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All praises be to Allah.
We praise Him, seek his help and ask for His forgiveness.
We seek refugee with Allah.
Whenever Allah allows anyone to go astray, none can guide. I bear witness that
there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His messenger and His servant.
I bear witness that he was trustee in revealing the truth.
May Allah bless his glorious family, his companions and those who trace his guidance honestly untilthe Doom Day.
I advise you, brothers, sisters, and myself, to fear Allah and be obedient to Him.
I warn you and myself not to disobey Him and not to violate His commandments so as He says, "whoever does good deeds, it is for his own good.
Whoever commits evil, it is for his own bad end. Your God is never to be unfair
with you, worshipper." Dear Muslims, brothers and sisters, Allah the Al-mighty says,
"Verily Allah will defend (from ill) those who believe: verily, Allah loveth not any that is a traitor to faith, or show ingratitude.
To those against whom war is made, permission is given (to fight), because they are wronged; - and verily, Allah is most powerful for their aid;
- (They are) those who have been expelled from their homes in defiance of right, - (for no cause) except that they say, "our Lord is Allah..
Did not Allah check one set of people by means of another, there would surely have been pulled down
monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, in which the name of Allah is commemorated in abundant measure.
Allah will certainly aid those who aid his (cause);
- for verily Allah is full of Strength, Exalted in Might, (able to enforce His Will). (They are) those who, if We establish them in the land,
establish regular prayer and give regular charity, enjoin the right and forbid wrong: with Allah rests the end (and decision) of (all) affairs."
Dear brothers and sisters, the famous Jewish American orientalist Bernard Lewis in
his book "The Language of Politics in Islam" once said, "It is the duty of all Muslims
to fight until the entire world convert to Islam." By saying this, this man is
defaming Islam by wrongly summarizing the theory of Jihad (fighting Islam's enemies).
It will not be surprising if Lewis claimed that a Muslim Arab would fight to unite the world language in addition to its ideology unity.
Unfortunately, some Muslims have the idea the Bernard Lewis mentioned earlier.
Muslim Imams and great scholars like Imam Abu Hanifa, Malik, Alshafi'I Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Sofyan
Althawri and Shia Imami stated that a non-Muslim can be fought we he attack and fight you.
He is not being fought just because he does not agree about religion.
This is what the Holy Quran, the prophet Muhammad Sunna (speeches), and the consensus of Imams state.
Not to impose Islam on others and force them to pay Taxes for the Islamic state. By
contrast, all of these tell us to live in peace with non-Muslims and to do well by them.
If we move the look at the meaning of the word Jihad, we will find that it is used in the Makki chapter's context.
In this context the word Jihad means, "invite them to Islam in a nice manner. In Alforqan [Criterion, the Standard] chapter Allah tells
Prophet Muhammad, "Strive against the unbelievers with the utmost strenuousness, with the (Qur'an)." This chapter is Makki (before Hijra).
However, the word Jihad that means fighting is used in the second year of Hijra (immigration to Madina).
This means that Muslims were allowed to fight (Jihad) after fifty years of Islam evangelism. Thus,
the jihad that was imperative to Muslims was the Jihad of preaching and clarifying Islam true image.
In Alankabout [The Spider] chapter which is also Makki, Allah says, "And those who strive in Our (cause), - We will certainly guide them to our
Paths: For verily Allah is with those who do right." This strive and Jihad that this Makki chapter is telling us about is the self-moral advancement.
In addition to these verses, Prophet Muhammad said, "A real fighter is the one who fights his moral and religious
vices and downfalls." When they were in their way back from the battlefield, Prophet Muhammad told his companions,
"Now, we are moving from the small fighting into the big fighting." As I explained, these are the meaning of
the word "Jihad." Muslim scholars have written many books about Jihad and they classified it into thirteen types.
Fighting and combat are one type of Jihad.
Therefore, the term "Jihad" is broader than the term "fighting and combat." The Holy Quran is clear when as telling us whom to fight. The
Holy Quran, Allah says, "Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loveth not transgressors."
Unfortunately, some stupid Muslims claim that this verse is abrogated. The worst thing in Muslims way of thinking is that they handle all things from one side.
This is the catastrophe of all people not only Muslims.
No one can prove, with good intention, that Prophet Muhammad was the one who wage a war against others neither were Muslims.
Have you forgotten when Allah motivate Muslims to engage wars whether we win or lose to eliminate atheism?
Allah says, "(1) Let those fight in the cause of Allah Who sell the life of this world for the hereafter.
To him who fighteth in the cause of Allah,- whether he is slain or gets victory - Soon shall We give him a reward of great (value).(2)
And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?- Men, women,
and children, whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from thee one who
will protect; and raise for us from thee one who will help!" The second verse explain why fighting and Jihad is duty for Muslims.
These people do not understand the Holy Quran well. They take parts of the Quran out of their context.
All theories and composition meanings can be contradicted if you take some of their parts away. This is called fabrication and distortion.
Prophet Muhammad once said, "Don't contradict the Holy Quran by splitting it into parts.
This will make every verse disagree with other verses." In that way you distort the meanings of the Quran instead of helping others understand.
In the aforementioned two verses, stopping at the first verse will contradict the message of Islam regarding relationships.
It is known that Makka atheists and disbelievers tried to eradicate Muslims.
They practiced all kinds of torturing and abusing against Muslims.
Some of the Muslims died because of that while other Muslims immigrated to Alhabasha then to Almadina.
It is our duty to be just in showing the truth.
Those Muslims who did not immigrate to Almadina and stayed in Makka need other Muslims support who became powerful in Almadina.
Injustice in Makka needed to end. Therefore, Muslims in Almadina under the leadership of Prophet Muhammad moved to open Makka peacefully.
However, the Quranic principle stands against oppression and corruption.
In the Holy Quran, Allah says, "That Home of the Hereafter We shall give to those who intend not high
- handedness or mischief on earth: and the end is (best) for the righteous."
The surprising thing is that until today we are not familiar the piety concept in
military and political issues. To us, piety is something has to do the self internally.
Piety has nothing to do with military, political and world issues. The Holy Quran directs us to be fair even with our enemies.
Allah says in the Holy Quran, "O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair
dealing, and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice.
Be just: that is next to piety: and fear Allah.
For Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do." Not only is piety praying and supplicating, but it is also to be empty of *** and control mania.
This obstruct the construction of the civilization.
Piety in the Islamic perspective is to change the world to a better place. The Holy Quran is crystal in this.
These oppressed people should be spoken of justly. When a homeless Palestinian fights
back the one who drove him out, do we consider this an aggression? No, we do not.
So why do we call Prophet Muhammad and his companions, who were expelled and
oppressed by Quraish, savages? Shall we call Muslims (saveges) and call Quraish
(victims)? Do those oppressed people have no right to defend themselves and
reclaim their homes and properties? If the answer is yes, then this is the tragedy.
Some arrogant people may accuse Islam to be a barbaric and savage religion which believe in killing as the first solution for change.
They say that when Muslims were weak, fighting was a defensive device. However, when
Muslim became powerful, fighting start to be a way of attacking and oppressing people.
This is untrue. In the verse, "And fight the Pagans all together as they fight you all together.
But know that Allah is with those who restrain themselves," they think that the adverb "all
together" refers to the disbelievers whereas it refers to the status of Muslim in the battlefield.
The meaning becomes, "when you fight the disbelievers, you all together should
fight them as they are all together fight you." Allah also says in the Holy Quran,
"Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure." Their sick understanding signals their stupidity.
Unfortunately, some of them intentionally try to explain to others this stupidity. They work with the Islam enemy to get paid.
This is disgusting. Maybe they want to be among the greatest two hundreds figures in the foreign magazines.
Sorrowfully, the Times put any one who insult Islam on its first page.
Anyway, today is the time of dwarf not great people. Many people always say that Altawbah [Repentance, Dispensation]
chapter is the hardest chapter on the disbelievers and the hypocrites after disassociate them from Muslims society.
This is wrong. This chapter excluded all people who keep maintaining peaceful relationships with other Muslims.
In the Holy Quran, Allah states, "And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger, to the people (assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,
- that Allah and His Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans.
If then, ye repent, it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot frustrate Allah.
In addition, proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith.
(But the treaties are) not dissolved with those Pagans with whom ye have entered into
alliance and who have not subsequently failed you in aught, nor aided any one against you.
So fulfil your engagements with them to the end of their term: for Allah loveth the righteous." Allah loves the pious and righteous.
This is expressive in the context; to be pious in both peace and war times. A true believer believe
that Allah's plan for the world is that all religions and creeds should remain until the Day of Judgment.
In the Holy Quran Allah says, "If it had been thy Lord's will, they would all have believed,
- all who are on earth! Wilt thou then compel mankind, against their will, to believe!" Allah is telling
his Prophet Muhammad that he cannot force anyone to convert to Islam because this is against Allah's plan.
All convictions to last forever is Islam's plan.
It is mentioned in the Old Testament that the people who built Babel tower did that to fight the god.
The god they tried to fight damaged all of their neurological systems and cut their tongues. This is their god weapon.
This is ridiculous. How can the god Almighty be treated with this ridiculous thinking?!.
In the Holy Quran, Allah says, "And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth,
and the variations in your languages and your colors: verily in that are Signs for those who know."
In addition, He says, "O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and
made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise (each other).
Verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well
acquainted (with all things)." Allah created various kinds of people so that they know each other not to fight and struggle with each other.
As we saw, Alttawbah chapter states that everyone can live in peace under Islamic state authority.
Aron Tony, A British historian, mentioned in his book "History Studying" that Islam was the only principle in the Middle Ages that allowed
other non-Muslims to live with Muslims. Some people ask me about the other verse that invites Muslim to kill other disbeliever which says,
"Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly
(on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens." This verse is from Muhammad chapter.
However, if we go back and read the previous verses, we will know why Muslims should fight those disbelievers.
In the previous verses, Allah says, "Those who reject Allah and hinder (men) from the Path of Allah,
- their deeds will Allah render astray (from their mark). But those who believe and
work deeds of righteousness, and believe in the (Revelation) sent down to Muhammad - for it
is the Truth from their Lord, - He will remove from them their ills and improve their condition.
This because those who reject Allah follow vanities, while those who believe follow the Truth from their Lord:
Thus does Allah set forth for men their lessons by similitudes." Allah also says, "And slay them wherever ye catch
them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter."
Muslims fight just in case of oppression and Allah said that oppression is worse that slaughter and killing.
If no one bothers us then no fight. That is it the only reason.
Let us go back to the verse that I started the sermon with.
Allah says, "Did not Allah check one set of people by means of another, there would
surely have been pulled down monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, in which
the name of Allah is commemorated in abundant measure." Allah delayed mosques to
the end of these places because Islam is the last religion revealed to human beings.
In this verse, Allah states that His name is commemorated in abundant measure.
Therefore, disagreement in religion is not a cause for fighting and struggling.
Inn Robinson quoted Gustav Auden in his book "The History of Charklin" said that Islam is the only
religion which its followers were enthusiastic and at the same time they gave others the freedom to believe.
Today, some non-Muslims continue to claim that Islam invaded the Iberian Peninsula (Spain nowadays) using the power of sword.
This is untrue. Muslim came to the Iberian Peninsula to rescue the Usains who were oppressed because of they were believers.
Those Usains were the followers of Usain the Alexandrian. They were a majority in the Iberian Peninsula.
Prophet Muhammad sent a letter to Hercules (the Roman emperor) that if would
not convert to Islam, he will be blamed and responsible for oppressing Usains.
Those Usains asked Muslims for help so Muslims went there to rescue them. In
his great book "The History of Muslims in Spain," the historian Dozi said that
it is unbelievable that seven thousand Muslim soldiers opened a peninsula within less than three years which took the Kibbutzeens seven years to reclaim.
Dozi said that the secret of Muslims success there was because they brought all the factors of civilization and development.
They confiscated the biggest sectors from corrupt people and distributed these sectors among the people of that society who worked hard.
This resulted in the prosperity in its economic and agriculture. They were also
freed from taxes which led to the incredible increasing of the trade performance.
Islam plan in handling slave issue. Islam enacted an agreement that allows a slave to be freed under some conditions.
This solution led to an intellectual advancement and creativity.
Gustav Lobon in his great book "Arab Civilization" said, "When the Arabic openers opened a region,
they, unlike other Mogul and Roman conquerors, made up a new civilization. Other conquerors destroyed the
civilization the found or they hardly tried to make use of it." This is the reason why some intelligent
people like Anatole France and Nietzsche felt sorry for the end of Islamic presence in the Iberian Peninsula.
Gustav Lobon said, "Spanish were the one who get rid of the mercy of Islam to get into the time of
decadence." Spain was the only region to survive the Western decadence because Islam was there one time.
We are all familiar with what the inquisition did to people there.
The enemies of Islam try to slander Islam because they have been trying for many many years to decode Islam code.
This code is how a newborn religion led by an orphan by the Red Sea succeeded all over the world.
To them, this is confusing. Some claimed that the reason of his success is that he was immoral.
They said that he allowed his companions to do all things the love. I ask them, "The Romans did that.
Why didn't they succeed." This is not the reason.
The European philosopher Shoba said, "It is wrong to say that Muhammad allowed his people to commit mistakes
by doing whatever they love and want." Shoba bracketed [I am saying that without being interested in Islam].
Perhaps he added that so that European would not get angry on him.
Hodegel wrote a list of Islamic values and said, "It is impossible to come with a better list." I wonder how these people could say that we are immoral.
The suspicion I want to disprove is the myth of sword. Islam enemies allege that
Prophet Muhammad and his follower carried the sword to spread and impose Islam on others.
In brief, Islam gave others the freedom of belief and defended them as long as they are in the Islamic lands.
Also, Islam allowed others to preach about their religions and creed. Now tell
me, how would you allege that Islam used the power of sword to spread Islam?
In his book "In the Shades of the Cathedral", the great Spanish thinker Franco Paris said,
"the most deep-rooted principle through the history of civilizations and empires is diversity.
There should be a cultural and religious mosaic.
Muslims allowed a church to stand before a mosque." Since eight centuries, this has never happened. Imagine that Catholics win.
They will tolerate no differences. This is what the history tells.
Alexander the Great believed in the countries' he opened beliefs. Although he was great, he had done many tragic things.
He wanted to unite the entire world. Neither he nor his successors achieved his dreams.
Years after he died, his great empire was divided into three parts which are Batalma
in Egypt, Salalkyon in Iraq and Syria, and Intabilion in small Asia and Macedonia.
Hiksoses, who came from Asia, had not succeed in invading Egypt.
They return to Syria carrying Pharaoh-like customs and traditions. Berber people, who came
from the middle Asia, invaded Europe but were too weak to fight the Romanian civilization.
What happened with Islam is different from what happened with other religions.
All religions were supported by the military and political authority that coexist these religions. For instance, Buddhism.
If Adoka has not supported Buddhism, it would never have been spread across the southern-east of Asia.
Confucianism would never have been spread without the support of president of the Chinese southern districts.
Zaraditish would never have been spread without the support of Darious who carried it into Athena.
Christianity without the support of Saint Augustine in the fourth century would have never been that spread as today.
Islam has been fought by atheist Arabs, Romans and Persians. The idea that Islam is the one who wage wars is false.
There is a reason why Islam waged a war against Persian.
Persian king, called Kisra, tore up a letter from Prophet Muhammad inviting him to convert to Islam. Prophet Muhammad didn't threaten Kisra.
Kisra we about to kill the letter messenger but the traditions of that time didn't allow him to do this.
When Hercules received the Prophet Muhammads letter, he kissed it, put it on his head then placed it in a golden cage.
When the Prophet Muhammad heard that, he said, "May Allah save his throne." Although he disagreed with him about religion, he prayed for him.
This means that the Prophet Muhammad want Christianity to be.
This is Allah's plan. All convictions and beliefs shall last forever.
The only way for Muslims is to invite and explain Islam clearly and peacefully.
More than one hundred and twenty verse confirm this meaning. Some simple
Muslims want to abrogate these verses because of six verses they misunderstood.
Not only did Kisra tear up the letter, but also he asked his Arabic minister to have the Prophet Muhammad's beheaded and to bring his head to him.
It is noteworthy that Persian were full of hatred of Arabic race.
When Prophet Muhammad heard what Kisra did, he prayed that Allah have him die and that no Kisra follow him. This is what happened.
Imam Ibn Taymiya said, "When the Prophet Muhammad went back to Makka, he told its people that they are free to believe ore disbelieve.
I will not take revenge on you for what you had done for Islam." In the Holy Quran, Allah Almighty
says, "Say, "The truth is from your Lord": Let him who will believe, and let him who will, reject
(it): for the wrong-doers We have prepared a Fire whose (smoke and flames), like the walls and roof
of a tent, will hem them in." Imam Malik says that also unbelievers can live in the Islamic state
Regarding Romans, Ibn Taymiya said that the Prophet Muhammad became angry when some Christian leaders were killed after converting to Islam.
The Prophet Muhammad ordered that a small army go and fight the massive Romanian army. Muslims were skilled in fighting in the desert.
When they headed to fight Romanians, they were defeated and the great three leaders were killed.
Thus, we conclude that Romanians were the one who waged the war.
Some Western historian sarcastically wonder, "Why had Muslims fought Romanians?" I wonder, "Why had Romanians entered Syria, Egypt and North
Africa? Why had they enslaved and extort those countries' people?" Five centuries of destroying and demolishing the Islamic civilization.
Hadn't these Romanian conquerors thought about leaving the country for its people so that they can fix what Romanian had corrupted.
Can Israel confess and let Palestinians reclaim their land? This is unbelievable. They have double standards when handling Islam issues.
This is a pragmatic thinking.
Were we supposed to turn our countries in for Romanians and wait until they negotiate
with us? The Prophet Muhammad and Muslims were just defending their countries. That is all.
Samarkand is the region that introduced to the world: Albukhar, Alfarbi, Ibn Sina [Avicenna] and Alkhawarizmi.
Imam Alttabari in his history mentioned that Samarkand was opened by Kotayb Ibn Muslim Albahili at the time of the Omawi Caliph Alwaleed Ibn AbdlMalik.
Kotayb invade Samarkand without warning or negotiating with its people which is an Islamic law. Years after came Imam Omar Ibn AbdelAziz.
He became the Caliph. Samarkand people sent the Caliph Omar a complaint letter.
They told him that their land was opened without applying Islamic laws.
The Caliph Omar Ibn AbdelAziz sent his governor of Samarkand Sulaiman Ibn Abi Alssarh a letter checking the people's
saying. Sulaiman assign a judge named Jamee' Ibn Hader Alnajee to see if what Muslims opened Samarkand by the Islamic law.
The judge concluded that Muslims should evacuate and return to where they came from.
When Samarkand people saw Muslim people and soldiers leaving, they asked Muslims to stay and not to evacuate.
They announced that the want to embrace Islam. All Samarkand people became Muslims. This is the real and true Muslim.
This is our bright history. We are not aggressive, barbaric or savages. We are greater than that. I ask Allah to guide us to the best way. Amen.