Eid Khutbah

Khalid Mustafa Abdul Kader/Royal Holloway College/Univ. of London /UK.

My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam,

In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful 

Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. La ilaha illa Allah wa Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar wa lillahi elhamd.

All praise is due to Allah alone. We praise Him, thank Him, seek His forgiveness and repent unto Him. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our souls and our sinful deeds. Whomever Allah guides none can misguide and whomever Allah misguides, then he has lost life on this earth and in the Hereafter. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone without partners and bear witness that Mohammed is His Servant and Messenger; on this blessed Eid day may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, his noble family, his honourable companions and all that follow his guidance.

 Amma ba’ad:

 Celebrating our Eids is to uphold a Sunnah established some 1400 years ago when the foundations of the first Islamic State, the first and unique Islamic civilization were laid down. On this occasion we thank and praise Allah, Most High, for all His Mercies and Blessings over the Holy month of Ramadhan.

And on this occasion we need to take stock both individually and as an Ummah. We need to recognise our shortcomings and the shortfalls in our efforts, for Allah, The Exalted                     says (the meaning of which reads):                                                                                                                          

“ And say: do righteous deeds, soon will Allah observe your deeds, His Messenger and the Believers.” 9:105

 At the level of the Ummah, we need to draw a distinction between the ordinary Muslim Ummah and the rulers. This is a very sad and serious situation but a true fact nonetheless. The gulf between the two is ever widening. However we must acknowledge their achievements. They have become more expert at political maneuvering and manipulation. When the general public demands something, the rulers respond by, sometimes, adopting these demands and issuing public statements that echo public demands in the hope that people will believe them. The statements remain hollow and without any substance. For example, what has been done about a decision adopted at the Doha Conference of Islamic States to establish an Islamic satellite channel? Indeed, what has become of the decision adopted at an earlier Islamic summit to establish an Islamic News Agency? Simple, non-controversial matters are not implemented; matters of greater importance that have been conviently forgotten are far too many to mention.

 Compare the brilliant success of the non-governmental organizations at the recent Durban Conference on Racism with the abject failure of 55 Muslim governments simply because they did not spend enough time preparing for it.

 Perhaps this is just one manifestation of the new world order. Perhaps we are too naïve to comprehend the bigger issues involved. Perhaps, but can anyone explain to us the following irony? In the midst of all the publicity surrounding the war in Afghanistan and the events in the Middle East, there was a few days ago a small item of news informing the world that the UN and its Secretary General have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. We congratulate both on this occasion and the Nobel Prize Committee on its wise decision. But did not the UN and its present Secretary General preside over the genocide in Rwanda? The atrocities in the Balkans? The on-going daily massacres in the Holy Lands? Is not there a war in Afghanistan? If this is peace, then we ask Allah to spare us the wars.

 If the picture seems gloomy, we should neither give up nor despair for just as surely as the light of Dawn drives away the darkness of the night, Truth shall prevail over falsehood. Let us remind ourselves of the supplication of Allah’s prophet Mousa, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon  the Messenger of Allah and upon him, when he was sent to the Pharaoh, as stated in the Holy Qura’an (20:25-28), the meaning of which reads:

 “ (Moses) said: O my Lord expand me my breast” meaning make it more receptive to knowledge and wisdom. 

“ And ease my task for me“.

“ And remove the impediment from my speech ”.

“So they may understand what I say           “.

 And that is all we need do. Convey the Message of Truth, the Message of Islam to mankind and Allah, The Exalted, will guide whom He wills to the Straight Path. Success of our mission is assured by none other than Allah, Most High. By the Grace of Allah, Most Gracious, we are winning the battle over the hearts and minds of the peoples of the World. The Truth can no longer be falsified, ignored or hidden.

“ The Right Path is, henceforth, distinct from error.” 2:256

 And in his darkest hour, when Moses and his followers were sandwiched between the armies of the Pharaoh and the Red Sea and his followers were getting desperate he said to them:

“ My Lord is with me, He will guide me.” 26:62

 And just like present day detractors of Islam and the Islamic Civilisation, the Pharaoh looked down on Moses and thought him too insignificant and unworthy of his attention. But where I come from we have a saying:

“ For every Pharaoh there is a Moses.”

Eid al-Fitr 1422 AH

(Closing Dua’a)

Ameen!                     Aqeemus salaah!

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