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Summary
1)
‘Islaam’ has two
meanings: general and specific
2)
There is no way towards
Allaah but through Islaam
3)
The call for interfaith
4)
The effects of the call
for interfaith
5)
The Pope's visit to
6)
There can be no good sought
from the Christians who are responsible for the massacre of Muslims in old and
recent history
7)
The real reason behind
the Pope's visit to
8)
The reality of the call
for interfaith
9)
The ruling of this call
according to Islaam
10)
There can be no meeting
point nor harmony with the Christians
11)
What should Muslims do
toward this call?
First Khutbah
O slaves of Allaah! (The
word) Al-Islaam is mentioned (as a religion) in the Qur’aan in two senses:
general and specific. The general one comprises every nation that followed any
prophet whom Allaah sent among them; thus, they are Muslims, Hunafaa’ (i.e., proclaiming pure Islaamic monotheism) according to the religion of Abraham,
peace be upon him, by worshipping Allaah alone and following the set of laws
whoever He sent amongst them came with. Allaah says which means, “Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allaah is Islaam…,”
(Aal-‘Imraan: 19) and also, "And We sent not before you any messenger
except that We revealed to him that, ‘There is no deity except Me, so worship
Me.’" (Al-Anbiyaa’:
25)
Hence,
the basis of the religions of all the prophets was one – the Oneness of Allaah
– while their principles and laws were different. Allaah says which means, "…To each of you We prescribed a law and a
method…" (Al-Maa’idah: 48) Abu
Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, narrated that our Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The Prophets are brothers of different origins; their
mothers are different, but their religion is one.” (Bukhaari)
However,
the specific meaning (of Al-Islaam) can only be applied to those who
testify that there is no God but Allaah and that Muhammad sallallaahu
'alayhi wa sallam is the Messenger of Allaah. Islaam, in this special
meaning, which Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam
came with, overruled all past laws and annulled them. So, whoever believes in
it, believes in Allaah and His messengers, and whoever disbelieves in it, then
he disbelieves in Allaah and His messengers. Allaah says which means, “Indeed, those who disbelieve in Allaah and His messengers
and wish to discriminate between Allaah and His messengers and say, We believe
in some and disbelieve in others, and wish to adopt a way in between – Those
are the disbelievers, truly…” (An-Nisaa’:
150-151) The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam
said, “Whoever testifies that there is no
God but Allaah alone and He has no partner, that Muhammad is His slave and
Messenger; that ‘Eesa is His slave and Messenger, as
well as His word and Spirit which He sent down to Maryam;
and that Paradise is a reality and Hell is real, Allaah will admit him to
Paradise regardless of his deeds.” (Bukhaari & Muslim)
O slaves of Allaah! It is
from the requirements of this faith to believe that there is no middle way –
there is either Islaam or infidelity; and there is no way to reach Paradise and
be rescued from Hell except by following the path of our Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and by embracing
Islaam. Any other path will lead to the Hellfire. Our Prophet sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said: “(I swear) by Him in Whose Hands my soul is! Anyone who
hears about me among the Jews or Christians and dies without believing in me
and what I was sent with, then he will be in the Hellfire.” (Muslim)
Then, believing brothers,
after (knowing) this, how can we say that Judaism, Christianity and Islaam are
all paths leading to Allaah?
O slaves of Allaah, believing
brothers, followers of Muhammad sallallaahu
'alayhi wa sallam! Few years ago, arose a sinful call supported by
some Muslim men, scholars and preachers, regrettably; this corrupt appeal is
for interfaith, in favor of which spectacular but deceptive slogans were
coined, such as ‘religious brotherhood’, ‘Islaamic-Christian
friendship’, ‘unity of the three religions’ and the so-called ‘global
religion’. This call was so active and extensive that the Pope even held a
collective prayer between representatives of the three (major) religions –
Islaam, Judaism and Christianity – in a village in
O slaves of Allaah, the
followers of Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam!
The call for interfaith is one for the elimination of religious differences
between people, so that there is no such thing as a believer and an infidel and that
they all come under the banner of the ‘unity of brotherhood of mankind’. The
propagators of this idea call for the necessity of printing the Torah, Gospel
and Qur’aan under one cover, and for building a mosque, church and synagogue in
one place.
This appeal was imparted to
the Muslim countries, some of which were totally fascinated by it and penned in
support of it. Many advocated it in their speeches and considered it the main
item in their agendas during international conferences and in formal and public
clubs.
O slaves of Allaah, the
followers of Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam!
This ominous call has effects that are strong enough to shake the Islaamic belief inside the hearts of Muslims and make them
end up in the lowest depths of the Fire. Some of these consequences are:
1.
Destruction of the Creed of
Allegiance and Renunciation among Muslims and the removal of anything named
‘religion’ from the Muslim’s belief.
2.
Considering the ideology of infidels
to be correct and remaining silent over it.
3.
Allowing people to embrace Judaism or
Christianity as a personal choice, without any prohibitions.
4.
Deeming there to be no difference
between Muslims and non-Muslims – the basis of the struggle between truth and
falsehood.
5.
Considering Islaam just like the
other distorted religions; that there is no difference whether one follows it
or not and that it has no distinction above other religions.
6.
Destruction of Islaam in the hearts
of its followers because whoever is satisfied with or calls towards interfaith,
distorts his own religion while the others hold on to their beliefs as they are
the ones urging for interfaith.
7.
Discontinuation of Da’wah (preaching) towards Islaam, because whenever
a Muslim wants to preach towards his religion, he is religiously obliged to
show how astray others are. If a Muslim does not do so and is satisfied by
embracing other religions, then he is no longer a preacher towards Islaam,
which Allaah sent down upon His Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu
'alayhi wa sallam.
8.
Paving the way for Christianity to
spread freely in the lands of Muslims.
O slaves of Allaah! The
recent visit of the Pope to Syria, the country alive with Tawheed (the Oneness
of Allaah) and whose minarets chant the Adhaan
(call to prayer), and his visit to the Umayyad Mosque, which is a stronghold of
Islaam, is certainly one element of this call. Moreover, his plea, may Allaah
give him what he deserves, addressed to the various religious groups in Syria
for the necessity of living in peace is merely nothing more than a clear,
actually impudent, call for interfaith and the principle of ‘human-religious
brotherhood’.
Sadly, a lot of undignified
Muslims will consider this ominous visit of the Pope, ‘the symbol of
international peace’, as an opportunity for shedding light on the events taking
place in Palestine nowadays; those poor people wish that he would take a
constructive stand towards what is happening to the Palestinians because of the
Jews. They have evidently forgotten that this Pope is the head of the Catholic
Church and alongside him are the callers for interfaith, the offspring of those
who made the Inquisition tribunals occur in Spain and committed the bloodiest
and worst acts of torture against Muslims; they are the sons of those who are
responsible for well-known massacres throughout old and modern history; they
are the children of those who committed the massacre of ‘Ma'arrat
An-Nu'maan’; they are the grandsons of those
who led the Crusades against the Eastern Islaamic
countries, in which thousands of Muslims were slaughtered and countless numbers
of women and children were captured as slaves.
They
are also the ones who are behind the collective massacres in
What
urged the Pope for this visit was that he was not completely satisfied with
merely looting the lands of Muslims; he wanted them to lose their religion as
well, and thus make them lose (in) this world and (in) the Hereafter. Allaah
says which means: “And never will the Jews and
the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion. Say, ‘Indeed,
the guidance of Allaah is the [only] guidance.’ If you were to follow their
desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allaah
no protector or helper.” (Al-Baqarah:
120)
The
essence of the call for interfaith is to confine the Islaamic
expansion and contain it; to remove faith from the hearts of Muslims and bury
it; to
untie the Islaamic bonds throughout the Muslim world
and to replace it with the cursed brotherhood with the Jews and Christians;
and, to halt the Muslim tongues and pens from declaring
Judaism and Christianity and other sects that do not believe in Islaam, as
infidels.
Yet,
we must name them infidels as Allaah has called them so, when He says which
means, “They have certainly disbelieved who
say that Allaah is Christ, the son of Mary…,” (Al-Maa’idah: 17) and
“They have certainly disbelieved who say, ‘Allaah is the third of three
[referring to the Christian concept of Trinity]’…,” (Al-Maa’idah:17) He also says which means, “Indeed,
they who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists will
be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the worst of
creatures.” (Al-Bayyinah: 6)
It is
indeed a call to prevent Muslims from (practicing) the highest peak of Islaam –
Jihaad (i.e., fighting) for Allaah's sake. Allaah says which means, “Fight those who do not believe in Allaah or in the Last
Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allaah and His Messenger have made
unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth [i.e., Islaam] from those
who were given the Scripture – [fight] until they give the jizyah
[a tax required of non-Muslims living under the protection of an Islaamic government] willingly while they are humbled.”
(At-Tawbah: 29)
Second
Khutbah
O
slaves of Allaah, the followers of Muhammad sallallaahu
'alayhi wa sallam! The call for interfaith is a call for
infidelity with which there can be no trace of faith. The judge 'Iyaadh, may Allaah have mercy
on him, said: “We label all of those who embrace any other religion except
Islaam, disbelievers. He who does not consider them so, or doubts they are
infidels, or considers their beliefs to be correct, then even if he appears to
be a Muslim and believes in Islaam while embracing other faiths as well, we
call him a disbeliever because of what he demonstrates of believing in other
religions.”
Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: “It is commonly known in
the religion of Islaam, and by agreement of all Muslims, that whoever allows
the acceptance of any religion other than Islaam or the following of the Sharee’ah (jurisprudence) of other than Muhammad sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, then he is an infidel;
it is like the same infidelity of those who believe in some verses of Qur’aan
and disbelieve in other parts of it.”
It is obligatory upon all
Muslims to be aware of their enemies’ plots. Let every Muslim who testifies
that there is no God but Allaah and that Muhammad sallallaahu
'alayhi wa sallam is His Messenger, know that there is no link or
accord between Muslims and the People of the Book from the Jews and Christians,
unless they fulfill the condition that Allaah mentioned in His Book, when He
says which means, “Say, ‘O People of the
Scripture! Come to a word that is equitable between us and you – that we will
not worship except Allaah and not associate anything wit Him and not take one
another as lords instead of Allaah.’ But if they turn away, then say, ‘Bear witness
that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]’,” (Aal ‘Imraan: 64) and, “Say,
[O Muhammad!] ‘O mankind! Indeed I am the Messenger of Allaah to you all, [from
Him] to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and
the earth. There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death.’ So
believe in Allaah and His Messenger, the unlettered prophet, who believes in
Allaah and His words, and follow him that you may be guided.” (Al-A’raaf: 158)
O slaves of Allaah! How can
we be satisfied with the call of the Catholic Pope for the necessity of finding
points of agreement between Islaam and Christianity in order to reach a
peaceful way of living between the followers of the two religions and to create
brotherly ties among both of them? O followers of Muhammad sallallaahu
'alayhi wa sallam! Can an agreement be reached with those who
attribute lies to Allaah, for they claim that Jesus, peace be upon him, is the
son of God? Allaah says which means, “And they
say, ‘The Most Merciful has taken [for Himself] a son.’ You have done an
atrocious thing. The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open
and the mountains collapse in devastation. That they attribute to the Most
Merciful a son. And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should
take a son. There is no one in the heavens and earth but that he comes to the
Most Merciful as a servant. He has enumerated them and counted them a [full]
counting. And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone.” (Maryam: 88-95)
Therefore, Muslims must
reject this theory – the theory of interfaith – and the unity of any and every
fabricated and abrogated religion with the religion of Islaam, the true
religion of Allaah which He preserved from falsification and alteration, and
which abrogates (all) other religions before it.
It is a call for a theory of
hypocrisy and dissension, and a call to get Muslims out of (the fold of)
Islaam. Indeed, there is nothing after Islaam
except infidelity and there is nothing after guidance except error. Let those people
know that Islaam is the religion of moderation and Muslims are witnesses over
all nations on the Day of Judgment; Allaah says which means, “And thus We have made you a median [i.e., just] community
that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness
over you…” (Al-Baqarah: 143)
This is the religion that
Allaah has chosen for us, as He says which means, “…This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion…” (Al-Maa’idah: 3)
It is the religion that He
will never accept a substitute for – “And
whoever desires other than Islaam as religion – never will it be accepted from
him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.” (Aal-‘Imraan: 85)
Muslims
should remove any and all grounds of cordiality and friendship between them and
the infidels. Allaah says which means, “O
you who have believed! do not take the Jews and the
Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is
an ally to them among you – then indeed, he is [one of] them. Indeed, Allaah
guides not the wrongdoing people.” (Al-Maa’idah: 51)
The
Muslims must, nevertheless, sustain their efforts of Da’wah
(preaching), which is obligatory, and spread the religion of Allaah to all of
mankind with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way which is
best. Allaah
says which means, “Invite to the way of your
Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is
best…,” (An-Nahl: 125) and “And do not argue with the People
of the Scripture except in a way that is best, except for those who commit
injustice among them, and say, ‘We believe in that which has been revealed to
us and revealed to you. And our God and your god is one; and we are Muslims [in
submission] to Him.’” (Al-‘Ankaboot:
46)