A Qur'anic Odyssey: Examining the Imams in the Islamic Community of Prophet Muhammed and Examining Ourselves

WITH ALLAH’S NAME, THE MERCIFUL BENEFACTOR, THE MERCIFUL REDEEMER

A Qur’ānic Odyssey:

Examining the Imāms in the Islāmic Community of Prophet Muhammed and Examining Ourselves

Khatīb: Jibrīl Abdul-Hafīz (جبريل عبدالحفيظ)

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Friday, May 1, 2009 / Khutba-tul-Jumu’ah, Ju-mā-dal-ūl-lā 6, 1430

As Salaam ‘Alaykum: We thank Allāh, we seek His help, we ask for His forgiveness, we believe and put our complete trust in Him, Mighty and Sublime is He. We witness that there is no deity except Allāh, He alone is without partners, and we witness that Muhammed is His Servant and Messenger, the prayers and peace be on him, on his descendants, his companions, and peace be on Allāh’s Messengers (all of them), and what follows of this traditional salutation.

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

Sūrah, 1:1, Qur’ānic prayer language:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Actions begin with intentions; we ask Allāh (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) for protection from the actions and the intentions of the rejected devil. Allāh (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) explains that we should begin our actions and intentions: With Allāh’s Name, The Merciful Benefactor, The Merciful Redeemer. The questions to start with is, how does الشيطان | Ash-Shay-tān | the devil get into our conscious and subconscious mind? Where did he come from? Are Muslims immune from Satan? For the record, after some deliberative consultation about investing into acquiring a community reentry shelter, an inspiring proposal is taken shape. Is there a community reentry program where we can go to protect ourselves from the open enemy of humanity? Can we establish a “Refuge House from Satan?”

Sūrah, 5:91, Qur’ānic prayer language:

يُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاء فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلاَةِ

Allāh (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) explains: Satan wants to يُوقِعَ | yū-qi-ﻉa | bring about hostility and الْبَغْضَاء | al-bagh-dā-a | hatred between you with intoxicants and gambling and distract you from ذِكْرِ اللهِ | dhik-ril-lāh | remembering Allāh and prayer. A hadith commentary explains the worldwide Islamic Community of Prophet Muhammed’s (ﺼﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻮ ﺴﻠﻢ) position on intoxicants:

«لُعِنَتِ الْخَمْرُ وَشَارِبُهَا، وَسَاقِيهَا، وَبَائِعُهَا، وَمُبْتَاعُهَا، وَحَامِلُهَا، وَالْمَحْمُولَةُ إِلَيْهِ، وَعَاصِرُهَا وَمُعْتَصِرُهَا، وَآكِلُ ثَمَنِهَا»

The intoxicant is cursed, and so are those who drink it, serve it, sell it, buy it, carry it, have it carried to them, brew it, have it brewed and consume its price. Our Prophet’s (ﺼﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻮ ﺴﻠﻢ) explanation makes it clear:كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ خَمْرٌ، وَكُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ، | every intoxicant is khamr and every intoxicant is harām (unlawful)! Allow this to serve as a News Release: Modern day devils are outcasts; they are not welcome in the worldwide Islamic Community of Prophet Muhammed (ﺼﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻮ ﺴﻠﻢ) until they repent and seek Allāh (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) forgiveness for their fiendish behavior. Qur’ānic prayer language is an obligation on all practitioners in the Islamic Community of Prophet Muhammed (ﺼﻠﻰ ﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻮ ﺴﻠﻢ) without compromise; this is the house that we live in for protection from the rejected devil.

If we see the devil as a metaphor of a extremely contagious communicable disease, Qur’ānic Prayer Language is the prescription prescribed to strengthen and protect our spiritual immune system five times a day to fight off the debilitating effects of this parasite called Satan. For example, Sūrah, 29:45, Qur’ānic prayer language:

وَأَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ تَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاء وَالْمُنكَرِ وَلَذِكْرُ اللهِ أَكْبَرُ

Allāh (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) explains: Establish prayer (!) No doubt, prayer restrains from الْفَحْشَاء | al-fah-shā-a | obscenity and الْمُنكَرِ | al-mun-kar | that which is strange to human nature, and لَذِكْرُ اللهِ | la-dhik-rul-lāh | no doubt, Allah’s remembrance is أَكْبَرُ | ak-bar | greater, bigger, and more important than anything we can imagine. Qur’anic Prayer Language is our protection from the satanic parasite that works to disable our نَّفْسِ اللَّوَّامَةِ | naf-sil-law-wā-mah | accusing mind.

Sūrah, 7:27, Qur’ānic prayer language:

لاَ يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُم مِّنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْءَاتِهِمَا

Allāh (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) explains His revelation to us this way: do not let the Devil deceive you like he got your parents out of the garden, stripping them of their clothing, to show them their private parts! Clothing can be exchanged as a metaphor for Qur’ānic prayer language that protects us from indecent act behavior exposing ourselves like savages. Our parents Adam and Eve represent the beginning of innocence, a heaven so to speak of and Qur’ānic prayer language protects us from being seduced out of this literal Garden of Paradise. Our Lord: Give us good is this world and good in the next and save us from the punishment of the fire. I say this and I ask Allāh’s forgiveness for me and you.