WHY DO WE LOVE OUR MASTER MUHAMMAD
خطبة الجمعة: لماذا نُحِبُّ سيدنا محمدًا
الخطبة الأولى: إِنَّ الحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ نَحْمَدُهُ وَنَسْتَغفِرُهُ وَنَسْتَهْدِيْهِ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَمِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا، مَنْ يَهْدِ اللهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ، وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلهَ إِلا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسْولُهُ، صَلَواتُ اللهِ وَسَلامُهُ عَليْهِ وَعَلَى كُلِ رَسْولٍ أَرْسَلَهُ.
All praise is due to Allah, we praise Him, seek His forgiveness and guidance and we seek refuge with Allah from our own evil and ill doings. The one Whom Allah guides no one shall be able to misguide him and the one whom Allah makes misguided no one shall be able to guide him. I testify that no one is God except Allah, and that Muhammad is the slave and Messenger of Allah, may Allah raise his rank and protect his nation from what he fears for them, and the rank of every Messenger He had sent.
أما بَعْدُ عِبَادَ الله أُوصيكُم ونَفسي بِتَقوى اللهِ العَظيم، إتقوا اللهَ حَقَ تُقَاتِهِ ولا تَمُوتُنَ إلا وأنتُم مُسلِمُون.
يقول الله تعالى في كتابه العزيز (يَآ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إنَّآ أَرسَلنَكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى اللهِ بإِذنِهِ وَسِرَاجًا مُّنِيرًا) الأحزاب /45-46.
Thereafter, O slaves of Allah, I order you and myself with Godfearingness and piety, be pious the way it is due to Him and endeavor to not die except as Muslims. Allah the exalted said in His Glorious Book in Surah al-Ahzab, 45-46:
(يَآ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إنَّآ أَرسَلنَكَ شَاهِدًا وَمُبَشِرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى اللهِ بإِذنِهِ وَسِرَاجًا مُّنِيرًا) الأحزاب /45-46.
This ayah means: O Prophet We have sent you as a witness and giver of the good news of Paradise and Warner from the torment of Allah and caller to Allah, as per His orders, and as a lantern of enlightenment.
وكلامنا اليوم بإذن الله رب العالمين عن حبنا وعشقنا لمن أقسم الله تعالى بحياته، فقال عَزَّ من قائل:(لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ) سورة الحِجر / 72.
مُحَمَّدٌ تَحِنُ إليهِ الأفئدةُ وتقر بِهِ العيونُ وتأنسُ بهِ القلوبُ، فَكلامُهُ نُورٌ وَ مَدخَلُهُ نورٌ ومخرَجُهُ نورٌ وَعَمَلُهُ نور، إن سَكَتَ علاه الوقَارُ وإن نطق أخذ بالقلوب والبصائر والأبصار.
إني عشقت محمدًا قرشيًا حُبًّا يفوق محبتي أبَويَّا
ماذا أُحَدِّثُ عن جمال محمّد أرني كمثل الهاشمي ذكيَّا
Praise be to Allah and may Allah increase the honor and raise the rank of our Master Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam.
Thereafter dear Muslims our speech today by the Will of Allah is about our love of the one whom Allah has made an oath by his life in the Qur’an, it is Muhammad whom the hearts long for, and whom the eyes are delighted by him, and whom the hearts are comforted by.
His words are enlightenment (guidance), he brings enlightenment with him and spreads it as he leaves; his work is enlightenment too. He overwhelms the hearts and the sights when he speaks, sedateness covers him when he is not talking.
وكيف لا أعشق مُحَمَّدًا، فهو الذي كان يجالِسُ الفقراء والمساكين والعبيد والإماء ويعودهم ويزورهم ويتفقَّد حالهم ويشهد جنائزهم، وكيف لا أعشق مُحَمَّدًا وكلامه بَيِّنٌ ظاهرٌ يفصل بين الحق والباطل، يرضى بما يرضاه القرءان، ويتأدَّبُ بآدابه ويتخلَّقُ بأخلاقه ويلتزم أوامره، وكيف لا أعشق مُحَمَّدًا وهو أكثر الناس حياءً وأدبًا مع ربه ولا يقول في حالة الرضا والغضب إلا الحق قطعًا، لعصمته، فإنه معصوم لا ينطق إلا بالحق، وكان يعظ الناس أي يخطبهم بالجد والاجتهاد ويذكرهم بآيات الله ويخوفهم من عقابه، فكان إذا خطب احمرّت عيناه وعلا صوته واشتد غضبه حتى كأنه منذر جيش أي قوم يُصَبّحهم عدوهم، وكان إذا سُرَّ استنار وجهه من السرور بدرًا أي قمرًا كاملاً، وكيف لا أعشق مُحَمَّدًا وهو:
حين يرحم فهو أشفق راحمٍ أو جاد كان الأجود العَرَبيَّا
وإلى هرقل أتى رسول محمدٍ برسالة دوَّت هناك دويًّا
فانظر وأخبرني بأي شجاعةٍ بعث الرسول إلى هرقل أخَيَّا
ومحمدي قد مات ومحمدي قد مات
لكن لم يزل في قبره في أرضِ طَابَةَ حَيَّا
How can I not love Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam for he used to be with and accompany the poor, the needy, and the slaves. He regularly visited them, inquired about them, and attended their funerals.
How can I not love Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam and his talk is clear, it differentiates between the truth and falsehood, he accepts what the Honorable Qur’an calls to accept, he follows the manners and the conducts that the Qur’an call for and abides by its orders.
How can I not love Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam and he is the most modest and polite person with His Lord, he definitely speaks the truth due to his impeccability whether in the state of satisfaction as well as in the state of being angery for the sake of Allah ; hence he says only the truth.
He used to exert effort to preach people, he would remind them of the verses of the Qur’an which Allah revealed; he would frighten them from His punishment too. When he delivers a speech, his eyes would turn red, his voice would rise, and his anger would be stronger as if he is warning them of an army who would invade them.
When he is happy and delighted, his face would be lightened.
Muhammad is the most compassionate and merciful human, he was the most generous Arab. His courage was seen when he sent a message with his own messenger to Hercules which stunned that Roman leader.
وكيف لا أعشق مُحَمَّدًا وهو الذي يختص بالشفاعة العظمى لأنها لا تختص بأمته فقط بل ينتفع بهذه الشفاعة غير أمته من المؤمنين، يومها من الناس من يقول بعضهم لبعض: تعالوا نذهب إلى أبينا ءادم ليشفع لنا إلى ربنا، فيأتون إلى ءادم يقولون: يا ءادم أنت أبو البشر خلقك الله بيده (أي إنه له عناية بك) وأسجد لك ملائكته فاشفع لنا إلى ربنا، فيقول لهم: لست فلانًا (معناه أنا لست صاحب هذه الشفاعة) اذهبوا إلى نوح، يأتون نوحًا فيطلبون منه ثم يقول لهم: إيتوا إبراهيم، ثم إبراهيم يقول لهم: لست فلانًا (معناه أنا لست صاحب هذه الشفاعة) فيأتون سيدنا موسى فيقول لهم: لست فلانًا فيقول لهم: إيتوا عيسى، فيقول لهم: لست فلانًا ولكن اذهبوا إلى مُحَمَّد، فيأتون النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فيسجد النبي لربه فيقال له ارفع رأسك واشفع تُشَفَّع وَسَلْ تُعْطَ.
How can I not love Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam and he is the one who is specified with the the major intercession, because it is not only specified to his nation. In fact, believers from other than his nation would benefit from it.
On the Day of Judgment, people would say to each other: Let us go to our father Adam so that he would intercede for us. They would come to Adam and say to him: O Adam, you are the father of the humans who got the care of Allah when He created you; intercede for us. He would say to them: I’m not the one who was given the major intercession, go to Nuh (Noah).They would come to Nuh and ask him for that, he would say to them: I’m not the one who was given the major intercession, go to Ibrahim (Abraham). They would come to Ibrahim and ask him for that, he would say to them: I’m not the one who was given the major intercession, go to Musa (Moses). They would come to Musa and ask him for that he would say: I’m not the one who was given the major intercession, go to ^Isa (Jesus). They would come to ^Isa and ask him for that, he would say: I’m not the one who was given the major intercession; however, go to Muhammad.
They would come to the Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, who would make prostration (sujud) to his Lord. It will be said to him: Raise your head, intercede and you shall be given that, and ask you shall be given what you asked for.
وكيف لا أعشق مُحَمَّدًا وهو القائل صلى الله عليه وسلم: “من رءاني في المنام فسيراني في اليقظة“.
وقد ورد بالإسناد المتصل أن رجلاً كان في عصر السلف أي في وقت قريب من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بعد نحو مائة وخمسين سنة يسمى الحسن بن حيّ، هذا كان من العلماء العاملين من أهل الحديث الأتقياء وله أخ مثله، هذا الحسن بن حيّ لما كان على فراش الموت سمعه أخوه يقرأ قول الله تعالى (وَمَن يُطِعِ اللهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاء وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَئِكَ رَفِيقًا) النساء / 69. وكان بجانبه أخوه، فقال له: يا أخي تتلو تلاوة أم ماذا ؟ قال: لا، أرى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم (وهو في قبره) يضحك إليّ ويبشرني بالجنة وأرى الملائكة وأرى الحور العين.
فالوعد الذي ورد في الحديث “فسيراني في اليقظة” فإنه يراد به الرؤية في الدنيا قبل الموت، يعني من رأى رسول الله مُحَمَّدًا في المنام فذلك بُشرى له بأنه يموت على الإيمان.
How can I not love Muhammad and he is the one who said:
“من رءاني في المنام فسيراني في اليقظة“
It means: “The one who saw me in his dream shall “definitely see me while he is awake.”
It was narrated with a continuous chain of narration that there was a man in the time of as-Salaf (The Salaf are the scholars who lived during the first three centuries after the Hijrah of the Prophet sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam.)
This man lived around one hundred fifty years after the time of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, his name was al-Hasan Ibnu Haiyy, he was a pious high ranking scholar who excelled in the Science of Hadith; he had a brother like him.
When al-Hasan Ibnu Huyaiyy was lying on his death bed, his brother heard him reciting Verse 69 of Surat an-Nisa’:
(وَمَن يُطِعِ اللهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاء وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَئِكَ رَفِيقًا)
It means: “He who obeys Allah and His Messenger shall be with those whom Allah has endowed upon: The prophets, the highly ranked righteous Muslims (siddiqs), martyrs, and the righteous people. And what a good company he will be with.”
His brother was beside him, he said to him: O brother are you reciting verses from the Qur’an or what? He said: No, I’m seeing the Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam (in his grave) laughing to me and telling me the good news that I have earned Paradise, I’m seeing the angels and The Hur ul-^In too.
The Hur ul-^In are females, Allah created them. They are not humans or jinn. They are in Paradise and will be married to those men Allah willed them to marry.
So the promise meant in the hadith: “The one who saw me in his dream shall “definitely see me while he is awake.”
This means that it is good news for the one who sees the Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam in his dream that he shall die as a believer.
اللَّهُمَّ ارزقنا رؤيته في المنام هذه الليلة وفي كل ليلة وعند الموت يا ربّ العالمين، يا أرحم الراحمين يا الله.
O Allah grant us seeing him in our dreams this night and every night, and at death too; O Allah, the Lord of the Worlds and the most merciful.
أقولُ قوليَ هَذَا وأستغفِرُ اللهَ لي ولَكُمْ.
الخطبة الثانية: إِنَّ الحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ نَحْمَدُهُ وَنَسْتَغفِرُهُ وَنَسْتَهْدِيْهِ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَمِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا، مَنْ يَهْدِ اللهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ، وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلهَ إِلا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيْكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسْولُهُ، صَلَواتُ اللهِ وَسَلامُهُ عَليْهِ وَعَلَى كُلِ رَسْولٍ أَرْسَلَهُ.
All praise is due to Allah, we praise Him, seek His forgiveness and guidance and we seek refuge with Allah from our own evil and ill doings. The one Whom Allah guides no one shall be able to misguide him and the one whom Allah makes misguided no one shall be able to guide him. I testify that no one is God except Allah, and that Muhammad, is the slave and Messenger of Allah, may Allah raise his rank and protect his nation from what he fears for them, and the rank of every Messenger He had sent.
عباد الله أوصيكم ونفسي بتقوى الله وأحذركم من عقابه وأحثكم على طلب رضاه.
O slaves of Allah I order you and myself with piety and Godfearingness
يقول الله تعالى في كتابه العزيز:
Allah ta^ala says in His Glorious Qur’an, in surah al-Hajj, 1-2,
(يَآ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُم إِنَّ زَلزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَئٌ عَظِيمٌ، يَومَ تَرَونَهَا تَذهَلُ كُلُّ مُرضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرضَعَت وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَملٍ حَملَهَا، وَتَرَى النَّاسَ سُكَارَى وَمَا هُم بِسُكَارَى ولَكِنَّ عَذَابَ اللهِ شَدِيدٌ) سورة الحج / 1-2
These verses mean: O people be pious and God fearing, for the rocking of the Day of Judgment is a great event, when you observe it each nursing woman shall be bewildered from what it is nursing ad every pregnant female shall deliver, and you shall see the people drunk like yet they will not be drunk, for the torture of Allah is immense.
عِبَادَ اللهِ أُذكِركُم بأنَ اللهَ تَعَالَى أَمَرَكُم بِأَمرٍ عَظيمْ أَمَرَكُم بِالصَّلاةِ وَالسَلامِ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ المُصّطَفَى الكَريمْ فَقَالَ رَبُنَا وَهُوَ أَصْدَقُ القَائِلين:
O slaves of Allah I remind you that Allah has ordered you with a great matter, He ordered you with saying as–Salah and as-salam for His choicest and most honorable Prophet; Allah said in surah al-Ahzab, 56:
(إِنَّ اللهَ وَمَلآئِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَآ أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ صَلُّواْ عَلَيهِ وَسَلِّمُواْ تَسْلِيمًا)
سورة الأحزاب / 56.
This verse means: Allah raises the rank of the Prophet and grants him safety from what he fears for his nation, and His Angels say As–salah for the Prophet; O you who believed do say As–salah and As-salam for the prophet many times.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى ءَالِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى ءَالِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحمَّدٍ وَعَلَى ءالِ مُحمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى ءَالِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ.
O Allah raise the rank of Prophet Muhammad and increase his prestige and honor and protect his nation from what he fears for them, the same as you bestowed on Ibrahim and the family members of Ibrahim, O Allah you are the Praised and Glorified one.
اللَّهُمَّ إنَّا دَعَونَاكَ فاستَجِبْ لَنَا دُعَاءنَا فاغْفِر اللَّهُمَّ لَنَا ذَنَوبَنَا وإسرَافَنَا في أمرِنَا، اللَّهُمَّ اغفِر لِلمؤمنينَ والمؤمِنَات الأحياءَ مِنْهُمْ والأموَاتْ، رَبَنَا ءاتِنَا في الدُنيَا حَسَنَةً وفي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَار، اللَّهُمَّ اجعَلنَا هُدَاةًً مُهتَدين غَيرَ ضَالينَ ولا مُضِّلين، اللَّهُمَّ استُر عَوراتِنا وءامِنْ رَوعَاتِنَا واكفِنا مَا أهَمَنَا وَقِنَا شَرَ مَا نَتَخوَف.
O Allah we have made a supplication to you so answer our supplication and forgive our sins and forgive that we have done injustice to ourselves. O Allah forgive the sins of the believers, male and female, those who are alive and those who have died. O Allah bestow upon us goodness in this world and in the Hereafter and protect us from Hellfire. O Allah make us guided and among those who guide others and do not make us misguided and do not make us among those who misguide others. O Allah cover our short comings and comfort our fears and make us satisfied toward our burdens and protect us from the evil of what we fear.
عِبَادَ الله إِنَّ اللهَ يَأمُرُ بِالعَدلِ والإحسَانِ وإِيتَآءِ ذِي القُربَى ويَنهَىَ عَنِ الفَحشَآءِ والمُنكَرِ والبَغِي، يَعِظُكُم لَعَلَّكُم تَذَكَّرُونَ. أُذكُروا اللهَ العَظيمَ يَذكُرُكُم واشكروهُ يزدكُم، واستغفروهُ يَغفِر لَكُم واتقُوهُ يَجعَل لَكُم مِنْ أَمرِكُمْ مَخرَجًا، وأقِم الصَّلاة.
O slaves of Allah, know that Allah orders you to do justice, benevolence and to be kind to your kin, and forbids you to commit vileness, unlawful matters and injustice, and admonishes you so you may remember. Do remember Allah the Magnificent and Allah will take care of you, do thank Him and He will increase your endowments, do ask Him to forgive you and He will forgive you, and be God-fearing and He will guide you out of your hardships.