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Fri Khutbah from MUIS (21st Apr 2017)
Blessed Friday Jemaah,
Let us go on to strive to increase taqwa inwards Allah s.w.t. past obeying all of His commands too abstaining from His prohibitions. May Allah have our efforts in addition to multiply His rewards for us, amin.
Jemaah,
Let us reverberate on what Allah s.w.t has said in surah al-Hujurat verse six:
Meaning: “O yous who believe! If a troublemaker brings you lot whatever word, investigate, lest yous harm a people out of ignorance together with go regretful for what yous have done.”
Imam Ibn Kathir inwards his tafsir the reason for the revelation of this verse is the incident of al-Walid ibn Uqbah ibn Abu Mu’it. He was sent to Bani Mustaliq to collect zakat from them. Instead al-Walid returned in addition to told Rasulullah sec.a.w. that the people of Bani Mustaliq refused to pay zakat as well as wanted to murder him, when in fact he did not fifty-fifty run into them! Hearing that, the Prophet second.a.w. sent Khalid ibn al-Walid to see with the people of Bani Mustaliq to verify the info that was relayed past al-Walid ibn Uqbah. It was so that they confirmed al-Walid ibn Uqbah had lied.
Jemaah,
The aforementioned Quranic verse clearly explains to us that it is indeed our responsibility to verify in addition to ascertain the truth of whatsoever info as well as news that nosotros read or take heed, to ensure that nosotros do not end up inflicting more than harm as well as impairment by relaying the fake news that we have received. This is because, spreading lies, slander together with bad tidings are amongst the dangers in addition to sins of the natural language that we must avoid, equally mentioned past Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. in a hadith narrated past Abdullah bin Amru r.a.:
A Muslim is the ane from whose natural language too hands the Muslims are safe; as well as a Muhajir (Emigrant) is the i who refrains from what Allah has forbidden. (Hadith reported by Bukhari)
Blessed Friday Jemaah,
In today’second earth where information spreads similar wildfire, everything that nosotros state or mail on social media sites, websites, blogs as well as so on, can easily be read together with accessed past others. In fact, it tin can spread fast, and even those who do not know us personally tin can come up to observe out most it. This makes the reminder inwards surah al-Hujuraat earlier to be extremely critical in today’second times, in addition to is something that nosotros hold to pay shut attending in addition to adhere to.
Fri Jemaah,
I am sure that almost every one of us here has received messages via WhatsApp that talks nearly an private or conveys sure tidings. Some people relish hitting that “frontward” push button and sharing it inward various WhatsApp groups without commencement verifying or ascertaining the truth of the information that they are sharing, hoping to live the starting time to percentage the word so that they volition gain attention from others.
This is not the right approach. If nosotros study the poetry in surah Al-Hujurat, we will empathize that we need to enquiry the info before we spread it along, equally good every bit to enquire ourselves whether it is of whatever benefit to spread news that may non live truthful inwards the beginning place. It is worse if the “word” turns out to live faux in addition to nosotros end upward slandering the people involved. Allah second.w.t. says:
Meaning: “Fitnah is worse than killing.” [Surah Al-Baqarah poetry 191].
Jemaah,
Let me share some religious guidelines that we should consider whenever nosotros are faced with unverified intelligence, or when we are faced with fitnah or slander.
First, live patient too calm inwards facing it.
Rasulullah second.a.w. one time praised a companion who had both these noble traits that Allah loves.
He said to the companion: “Verily inwards you lot there are 2 qualities loved by Allah: patience too calmness (not rushing)” (Hadith reported by Muslim).
This should so live the guideline that each believer (mukmin) adheres to, whether we are existence slandered or when we receive unverified tidings. Do not rush, or panic together with hasten to spread the news. Calmness comes from Allah, whereas beingness hasty comes from Syaitan. Anything that is done without existence idea through volition for certain atomic number 82 to bad outcomes.
Second, to uphold justice as well as to tread the middle basis.
This matter is clearly explained past Allah in surah al-An’aam verse 152, which means:
And when yous show, live but, fifty-fifty if [it concerns] a close relative.
What is meant past beingness but hither is to ensure that we do not allow our desires (nafs) to be our guiding compass, but that nosotros are only towards the tidings that nosotros hold received. This is particularly the case when the news is linked to us, or someone whom nosotros beloved and tending for. Surely we will live more than careful. Hence, do onto others how we would like others to process us. Justice begins with us.
May Allah s.w.t. protect us from those who spread slander, and guard our families in addition to young man Muslims from fitnah that can split the community. Amin ya rabbal ‘alamin.
Source from: http://www.muis.gov.sg/officeofthemufti/khutbah.html