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Friday Khutbah : Syria Crisis – O Bilad al-Sham! You are in Our Hearts!!
Friday Khutbah : Syria Crisis - O Bilad al-Sham! You are in Our Hearts!!
Khutbah by Sh. Yasir Qadhi | Transcribed by Sameera | Source: MuslimMatters
[The following is the video and transcript of Shaykh Yasir Qadhi's khutbah on the Syrian crisis, delivered on February 10, 2012. The transcript includes slight modifications for the sake of readability and clarity.]
Part 1
My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, one of the very few lands that our Prophet (peace be upon him) has mentioned in numerous traditions, and in fact even before him, Allah has mentioned by reference in the Quran is the land of Sham, which is now the land of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon Read more ...
Not Rocket Science: Zionism and the United States Congress
By William James Martin | Source: PalestineChronicle
The ideology, or political project, of Zionism which underlies the creation of the State of Israel had, in fact, a Christian origin rather than a Jewish one, as writings can be found dating from the 1500’s, written by Christian clergymen in England advocating the migration of Jews to the Holy Land.
The migration of Jews to Palestine was also advocated by Napoleon Bonaparte.
The first Jewish presentations of Zionism were written by Moses Hess in 1862 and 20 years later by Leo Pinsker, both of the Russian Pale, with each writer advocated a separate state for Jews.
Twentieth century Zionism Read more ...
Prayers, taunts and weary resignation in Jerusalem
Source : The Independent
- By Robert Fisk | 24-Sept-2011
So there I was, on the Via Dolorosa of course, chatting to a middle-aged guy in a red T-shirt and just a wisp of a beard with a prayer rug under his left arm.And I asked him, of course, what he thought about Barack Obama's speech. He grinned at me like he knew I had already guessed what he was going to say. "What did you expect?" he asked. Correct guess. After all, Haaretz had already referred this week to "President Barack Netanyahu" while the racist Israeli foreign minister said he would sign the speech with both hands. Maybe, I reflected in Jerusalem yesterday, Obama really is seeking Read more ...
Friday Khutbah (Sermons) : Al-Aqsa is Crying out for Help!
Friday Khutbah (Sermons) : Al-Aqsa is Crying out for Help!
- by Imam Al-Haramain ‘Abdur-Rahman As-Sudais
from the Masjid Al-Haram in Makkah, 6 Safar, 1423 (April 19, 2002)
The Transcript:
All praise is due to Allah. May peace and blessings be upon His Prophet, his companions and his household.
Fellow Muslims! In view of successive incidences that affect the Ummah these days with noticed world silence and international helplessness that stir up anger in the streets of the Muslim cities; we must take a time to read the history and ponder over Allah’s universal and legal decrees in order to know the right course, examine ourselves thoroughly and sincerely, Read more ...
Picture Perfect : Al-Aqsa, the 2nd house of prayer established on Earth
The Masjid Al Aqsa is the second house of prayer established on earth:
Abu Dharr reported:
I said: "Messenger of Allah, which mosque was set up first on the earth?" He said: "Al-Masjid al-Haram (the sacred mosque, in Makkah)". I (again) said: "Then which next?" He said: "It was the Masjid Aqsa." I (again) said: "How long the space of time (between their setting up)?" He (the Holy Prophet) said: "It was forty years. And whenever the time comes for prayer, pray there, for that is a mosque; (for you)." (Sahih Muslim ,Book #004, Hadith #1056) Read more ...
The Night Journey – Al-Isra’ and Al-Miraj
The Night Journey - Al-Isra' and Al-Miraj
Al-Isra' and Al-Miraj (the Night Journey and Ascension) refer to the miraculous journey that Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) experienced. Unlike what some people claim, that journey involved both the body and soul of the Prophet. The main proof of the fact that the body of the Prophet was involved in the journey is that Almighty Allah began the first verse of Surat Al-Isra' by the word subhan, which means exalted and glorified. This word indicates that a miraculous event is about to be mentioned in the sequel.
This journey was a decisive stage of the Prophet's call in Makkah, because there were Read more ...
Change of the Qiblah to Kaaba
Masjid Al Aqsa (Bait Al Maqdis) or the Farthest Mosque is the third Holiest Shrine in Islam. First one is Masjid Al Haram (the Sacred Mosque) in Makkah City and the second one is Masjid Al Nabawi (the Prophet’s Mosque) in Madinah City, in Saudi Arabia.
It is the First Qiblah of Muslims (Qiblah is the direction in which muslims all over the world must have to face to while praying to the Only One God of all - Almighty Allah). Masjid Al Aqsa was the Qiblah in the early part of Final Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) Islamic Mission until that position was accorded to the Holy Kaaba (built by Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) 4,000 years before) by Almighty God Read more ...
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