Godship and Lordship:

Dear believing brother: This 56th. lesson of Al-Nisa' lessons is a repeat of the verses that we interpreted in the last lesson, because these verses strongly reflect the reality of the Moslems today.
Dear brother: Who is the Moslem? He believes in Allah as Sustainer and the only One worthy of worship. Sustenance refers to the fact that He created man and bestowed on him from his bounty. Worthy of worship means that He is The One who is in control.

﴾And to Him return all affairs (for decision)﴿

[Surat Hud, Verse 123.]

﴾The Hand of Allah is over their hands﴿

[Surat Al-Fateh, Verse 10.]

﴾It is He (Allah) Who is the only Ilah (God to be worshipped) in the heaven and the only Ilah (God to be worshipped) on earth﴿

[Surat Az-Zukhruf, Verse 84]

﴾He makes none to share in His Decision and His Rule﴿

[Suart Al-Kahf, Verse 26.]

Quran and Sunna are the reference for believers:

Not a single leaf falls but He knows it. A leaf not a rocket ! We are not in more need now to other than the doctrine of Monotheism. Allah, Glory be to Him, is the Creator, The Sustainer , and the Only One worthy of worship. He exists, He is One, and He is Perfect. In His Hand is the Creation and the Decision.

﴾Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the Wakeel (Trustee, Disposer of Affairs, Guardian) over all things﴿

[Surat Az-Zumar, Verse 62.]

﴾And you (Muhammad Pbuh) threw not when you did throw, but Allah threw﴿

[Surat Al-Anfal, Verse 17.]

This Moslem believed in Allah as Sustainer and entered the fold of Islam the religion of Allah and the religion of the Truth. He believed in Mohammed, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as a prophet and a messenger of Allah. He came with the Quran as the Way for man to live by, and in explaining it he clarified the Way of Allah. These, dear brother, are matters taken for granted as the corners of faith. A Moslem is he who accepts Allah as Sustainer, and accepts Islam as his religion, and accepts Mohammed (Pbuh) as prophet and messenger.
Now you cannot find one Moslem trying to interpret and explain what has happened away from the Quran and the Sunnah. Otherwise he would not be considered a believer in Allah as Sustainer nor in Islam as his religion, nor in Mohammed (Pbuh) as a prophet and a messenger. The minimum degree of someone's Islam requires him to return to the Quran in analyzing what happens. In other words as though he asks the Quran: Oh Allah, why did such and such happen? Where is the defect? Your Promise is True, and victory comes from you, and all Decision is with You, and none can reverse what you ordain, therefore why did such and such thing happen? A true Moslem does not revert to any analysis other than the Quran's. A true Moslem does not invent hooks on which to hang his problems.
Most Moslems say: imperialism, Zionism, the mason movement…Where is Allah in our analysis? The defect is within us. The hero is the one who looks for the defect within himself instead of sh3er. A Moslem returns to the Quran to understand what happened. A Moslem returns to the Quran to analyze what happened. He returns to the Quran to look for a way out of what we are in. A Moslem also gleans from the Quran the destiny of aggressive tyrants. Quran is our reference.

Allah does not take the side of anyone:

Dear brother: Allah Almighty has laws and rules that do not change regardless of how much man tries to bypass, ignore, or devalue them.
The clearest example is the law of falling objects! How can we benefit from this law? We apply it in using parachutes! Anyone who wants to protect himself from the consequence of this law must respect it by using a parachute in order to fall to the ground safely. On the other hand another person may not pay attention to this law, does not respect or believe it and falls without a parachute. This non belief in the law does not cancel it or its effects! The point is very subtle! The law is a fact, if you go by it you benefit, but if you do not go by it its action will affect you whether you like it or not. Until when therefore shall we continue to refuse to deal with this (divine) book on the basis that it is a series of fixed and unchangeable laws and rules that can be neither frozen nor stopped nor modified? The way of Allah Almighty is constant and real regardless of anything.
Allah Almighty does not take sides with anyone. In the dealings of people there is side-taking. You may therefore turn a blind eye from someone's mistake because he is your relative, or you may justify someone else's mistake because he is your partner. You may even ignore someone else's crime because he is a member of your family or clan. This happens when people deal and interact with each other. But Allah does not take sides with anyone.

﴾Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has At-Taqwa (i.e. he is one of the pious ones)﴿

[Surat Al-Hujurat,Verse 13.]

Dear brother: All what has happened in the Moslem world cannot please even an enemy, never mind a friend! Therefore we must wake up to reconsider , account , and discover whether or not we have followed the Book and the Sunnah (way of the Prophet). We must be guided by the analyses of the Quran. I am not specifically referring to any one individual or group, I am talking about the laws of Allah Almighty.

﴾It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those of the people of the scripture (Jews and Christians), whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereof﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 123]

This is one of the laws of the Creator of the universe.

﴾Whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereof﴿

And whosoever has done evil and has not been recompensed accordingly will be recompensed in due course unless he repents. Do not feel sorry for the people of this country or that if they have done evil deeds. They shall receive what is destined for them. This is a general rule!

If we want victory we must pay for it:

Therefore, dear brother, if we go back to the Quran we will read:

﴾And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much﴿

[Surat Ash-Shura, Verse 30.]

﴾(What is the matter with you?)When a single disaster smites you, although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great , you say:"From where does this come to us?" Say (to them), "It is from yourselves (because of your evil deeds).﴿

[Surat Al-'Imran, Verse 165.]

The ostrich always hides its head in the sand in order not to see the truth. The person who fails in his life always looks for a hanger on which to hang his problems, so he accuses sh3er who are non-believers, and it is clear that a non-believer wants to take everything and leave nothing. He wants to be the strongest on earth regardless of the price that has to be paid, and the richest on earth whatever the cost. There are no values to control them, except their belief that their might and power makes right! If you are strong that means you are right even if you were criminal and brought misery to people. As long as you are strong you are right. That is their way. What concerns us is to apply the way of our Lord.
Therefore dear brother, As though Moslems live their lives making wishes from Allah. And wishes as I said in a previous lesson are the goods of simple people. A simple person makes wishes then entertains and amuses himself, he sits and does not move, and watches but does not respond. This is the Moslem's reality, and I always say the bitter truth is a thousand times better than the comfortable illusion. A person who may deserve to be disciplined by Allah shall be disciplined whether or not he makes a fluent supplication. Of course a sincere supplication may counter another supplication, but an insincere supplication will not counter what is destined. Unless he makes changes, Allah does not change. I hope this fact is as clear as the sun. Anyone of us who wants to witness victory for these Moslems, or if he wants to hear news that fill his heart with joy. If he wants to be truly happy with victory from Allah, he must pay the price for that. The price is to live Islam as a commitment and an obligation, not as outward appearances. Allah Almighty says:

Discipline is a favor from Allah:

﴾It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those of the people of the scripture (Jews and Christians)﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 123.]

Some Moslems say: Oh Allah, you commanded us and we disobeyed. You forbid and we commit. Your favor is sufficient to us. This is the modern version, he knows what is commanded and what is forbidden by Allah, but he disobeys these commands and commits what is forbidden, then says: Your favor is sufficient unto us. This is the favor of Allah: Discipline. Allah Almighty says:

﴾And fear the Fitnah (affliction and trial) which affects not in particular (only) those of you who do wrong (but it may afflict all the good and the bad people).﴿

[Surat Al-Anfal, Verse 25.]

Trials are coming to one country at a time. A while ago to our neighbors to the West, now to our neighbors East of us. A while ago it came to those in the South. These are the trials referred to by the Prophet (Pbuh) when he said what was reported by Abi Hurayrah, who said:

((The Prophet (PBUH) said: woe to the Arabs from an evil that is coming soon, trials like pieces of a dark night. A time in which a man may wake up a believer only to become a disbeliever by evening. A time during which some people will sell their faith for a meager price from worldly things. He who holds onto his faith then is like one who holds onto a red hot coal))

[Musnad Imam Ahmed]

Speeches made in the Moslem world are endless. But the speech that should be said carefully is that if each one of us wants to see the Moslem nation victorious, if he does not want to be afflicted with a heart attack when he hears the daily news. A doctor told me that he saw tens of patients who came to him with a sudden heart attack because of what they heard on the news or saw on the screens. These people lived as we do. Suddenly whatever happened took place. Allah is All Just and we must be careful.

﴾It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those of the people of the scripture (Jews and Christians). Whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereof﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 123.]

Supplication without work shall not be accepted by Allah

If you((believers)) do not enjoin good and forbid evil, Allah will punish you. You will then supplicate to Him but He will not answer your prayers. This was referred to in some Hadeeths. Supplication without work shall not be accepted by Allah.

﴾It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those of the people of the scripture (Jews and Christians)., and he will not find any protector or helper besides Allah﴿

[Surat An_Nisa', Verse 123]

I often said: Moslems did not pay attention to Allah therefore He did not pay attention to them. Every person is according to his thinking, if he sincerely repents to Allah, and becomes steadfast in becoming obedient to Allah, and if he does well at home and at his work and brings up his children well, then he shall find a new treatment from Allah unknown to him in the past. He shall find reconciliation, truth, advocacy, peace and rest. If you cannot convince sh3er with repentance to Allah, then at least take refuge for your own self and repent to Allah, mend your relationship with sh3er and make your home an Islamic one, and perform
your work as a Moslem would, then advise other Moslems to do as you do. Maybe then Allah will remove this black cloud hanging over us.

﴾And whoever does righteous good deeds, male or female,, and is a (true) believer﴿

[Surat An_Nisa', Verse 124.]

Allah also says:

﴾Allah has promised those among you who believe and do righteous good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession to (the present rulers) in the land﴿

[Surat Al_Nur, Verse 55.]

The Plotting of disbelievers doesn’t harm the believers:

His belief is a righteous good deed. I have said on another occasion: Salvation of the Moslems is in two words in this Ayah.
Allah says:

﴾Indeed, they planned their plot, and their plot was with Allah, though their plot was not such as to remove the mountains from their places﴿

[Surat Ibrahim, Ayah 46.]

Allah Almighty describes the plotting of the non-believers in a way that makes one's hair stand on end. Their plotting causes the mountains to be removed from their places.
Allah says:

﴾So think not that Allah will fail to keep His Promise to His Messengers. Certainly Allah is All-Mighty, All-Able of Retribution﴿

[Surat Ibrahim, Verse 47.]

This plotting that moves mountains, we can very easily escape from if Allah is with us. He said:

﴾But, if you become patient and pious, not the least harm will their cunning do to you﴿

[Surat Al-'Imran. Verse 120.]

In other words, the believer, according to the text of this Ayah and its meaning, cannot be harmed by the plotting and cunning of the non-believers. This cunning that can move mountains has no effect on the believer whatsoever. Because who has the ability to harm you if Allah is with you? And if He is against you who then is able to help you? There are messages from Allah: One storm has stopped one hundred and fifty planes. Couldn't Allah make it last for twenty days? Everything is subject to Him. Therefore man must only be afraid of his wrongdoings, and must not fear any other than his God.

We Can’t be victorious unless we obey Allah:

Dear brother: The time for long speeches is over. Now it is time to work. I swear by Allah that if every Moslem does one in ten thousand of what he knows, we would be in a different state than the one we are in now.
The Prophet (Pbuh) asked one of his companions to call a certain Arab tribe to Islam. He returned to the Prophet and said: Oh Prophet of Allah, they are as ignorant as wild camels. They understand nothing. The Prophet said: Are you surprised at them? He said, yes, Prophet of Allah. The Prophet then said

((I am amazed at he who knows (the truth) but does not do (accordingly))

This is more severe. You see the wrongdoings on the streets. These girls that wear outrageous clothes, don't they have fathers who go to the mosques? Don't they have msh3er? Don't they have brother? Where are their fathers, msh3er and brother? These are wrong deeds. And when such deeds increase there is no way to counter the enemy's aggression. I spoke in the Khotbah today about how Salhuddin Al-Ayyoubi, may Allah have mercy on him, was able to conquer twenty seven armies that came from the lands of the Christians! He countered these armies ,which were led by kings, first by removing wrong deeds. We are not responsible for the actions of sh3er. If each one of us mosque goers returned to his home and paid attention to the behaviors of his wife and his sons and daughters, and if he considered how he earns his money and how he spends it and what his wife does. If he applies this according to Allah's Way, then he is assured of Allah's victory and blessings. It is as though the era of speeches is over and that speeches have no meaning anymore. You have seen people's demonstrations all over the world, has it done any good? Endless denouncements confirming that this sort of thing is against international law! Nothing happened as a result of these denouncements!!!!! We need to do something effective. Allah is the One who does, He does what He wants to do. And if He pits one group against another there is no power on earth that can prevent its aggression because Allah is the One who pitted them against one another. But this tyrant power may disappear once we repent to Allah. There are many examples, history is witness to that. I wanted to stay in this lesson with this Ayah: It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those of the people of the scripture (Jews and Christians). If you want to hear good news in the battle field about the battle between truth and evil, you must first and foremost obey Allah. Our master Omar, may Allah be pleased with him,, said something wonderful. He said: We are victorious due to our obedience to Allah and their disobedience to Allah. If we become equal in disobedience with them then they will be victorious over us due to their strength. The truth is there is a big difference in how we fight and how they fight. From very high above they can see the entire city in color. He does not only see our home, he can even zoom in on the swimming pool, then blows it up with one click. There is very advanced technology. They prepared against us and we did not prepare against them. They have prepared massive force that we cannot face. Only Allah is above them and above all of us. If we are with Him we will be above them, but if we are not with Him then they will be above us. This is a constant truth.

Wishing does not change anything, we need obedience to Allah and His Messenger

﴾But those who obey Allah's Orders will be above them on the Day of Resurrection﴿

[Surat Al-Baqarah, Verse 212.]

If we are not with Allah Almighty then they will be above us with their (physical) strength. Thus, brother, what can your supplications do whilst your camel is sick? The man said: I shall ask Allah to cure him. Then (Omar, may Allah be pleased with him) said: what can supplication (by itself) do? Why don't you use some medicine in addition to your supplication?

﴾And as to those who believed but did not emigrate (to you O Muhammad ,Pbuh) , you owe no duty of protection to them until they emigrate﴿

[Surat Al-Anfal, Verse 72.]

Emigration implies movement. If there is no movement then there is nothing. Crying and sympathizing will not change matters for better or for worse. When a person needs a surgical operation it does not matter whether he cries or smiles, whether he is patient or impatient, the operation is a must. Courage then means that we put speeches aside for now.
I swear by Allah, dear brother: I never wished to be silent as much as I do now! We have spoken a lot. If we do not follow what Allah and His Prophet (Pbuh) have called us to follow then there is no hope for anything.

﴾And whoever does righteous good deeds, male or female﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 124]

There is good news in this town and much giving and generosity but we need guidance, rationalization and clarification of the truth. This is a serious lesson. If we do not become wiser then we have a great problem within ourselves. I mentioned in my khotbah today that when Salhuddin Al-Ayyubi opened Jerusalem, his soldiers did not take anything from the enemy. Instead they bought what they needed and paid for it. What is happening now is unbelievable. What happened to our faith? Universities are being burnt. Everything is being stolen or burnt. Who is responsible for all this. There is a huge conspiracy.

Many verse urges us to work:

Dear brother: I swear that our destiny is black. This destiny has been planned for many years. I do not doubt that every Moslem country is part of such a plan. The matter requires an awakening and a commitment. It requires movement, co-operation and obedience to Allah Almighty. It is not a matter of speeches and loud supplications. What we need is action.

﴾Whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereof﴿

[Surat An_Nisa', Verse 123]

﴾And he who works deeds of righteousness, while he is a believer (in Islamic Monotheism) then he will have no fear of injustice nor of any curtailment (of his reward)﴿

[Surat Ta-Ha, Verse 112.]

﴾So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord﴿

[Surat Al-Kahf, Verse 110.]

﴾And whoever desires the Hereafter and strives for it, with the necessary effort due for it(i.e. does righteous deeds of Allah's obedience)while he is a believer (in Islamic Monotheism)﴿

[Surat Al-Isra', Verse 19.]

All the verses talk about doing. There are no verses that talk about listening only. Verses that refer to personal interaction that are full of action. The clearest one is:

﴾And as to those who believed but did not emigrate (to you O Muhammad Pbuh), you owe no duty of protection to them until they emigrate﴿

[Surat Al-Anfal, Verse 72.]

Our knowledge of Allah leads us to His love

You must take a position.
Allah says:

﴾You (true believers in Islamic Monotheism and real followers of Prophet Muhammad, Pbuh, and his Sunnah) are the best of peoples ever raised upfor mankind﴿

[Surat Al-'Imran, Verse 110.]

The reason behind being the best of peoples is that you enjoin Al-Ma'roof (i.e Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam ordained) and forbid Al-Munkar (polytheism, disbelief, and all that Islam has forbidden), and you believe in Allah. Therefore if we stop enjoining Al-Ma'roof (i.e Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam ordained) and forbidding Al-Munkar (polytheism, disbelief, and all that Islam has forbidden) we lose our classification as "best" and we become a nation like any other on earth with no special status from Allah. This is confirmed by Allah's words:

﴾And (both) the Jews and the Christians say:" We are the Children of Allah and His loved ones." Say: Why then does He punish you for your sins?" Nay, you are but human beings of those He has created﴿

[Surat Al-Ma'idah, Verse 18.]

Allah Almighty did not accept their claim that they are His beloved ones. Had He done that He would not have punished them. And because He punishes them they do not love Him.
"Say (O Muhammad to mankind):

﴾If you (really) love Allah, then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Quran and the Sunnah), Allah will (then) love you and forgive your sins.﴿

[Surat Al-'Imran, Verse 31.]

Our love of Allah is a call (invitation). If we had loved Him we would have obeyed Him. And one of the strangest things is to know Allah but not love Him. Strange also is to love Him but disobey Him. To know and love leads to obedience. Knowledge without love is not right.. Same for love without obedience. I personally doubt knowledge if it is not accompanied with love. I also doubt love if it is not accompanied with obedience.

Practical steps to get Mercy and Victory from Allah:

Dear brother: there are practical steps. Proper worship. Remembering Allah Almighty. Lowering one's gaze. Controlling one's tongue. Co-operation. Giving good council. Enjoining good and forbidding evil deeds. Regulating the behavior of one's family and especially one's daughters and one's home. Earning. Spending. These are all practical steps that can be reasons for mercy and victory to come from Allah.

﴾And whoever does righteous good deeds, male or female, and is a (true) believer (in the oneness of Allah – Muslim), such will enter Paradise and not the least injustice, even to the size of a speck on the back of a date stone, will be done to them﴿

[Surat An_nisa', Verse 124.]

No more injustice today, not even the size of a seed of mustard. Allah does not deal unjustly with anyone.

﴾This day ,I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen Islam for you as your religion.﴿

[Surat Al-Ma'idah, Verse 3.]

This religion that Allah has chosen for us has a specific definition. Allah Almighty says:

﴾And who can be better in religion than one who submits his face (himself) to Allah (i.e. follows Allah's religion of Islamic Monotheism)﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 125.]

Dear brother: Do you submit to what is in the Quran and Sunnah and accept none other than them of whatever you hear or read? A pure heart is one which is saved from believing anything that contradicts the divine message of Allah. Is everything you believe in accordance with the Holy Book and the Sunnah or are there things that you believe that are contradictory to the way of Allah?

True religion is take everything in the Quran and Sunna and leave anything else:

﴾And who can be better in religion than one who submits his face (himself) to Allah (i.e. follows Allah's religion of Islamic Monotheism)﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 125.]

He believed what is in Allah's Book. He balanced his life with the balance of the Quran, not with the balance of the people on this earth. He does good deeds. You , dear brother, do know right from wrong, with your natural innate make up. Everyone is capable of that on his own without being told. True religion means that you turn to Allah and follow all that came in His Book and the Sunnah of His Prophet (Pbuh) , and to leave all else. This is the meaning of:

﴾And who can be better in religion than one who submits his face (himself) to Allah (i.e. follows Allah's religion of Islamic Monotheism)﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 125.]

How can one be a Moslem and yet does not believe in not mixing with the opposite sex relying on weak reasons? Or that who does not want us to be together thus dividing the one family? How can one be a Moslem and believe what the Prophet said that the brother-in-law is like death unto the brother's wife, and yet you allow mixing of men and women on every occasion. This is a mockery of Allah's religion. How can one say that there is no harm in a little bank interest? How can you feel comfortable with a fatwa expressed by a man who works in the public sector in Egypt to please his masters, then you believe it and live by it as though he is going to be your savior on the Day of Resurrection? This is the state of today's Moslems !!! I am zooming in on big problems which may very well be behind why Allah has abandoned us.

﴾And who can be better in religion than one who submits his face (himself) to Allah (i.e. follows Allah's religion of Islamic Monotheism)﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 125.]

Submission to Allah in one's doctrine, in the truth about the universe, life on earth and man himself, as well as the Day of Resurrection, Prophethood and the Book, and doing what he believes in, in addition to doing good towards sh3er. That is religion without any complications. Some people do complicate this religion. Those who do that are not knowledgeable of the religion. This religion is like air. We must breath it in in a simple manner. Heroism is in making it easy, in applying it and being sincere with it. Make it simple, apply it and be sincere with it.

﴾And follows the religion of Ibrahim (Abraham) Hanif (Islamic Monotheism – to worship none but Allah alone)﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 125.]

Hanif means loving of Allah Almighty and leaning towards Him away from all else.

Allah has complete possession of everything:

﴾And follows the religion of Ibrahim (Abraham) Hanif (Islamic Monotheism – to worship none but Allah alone)﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 125.]

I had mentioned in a previous lesson that the Prophet (Pbuh) used to say:

﴾ I am the supplication of my father Ibrahim and the glad tidings of my brother Jesus…﴿

﴾Our Lord! Send amongst them a Messenger of their own (and indeed Allah answered their invocation by sending Muhammad (Pbuh) who shall reauthor to them Your Verses and instruct them in the Book (this Quran) and Al-Hikmah (full knowledge of the Islamic laws and jurisprudence or wisdom or Prophet's legal ways), and purify them.﴿

[Surat Al-Baqarah, Verse 129.]

The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to say: ":

﴾ I am the supplication of my father Ibrahim and the glad tidings of my brother Jesus who said that there will come after me a Messenger (from Allah) named Ahmed﴿

﴾And Allah did take Ibrahim (Abraham) as a Khalil (an intimate friend)!﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 125]

Allah says:

﴾And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth.﴿

[Surat An- Nisa', Verse 126.]

To Allah Almighty belongs everything and all praise. Some people, like tyrants, are wealthy but they do not praise Allah. Others are not wealthy but they praise Allah. Kind but weak. Man wants a great God to whom belongs all including Praise. His ownership is absolute. Allah Almighty Creates, Sustains, and Destines. You may own without benefiting, and you may benefit without owning. You may even own and benefit but you cannot destine.

Allah is the Creator and Controller of everything in Heavens and Earths:

But when Allah says:

﴾And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth.﴿

This includes ownership, sustenance, and destiny.

﴾Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the Wakil (Trustee, Disposer of affairs, Guardian) over all things.﴿

[Surat Az-Zumar, Verse 62.]

In His hands are the keys of the heavens and the earth.

﴾And Allah is Ever Encompassing all things.﴿

[An-Nisa', Verse 126. ]

Dear brother: These big events that the Arab and Moslem nation is going through these days must awaken us and motivate us to do something. This something is to return to Allah, to His Divine Book, and the Way of His Prophet. Look at how people spend their evenings. In obedience to Allah or disobedience? This disobedience includes your looking at a strange woman or at the screen. How do people talk? Do they back bite each other? How do they earn their money? Is there doubt regarding its legitimacy? How do they meet with one another? Do their meetings involve the mixing of men and women together? How do they celebrate? Do their celebrations include disobedience? How do they mourn? Do they do that in a way contrary to the Sunnah? The matter is very simple:

﴾So ask the people of the Reminder (Scriptures, The Torah, The Injil) if you do not know﴿

[Surat Al-Anbiya', Verse 7.]

How many forbidden things do Moslems commit while they are distracted with their pastimes and amusements? Someone said: O Prophet of Allah, please advise me but make it short. The Prophet , peace and blessings of Allah be upon him said: "Say I believe in Allah then stand firm and straight (on the religion of Islamic Monotheism). The man said: I want something lighter than that. The Prophet said: Be prepared for the ordeal.

The disbelievers cannot escape the punishment of Allah:

﴾Then there has succeeded them a posterity who have given up the prayers ( i.e. made their prayers to be lost either by not offering them or by not offering them perfectly in their proper fixed times)and have followed lusts. So they will be thrown in Hell﴿

[Surat Maryam, Verse 59.]

The Moslems have met that Hell ! In the Name of Allah I ask you: is there a worse hell than the one the Moslems have fallen into these days? Lands and oil resources considered to be the largest reserves in the world. It cost us eight cents per barrel while in some countries it cost eight dollars per barrel ! Bounties only known to Allah, are now under their control. All achievements of this nation have been burnt, destroyed or scattered. Is there any worse humiliation than this?
Dear brother: Our calamity is great and dangerous and close. Nothing will benefit us other than a revolution in our lives, in our beliefs, in our dealings with one another, in how we earn our money, and in how we care for and love one another.

﴾Verily, Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in rows (ranks) as if they were a solid structure﴿

[Surat As-saff, Verse 4.]

Put your selfishness under your foot. You belong to all believers who follow the Way of Allah. Perhaps then Allah will have mercy on us and will grant us, through His Might and Power, victory that will make us happy Inshallah.

﴾And to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allah is Ever Encompassing all things﴿

[Surat An-Nisa', Verse 126.]

The non-believers did not do anything against the will of Allah. The plan of Allah has encompassed their plan. They will not escape from the torment of Allah. In a previous Khotbah I promised to talk about what is mentioned in the Quran regarding the dangers that await the disbelievers. Allah has promised their destruction and let down. Previous nations have committed what these have committed and Allah Almighty destroyed them all. All Praise be to Him.