He spoke on the honor of the Muslims and their humiliation.

The Shaykh : ... As came in the hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), as reported inThe Shaykh : In their two authentic collections, that a man said: O Messenger of Allah, a man among us fights with bravery; is he in the path of Allah? He said: He said: A man among us fights out of tribal loyalty; is he in the path of Allah? He said: And so the questions came one after another to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), similar to what you have heard, and every time he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, no. They said: Then who is in the path of Allah? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And you all know, with great regret, that there is no banner raised for jihad in the path of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. If this banner had been raised, the Jews and the state of the Jews would not have been able to dominate Palestine. But due to the absence of jihad in the path of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, the saying of our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) applies to us: So now, when we hear voices from this state or that about raising the banner of jihad in the path of Allah, has anything occurred among the Muslims that makes the saying of him (peace and blessings be upon him) in the last hadith applicable to them: Have we returned to our religion? The answer for each of us, with great regret, is no; nothing has occurred. So that we may be optimistic and say that honor is before us, for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has struck us with humiliation because of our disobedience to the law of our Lord. Indeed, he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave some examples in this authentic hadith of violations of the Shari'ah, and they are still standing firmly among the Muslims. And with these calamities that have befallen us, we do not find a return from the Muslims to the Lord of the Worlds until He honors them and restores to them their former glory. The 'inah, and I do not wish to detail the matter, is a type of the forbidden usurious sales. Scholars may differ in their views on this, but the consumption of open riba today is a matter on which no two people differ, and no two camels butt heads over it. Have the Muslims repented from this great sin? If the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Is it not even more so that he would say: If you consume riba? And he said in the authentic hadith: So it is even more so that this is a cause for striking the Muslims with humiliation by allowing the Jews to dominate them, and the inability of any of these states, where some want to fight each other, to do so. Is this not because of our committing many grave sins and transgressions that are more dangerous than the sale of 'inah? There is no doubt or ambiguity in that. I say: When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) gave an easy example, it is even more so that the calamity befalls the Muslims if they commit sins greater than the sale of 'inah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) continued his saying: And both expressions are an allusion to the Muslims' immersion in this world, their forgetting of the Hereafter, and their taking every path to reach the debris of this world, without asking whether that path is forbidden or lawful. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If you commit these sins, Jihad, unfortunately, has been abandoned for decades. So why are we now being held to words announced in some newspapers or radio stations that the banner of jihad has been raised? Where, O people, is the banner of jihad? The banner of jihad requires the repentance of the mujahideen to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, from these sins, let alone the major sins, and that a long time passes in which they nurture obedience to Allah and following the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Only then can the souls truly be prepared for jihad in the path of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. It is astonishing, and it confirms for us his previous saying (peace and blessings be upon him): We find people who do not fulfill their own obligations regarding their souls and their families, yet they want to go out to jihad with Iraq, with Saudi Arabia, with Kuwait...