Radio Friday sermon 73 : Excess in religion

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1 Radio Friday sermon 73 : Excess in religion Praise be to Allah, the Lord of Creations, and Peace and blessings be upon our prophet Muhammad, the faithful and the honest. Oh, Allah, w e know nothing but w hat You teach us. You are the All- Know er, the Wise. Oh Allah, teach us w hat is good for us, and benefit us from w hat You taught us, and increase our know ledge. Show us the righteous things as righteous and help us to do them, and show us the bad things as bad and help us to keep aw ay from them. O Allah our Lord, lead us out from the depths of darkness and illusion, unto the lights of erudition and know ledge, and from the muddy shallow s of lusts unto the heavens of Your Vicinity. First Serm on: Praises be to Allah, Lord of the w orld, Praise is truly be to him, asking him for extra grace, he know s the deep secrets, the disclosed and secret conversations, he created then proportioned, destined then guided, belongs to Him w hat s over in heavens and earth and w hat is in betw een and underneath; he w ill requite those w ho do evil w ith w hat they had done, and w ill rew ard those w ho do good w ith w hat is best. I certify that there is no God but Allah, remembers w ho remember Him, thanks those w ho thank him; w hat an excellent protector and excellent helper He is. I testify that Mohammed is His w orshipper & messenger, his selective and comrade among human beings, the best of his creatures, w ho had done his mission, fulfilled his integrity, advised the nation, drove aw ay the w orry, left his nation on a clear pure, its night equals its day. No one w ould deviate from it but a loser, - peace be upon him and upon his pure folk & his blessed companion- masters of his mission, leaders of his brigades - and upon their truly follow ers till The Day Of Resurrection. O Allah, take us aw ay from ignorance darkness and illusions, to the shine of know ledge and science, and from the sleazy lusts to heavens. Allah's Worshippers, I advise you and me w ith devoutness to Allah, I urge you to obey Him, and begin w ith w hat is best. Our children are the plants of our lives, grapes of hopes, our darlings, the happiness of life, the decoration of the w orld, kindness, affection, flow ers of nations and shoots of humanity. It's w ell know n that looking after kids is an obligation, loving them is an approach to their creator; as know n in all heavenly vocations and all w orldly law s, it's also a national, natively and religious duty. Our kids, w ho are formed by their healthy nature, given high moralities by their discipline communities, they receive know ledge, values and humanity and civil concepts by their society; only then, they can carry on the responsibilities in preserving the nation's goods, regaining its glorious past and w in their fierce battle against its enemies. We also have to keep them aw ay from w hatsoever may corrupt their good nature due to ignorance, poverty and compulsion in some environments, w here they happen to grow up having no choice and could hardly cause a positive change in. Looking after children w hich is accomplished by raising them up upon faith, Islamic ethics, know ledge, settled psychologically, socially, physically, sexually& nationally circumstances and arranging a suitable ambiance for their right, w ell- balanced upbringing is such a great goal, w hich can't be exceeded. Our nation is desperately in need to a w ell-built generation w ho w ill improve our future. This generation can be described to have: healthy body, soul virtue and, w ise mind, it is w ell brought up in a balanced w ay helped him to match betw een soul and material, desires and virtues, w ho is w orking hard to mend this w orld and the afterlife w orld, w ho is built in a w ay made him a special human, w ho sees w hat others can't see, feels w hat they can't feel, has a deep aw areness, an accurate understanding, kind hearted, strong intention, strong w ell, his target is much bigger than his needs, and his mission is much higher than his desires, a generation w ho controls his psyche; not controlled by it, steers his fancy; not steered by it. totally controlled by values, and

2 appeals to values w hen making decisions, w ithout mocking of values nor utilizing it. This generation w ill comprehend this straight religion, applies it w ell and can introduce it lovely to others. Such a generation needs an aw are propagandist; during building up a propagandist understands w ell the importance of his mission, devoted to it, armed w ith know ledge and values; in order to show the characteristics of Islamic moderate: no negligence, no excess, no missing, no tyranny & no loss. As Islam is in the middle betw een abhorred materialism and dreaming spiritualism; the bitter reality and imaginary idealism; the tyrant solitary and smashing collectivism; boring steadiness and instable change; urgent needs and distinct values; pathetic rationalism and passionate emotionalism and body desires and soul demands. Whenever w e look after our children, w e present: a clear element to this life, a usef ul brick to our society. Hence, a happy society is resulted as w ell as pleased citizens. w hich is truly the utmost target of upbringing children. When w e accomplish this job, w e shall face the atomic bomb w ith an aw are w ell up brought generation, has a high commitment to Islam and shall carry on responsibilities of nation development, then, the nation w ill regain its ruler part among other nations. Prophet Mohammed. (PBUH) said : " It is very adequate sin for a man to destroy w hom he feeds" In this holy Hadith, there is a dangerous hint that a father w ho is responsible for feeding, dressing and providing shelter for his son may destroy him: Firstly; w hen he neglects looking after him& be busy in his ow n business ; the son then w ill easily fall into those gutters, so called satellite channels and the very available pornography sites; a number of social researchers studied the phenomena of theft, raping, solitary killing, group killing and other violence actions; they found out that pornography has a direct influence over all these crimes and actions. Besides; there is 40 million person diagnosed to have AIDS, 22 million person died from AIDS in the last tw o decades. Secondly; a father destroys his son, w hen doesn't raise him up according to true Islamic concepts and high moralities, leaving him w ithout a guidance of Allah s scholar; w ho presents to his son balanced Islam -the true curriculum of our prophet and his companions- w hich leads to prosperity in this w orldly life and the after life. Thirdly ; w hen the father doesn't follow up the details of his son s life, w ith w hom the son communicate, w hether he communicate w ith extreme exaggerators w ho believe in deviated thoughts and have bad deeds, w ho direct him w rongly ; resulted in a deviated son and ruin those exaggerators as w ell as their follow ers, they ended up w ith nothing but misery in this life and the after life. Thus; if w e don't raise our children w ell, they w ill either indulge in corruption or excess in religion. Excess in Religion Excess as a terminology w as mentioned tw ice in the Holy Quraan; and in the Holy Hadith narrated by Bin Abbass -May Allah Please him that Prophet ( PBUH) said : " don't ever excess in religion, the previous nations w here simply destroyed by excess in religion". So, the meaning of excess is exceeding limit or boundary, the limit is a religious text ; w ords of Allah ; and w hat w as proven to be true of our Prophets' Holy Hadith, and this text should be explained according to the rules of Origins, Allah has said in the Holy Quran: " It is not for a believer, a man or a w oman, w hen Allah and his Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And w hoever disobeys Allah and his

3 Messenger, he has indeed strayed into a plain error." " O you w ho believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger (Muhammad PBUH) and those of you muslims w ho are in authority. (And) if you differ in anything amongst yourselves, refer it to Allah and his Messenger (PBUH), if you believe in Allah and in the Last Day. This is better and more suitable for final determ ination." When a jurist searches in a religious matter, he collects related texts from Qura'an & Hadith, matches them in aw ay w hich w ould not allow any text to prevail the other, also he w on't take a text and neglect another, and w ould not take a paragraph of a text and neglect the rest. Other risky exaggerator, seek contradiction among texts, or adopt a text, goes along w ith their excess, highlight it, dim other texts; oppose their excess, So verses w hich could cover their excess are tw isted by false interpretation to match their fancy, on the other hand, verses oppose their excess is totally abandoned ; and if they w ere reminded by those verses they tw ist them into a totally different explanation. Regarding Holy Hadith; they accept the w eak,or even the false if it goes along w ith their excess, and they refuse the accepted or even the proved one if it show s their deviation. Further more; they accept any saying, other than Quran or Sunnah, w hich w ould back up their excess ;neglecting the rule :" If you transfer then only the right thing and; if you claim then show the evidence", and they refuse any oppose saying ; even if it w as strongly proved. They select w hat they like among texts, so no w onder, they express their opinion, they control the text not refer to it, they believe first then seek guidance, w hich is a dangerous deviation ;w hile the right thing is to seek guidance then believe. Types of Excess : There are tw o types of excess : First type is :In Conviction.. that's exaggerators believe that a part of religion is the w hole religion. Exaggerators of each branch of religion replace it in the place of origin, they scorn w ho cares for the rest of branches. Imam Shatebi - mentioned these tw o types in "Muw afqateh" It is clear that the belief side, behavior and psychological side are among this religion branches. And it's a great excess w hen one of these branches take the place of the w hole religion. on the other hand; an enlargement of a religious branch to replace the origin is also an excess. The other type is the practical excess When a person becomes a victim to his dominant obsessions, he thinks that he can -alone- remove the suffering of nation by an irreligious deed. When a person also exaggerates -during w orshipping the religious limits as to neglect his w ork and family, thus becomes unbalanced and doesn't score the ideal target of his devoutness. There's no doubt that the excess in belief is the most dangerous, because the person of belief excess w on't give it up, so he believes he is right, he doesn't know, and he is not aw are that he doesn't know. Using only force and security solution is not enough to cure this kind of excess, if they are not accompanied w ith high level of good listening to this person, and accurate comprehension to his opinion, considering his motives and injuries, persuade him instead of restraining,as force w ouldn't make truth but, truth w ould make pow er, because pow er w ithout w isdom destroys a man. This type of excess w as basement for parties, encouraged fancies to raise, differed minds, separated hearts, poured blood consequently Allah has said in the Holy Quran: " And obey Allah and his Messenger and don't dispute ( w ith one another)lest you lose charge and your strength departs, and be patient.surely,allah is w ith those w ho are as As-sabireen(the

4 patient)." Reasons of Excess: Reasons of excess are many, mainly is ignorance, w hich is not know ing the principle of Allah - the Al Mighty-, and the Sunnah of his Messenger - (Mohammed PBUH), the exaggerator may deplores the forbidden things, enthusiastic for his religion, if he ever sees a person have a sin, he w on't be able to accept, or even can't imagine that this sinner is a Muslim, or that his guilt may be forgiven, thus he accuses him w ith infidelity and departing from religion. He may also be fond of a virtues man, the concept of this fond is accepted in our religion, but; this fond may become excessive due to ignorance till it up lifted this virtues man beyond his level, again, the exaggerator accuses anyone w ho doesn't accept this excess by infidelity. Ignorance may also occur in evidence due to lack of know ledge or not even happen to acquaintance an evidence., it may also be in conclusion, or Arabic Language structure. Ignorance is the easiest reason of excess to cure,particularly if the exaggerator has no fancy tow ards w hat he does, no bad desires, Ignorance simply vanishes by learning During the regime of The w ise Khalifa -Omer Bin Abdel-Azeez he debated and discussed the Khaw arij,afterw ards; more than tw o thousands abandoned their believes at once. Another reason of excess is fancy. Which leads a person to exaggerate in interpretation,and refuse the correct texts. Fancy may occur for a w orldly benefit i.e.; seeking for leadership,fame or so the exaggerator also may be far from these w orldly benefits but, deviation first reached his mind and soul, settled,rooted and established its basics. As been said : Her passionate conquered me,even before recognizing passion.it deeply rooted in my heart for being already empty. Then, the exaggerator cant simply give up his excess, and admit that he w as eager to injustice, so he clings to his w rong idea, seeks w hatever w eak clue to cover him. thus, it w as said :Do Learn before being leaders, once you become leaders you w on't learn. Fancy may happen because of erratic and sick psychology, tends to violence and sever abuse in situations and view s, a sick one alw ays focuses on negative and dark side of others, he also may be- w ithout even notice - described to have arrogance and superiority if he ever meets persons or reads their w orks, he looks for points of w eakness. neglecting their positive sides. Thus his trust in active scholars and devoted propagandists vanishes, he just stays aw ay from them, becomes self independent. Which leads to abnormality in view s, situations and provisions then behavior. Another reason of excess is the (other party excess).. those w ho lead Islamic societies to corruption, pornography and moral degeneration, they violate our immunities, under estimate our standards, defile the holies ; they are the real cause of excess, even if they declared w ar on it. If society allow s, accepts, supports and protects or encourages the phenomena of pornography and degeneration at school, university, street, beach, shopping centers park and media, such a society should be ready to coping w ith many types of excess. Before searching for effective solution to get rid of excess, w e must distinguish betw een real excessiveness; w hich is breaking the limits of religion, a deviation from the right Islamic path,and betw een an imaginary excess in religion enemies' heads, as they once describe devoted believers to be jurist and isolated, or accuse them by excess and severity..in spite of the fact that they-the believers are active w orkers tow ards their mission to Allah, Islamic religion & Sharea and application of Quraan and the Holy Sunnah. There's no w ay to put an end to real excess in Religion but to facilitate devoted,active experts to w ork hard in their mission, according to the right and balanced basics and through a clear vision to the truth of this religion ; using abstracted techniques from Quraan & Sunnah. Jihad ( the Holy Struggle) is an origin in this religion, as during the education process; a pupil is not allow ed to

5 move on to secondary school before succeeded the primary one ; the same could be said about Jihad. There is a primary Jihad( struggle); struggle of soul and fancy, w ith evidence from the Holy Quraan ; " As for those w ho strive hard in us (our cause), w e w ill surely guide them to our paths (i.e. Allah's religion Islam ic Monotheism). And verily, Allah is w ith the Muhsinin (good doers)." The first primary struggle is that of soul and fancy. According to Bin Alqayyem in ( Zad Al Maad) this struggle has 4 levels as been abstracted from Al Asr Chapter one of w hich is to struggle himself to learn from the truly devoted experts ; it s the only cause of soul salivation and living in prosperity.if a person didn't learn he w ill face truly misery in both w orlds( this & the after life one ) This learning is religion itself ; so a Muslim should double check his religious scholar. Bin Omer said, Oh, your religion, your religion,its your flesh & blood learn from those w ho are straight in their lives not those w ho deviate. The second level is to struggle himself to apply his know ledge in this religion,since learning w ithout application is completely w orthless, as in this w ay if a know ledge is not harmful ; then it w on't be useful. The third level is to struggle yourself to be active in this mission, to teach w ho doesn't know ; just as once he w as taught by another. Otherw ise, he w ould be among those w ho conceal w hat Allah revealed of true guidance and evidence ; consequently his know ledge w on't be useful, and he w on't salivate. The fourth one is to struggle himself to patience to the hardships of learning, applying, w orking actively in this mission. If a Muslim completed these four levels he w ould be one of those w ho are related to Allah. It's been agreed that a scholar doesn't deserve to be related to Allah till he know s truth, applies it, teaches it and be patient during learning, applying and mission w orking. The other basic struggle Is The Constructive Struggle; its evidence mention in the Holy Quraan : " And make ready against them all you can of pow er, including steels of w ar(tanks, planes, missiles, artillery)to threaten the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others beside w hom, you may not know but Allah does know. And w hatever you shall spend in the cause of Allah shall be repaid to you, and you shall not be treated unjustly." Since bitter truth is more better than easy illusion, those enemies, farthest or nearest, had achieved very difficult conditions, by w hich they constructed their pow er through hundreds of years. Due to their pow er they forced their w ell, culture and pornography over other nations, w hich's been corrupted its high class became low class. And w e Muslims must referring to Quranic order- get ready for them by arranging all the pow er w e can gather, using the enlarged concept of pow er, Fathers should know that fatherhood is a mission &responsibility and that raising up their children is their best gain in life, mothers also should devote her time to look after their children, then families shall stick together, children w ould then be valid bricks in establishing society. A Muslim teacher should carry on a high mission to achieve, our student should excel, our laborer should be proficient, our peasant should have a great connection to his land to plant, our employee should be given his rights, and should dedicate to serving citizens, our judge should do justice, our professor should prefer serving his nation to his shares of others lives, our mission w orker should advise not praise, our officer should believe that that battle w ith our enemy is doubtlessly coming, and that our enemy's talk about peace is not more than a cheat, lie and w aste of time, our w ealth should be extracted, our factories should be developed, our lands should be rehabilitated, consumption of our w ater sources should be guided. All of this w on't be achieved w ithout true belief, causes our obedience, and a belief in The Day Of Resurrection prevents us from being injustice to one another, and to seek the payment for our struggle and our effort in heaven. This type of Jihad is aw arded later not sooner. For instance : w hen you ask a pupil to continue his studies,being excel, planning f or future in order to be some one in the nation and its future, he w ill consider any effort as a burden, and w ill prefer listening to new s, being passionate not active. Some rush may duplicate suffering instead of solving it.

6 As w e feel belittled to hear a youth dieing for the sake of Allah, according to his path, so w e do desperately need a youth living for Allah and offers his nation the best he could. Carelessness about future; w ould keep alw ays busy in distinguishing fires here & there and not finding time to w ork hard in order to decrease sufferings our successive generations may face. The importance of cure for an open w ound, should not make us forget thinking of the future of our generations w ho w ill inquire w hether w e'd left anything else but w ounds.!! A person must think w hich place he must pour in his energy, thus acting his rule in our mission. Once he settled his goal then taking steady steps tow ards achieving it, after starting his mission. Only by then; he w ould have drow n his target, determined the path and begun the hard w ork w hich automatically leads to achieving his goal-according to Allah's path. Gradually, the number of positive devoted and active Muslims increases instead of being only inquiring about w hat to do then doing nothing. A devoted Muslim has only to make his best, and save no effort in any situation ; then he w ouldn't mind ; after w ell establishment if the expected results w ere achieved by others Removing nation's suffering demands great number of devoted believers, w ho sacrifice in all fields, that's w hat w e should seriously seek. If one believer succeeded in building a group of citizens, faithfully, educationally, mentally, morally, psychologically, socially and physically is much more useful than throw ing himself in a fire demanding for more. Succeed is to use one's head before hand, just as our enemies do. Imam Ali -May Allah Be Pleased w ith him -said :" Hum an being is one of three, a devoted expert, a person learns in order to salivate and the common savage follow ers of w hatever call they hear, they didn't bother to learn, and didn't find a secure shelter. Oh son, never be among the third party. We should be very careful from traps made to our youth, w ho may fall in due to eager or chock. What w e mostly need in our lives is balance and acting according steady Islamic basics. Without letting tracing actions and reactions affects our right vision, w e don't need a great effort to discover that many of our mistakes and sins w ere due to excessive vision aw ay from needed balance. It's very normal to have burnt emotions tow ards something but, actions should be accurately balanced and controlled by the Path of Allah, religion aims, restrictions of benefit, this can only be achieved by referring to devoted experts; w ho w ouldn't praise for any personal interest, don't pursue the common passionate, they acted as security valve w hen w rong opinions w as common thing and matters w ent w rongly, during previous generations, Allah said : " If only they had referred it to the messenger or to those charged w ith authority am ong them the proper investigators w ould have understood it from them ( directly ) Thus, the best recommendation in these circumstances is to restraint fancy in aw ay that no special exertions may result, as some of these exertions may badly influence tow ard Muslims and their interests. In spite of Muslims flammable reactions and strong influence they should have prevision in remedy. Influence shouldn't lead us to risk,neither eagerness to carelessness, and that enthusiasm can be positive active energy only if w ell directed. What is most important is not expressing feelings and show ing passions but by achieving goods and keeping aw ay corruption. Hence, if w e manage in Soul Struggle as w ell as constructive one, w e are about to succeed in Fight Struggle. Oh, believer brothers, w atch yourselves before being called to account, Weigh your deeds before it shall be w eight against you. And be aw are that Death Angel had passed us to others, and w ill passed others to us, so w e should be aw are. A w ise man w ho condemn himself and w ork for the afterlife. The pow erless follow s his fancy and makes w ishes for Allah. Second serm on: ***

7 And Praise be to Allah, Lord of Alamin, I certify that there's no God but Allah Master of good ones, I certify that Mohammed is Allah's w orshipper & Messenger the one of great morals, Blessings and peaces be of Allah upon him and his neat companions and folks. Our Arabic & Islamic nation has never been in more need to cooperation, support and helping each other than in this accurate stage, especially in this new w orldly system, in the absence of international balance, in the existence of one polar control, standards duplication, huge monopolization control, tremendous development in communication & information technology, the grow th gap betw een advanced rich countries and poor developing ones, burst of national and regional w ars, and the national, racism and religious conflicts in different spots of the w orld. Add to all of the previous mentioned the cultural and economical globalization. The w orld today is nearly a jungle controlled by centers of pow er, w ith no concepts nor values. Nevertheless; pow er of control is talking about human rights, meanw hile, they violate human rights. Mr. president said in a speech : " Today, The Islam ic World is facing great challenges objecting Islam and its noble values, and w hatever Islam preaches for as brotherhood, justice, equality and freedom, it's our duty to defend our religion as it's our source of pow er and inspiration against all the challenges and dangers w e face." Oh Allah, Empow er Islam and Muslims, and humiliate polytheism and polytheists, and grant security to our country and every Islamic country. Oh Allah, grant victory to those w ho support your religion, and let dow n those w ho let the believers of your w orshipper dow n. Oh Allah, keep us secure in our lands, make our responsible managers better, give responsibilities to those w ho fear you and seek your sanction. Oh Allah, grant Mr. president Bashar Al- Asad success to follow your path, and the Sunnah of your Messenger Mohammed ( PBUH). Surround him by a helping team w ork in order to achieve his aims, You, Allah, have the full ability to do w hatever you w ant, and capable of answ er, Praise be to Allah, Lord of Alamin Oh Allah's Worshipper. Verily, Allah enjoins Al Adl ( i.e. justice and w orshipping not but Allah alone Islamic Monotheism)and Al-Ihsan ( i.e. to be patient w hen performing your duties to Allah in a perfect manner ), and giving help to kith & kin, and forbids Al-Fahsha' ( evil deeds) and Al-Munkar ( all that is prohibited by Islamic Law ) and Al-Baghy (all kinds of oppression). He admonishes you, that you may take heed. Call for Prayer and stand to your prayer, may Allah bless you. Translation : Ibtehal Ramadan Auditing : Ola Al-Nabki