Part One


Praise be to Allah. Praise be to Allah, the Bestower of gifts, and the Repeller


afflictions. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, Who has no partners. He


has imposed upon us the duty of providing consolation to our Muslim brothers in times of


disasters, famines, and catastrophes. I also bear witness that our prophet and master


Muhammad is His servant and messenger, and the most honourable of all creation. May


Allah bestow His peace and blessings upon him, his family, and his Companions, who


rose above all shameful traits and had sincere purposes and intentions, constantly and


perpetually until the Day of Judgement.


O Muslims!


Fear Allah, the Protector, for it is by fear of Allah that distress is relieved. Allah


says:


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And Allah will deliver those who are the Muttaqun (pious) to their


places of success (Paradise). Evil shall touch them not, nor shall


they grieve.(Az-Zumar:61)


O Muslims!


A Muslim shares his brother’s grief, consoles him in times of distress, and feels


sorry for his pains and grievances.One of the traits of generous people and of Muslims in


general is that they come to the rescue of those who call for help and bring forth relief to


them.


Some Muslims have been hard hit with serious afflictions, extreme hunger,


devastating disasters, severe blizzards, deadly hurricanes, and fierce wars that have


caused them a great deal of pain and distress. They have been overwhelmed by the


severity of such afflictions that have dealt them a severe blow so much so they have lost


all hope, lived in constant fear, and their bodies have become emaciated. The pain of life


has become fargreater for them than that of death. They escape from destruction only to


find themselves on the road to hell and death. There is nothing left but ghost towns,dead


bodies, grieving children,complaining souls, and crying voices.Their complaints break


our hearts and their afflictions fill our eyes with tears. As the poet said:


I remembered children afflicted with the severest calamities,


Who had been left out in the cold until they froze to death.


So frozen were the bodies of these young children,


That the ice from snowstorms became their deathbed.


Entire nations are pushed into the abyss of fear, hunger, disease, homelessness,


and loss.O Kind-hearted and generous people! O people of piety and faith! Give whatever


you can in charity, no matter how small it may be.


... Truly, Allah does reward the charitable. (Yusuf: 88)


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O People of help and relief!Save your fellow Muslims from the abyss of


humiliation and utter defeat. Abdullah ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him and his


father, narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “A


Muslim is the brother of his fellow Muslim; he should not wrong him or hand him


over to whoever wrongs him. If anyone fulfils the needs of his brother, Allah will


fulfil his needs; if anyone relieves one of the hardships of a Muslim, Allah will


relieve one of his hardships on the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone covers the


faults of a Muslim, Allah will cover his faults on the Day of Resurrection” (Agreed


upon).


O Muslims, O believers!


Give due care to your fellow Muslims. Relieve their distress, help pay off their


debts, feed them against hunger, ease their pain, and offer them whatever will benefit


them.Ibn Abd al-Barr, may Allah have mercy on his soul, said, “Providing consolation


for someone in trouble or coming to the relief of a hungry man is unanimously


considered a communal obligation [i.e. an obligation that must be discharged by at least


part of the Muslim community, and if all fail to discharge it, every individual Muslim


will be guilty of sin].”Have Muslims really discharged this communal obligation?


Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on his soul, also said in this respect,


“Providing help and solace [to people in distress] varies with the degree of faith [in one’s


heart]. The weaker one’s faith is, the less help and solace one provides to people. The


stronger one’s faith is, the more help and solace one provides to people.”


Are the help and solace we have shown commensurate with the horrors of the


catastrophe and the tragedy?


O wealthy people! Do acts of kindness. Come to the rescue of the needy, soothe


the grieved, provide help and solace to the oppressed, relieve the downtrodden, show


mercy to those in distress, and offer help to the afflicted.Abu Hurairah, may Allah be


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pleased with him, narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him,


said,


“Allah, Might and Majesty be to Him, will say on the Day of Resurrection,


‘O son of Adam! I fell ill, but you did not visit Me.’ The son of Adam will say,


‘O my Lord! How could I visit You when You are the Lord of the Worlds?’


Allah will then say, ‘Did you not know that My servant (and He will name


the servant) fell ill but you did not visit him? Did you not know that if you


had visited him, you would have found Me with him? O son of Adam! I


asked you for food, but you did not feed Me.’The son of Adam will say, ‘O


my Lord! How could I feed You when You are the Lord of the


Worlds?’Allah will say ‘Did you not know that my servant (and He will name


the servant) asked you for food but you did not feed him? Did you not know


that if you had fed him you would surely have found that [the reward for


doing so] with Me? O son of Adam! I asked you to give Me to drink but you


did not.’The son of Adam will say, ‘O my Lord! How could I give You to


drink when You are the Lord of the Worlds?’ Allah will say, ‘My servant


(and He will name the servant) asked you to give him to drink, but you did


not. Had you given him to drink, you would have surely found that [the


reward for doing so] with Me.’”


(Reported by Muslim)


Oh Allah! Be with the weak, the poor, and the afflicted. Oh Allah! Be with the


weak, the poor, and the afflicted. Oh Allah! Be with the weak, the poor, and the afflicted.


O Allah! Give them enough of Your bounties so that they will not turn to Your servants.


O Allah! Provide them with Your gifts so that they will not lose their dignity as a result


of asking others, for You are the Most Merciful, the Most Generous, the Most Great, and


the Most High.


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Part Two


Praise be to Allah, the All-Mighty, the All-Strong. I bear witness that there is no


god but Allah alone, Who has no partners, the Most Great, the One Free of all wants and


needs; and I bear witness that our prophet and master Muhammad is His servant and


messenger, who had a lofty standing and a pure heart. May Allah bestow His peace upon


him and upon his family and his Companions, who had sublime merits and


unquestionable honesty.


O Muslims!


Fear Allah, for those who fear Allah will be successful and the miserable sinners


will be utter losers. Allah says:


O you who believe! Fear Allah (by doing all that He has ordered


and by abstaining from all that He has forbidden) as He should be


feared. [Obey Him, be thankful to Him, and remember Him


always], and die not except in a state of Islam [as Muslims (with


complete submission to Allah)]. (Al Imran: 102)


O Muslims!


Beware of having Allah’s blessings in which you wallow taken away. Beware of


exceeding the limits or committing transgression, for disbelief and transgression breed


nothing but destruction and deprivation of Allah’s mercy.Be among those who thank


Allah and draw lessons from others, and do not be among those who transgress Allah’s


limits and arrogantly deny His favours.


Be careful, O you who squander your wealth on acts of disobedience to Allah and


engage in ignominious deeds and forbidden amusements. Be careful, O you who splurge


your wealth to conceitedly exhibit your superiority and compete with one another over


trivial pursuits. Be careful, O you who waste your wealth on showing off and boasting


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that you have more than others. Be careful, O you who waste your wealth on frivolities,


rivalries, and abominable habits that the shari’ah regards as flagrantly shameless and that


reason considers absurd.


O squanderers, wasters, and self-indulgent people! Affection has been removed


from your hearts and mercy has been taken away from your breasts. You engage in futile


fun and amusement while you see your Muslim brothers and sisters suffering, the poor


crying out for help, the refugees appealing for assistance, and the displaced seeking aid.


Fear Allah, O Muslims, and preserve Allah’s bounties by avoiding wastefulness


and extravagance. Thank Allah, Exalted be He, for His bounties by constantly obeying


Him, avoiding the acts He has forbidden, and showing kindness to the poor and the needy


among His creation.


Ask Allah to bestow His peace and blessings on Prophet Ahmad, the guide and


the intercessor of all mankind, for whoever invokes Allah to bless him once will be


blessed for it by Allah ten times.


O Allah! Bestow peace and blessings upon your servant and messenger


Muhammad. O Allah! Be pleased with the four Caliphs, whose way is to be followed,


Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali, along with all the Prophet’s family and Companions,


and also be pleased with us together with them, by Your grace, generosity, and kindness,


O Most Generous of all the generous!


O Allah! Grant power and glory to Islam and victory to the Muslims. O Allah!


Grant power and glory to Islam and victory to the Muslims. O Allah! Grant power and


glory to Islam and victory to the Muslims, humiliate polytheism and the polytheists, and


destroy the enemies of the religion. O Allah! Make this country of ours, as well as all


other Muslim countries, safe, secure, and prosperous.


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O Allah! Guide our Imam and ruler, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to


what You love and accept, and lead him to the way of righteousness and piety. O Allah!


Guide him and guide the Crown Prince to do that which gives power and glory to Islam


and that which realises the good of Muslims, O Lord of the Worlds! Grant them good


health and well-being, O Most Generous!


O Allah! Grant victory to our fellow Muslims in Palestine. O Allah! Grant victory


to our fellow Muslims in Palestine. O Allah! Grant victory to our fellow Muslims in


Syria. O Allah! Grant victory to our fellow Muslims in Burma. O Allah! Give victory to


our fellow Muslims, the people of the Sunnah, everywhere, O Lord of the Worlds! O


Allah! Give victory to our fellow Muslims, those who follow the Sunnah and the way of


the Companions and their successors, everywhere, O Lord of the Worlds! O Allah! They


have been afflicted with harm and You are the Most Merciful of all the merciful. O


Allah! They have been afflicted with harm and You are the Most Merciful of all the


merciful.


O Allah! Provide food for the hungry among them. O Allah! Provide food for the


hungry among them. O Allah! Provide clothes for the unclothed among them! O Allah!


Provide shelter for the homeless among them. O Allah! Heal the injuries of the wounded


among them. O Allah! Cure the sick among them. O Allah! Accept their dead as martyrs.


O Allah! Grant them victory over their enemies and Your enemies, O All-Hearer of


Supplications!


O Allah! Take revenge on the criminal tyrants, the disbelievers, and the


superstitious polytheists. O Allah! Take revenge on the superstitious polytheists. O Allah!


Take revenge on the superstitious polytheists, O Lord of the Worlds!


O Allah! Have mercy on our dead, cure the sick among us, relieve the distress of


the afflicted among us, release our prisoners, and grant us victory over our enemies, O


Lord of the Worlds!


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O Allah! Answer our prayers and supplications, O Most Generous! O Most


Merciful! O All-Hearer! O Responsive!