The Shaykh’s Opening with the Sermon of Need.
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The Shaykh : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The attendees: And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : All praise is due to Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whomsoever Allah guides, none can misguide, and whomsoever He misguides, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger.[Ali 'Imran 3:102] [An-Nisa 4:1] [Al-Ahzab 33:70-71] As for what follows,
For the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. And after that.
Two suggestions were proposed to me: one was that I improvise a speech containing a reminder, for the reminder benefits the believers; and the other was that I take charge of answering the scientific questions that our brothers present may have, which they need to know about and their evidence from the Book of Allah and the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). So I saw the combining of the two suggestions, and that is by improvising a speech in which I hope that Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) will grant me success in correct speech, which the listeners will benefit from, if Allah wills. And after that, with His permission (Blessed and Exalted is He), we will take charge of answering the questions.
The attendees: And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : All praise is due to Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whomsoever Allah guides, none can misguide, and whomsoever He misguides, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger.
O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].
يا أيها الذين ءامنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته ولا تموتن إلا وأنتم مسلمونO mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفس واحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالا كثيرا ونساء واتقوا الله الذي تساءلون به والأرحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبا(70) O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. (71) He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.
يا أيها الذين ءامنوا اتقوا الله وقولوا قولا سديدا يصلح لكم أعمالكم ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم ومن يطع الله ورسوله فقد فاز فوزا عظيماFor the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire. And after that.
Two suggestions were proposed to me: one was that I improvise a speech containing a reminder, for the reminder benefits the believers; and the other was that I take charge of answering the scientific questions that our brothers present may have, which they need to know about and their evidence from the Book of Allah and the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). So I saw the combining of the two suggestions, and that is by improvising a speech in which I hope that Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) will grant me success in correct speech, which the listeners will benefit from, if Allah wills. And after that, with His permission (Blessed and Exalted is He), we will take charge of answering the questions.