Eid-al-Adha 1428h – December 2007
The Khutbah is by: Sk. Younis Saleh.
Translated by Dr. Faheem Bukhatwa
In the name of Allah Most
Gracious Most Merciful
Allah
Akbar, Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar
Allah
is the greatest, There is no God but Allah, Thanks be to Allah.
We give
our gratitude and our thanks to him early in the day and at the end of each
day. Allah alone is the greatest; He gave victory to His slave, and gave glory
and honor to His soldiers, and He alone defeated the allies against his
messenger.
Allah
is the Greatest.
لبيّك اللهم لبّيك
,
I hear
and I respond, I am at your command.
لا شريك لك
,
No
partners are with you, I am at your command.
إن الحمد والنعمة
والملك لك
All
gratitude, all mercies and all things belong to you .
No
partners are with you.
I hear
and I respond, I am at your command.
Thanks
be to Allah.
I
testify and believe that there is no God but Allah,
Whom no
one can put down what He elevates,
And no
one can elevate what He brings down.
No one
can stop what He gives,
And no
one can give what He stops.
The
one, the only, the Eternal. The one who was not born, and did not give birth.
The one who has no equivalence.
Thanks
be to Him for the mercy of Islam that He bestowed on to us. Thanks be to Him
that He made us the best nation sent to people, commanding good and deterring
against evil and believing in Allah.
All
thanks be to Him for the complete religion He gave us, and for complementing
His mercy on to us, and thanks be to Him for being happy for us to be Muslims.
We direct our prayers and peace to the one who was sent as mercy to all man
kind.
Slaves
of Allah, remember that you are living a day that is considered the greatest
of all days. And keep in mind that Eid day is a day of faith and worship. For
Eid-al-Fitr comes after the worship of fasting, and so does the Eid-al-Adha
comes after the great worship of Hajj.
The
messenger (PPBU) said: {let it be known to you all that, your blood, money and
honor are sacred; just as sacred as this day of yours, in this sacred month of
yours, and in this sacred town of yours, until the day you meet your creator.
Have I not delivered the message?} {God my Lord, be my witness, and let this
of you who witnessed this, to notify those who are not here. For some who
listen may be more aware than those who deliver. Do not; after me; go back to
being non-believers fighting and killing each other.}
I give
you the advice that Allah gave all people and more specifically to Muslims as
He says: {O
mankind! fear your Lord! for the convulsion of the Hour (of Judgment) will be
so traumatically terrible.
The Day ye shall see
it, every mother giving suck shall forget her suckling-baby, and every
pregnant female shall drop her load. Thou shalt see mankind as in a drunken
state, yet not drunk: but dreadful will be the Wrath or punishment of Allah.
}
Allah
also says: {You believers give to Allah His deserved fear and do not die
except as Muslims}
Allah
also says: {You believers fear Allah, and let each soul look and see what it
did for tomorrow, and fear Allah, For Allah is all knowledgeable with what you
do}
Dear
Muslims, get a sense of the meaning of the sacrifice that Prophet Abraham
represented. That’s what our messenger reemphasized as a sacrifice and as a
charity act. Some scholars recommended doing the sacrifice and some scholars
saw it as being compulsory. It can be a lamb, or a cow or a goat. You must
utter the intention for whom it is intended. The sacrifice is divided into
three portions, one third for the family, a third is given as a present and a
third is given as a charity.
Dear
Muslims, protect your selves. Allah says: {you who believe, protect your
selves and your families from a fire that is fueled by people and rocks. Tough
big angels are put in its charge; they never disobey Allah, and they do what
they are ordered}
And
remember what the messenger said: {A Muslim to a Muslim is a brother; He must
not transgress against, do not disappoint him or let him down. And this that
gets his brother out of a trouble or an anxiety in this life, Allah will get
him out of a trouble in the life after. And this who eases or relieves an
affliction for his brother in this life, Allah will relive an affliction off
him in the life after. And this that covers up or shields for his brother in
this life, Allah will cover up for him or shield him in the day of
resurrection. And Allah will continue to help any slave as long as the slave
continues to help his brother}
Ask
Allah for forgiveness, He is the most generous the most forgiving. And may He
forgive all our sins. Amen.
