Part One
Praise be to Allah Who is the Sole Possessor of complete perfection and the Granter
of abundant graces. We praise Him for everything and atalltimes. I praise Him –May He be
extolled– and thank Him as He should be thanked andpraised. He starts by providing
benevolence before He is even asked for it. I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah
alone with no associate.He is far abovehaving likes of Him, peers or matches, and I bear
witness that our Master and Prophet Muhammad is the Servant and Messenger of Allah who
is described as having magnificent morals and noble attributes. May Allah send His
abundantSalat (Graces, Honours, Mercy), Peace and Blessing upon him, his righteous and
pious Companions, his noble and immaculate family, and the tabi’in (the contemporaries of
the Companions of the Prophet [May Allah‟s Salat and Peace be upon him] after his
death),and those who followed them with righteousness until the Day of Judgement!
Nowthen,
I exhort you, O people, as well as myself, to observe taqwa(fear of disobeying Allah),
may Allah have mercy upon you:
And be afraid of the Day when you shall be brought back to Allâh.
Then every person shall be paid what he earned, and they shall not
be dealt with unjustly. [Al-Baqarah: 281]
Beware –May Allah have mercy on you– of eyes that are focusing upon the pleasures
of the herein, of souls that are striving to win thisshort and transient life, of ears that
areturningdeafto the remembrance of Allah, and of heartsthat are becoming black because of
sins.
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In the Book of Allah is the greatest rebuke andin the days‟ exhortations is a great
lesson for those with keen insight. Funerals haul the dead from their spacious palaces to their
narrow graves; soft bodies are wrapped in folded shrouds. Death is enough as a preacher:
Surely, that which you are promised will verily come to pass, and
you cannot escape (from the Punishment of Allâh). [Al-An‟ām: 134]. O
mankind! Verily, the Promise of Allâh is true. So let not this present
life deceive you, and let not the chief deceiver (Satan) deceive you
about Allâh. [Fāṭir: 5]
O Muslims!
Our age is full of changing situations, vicissitudes, and surprises. It is full of seditions
ignited by our enemies. It is a fire kindled to keep us busy with sectarian wars, partisan
disputes, regional conflicts, and domestic tribulations.
These are seditions threatening the whole world with the danger of terrorism and
terrorists, defacing Islam, dismembering Muslims, and disintegrating Muslim homeswith the
aim ofcausingfurther perdition, poverty, displacement, and despair.
Nourished, financed and armed by international and regional intelligence, terrorism is
the concoction and making of these foreign powers. Its fuel are misguided „Kharijites‟ and
professional agents who have sold out their souls to the enemy of religion, of the Ummah and
all the Muslim homelands. It is a terrorism that treats Muslim communities as unbelievers,
and legalizes the shedding of innocent and inviolable blood.
These seditions and events have revealedsecrets, exposed some peoples, brought
down key figures, and uncoveredthe faults of international agreements, pacts and false calls
for peace.
O Muslim brothers and sisters!
To further explain, let me say that there are two types of terrorism: organized
terrorism and state terrorism.Organized terrorism is spear-headed by the Kharijites of modern
times who kill Muslims and spare idolaters, the ignorant, the impudent and the shameless.
Listen –May Allah have mercy on you– to the wonderful analysis and meticulous
diagnosis of Wahb Ibn Munabbih: a pious third-generation tābi’ῑ and a narrator of the
TwoSahihsBooksand the SunanBooks1who lived a thousand and two hundred years ago:
1 While the two sahihs are two hadith books collected by Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim, the Sunan are four
others collected by Abu Dawūd, AL-Nasāῑ, Al-Tirmithi and Ibn Mājah.
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He said, may Allah bless his soul: “I witnessed the early period of Islam. I swear by
Allah that no sooner had the Kharijitesformed an integrated group than Allah disbanded
them in the worst condition,and no sooner had anyone of them dared declare his ill intentions
than Allah beheaded him. If Allah gave them power, the earth would be corrupt, roads would
be blocked, hajj would be stopped, Islam would relapse into Jāhiliyyah, and each one of them
would claim the right to be caliph. Each one of them had ten thousand supporters fighting
each other, accusing each other of kufr (unbelief). In a situation like that, one would be
afraid for his life, religion, family and property not knowing which group to side with.”
Brothers and sisters in Islam!
Have you ever seen a more accurate diagnosis and clearer analysis than this?
Describing the Kharijites, Imam Ibn Kathir –May Allah bless his soul– says, “If those
people gathered enough strength, they would corrupt the whole earth, Iraq and Sham (the
Levant). They would spare no child, man or woman since they believe that Muslims have
become so corrupt and incorrigible thatnothingcanremedy except masskilling.”
Indeed, there is no power or strength except with Allah!
What kind of religion and what kind of belief are these that turn them into enemies to
their Muslim brothers and allow them toengage in aggressive, hostile actions against their
homelands wreaking havoc on them, thus giving advantage to the enemy of the religion and
faith and standing behind hostile slogans that are lying in wait for Islam and Muslims?
These are but naïve, self-conceited and deceived Muslim youths, being led to
perdition on account of their ignorance and zealotry. They have entered into this sinister
stratagem and have wrongly and unjustly thrown their lot with the executioner and the bodyshredder.
This is accompanied –O Muslims– by absolute reticence where international and
regional secret services have been busy luring and recruiting more of our naïve children and
using them to prolong sectarian violence, regional disintegration, and partisan disunity.
These novice and simple-minded youths fall easy prey to foreign intelligence
machination. They aremade up of either astupid executer, a more stupid cheerful member or
an even more stupid supporter!
Such youths are blind to the fact that they are serving their enemy, destroying their
own homes, weakening their ranks, disuniting their Ummah, undermining their community
and severing their ties with it. They are even casting doubt on the unshakable principles and
tenets of their Ummah and are therefore pushing it into internal disputes, fighting and attrition
of human and material resources and weakening the loyalty to religion, the homeland and
theUmmah.
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Dear Muslims!
It is this world‟s dreadful reticence that encourages murderers to perpetrate their
terrorist genocide and mass killings in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and other places in endless
shameful and mournful series of actions perpetrated by these aberrant and blood-thirsty
takfiri sects2.
This is exploitation of terrorism to serve political agendas, hostile plots and futile
interests. What catastrophe is more calamitous than brother killing brother within the same
country, nay, within the same sect!
The only victims of their hostility and aggression are their own brethren, families and
compatriots, whereas the real Jewish enemy, the usurper and occupier of their land, is safe
and sound.
O Muslims!
So much about organized and partisan terrorism!
Insofar as state terrorism is concerned, our Zionist enemy takes first place. The
Zionist aggressions and crimes represent the utmost terrorism and violation of the legitimate
rights of our Palestinian brethren in the occupied territories. What can be more terrorising
than the agony suffered by our Palestinian brethren, their women and children, schools,
mosques, hospitals, shelters and tunnels?
Israel is an occupying state acting like a terrorist group. With its tremendous arsenal
of weapons of mass destruction, Israel is using violence, murder, destruction and terrorism to
achieve its aims and commit the most hideous massacres and the most heinous acts of
terrorism against the Palestinians.
Modern mass media have revealed more of the heinous attacks on unarmed and
innocent civilians as the Zionist attacks were targeting mosques, schools, shelters, and market
places while the whole world was watching silently. It is an aggression that reveals hysteric
barbarism.
Dear Muslims!
Palestine has achieved victory and so has Gaza because it has exposed the enemy‟s
aggression, falsehood and barbarism. We express our thanks and appreciation to all those
who have stood by our just cause and supported the oppressed against the oppressor.
2- Takfῑrῑs are Muslims who accuse other Muslims with apostasy/heresy.
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Gaza held up firmly, and showed a great deal of patience. It ignited stone, and
mocked many humans and pseudo-humans putting those cowards to shame. Just like life is
negotiation, it is also struggle and sacrifices. The defeatists, the languid and the effete are
driven by their ephemeral interests, suspicious plans or limited political gains. Let those who
kept speechlessinthe face of terrorism, whether in its states, groups or organisations, know
that they will certainly be burned by it too.
Let the Jews know that our right will never be forfeited. Self-defence is a legitimate
right, resistance is standing tall.It is right and justice thatwill bevictorioussoonerorlater. The
Palestinian question remains the Muslims‟ major concern regardless of the futility of
politicsor of magnitude of the sacrifices. We will never renounce our rights or offer them for
sale.
Had the world given up its double standard policy and political hypocrisy, blood
would not have been shed and terrorism would not have gained ground.
O servants of Allah!
What disgrace will be hanging over this world represented by its organizations, its
human rights bodies, and its security and UN councils?! What disgrace it is when destruction
has become a slogan, terrorism politics, and politics interests?!
Now then, may Allah protect you against the evils of seditions! In the presence of
seditions and tribulations it becomes clear as to who supports right, who keeps his word and
promise; in the presence of seditions and tribulations, silence kills, words expose, and letting
down (others) reveals itself and is revealed.
However, in the midst of tragedies are born relief and the way out: ... It may be
that you dislike a thing and Allâh brings through it a great deal of
good.[Al-Nisā‟: 19]
May Allah benefit me and you from the Great Qur'ān and the Guidance of
Muhammad (May Allah‟s Salat and Peace be upon him). This being said, I ask Allah to
forgive my sins, yours, and those of all the Muslims, so ask Him to forgive you, for He is
Most Forgiving, Most Merciful!
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Part Two
Praise be to Allah! He has repeated and clarified (His signs)and generously bestowed
his blessings. I praise Him, the Almighty, and I thank Him. I bear witness that there is no
deity but Allah Who has no partner, a pure and sincere witness to become a covenant for me
with the Merciful. I also bear witness that our Master and Prophet Muhammad (May Allah‟s
Salat and Peace be upon him) is Allah‟s Servant and Messenger, and that he is the honest and
the truthful one. May Allah send His abundant, ceaseless and eternalSalat(Graces, Honours,
Mercy), Peace and Blessing upon him, his family and his Companions, whokept to the
Straight Path and were rightly guided, as well as on the tabi'ῑn (the contemporaries of the
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Companion of the Prophet [May Allah‟s Salat and Peace be upon him] after his death) and
those who follow them inrighteousness!
Now then, O Muslims!
In thisatmosphere of seditions and amidst the tumult of turbulences, it would be useful
to remind you of some features of the approach adoptedby the righteous Salaf (pious and
righteous predecessors), the People of the Sunnah and Jamā'ah.These include:
The salaf stick to evidence (from the Qur'an and Sunnah) and to the Sharia interest in
their Jihad, in calling to Islam, in enjoining good and forbidding evil, and in their positions
vis-à-vis the evil innovations (in religion).They do this byway of advice for the sake of Allah,
His Messenger, and the community of believers, not with the aim of quenching one‟s thirst
for revenge or defaming.
They cover the defects of Muslims;they do not seektohunt forothers‟ faultsor speak of
scholars' mistakes except to reveal the truth.While doing that, they remain polite, safeguard
the rights of others and seek excuses for them as much as they can; for it is indeed a sign of a
poor knowledge of religion and fiqh, a weak faith and short-sightedness to believe that the
legal rights of anopponent (in religious interpretation or politics) automatically drop, or that
justice weakens in his case. It is also a fixed matter for the SunniMuslims that Islam might be
supported by a licentious person and immoral people especially in times of turbulences and
seditions.
Again, among the features of theirapproach is that they consider inventions in religion
similar to the rest of sins; that is they include grave and simple sins, and clear and
doubtfulones.The protected one is he whom Allah protects, for differences due to different
interpreting, due to committing errors, orduetolack of knowledge are indeed characteristics of
most humans.
It is a feature of piety and righteousness‒may Allah protect you‒ that a person should
accuse himself (i.e. bring it always to accountability), especially if he is known for being
righteous, knowledgeable, and generous; he must search for his own defects and busy himself
with fixing them in order to protect his faith, and he should accept the truth from whoever it
comes.
Yes indeed, Sunni Muslims are the ones who do not at allthink of themselves as being
faultless or perfect; they do not commend themselves with titles or slogans:
It will not be in accordance with your desires (Muslims), nor those
of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)[Al-Nisā‟: 123]
They accept the repentance of thosewho repent, the apology from those who
apologize, pray for the doers of good, fear for the doers of evil, do not feel happy for the
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stumbles of others, do not like sinners to commit further sins.They pray Allah to guide the
sinners; they understand the meaning of jihad with the pious and impious alike in the
battlefield, in politics, in the struggle to acquire knowledge or to call (to Islam).That is
because what is meant is to vex the sworn and clear enemy. They do not do injustice to
people when buying from them or selling tothem; they choose the least harmful and avoid the
more corrupt of any two things; they keep their patience in choosing the least evil of any two
evil things, and they select that which is simpler of any two matters.
In light of their approach, their support and opposition of others are based on facts not
on mere rumours or names; they do not dig into the hearts of people to know their hidden
ideas and secrets, nor do they mistrust others.Indeed, they ask Allah to free their hearts of any
malice against the believers.Besides, they are strong when it comes to supporting the truth,
though without extremism, merciful on the creatures without remissness, tough on those who
go astray, but without injustice or abuse.
The Sunni Muslims are united in their approach, goals, and course of action; they vary
in their qualifications and positions: they include scholars, mujahideen, callers (to Islam), and
anticipators of reward in the hereafter (by sacrificing something for the sake of
Allah).Anyone who has not been accused of invention in religion is considered one of them.
The path of Sunni Muslims‟ followers is the straightest, safest, and broadest; it has
included earliergenerations from amongtheMuhajireen (immigrants from Makkah), theAnsār
(Madinah inhabitants who supported the Prophet [May Allah‟s Salat and Peace be upon him]
and his followers who immigrated to Madinah), the A’rāb (Bedouins), the ones who
embraced Islam at the conquest of Makkah and those who were set free (and were not
punished for their anti-Islam crimes) by the Prophet.In that are levels of beliefwhich only
Allah knows.He ‒glorified be He‒ says:
Then We gave the Book the Qur'ân) for inheritance to such of Our
slaves whom We chose (the followers of Muhammad SAW). Then of
them are some who wrong their ownselves, and of them are some
who follow a middle course, and of them are some who are, by
Allâh's Leave, foremost in good deeds. That (inheritance of the
Qur'ân), that is indeed a great grace.[Fāṭir: 32]
They assist each other on this path; all of them, by the grace and mercy of Allah, will
arrive at a good destination (i.e. paradise).
Therefore, fear Allah‒may Allah have mercy on you‒ and bearinmind that those who
can speak in case ofseditionsare scholars and insightful people; for when they areresorted to
in such cases,seditions will then‒Allah willing‒be attenuated and burnt out.However, when
the ignorant,the brainless youth and the foolish indulge into speaking of them, then these
seditions will grow more dangerous, more evil, and more devastating.
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This is the reason why the Salaf have warned us against takingupsuchcases:
Imam Ahmad, may Allah blesshissoul, says: "Silence during seditions is a confirmed
Sunnah and I like to adhere to it. If afflicted, then sacrifice yourself for the sake of your
religion and never supportsedition, whether by your hand or your tongue.Rather, restrain
your hand, tongue, and desire, for Allah alone is the helper."
Imam SufiyānAthawry also says: "This is the time of silence, staying at home, and
being content with whatever food you have got until you die."
Abdullah Ibn Hubairah says:"Whoever witnesses a sedition he should break his leg
and if it gets healed, let him break the other one."
Now, this is said, ask Allah to send His Salat (Graces, Honours,and Mercy) and Peace
upon the Given Mercy and the Offered Blessing, your Prophet Muhammad, the Messenger of
Allah,for Allah commanded you to do so, for Allah,theAll-Knowing,says:
Allâh sends His Salât (Graces, Honours, Blessings, Mercy) on the
Prophet (Muhammad), and also His angels (ask Allâh to bless and
forgive him). O you who believe! Send your Salât on (ask Allâh to
bless) him (Muhammad), and (you should) greet (salute) him with
the Islâmic way of greeting (salutation i.e. As-Salâmu
‘Alaikum).[Al-Aḥzāb: 56]
O Allah! Send Your Salat, (Graces, Honours, and Mercy), Peace and Blessing upon
Your Servant and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his wives, and all
hisprogeny! O Allah! Be pleased with the four guided Caliphs, Abu Bakr, Omar, Othman and
Ali, with all the Companions, the tabi’in(the contemporaries of the Companions of the
Prophet [May Allah‟s Salat and peace be upon him] after his death) and those who
righteously follow them till the Day of Judgement. O Allah! Be also pleased with us all,
along with them, by Your Pardon and Generosity, O You, the Most Generous and Bounteous
of all!
O Allah! Grant glory to Islam and Muslims! O Allah! Grant glory to Islam and
Muslims! O Allah! Grant glory to Islam and Muslims, and fail polytheism and polytheists
(who associate partners with You)!O Allah Protect Your religion, grant victory to the
believers among Your servants, and render unsuccessful the despots and atheists and all the
enemies of faith and religion!
O Allah! Grant victory to Your religion, Book, the Sunnah of Your Prophet
Muhammad (May Allah‟s Salat and Peace be upon him), and Your righteous servants!
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O Allah! Grant us security in our homelands! O Allah! Make good our leaders and
those responsible for our affairs, and make our leadership from among those who are fearful
of You, who guard taqwa (fear of disobeying Allah), and follow the path that leads to Your
satisfaction, O You, Lord of al-'ālamîn (the worlds)!
O Allah! Support with the Truth and Guidance our Imam who is responsible for our
affairs! Guide him to what You like and accept, guide him to righteousness and piety, support
him with the righteous retinue; O Allah! Make through him Your religion strong and Your
word the uppermost and make him a support to Islam and Muslims! O Allah! Make through
him unity among Muslims and on the grounds of righteousness and guidance! O Allah! Guide
him, his two deputies, his brothers and assistants to do what is good for the people and
homeland!
O Allah! Grant victory to the Mujahideen, O Allah! Grant victory to the Mujahideen
who struggle in Your Path to empower Your religion and raise high Your Word! O Allah!
Grant them victory in Palestine and everywhere, O Lord of the Worlds!
O Allah! Destroy the Zionists! O Allah! Destroy the Zionist occupiers, for You are
certainly able to do so! O Allah! Inflict Your wrath which is so inevitably destined to strike
the people who are Mujrimûn (criminals, polytheists or sinners)! O Allah! We pray You to
drive them off to their own detriment and we seek refuge in You from their evils!
O Allah! Whoever intends to do any evil against us, our religion, our homeland, our
security, our leaders, our (religious) scholars, the good and the righteous among us, our
security forces our Ummah, or our unity, O Allah, get him busy with himself, let his plotting
return against him, and make his destruction in his planning, O You, the Lord of the Worlds!
O Allah! Protect us against the evil of wrongdoers, the maliciousness of the lecherous
and the evil of those plotting to carry it out by day or night!
O Allah! You are the Generous! Safeguard for us the bliss of our security, rightly
guide its leaders, empower its men, support them, strengthen them, increase their good,
guidance, and support! O Allah! Cure their ill, have mercy on their martyrs, protect their
families and progeny, O Lord of the worlds!
O Allah! We have brothers and sisters in faith who are helpless and oppressed in
Palestine, Syria, and Gaza! O Allah! They have been inflictedwith adversityand anguish!
Theircondition has turned to be soharsh; they have been subjected to oppression, tyranny,
homelessness, and siege.Bloodis being shed over there, innocent people killed, women
widowed, children orphaned, and houses and facilities destroyed. O Allah, the Supporter of
the helpless! O Allah, the Supporter of the helpless and the Saver of the believers! Grant
them victory, take care of them, relieve their anguish, lift off their adversity, and grant them
victory against Yourenemy and theirs!
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O Allah! Set right the conditions of Muslims! O Allah! Set right the conditions of
Muslims everywhere! O Allah! Stop their bloodshed, give their leadership to the best among
them, protect them against the evildoers amongst them, and unite their word on the Truth, the
right guidance, and the Sunnah! Spread security and prosperity in their homelands! O Allah!
Lift off war and hardship from amongst them!Give them refuge against evils and seditions,
whether explicit or implicit!
Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not, and
bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be of the
losers.[Al-A‟rāf: 23]
… Our Lord! Give us in this world that which is good and in the
Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the
Fire![Al-Baqarah: 201]
O servants of Allah!
Verily, Allâh enjoins Al-Adl(i.e. justice and worshipping none but
Allâh Alone - Islâmic Monotheism) and Al-Ihsân [i.e. to be patient in
performing your duties to Allâh, totally for Allâh's sake and in
accordance with the Sunnah(legal ways) of the Prophet SAW in a
perfect manner], and giving (help) to kith and kin[] (i.e. all that
Allâh has ordered you to give them e.g., wealth, visiting, looking
after them, or any other kind of help, etc.): and forbids Al-Fahshâ'
(i.e all evil deeds, e.g. illegal sexual acts, disobedience of parents,
polytheism, to tell lies, to give false witness, to kill a life without
right, etc.), and Al-Munkar (i.e all that is prohibited by Islâmic law:
polytheism of every kind, disbelief and every kind of evil deeds,
etc.), and Al-Baghy (i.e. all kinds of oppression), He admonishes
you, that you may take heed.[Al-Naḥl: 90]
Then, remember Allah and He will remember you; thank Him for His bounties and
He will increase them for you.The remembrance of Allah is indeed the greatest, and Allah
knows what you are doing.
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