We as Muslims are going through many trials and tribulations. Just look around you and you will see. Be it, in our daily lives or across the globe. Weak, downtrodden and humiliated, all over the world.
We look for excuses and constantly blame others for the fate that we have to face. Now, with the current onslaught taking place in the Middle East, once more we see the reality of the situation that the Muslim ummah is facing as a whole.
What is the solution to our problems? Where are the answers to the questions that are being asked? What is the solution to this humiliation? Are we looking for our answers in the wrong places? Are the solutions not there in plain sight? Maybe, we are looking for and choosing the wrong answers that we need to implement. It may be that the solution is in plain sight, yet due to us being blinded by rage and bigotry, we are unable to rationalise it.
Listen to this khutbah, which is at least about 15 years old, by Abu Uwais Abdullah Ali (rahimahullah Ta'ala) and you may begin to understand some of the truths that we need to address concerning the practice and implementation of our religion to regain our former glory.
We ask Allah to aid the oppressed Muslims. We are Him to aid us in understanding and implementing our religion in a manner that is pleasing to Him and Him alone. True implementation will ultimately lead to His pleasure, and our success. In this world and the hereafter, Aameen.
Here is a breakdown of the khutbah:
1 - You Reap What You Sow
2 - We Have Become Distant from al-Islam
3 - Want the Aid of Allah, Implement His Deen
4 - Muslims Distance Themselves from the Reality
5 - Having Patience & Fearing Allah Brings Success
6 - Is this Your Reality!
Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever invites to guidance will be rewarded like those who follow him in the guidance are rewarded, and that will not decrease the reward of those who have followed him." [Collected by Imām Muslim]
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