Khateeb of Ahl-us-Sunnah in Zahedan, Iran, Mawlana Abdul Hameed began his Friday sermon by recitation of the Qur’anic verse: «وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاء وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَيُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَذَلِكَ دِينُ الْقَيِّمَةِ» (And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allâh, and worship none but Him Alone (abstaining from ascribing partners to Him), and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) and give Zakât: and that is the right religion.); [98:5] enlightening the importance of Ekhlas (purity) in deeds and rectification of intention.
He said that purity and correction of intention is very important in all divine religions; prophets علیهم السلام emphasized on Ekhlas so much.
Talking to tens of thousands worshipers in grand Makki mosque of Zahedan, Shaikh added more, “Purity is like soul for any deeds and deeds are like body. Prayers, Zakat, observing fast and all other deeds and worships are like body; there is no any value of these good deeds without Ekhlas (doing worship only for the sake of Allah). Almighty Allah may accept those deeds when there is soul (ekhlaas) in them.
He urged that if a person conducts any good deed to expose him/herself and get glorification among people, Allah Almighty never gives rewards to such deeds.
The eminent imam and khateeb continued saying, “Deeds to be accepted and to become valuable, depend on the quality and purity of them; much Ekhlas in deeds for pureness would increase the value of them. Deeds of the companions of holy prophet (pbuh) were pure for Allah completely; they saw the revelation of the Qur’an. Holy prophet trained them himself. Thus, holy prophet said that if upcoming Muslim generations spend gold as much as Ohod mountain and my companions spend [in the path of Allah] as much as “modd” (half kilo”, they would not be equal and Sahaba would get more rewards.
Shaikh Abdul Hameed further said that intention and purity of deeds are related to heart not tongue, so small and simple deed is much better than a great deed but free of purity. Purify your intentions; Allah will resolve your problems in both this mortal world and in the Hereafter. Ekhlas is the key of success and honor in the endless life of A’khirah (Hereafter).
In second part of his speech, the key leader of the Sunni community in Iran pointed that celebrating over the assassination of Osama bin Laden proves lack of sagacity and wisdom, violence can not be stopped by elimination of some one, but such powers must change their barbaric and graceless policies.
Reviewing of the assassination of Osama bin Laden, Shaikh Abdul Hameed urged saying, ‘The rulers and some other groups in the US and European states celebrated the death of Osama bin Laden which shows their asininity; instead of jubilation they should meditate over the root causes of insecurity and violence around the world. Unfortunately, some individuals consider themselves the most intelligent and foresighted as they hold rule of any country.’
‘Israel declares some organizations ‘terrorists’ in Palestine and Lebanon as the arrogant powers considers freedom fighters and Mujahideen the ‘insurgents’ and terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, the question must be asked from such cruel occupiers; what has compelled these people to hold guns and fight? He asked.
Respectable Sunni scholar continued saying that all the Islamic movements and networks which are accused for spreading violence and terrorism have been forced to take weapons and fight; the wild acts and tyrannical policies of America and its allies gave birth to such resistance organizations. The reaction should be expected too, when the Western powers practice such brutal acts, they deprive Muslim masses from their rights and declare themselves ‘kings’ of the world.
The eminent Islamic scholar emphasized, ‘Violence never would be finished by assassination of Osama bin Laden; if you (the western powers) kill thousands Osama, terrorism will not be rooted out, rather you can get rid of suicide bombings and insecurity by elimination of autocracy and dictatorship.’
Shaikh Abdul Hameed pointed that the arrogant rulers must leave arrogance and being overconfident. In the same way president of America must listen to the oppressed Palestinian nation. He must give importance to the demands of people in the Middle East and Afghanistan instead of shooting them. The US rulers should bring changes and provide freedom to all nations.
Khateeb of Sunnis added more, ‘Americans claim that there is complete democracy and freedom of speech in their country; no doubt there are some liberties in the US in religious affairs and elections are democratic, even in a communist state like Russia Muslims built new mosques in Moscow recently, last Ramadan they had khatm-e-Qur’an in 50 mosques of Moscow, but on the other hand, Russia is not ready to provide justice to the Chechnyans. As well as America supports Israel with all sorts of means and facilities and deprives Palestinians and other oppressed nations from their rights; this is tyranny!’
Shaikh further said that the rulers of some Muslim states did not listen to their masses and earned defamation eventually, dictators of Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Libya were not ready to bring reformation and provide people their legal rights. So the voices of masses changed into explosions and violence.’
At the end, the rector of Darululoom Zahedan urged that it seems the people of Middle East will get rid of dictatorship soon and, God willing, their problems would be resolved. So the authorized figures should accept positive criticism, ban on positive criticism ends up to eruption of revolutions. Criticism decreases scale of autocracy.
Shaikh Abdul Hameed concluded, ‘I hope after implantation of freedom and providing liberties armed organizations will leave their weapons and militancy, they will sit around the table of dialogue.’
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