bakr as
Siddiq, the forerunner to belief and on the Ameer-Al Muminin Umar Bin AL
Khattab
the first to lift from this land the rites of the Cross and on Ameer Al
Muminin Usmaan Bin Afaan, the one with 2 lights the compiler of the Quran,
and the Ameer Al Muminin Ali Bin Abi Talib, the agitator of idolatry and the
destroyer of the idolaters, and on his family and his companions and the ones
who follow him with righteousness. O people, take glad tidings for the pleasure
of Allah, which is the ultimate aim, and the highest of ranks, for Allah has
facilitated on your hands to restore this lost (property- Masjid Al Aqsa) of
the lost Ummah and has returned it to its residence of Islam after its abuse at
the hands of the idolaters for about a 100 years, and the purification of this
house, where Allah has permitted His name to be exalted and remembered, and the
wiping off of idolatry from its ways after it had
extended on it lobbies, and its rites had settled in it, and for having raised
its bases with Tawheed, for it was actually based on it and for having
strengthened its base with blessings. It has been built on piety from between
its hands and from behind it, for it is the homeland of your father Ibrahim and
the Ascent of your Prophet (peace be upon him) and your Qiblah towards which
you used to pray at the beginning of Islam, and it is the abode of the Prophets
and the destination of the Awliya (righteous), and the graveyard of the
Prophets and the descent of the revelation, and the place where descends the
obligations and prohibitions, and it is the land of summoning and the crescendo
of propagation. It is in the holy land that Allah has mentioned in His
articulated book, and it is the Masjid Al Aqsa where the Messenger of Allah
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prayed with the closest Angels (to
Allah) and it is the country where He sent His slave and Prophet and
His word that he revealed to Maryam and His soul Isa, who He graced with His
message and honored with Prophet hood, but did not shunt him from the rank of
slavery to Him, for the Almighty has said:
Christ disdaineth nor to serve and worship Allah, nor do the angels, those
nearest (to Allah): those who disdain His worship and are arrogant,-He will
gather them all together unto Himself to (answer). (Surah An Nisa, Verse 172)
No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were
many gods), behold, each god would have taken away what he had created, and
some would have lorded it over others! Glory to Allah! (He is free) from the
(sort of) things they attribute to Him!
He knows what is hidden and what is open: too high is He for the partners they
attribute to Him! (Surah Al Mominoon, Verse 91-92)
In blasphemy indeed are those that say that Allah is Christ the son of Mary.
Say: "Who then hath the least power against Allah, if His will were to destroy
Christ the son of Mary, his mother, and all every - one that is on the earth?
For to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that
is between. He createth what He pleaseth. For Allah hath power over all
things."
(Both) the Jews and the Christians say: "We are sons of Allah, and his
beloved." Say: "Why then doth He punish you for your sins? Nay, ye are but
men,- of the men he hath created: He forgiveth whom He pleaseth, and He
punisheth whom He pleaseth: and to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens
and the earth, and all that is between: and unto Him is the final goal (of
all)"
O People of the Book! Now hath come unto you, making (things) clear unto you,
Our Messenger, after the break in (the series of) our messengers, lest ye
should say: "There came unto us no bringer of glad tidings and no warner (from
evil)": But now hath come unto you a bringer of glad tidings and a warner (from
evil). And Allah hath power over all things. (Surah Al Maidah, Verse 17-19)
It is the first of the two Qiblah and the second of the Holy mosques and the
third of the Holy lands, journeys are not made after the 2 Mosques except o it,
and aims are not aught after the two abodes except to it. For had it not been
that Allah has chosen you from His slaves and exalted you from the citizens of
this land, Allah wouldnt have specified you with this preference, in which no
one can compete with you and no one can exceed you in glory, so Tuba (glad
tidings) to you for an army at whose hands the Prophetic miracles occurred and
the incidents of Badr and the determinations of the Siddeeq, and the victories
of Umar, and the armies of Usman, and the terrorizing of Ali. You renewed for
Islam the days of Qadisiyah, and the epics of Yarmuk, and the duals of Khaibar,
and the attacks of Khalid.
So may Allah reward you on behalf of His Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
the best of rewards, and thanks to you for what you sacrificed of your souls in
combating the enemies, and may Allah accept your shedding of your blood as a
closeness to Him and may Allah reward you with Paradise for it is the land of
the joyous, so appreciate this bounty, May Allah have mercy on you, the
appreciation it deserves and rise obediently to Allah for its obligatory to
thank Him for it, for it is His compassion on you that He has appointed you
with this reward, and qualified you for this favor, for this is the victory for
which the doors of the skies have opened, and the darkness has lighted due to
its occurrence, and the close Angels are delighted, and the eyes of the
Prophets and the messengers are cooled.
Is it not a bounty that He has made you the army at whose hands the Jerusalem
is freed at the end of time, and the army who stood by their swords since the
spread of the Message of Imaan, for Allah is about to free at your hands
similar places and that the gratitude be to the people of the greenery more
than the gratitude to the people of the barren. Isnt this the house that Allah
has mentioned in His book and stipulated in His Precise Message? For Allah has
said,
Glory to (Allah) who did take his servant for a journey by night from the
sacred mosque to the farthest mosque whose precincts we did bless, -In order
that we might show him some of our signs: for he is the one who heareth and
seeth (all things)
. (Surah Bani Israel, Verse 1)
Isnt it the house for which Allah held the sun on Yushaa (peace be upon him)
that it sets and separated in between its steps so that conquering it is
enabled and neared? Isnt this the house which Allah the Almighty ordered Musa
to order his followers to rescue it but none answered except 2 and Allah got
angry on them for that and made them wanderers as a punishment of
forgetfulness. So praise Allah who guided your determination for what the
Children of Israel backtracked whereas they were preferred on the worlds?
He caused you to do what other nations failed before you, from the previous
nations. And assembled your word which was divided, and enriched you with what
was required. Let it humble you (enough) that Allah has mentioned you to a
gathering who are with Him and made you, after formerly being solders with no
identity, His army.
The descended Angels have thanked you for what you have gifted this house from
the pleasance of Tawheed (oneness), and the spreading of holiness and
glorification, and for your wiped of their (Christians) ways of harm of
Idolatry and trinity, and the dissolute and wicked belief. So now the Angels of
the skies ask forgiveness for you, and pray for you blessed of prayers, so
save, may Allah bless you, this bounty with the fear of Allah that which
whomsoever holds on to it is safe and who takes refuge with its tab, has
succeeded and is protected. And beware of following fantasies, and the signs of
deterioration, and retaliating sternforemost, and recoiling from the enemy, and
grab this opportunity to remove the remains of the torment (disbelief), and
fight in the way of Allah, the true Jihad, and sell yourself O the slaves of
Allah for His pleasure for He has made you the best of His slaves, beware that
the Satan makes you stumble and makes despotism enter unto you so you
start imagining this victory to have come by your sharp swords, and by your
excellent horses, and by your slaughtering (the enemies) in the lands of
slaughter, No BY Allah this victory is only from Allah the Almighty, the Just,
so beware O slaves of Allah, after Allah has graced you with this great
victory, and high achievement, and honored you with this apparent conquest, and
has bound your hands with His firm rope, that you do perform any Major sin, and
that you commit any great disobedience.
Jihad
Jihad for it is the best of your worships, and the most honorable of
your habits, triumph Allah, Allah will triumph you. Save Allah, Allah will save
you, and remember Allah, Allah will remember you, and thank Allah, He will
increase and thank you. Terminate the evil and cut off the root of the enemies,
and purify the rest of the earth from these impurities that has angered Allah
and his messenger and cut all the branches of Disbelief and uproot its base,
for the days have called you for retaliation for Islam, and the nation of
Muhammad, Allah is the greatest, triumph of Allah and His victory, domination
of Allah and subjugation
Allah has disgraced those who disbelieved.
And know, May Allah have mercy on you, that this is the chance, so grab it, and
a prey so hunt it, and booties so take it, and a mission so go out for it and
excel in it, and advance your determination to it and prepare for it, for the
matters are by their outcomes, and the gains by its munitions, for Allah has
triumphed you on this disillusioned enemy and they were like you (in numbers)
or more, so how is it after Allah has multiplied one of you to 20, For the
Almighty said
O Prophet! rouse the Believers to the fight. If there are twenty amongst you,
patient and persevering, they will vanquish two hundred: if a hundred, they
will vanquish a thousand of the Unbelievers: for these are a people without
understanding.
For the present, Allah hath lightened your (task), for He knoweth that there is
a weak spot in you: But (even so), if there are a hundred of you, patient and
persevering, they will vanquish two hundred, and if a thousand, they will
vanquish two thousand, with the leave of Allah: for Allah is with those who
patiently persevere. (Surah Al Anfaal, Verse 65-66)
May Allah help us and you to follow His commands, and restrain us from what He
has restrained, and aid us O Muslims with victory from Him.
If Allah helps you, none can overcom e you: if he forsakes you, w ho is there,
after that, that can help you?.. (Surah Aal Imran, Verse 160)
The most honorable of sayings that is said at any station, and the deepest
penetrating arrows launched from the bows of speech and the most understandable
saying that appeals to the mind is the saying of the One Almighty, the
All-Knower, Allah the Exalted has said
When the qur'an is read, listen to it with attention, and hold your peace: that
ye may receive mercy.. (Surah Al Aaraf, Verse 204)
I seek refuge with Allah from the cursed Satan. In the name of Allah, the most
Gracious, the most Merciful
Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, declares the praises and glory of
Allah: for he is the exalted in might, the wise..
.It is he who got out the
unbelievers among the people of the book from their homes at the first
gathering (of the forces). Little did ye think that they would get out: and
they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah! but the (wrath
of) Allah came to them from quarters from which they little expected (it), and
cast terror into their hearts, so that they destroyed their dwellings by their
ow n hands and the hands of the believers. Take warning, then, o ye with eyes
(to see)!. (Surah AL Hashr, Verse 2)
Then he said
"I command you and my self, O the Slaves of Allah with what Allah has ordered
from obeying with goodness so obey Him, and forbid you and myself from what
Allah has forbade, from the ugliness of disobedience so dont disobey Him, I
say these words of mine and seek forgiveness from Allah the Great, for me and
you and for all the Muslims of the world, so seek forgiveness from Him.
Then he delivered the second Khutbah (sermon) as is usual, shortened, then he
prayed for the Imaam Nasir, Khalifa Al Asr and said,
Second Khutbah (sermon)
O Allah, prevail the rule of your slave the submitter to Your might, the
grateful to Your bounties, the acknowledger to Your ability, Your sharp sword,
and glowing star and the protector of Your religion, the defender, and the
guard on Your prohibited sacredness, the Esteemed Master, the King Al Nasir,
the unifier of the word of faith, and the suppressor of the slave and Cross,
the Sultan of the Deen (religion) and the Duniya (world), the Sultan of Islam
and Muslims, and the purifier of Jerusalem from the hands of the idolaters, Abi
Al Muzaffar Yusuf Bin Ayyuub resuscitator of the State of Ameer Al Muminin.
O Allah pervade his simple land, and surround your Angels around his flag, and
reward him aptly on behalf of the Hanafi religion, and thank on behalf of the
creed of Muhammad his determination and march. O Allah, preserve for Islam its
soul, and preserve for belief its containment, and spread in the East and West
its message. O Allah how You liberated on his hands Jerusalem after we assumed
what we assumed, and the Muslims were put to trial, conquer at his hand nearest
of the earth and farthest of it, and make him possess (control) the matter of
disbelief and their forelocks. Let not there remain a unit he encounters,
except that he disrupted it, nor a group except that he scattered them, neither
a group after group except that he put them with who preceded them. O Allah,
thank on behalf of Muhammad (peace be upon him) the Sultan, and spread in the
East and West his order and prohibition. O Allah guide through him the centers
of the lands and its sides, and corners of the
countries and its folds, O Allah disgrace through him the cores of the
disbelievers and smear (in dust) through him the noses of the dissolute, and
spread peace with his rule in the region, and spread the units of his soldiers
in all directions. O Allah, retain the rule for him on his heel until the Day
of Judgment, and protect his righteous successors, and his brothers, who bloom
with determination and establishment, and aid his rule with their presence, and
decree to glorify his and their supporters. O Allah as you have shown at his
hand to Islam this goodness of days, and is renewed with the passage of months
and years, so grant him the immortal rule (land) that does not perish in the
House of the pious, and answer His prayer in his saying
"My Lord! Grant me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your Favors
which You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and that I may do righteous
good deeds that will please You, and admit me by Your Mercy among Your
righteous slaves.'' (Surah AnNaml, Verse 19)
Then he prayed with what was the norm and descended and established the prayer
May Allah grant us the honor of listening the Friday sermon at the liberation
of Aqsa again!
-Ameen
