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Sheikh Dr. Saleh ibn Humaid
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Statement on the Misguided Group: ISIS
Khutbah Topic
His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Saleh Ibn Humaid –May Allah protect him– delivered this
Friday khutbah entitled “Statement on the Misguided Group: ISIS.” The Sheikh exposed the
specious arguments of the contemporary kharijites, their deviant practices and their false
ideology. He equally drew attention to their salient traits, cited most of their specious
arguments, capitalised on their inherent fallacies, and provided a scientific point-by-point
rebuttal. Besides, he addressed the youth, telling them that they should return to the Book of
Allah, the Sunnah, and to the renowned Muslim scholars, and simply ignore the false claims
of tendentious people.
Part One
Praise be to Allah! Praise be to Allah, Mighty in strength and Severe in punishment!
Glory be to Him. I show gratitude to Him and I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah
alone with no associate, a testimony whereby its utterer hopes for a safe destiny on the Day of
Judgement. I also bear witness that our Master and Prophet Muhammad is the Servant and
Messenger of Allah. He is endowed with a noble character. May Allah send His Salat (Graces,
Honours, and Mercy), Peace and Blessing upon him, his family, his 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 all those follow in their footsteps till the day we all return unto Allah!
Now then! O people! I exhort you, as well as myself, to observe taqwa of Allah (fear
of disobeying Him). Do adhere to taqwa ‒May Allah have mercy on you! In fact, adhering to
taqwa is the access point to whatever is good. This is why Allah has pledged to salvage those
who observe it from whatever they are frightened of, guaranteed their livelihood which is
obtained effortlessly, granted them remission of sinful acts, increased their recompense, and
made their lives much easier:
O you who believe! If you obey and fear Allâh, He will grant you
Furqân [(a criterion to judge between right and wrong), or (Makhraj,
i.e. making a way for you to get out from every difficulty)], and will
expiate for you your sins, and forgive you, and Allâh is the Owner of
the Great Bounty. [Al-Anfal: 29]
O Muslims!
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Without making any further introduction and going straight to the point, here is a
statement about the misguided and misguiding group, referred to as ISIS and self-named the
Islamic State.
It is a statement addressed to Muslims in general and to the youth in particular. May
Allah guide us all to the Truth, make our intentions good, and enable us to serve Him alone
without hypocrisy! He is truly All-Hearing, All-Responsive!
O Muslims!
This misguided group has its own supporters and its active media. It has instilled
confusion into people’s minds and muddled up youngsters’ ideas through propagating
fabricated claims and sheer lies.
ISIS is a wrongful group which fosters corruption and indulges in cold-blooded murder.
It has combined two evils: corrupt method and offensive conduct. As known even to common
people, it is sponsored by some regional and international authorities.
Dear beloved brothers and sisters!
All Muslims without exception –both scholars and the laypeople– know perfectly well
that the major feature characterising the kharijites is that they accuse Muslims of disbelief.
They had even accused the Prophet’s Companions –May Allah be pleased with them all‒ of
disbelief. They kill the followers of Islam but spare the lives of idolaters.
ISIS, the misguided group, has adopted the same method as the one followed by the
kharijites. They have accused Muslims and countries of disbelief. They have accused whoever
fights them, even the (opposition) military factions in hot spots. They have called infidel and
accused of apostasy whoever fights or opposes them. We really invoke divine might to help us
endure all this. We do take refuge in Allah from misguidance and failure.
For them, Muslims are categorised into original disbelievers, apostates or hypocrites.
According to their official spokesman, Al-Adnani, beheading an apostate is more favoured to
them than beheading one thousand crusaders. Conversely, the divine scholar, Judge Abu AlWalid Al-Baji –May Allah bless his soul– affirms: “Error in sparing the lives of one thousand
infidels is more tolerable than error in shedding a cupful of just one Muslim’s blood.” 1 Just
compare the two jurisprudential positions and contrast the two approaches to religiosity.
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Cupping therapy is known in Arabic as ‘hijamah’ and the instrument used for sucking blood (with or
without incision) is called ‘mihjamah’ (as it is mentioned in the source text above).
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Worse still, these misguided people boast that their favourite beverage is human blood
and their most intimate companions are torn-off limbs (of slaughtered victims). They find no
better drink which they can savour than blood. This is indeed what their official spokesman
said. May Allah fail them and spare the ummah their evils!
Once you see the sanctified blood streams shed by those people in Islamic territories
and in hotspots across the region and once you observe their manoeuvres and deviant fatwas
appended by their justificatory arguments, you will then realise how much they hate, envy and
abhor the followers of Islam.
O Muslims!
They claim that whoever holds opposing views or fights them has committed an act of
apostasy, which implies his abandonment of Islam and desertion of the Islamic faith. Their
official statement literally reads: “Whoever combats us is an infidel.” They still keep on saying
that although they claim that they are implementing divine laws ordained and revealed by
Allah.
In fact, the acts or statements conducive to the abandonment of Islam are quite known
to all the followers of Islam. This is one of the most delicate issues amply dealt with by Muslim
scholars. In reality, nobody from any of the Muslim denominations (or sects) has ever said that
the sheer act of opposition is tantamount to unbelief. Therefore, such a claim is simply
prompted by personal whims, ignorance, unfairness, and fanaticism.
So, would it be acceptable to remain silent vis-à-vis such prejudicial misconceptions
about the issues of apostasy, bloodshed, and ruling in accordance with divine law? How could
even their supporters and affiliated groups remain silent about all that? We do resort to Allah
Almighty to be inspired with strength and endurance to face such a calamity!
May Allah bless the soul of the Sheikh of Islam, Ibn Taymiyah, who said: “The type of
jihad undertaken by someone who, out of fanatic armed militancy, forms a military group and
considers affiliation with it or disengagement from it as the criterion of loyalty or enmity –
respectively– is simply a jihad in the cause of Satan.” This becomes all the more true when it
has to do with considering anyone who fights this group an apostate or a disbeliever.
O Muslims!
One of their dubious statements is the following: “No slacker (in times of jihad) is
entitled to issue a fatwa about a mujahid (a fighter in the cause of Allah).” Praise the Lord!
How can verbal eloquence blur their perception of such a twisted meaning! In fact, throughout
the glorious history of Islamic jihad, none of the Muslim scholars has ever said something
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similar to their allegations. The question is: Were all Muslim scholars stationed at the front line
of armed encounters and the forefront of battlefields during the times of jihad?!
Can we call what these people are doing jihad in the cause of Allah? Were all the
mujahedeen scholars? Are there any scholars among those pseudo-mujahedeen? Don’t slackers
(in times of jihad) have their own excuses? Has not Allah said the following about the
mujahedeen and the slackers (non-mujahedeen)?
...Unto each, Allâh has promised good (Paradise),...  [Al-Nissa’: 95]
If, for the sake of argument, what they are currently engaged in is called jihad, is it an
individual obligation (for which each Muslim is individually accountable to Allah)?
Moreover, aren’t these people aware that when Allah –Glory be to Him– called
Muslims, in the same Qur’anic surah (chapter) and on the same occasion of divine revelation,
to general mobilisation (i.e. jihad in His cause), he did supplement it with a call to mobilise
Muslims for learning about their religion. The surah is called Al-Tawbah (also called the
Exposing Surah) which was revealed during the famous crisis called Hardships Time. Thus,
Allah –Sublime be He– said on the topic of jihad:
March forth, whether you are light (being healthy, young and
wealthy) or heavy (being ill, old and poor), strive hard with your
wealth and your lives in the Cause of Allâh... [Al-Tawbah: 41]
He equally said concerning the pursuit of religious knowledge:
And it is not (proper) for the believers to go out to fight (Jihâd) all
together. Of every troop of them, a party only should go forth, that
they (who are left behind) may get instructions in (Islâmic) religion,
and that they may warn their people when they return to them, so
that they may beware (of evil). [Al-Tawbah: 122]
To Allah we raise our complaint? We do seek refuge in Allah from all misguidance!
O beloved brothers and sisters!
Another unique feature typical of ISIS, currently following in the footsteps of the
kharijites, is its constant fabrication of lies. In this regard, ISIS has even outperformed the
kharijites! We have never seen any similar group which tells more lies and adopts a worse
doctrine than them. They constantly insult and curse others. They are also moody people. In
general, we have never seen a similar group in terms of defamatory accusations addressed to
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other people. There are members among their followers and supporters who even get confused
about that or just try to chase out suspicions and strive to remain silent.
These scandalous accounts and lies are manifest in their contradictory communiqués.
They have even called for mubāhalah (i.e. litigants gather and invoke Allah to inflict curse on
the transgressor) and mulā’anah (i.e. in the presence of a judge, each litigant is invited to take
the oath and accept that the liar be accursed). This has been divulged by someone who deserted
the group after Allah salvaged him and helped him regain his reason. Thus, he exposed many
of their ways and means.
O Ummah of Islam!
Another aspect of their contradictions and lies is their claim that they do not accuse
their opponents of disbelief. Their official spokesman resorted to mubāhalah and invoked Allah
to inflict curse on him in case he was telling lies. Then, just one year later, he retracted his
announcement. Allah has exposed his disengagement when he said: “Beware! When you wage
war against the Islamic State, you will knowingly or unknowingly fall into disbelief.” This is
what he said literally. Thus, they accuse of disbelief anyone waging war against them, knowing
that they had previously invoked divine curse on the offender through mubāhalah.
O brothers and sisters!
A further aspect of their lies and contradictions is their pretence that targeting
marketplaces, mosques, and the Holy Qur’an of the Sunni Muslims is a red line. Swearing by
Allah Almighty, they used to affirm the sanctity of all the above-mentioned elements. They
used to affirm that “blasting Sunni mosques is among the worst treacherous acts.” I am here
quoting them.
Nevertheless, they later indulged in accusing certain countries and governments of
disbelief. As a result, they have set fire to mosques and to the Holy Book (i.e. the Qur’an).
Notice how they have retreated from their vows and audaciously claimed responsibility for the
suicide bombing that blasted a mosque inside the Special Forces headquarters in Abha (KSA),
as they did to other mosques before. May Allah inflict on them whatever (curse) they deserve!
We hereby denounce all blasting and destruction perpetrated by whoever it might be
and for whatsoever reason.
It is to be noted that scholars, intellectuals and analysts believe that ISIS has the worst
record in violating the rules of Sharia, disrespecting religious texts, and ignoring scholars and
learned people, and disdaining the Revelation (the Holy Qur’an) as well as the rules of Islamic
religion.
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O Muslims!
This is just a brief account of their story. We have presented here indicators of an
imminent disaster. O you, enthusiastic youth! I am addressing you, young people, who aspire
to truth, salvation, deliverance, and sincerity! These are only some points of their thought and
strategy. These are their methods, and these are their lies and baffling plots.
O you, our children! O you, our youth! O you, the delight of our eyes! O you who seek
to champion religion, empower the Ummah, and unite its position! Beware of being misguided
by those liars who exploit the youth’s enthusiasm for the empowerment and glory of their
Ummah.
O you, righteous youth!
Observe taqwa through protecting yourselves. The real issue now is the shedding of
human blood, the accusation of Muslims of disbelief, and the Ummah that is being weakened.
Pause for a while ‒May Allah protect you! Reflect sincerely for a moment! Be sincere
with yourselves! In fact, being called to accounts and appearing before Allah on Doomsday is
quite imminent! Do you know how your death will be like?
Pause for a moment to supplicate Allah in total sincerity, obedience, and entreaty. Do
address your Lord and implore Him to guide you to the Truth, to show you truth as such and
assist you to follow it, and to show you falsehood as such and help you avoid it.
Do consult reliable, trustworthy learned people. Contact Muslim scholars. Never
hesitate! The issue is that of our religion, Ummah, shed blood, destiny, and of the fact that we
will be later (in the Hereafter) brought to account before Allah.
What will those assassins do vis-à-vis the killed Muslim’s shahadah (testimony):
“There is no deity but Allah,” when he comes with it on the Day of Resurrection?! What will
they do with regard to accusing Muslims of unbelief?! What will they do with regard to causing
division within the Ummah?! What will they do with regard to rendering it vulnerable to its
enemies?! What will they do with regard to causing its youth to go astray?!
Allah (Alone) is Sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer of affairs (for us)!2
O sonny –May Allah protect you! Beware not to put your own life at risk! Be the loyal
followers of the Ulema (religious scholars) as they are the ones who restore the Ummah’s faith
when it decays; they are Allah’s evidence against His servants. Also, bear in mind that those
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This is a Qur’anic set supplication.
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Ulema, upon explaining the truth to people, they do not seek favours or satisfaction from
anyone, neither do they fear anybody, whoever he may be. Rather, they put themselves in
harm’s way when they speak against such people, issue fatwas to lay bare their approach, and
speak out loud revealing the aberrance of their path.
Yes, beware –May Allah protect you! Beware! Our Prophet (May Allah’s Salat and
Peace be upon him) said: “Whoever helps to kill a believer, even with half a word, he will
meet Allah with the following words written between his eyes, 'No hope of getting Allah’s
mercy.”
Whenever you are involved with them, encouraging and supporting them, or
commending their deeds, then you are their accomplice in killing Muslims, justifying what they
are doing, and misleading Muslim youth. Thus, you shall be –I swear by Allah– a bearer of a
heavy burden before Allah on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, it is there, before Allah, that all
disputing parties shall meet.
Beware O you –May Allah protect you– not to be among those generally comprised in
the meaning of the following verse:
Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never taken so-and-so as a khalil
(an intimate friend). He indeed led me astray from the reminder (this
Quran) after it had come to me, and Satan is to man ever a deserter
in the hour of need. [Al-Furqan: 28-29]
Also, bear in mind –May Allah protect you– that he who blows himself up will have
committed a double sin: the first is taking a believing life: And whoever kills a believer
intentionally, his recompense is Hell to abide therein; and the Wrath and
the Curse of Allâh are upon him, and a great punishment is prepared for
him. [Al-Nissa’: 93], and the second is committing suicide. It is mentioned in the two Sahihs
that “whoever kills himself with something, he will be punished with it in the Hereafter.”
In order for you to perceive the horror and gravity of this issue, just take a look at this
person who engaged jihad along with the Messenger of Allah (May Allah’s Salat and Peace be
upon him), thereby joining together the honour of his companionship and that of jihad, but who
happened to steal and hoard a shamlah (a cheap cloak) during the conquest. Listen to the text
as quoted in the two Sahihs by Abu Hurairah –May Allah be pleased with him– in the Khaibar
Conquest. He narrated that a man was hit by an arrow and killed. The people around him said:
‘Congratulations on his attaining martyrdom!’ Then, the Messenger of Allah (May Allah’s
Salat and Peace be upon him) said: “Nay, not so. By Him in Whose Hand is the life of
Muhammad, the shamlah which he stole from the booty on the day of Khaibar but which
did not (legitimately) fall to his lot is burning like the Fire (of Hell) on him.” [An agreedupon hadith]
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Yes, O youth –May Allah protect you! One may feel resentful towards particular
instances of injustice. One may also reproach certain (religious) scholars. However, this is no
reason for undertaking such grave acts of aggression that have brought humiliation to the
Ummah and caused within it much bloodshed, division and displacement.
Even if true, such claims would not do you any good the day you meet your Lord. Allah
Almighty says: But stop them, verily they are to be questioned. [Al- Saffat: 24]
Let it be known to you –May Allah protect you– that injustice, aggression, egoism,
partisanship, and fanaticism are all features of those (criminals) that have prevented them from
seeing the truth and learning it, and from making recourse to those competent and godly
scholars in this country and elsewhere in the Muslim world who have dedicated their lives to
Islam, knowledge, righteousness, and piety.
Those have had ignorant leaders who have issued baseless fatwas. As a result, they have
gone astray and have made others stray along with them. This is not to mention their use of
double standards when it comes to sanctioning fatwas. They would commend and acknowledge
those who issue fatwas that would serve their interests. However, those who don’t would be
indicted even though they may be counted among the Mujahedeen.
Dear brothers and sisters in faith,
One of the blessings Allah has bestowed on this Ummah is that its Ulema, despite their
differences in thought and approach, have all agreed that this group is a stray and aberrant one
and that they are the ones about whom the Prophet (May Allah’s Salat and Peace be upon him)
said, “They are the dogs (the lowest) of the Hellfire people,” and “So when you meet them,
kill them, for in their killing you would get a reward on the Day of Judgment.” [An agreedupon hadith]
The Prophet (May Allah’s Salat and Peace be upon him) is also reported to have said
in this respect: “If I should live up to their time' I will kill them as the people of 'Ad were
killed (i.e. I will kill all of them).” [An agreed-upon hadith]
It is the obligation of all scholars, thinkers, Imams, speakers, teachers, and all of those
positioned to offer advice and counsel in order to lay bare the reality of such a group so that
everybody may know it. They are an evil plight with which the Ummah has been afflicted; they
have shed its blood, instigated division among its people, made it vulnerable to its enemies,
corrupted its youth, wasted its resources and stripped it off of its prestige.
Thanks to the modern means of communication, people have been able to know about
their atrocities and oppression, their shedding of sanctified blood, their extremism in charging
with unbelief those who disagree with them, whoever they may be, and their aggression against
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them, in addition to their dubious relations with certain regimes, organizations, and parties
throughout the region and the world.
Now then ‒May Allah protect you!
You must know that this is a passing divine test that shall soon blow over by Allah’s
Will and Might. This is the way Allah has decreed it to be for all of those who have chosen to
follow the religion of the kharijites and proceed along their path. Here, the Prophet (May
Allah’s Salat and Peace be upon him said): “Whenever a group of them appears, it should be
cut off (i.e. killed).”
And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know it.3
We seek refuge in Allah against the accursed Satan:
So do not become weak (against your enemy), nor be sad, and you
will be superior (in victory) if you are indeed (true) believers. If a
wound (and killing) has touched you, be sure a similar wound (and
killing) has touched the others. And so are the days (good and not so
good), We give to men by turns, that Allâh may test those who
believe, and that He may take martyrs from among you. And Allâh
likes not the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers). [Al Imran: 139140]
May Allah grant you and me benefit from the Holy Qur’an and from the Guidance of
Prophet Muhammad (May Allah’s Salat and Peace be upon him). I say what you have just
heard and I ask Allah to forgive your sins and mistakes, mine and those of all Muslims, so do
ask Him for forgiveness as He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful!
This expression is borrowed from the Holy Qur’an, surah Yusuf, verse 21:  ‫ وهللا غالب على أمره ولكن أكثر الناس ال‬...
‫يعلمون‬.
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Part Two
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of Majesty and Generosity. I praise Him ‒Glory be to Him‒
and thank Him. There is no deity except Him alone, with no associate. He is the King, the Holy
One, the Peace. I also bear witness that our Master and Prophet Muhammad is Allah’s Servant
and Messenger and the one He entrusted with His revelation. The ‘shining sun’ of his Message
has effaced the gloomy darkness. May Allah’s Salat, Peace and Blessing be upon him, his
honourable family, his prodigal and knowledgeable Companions, the tabi’in, and those who
followed them in righteousness, vowed that Allah is their Lord and proceeded along the path
of guidance and rectitude!
Now then, O fellow Muslims!
Never throughout the history of Muslims, or during the sectarian conflicts that befell
them has there been a single incident targeting mosques for destruction and ruin, copies of the
Holy Qur’an in order to burn them and tear them off, and praying Muslims, who are bowing
and prostrating themselves (to Almighty Allah), in order to kill them. What crime?! What
aberrance?!
And who is more unjust than those who forbid that Allah’s name be
glorified and mentioned much (i.e. prayers and invocations, etc.) in
Allah’s mosques and strive for their ruin? It was not suitable that such
should themselves enter them (Allah’s mosques) except in fear. For
them, there is disgrace in this world, and they will have great torment
in the Hereafter. [Al-Baqarah: 114]
“Sufficient for us is Allah, and He is the Best Disposer of affairs.”4 They target and
blow up mosques; they mean to kill, harm and horrify praying people. They burn, desecrate
and tear off copies of the Holy Qur’an.
Even the hardly sane would not tolerate or rejoice at such acts, let alone those who have
religion, faith or a minimum of reason. This is a crime and an act of corruption, and those who
have carried it out shall be chastised with divine retribution. We seek refuge in Allah against
betrayal and misguidance!
The houses of Allah (mosques) have such a high status. Allah the Almighty said:
In houses (mosques) which Allah has ordered to be raised (to be
cleaned and honoured), in them His Name is remembered. [Al-Nur:
36]
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However, the sanctity of Muslim blood is accorded (by Allah) yet a higher status.
What do they wish to do? Do they want to turn the peaceful houses of Allah into places
of fear and terror, and forbid that Allah’s Name be mentioned therein?!
Dear brothers and sisters in faith,
Targeting mosques and people’s gatherings points to an inherent tremor and incapacity
within those responsible for such hideous acts. Had they been able to strike at the tightlysecured places, they would not have hesitated to do so. However, they are too weak and
cowardly to even think of it, let alone carry it out. The country is protected by Almighty Allah,
and the authorities –Praise and thanks be to Allah– are vigilant and firm. May Allah grant them
support and success, and bless their efforts and endeavours!
Mass and indiscriminate killing in this type of crime is painful and heart-breaking as it
targets innocent praying Muslims. However, the only solace for a Muslim in this regard is to
think of it as an affliction, a trial involving, at exponential proportions, the best of Allah’s
creatures, Prophet Muhammad –May Allah’s Salat and Peace be upon him– along with his
Companions –May Allah be pleased with them.
For instance, in the Rajee’ incident, twenty of the Qur’an reciters were treacherously
killed between Makkah and Madinah; two of them were sold in Makkah to be killed at a later
time, and they were Khubaib ibn Adiy and Zayd ibn Al-Dithanah ‒May Allah be pleased with
them and with all the Companions of the Messenger of Allah –May Allah’s Salat and Peace be
upon him and his family.
Also, in Bir Maouna incident, as many as seventy of the reciters were treacherously
killed at the hands of Ri’al and Dhakwan. Following this massacre, the Messenger of Allah ‒
May Allah’s Salat and Peace be upon him‒ spent an entire month supplicating his Lord to
punish the assassins. This, indeed, points to the gravity of the calamity that befell the
Messenger of Allah ‒May Allah’s Salat and Peace be upon him‒ and the Muslims.
These incidents are mentioned and quoted not to downplay the importance and sanctity
of Muslim blood, or to trivialize the legitimate rights of our brothers and sisters in faith, but
rather to foreground the fact that affliction is part of Allah’s Sunnah (ways of decreeing things)
and that it is ordained to strike harder when it comes to the true believers.
Therefore, you are called upon to observe taqwa –May Allah bless you! Do observe
taqwa for the blessed ending is for those who do. The current trials are –Allah willing– signs
of victory and empowerment for Muslims. Allah Almighty says:
O you who have believed! Bow down and prostrate yourselves, and
worship your Lord and do good that you may be successful (77) and
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strive har in Allah’s Cause as you ought to strive. He has chosen you
(to convey His message of Islamic monotheism to mankind by inviting
them to His religion of Islam), and has not laid upon you in religion
any hardship. It is the religion of your father Ibrahim. It is He (Allah)
Who has named you Muslims both before and in this (the Quran) that
the Messenger Muhammad ‫صلى هللا عليه وسلم‬may be a witness over you and
you be witnesses over mankind. So perform Salat and give zakat and
hold fast to Allah(i.e. have confidence in Allah and depend upon him
in all your affairs). He is your Lord; what an excellent Lord and what
an excellent Helper! [Al-Hajj: 77-78]
O Allah! For all of those who mean to kill, terrorise, blow up, harm, destroy or ruin
Muslims’ lives, O Allah, do expose them (to the world)! Do expose them (to the world)! And
do protect, O Allah, Muslims against their evil plots, make their plotting to their own detriment,
and degrade them!
O Allah! Do pre-empt those who mean to blow up Muslims’ mosques and take revenge
on them! O Allah! Do ruin their plotting and protect Muslims against their evil!
O Allah! We implore You to guide to the right path those who have been misguided
among Muslims! O Allah! Set right Muslim youth, entrust Muslims’ affairs to the best among
them, protect them against the evil of the evildoers amongst them, and set right all of their
affairs!
Our last supplication is ‘Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds’! May Allah’s
profuse Salat, Peace and Blessing be upon His Servant and Messenger, our Master and Prophet,
Muhammad, and upon his family, wives, Companions, and those who followed him in
righteousness until the Day of Judgement!
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