My beloved brothers in Islam,
We have been bestowed by Allah () in these days with a great month. One of the four sacred months in which Allah () has ordered us to glorify and follow his religion and path with more effort than we are used to in the rest of the days. Allah () says in Suraat At-Tawbah: إِنَّ عِدَّةَ الشُّهُورِ عِنْدَ اللهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ فَلا تَظْلِمُوا فِيهِنَّ أَنْفُسَكُمْ Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allah [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the correct religion, so do not wrong yourselves during them. And it was narrated in Sahih AlBukhari and Sahih Muslim that prophet Muhammad () has said: إِنَّ الزَّمَانَ قَدِ اسْتَدَارَ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ، السَّنَةُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا مِنْهَا، أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ، ثَلاَثٌ مُتَوَالِيَاتٌ، ذُو الْقَعْدَةِ وَذُو الْحِجَّةِ وَالْمُحَرَّمُ وَرَجَبُ مُضَرَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ جُمَادَى وَشَعْبَانَ Time has come back to its original state which it had when Allah created the Heavens and the Earth; the year is twelve months, four of which are sacred. Three of them are in succession; Dhul-Qa'da, Dhul-Hijja and Al-Muharram, and (the fourth being) Rajab Mudar which stands between Jumad (ath-thani) and Sha'ban."
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Dear Brothers and sisters, the topic of today‘s khutbah is Abū Bakr ‘Abdallāh bin Abī Quḥāfah aṣ-Ṣiddīq, popularly known as Abu Bakr (RA), the first caliph of Rashidun caliphate. We are at the end of Jumada alThani, the sixth month of Arabic calendar and on 22nd of this month, he died. Ibn Kathir, in his Al Bidaya Wal Nihayah, stated that the first woman to embrace Islam was Khadijah. Zaid bin Haarithah was the first freed slave to embrace Islam. And Ali ibn abi talib was the first child to embrace Islam for he has not even reached the age of puberty at the time. And Abu Bakr was the first free man to embrace Islam. Abu Bakr's acceptance proved to be a milestone in Prophet Muhammad's mission. Slavery was common in Mecca, and many slaves accepted Islam. When an ordinary free man accepted Islam, despite opposition, he would enjoy the protection of his tribe. For slaves however, there was no such protection and they commonly experienced persecution. Abu Bakr felt compassion for slaves. In the early days of Islam, Abu Bakr radi Allahu anhu would walk around the markets and homes observing all the Muslim slaves that were being tortured. He would watch as Umayyah dragged Bilal out to the grilling desert at noontime, the hottest moments of the day. Umayyah would press Bilal to the scalding ground and place a boulder on top of his chest to increase the torture. Bilal would say nothing but, "Ahad, Ahad (One, only One)." Abu Bakr would watch and whisper to Bilal, "YunJeeka AlWaahidul Ahad (The One [Allah] shall save you)."
In this khutbah we wanted to briefly look at a passage in the Qur'an that is in surah an-Najm. This passage would show us a reality back in the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that could be linked to the situation of you and I as well. We may sometimes feel or think that the actions we do are okay, from which we enter this mental state of comfort. But here Allaah is warning is by saying that we do not know the reality that Allaah knows. You and I must continue to look at ourselves and continue to strive in maximizing our efforts towards doing good, and minimizing those things Allaah dislikes. And as we are perfecting our deeds, there may be times we will have to decline wordly matters, which could perhaps make you afraid of leaving them. But then Allaah says that he is the one who gives wealth (enriches), and that he is the one who provides satisfaction (suffices).
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