Love of the Homeland and Unity of Word (Sermon)

Love for the Homeland and Unity of Word Indeed, all praise is due to Allah. We praise Him, seek His help, and ask for His guidance. We seek His forgiveness and repent to Him. We seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our own selves and from the bad deeds of our actions. Whomsoever Allah guides, there is none who can misguide him, and whomsoever He misguides, there is none who can guide him. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His chosen servant and His selected messenger. May Allah send prayers upon him, his family, his companions, the followers, and those who follow them with excellence and proceed upon their path, and may He send abundant peace upon him. As for what follows, O people: Fear Allah and be in awe of Him, obey His command and do not disobey Him. “And fear Allah and know that you will meet Him, and give good news to the believers” [Al-Baqarah: 223]. “O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims” [Al Imran: 102]. Servants of Allah: Allah has bestowed upon us many diverse blessings, and no one can enumerate the blessings and favors of Allah upon him. “And if you should count the favor of Allah, you will not be able to number them” [Ibrahim: 34]. And among the foremost of these great blessings is the blessing of Islam and Tawheed (monotheism). Allah has expressed His gratitude for this to His believing servants, saying, Exalted is He: “This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and chosen for you Islam as religion” [Al-Ma'idah: 3]. And the Companitors, may Allah be pleased with them, valued this blessing appropriately. In the Sahih of Muslim, it is narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came out to a circle of his companions and said: “What has seated you?” They said: “We have sat to remember Allah and praise Him for what He has guided us to, namely Islam, and for what He has bestowed upon us.” He said: “By Allah, is it not that which has seated you?” They said: “By Allah, nothing has seated us but that.” He said: “As for me, I did not take your oath out of suspicion towards you, but Jibril came to me and informed me that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, boasts of you before the angels” (Narrated by Muslim). Servants of Allah: Among the requirements of thanking Allah for the blessing of Tawheed is that we strive for the unification of the ranks, the unity of word, and the abandonment of division and discord, and the obedience of those whom Allah has placed in charge of our affairs, except in disobedience to Allah. In the authentic hadith from Ubada ibn al-Samit, he said: “We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to listen and obey in ease and hardship, and not to dispute the matter with its rightful people, and that we speak the truth wherever we are, not fearing in Allah the blame of a blamer” (Narrated by Al-Bukhari). And from Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: “Upon the Muslim man is listening and obeying in what he loves and hates, except if he is commanded to do a sin; if he is commanded to do a sin, then there is no listening nor obeying” (Narrated by Muslim). And in these texts and others, the people of knowledge said: “People will remain in goodness as long as they honor the ruler and the scholars; if they honor these two, Allah will reform their worldly and hereafter affairs.” And among the blessings of Allah upon us is that He has placed us in the land of Tawheed and creed, the cradle of the Sunnah and the Message, the source of faith, the land of the Two Holy Sanctuaries, and the qibla of all Muslims: Here in Makkah, the verses of Allah have descended

حب الوطن واجتماع الكلمة إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ، نَحْمَدُهُ وَنَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَهْدِيهِ، وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ، وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَمِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا، مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ، وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ الْمُصْطَفَى وَرَسُولُهُ الْمُجْتَبَى، صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَالتَّابِعِينَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ وَسَارَ عَلَى نَهْجِهِمْ، وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيمًا كَثِيرًا. أَمَّا بَعْدُ، أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ: اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَخَافُوهُ، وَأَطِيعُوا أَمْرَهُ وَلَا تَعْصُوهُ، ﴿ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّكُمْ مُلَاقُوهُ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴾[الْبَقَرَةِ:223]، ﴿ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ ﴾ [آلِ عِمْرَانَ: 102]. عِبَادَ اللَّهِ: لَقَدْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِنِعَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ مُتَعَدِّدَةٍ، وَلَا يُمْكِنُ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَحْصُرَ نِعَمَ وَفَضْلَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، ﴿ وَإِنْ تَعُدُّوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَا ﴾ [إِبْرَاهِيمَ: 34]،وَيَأْتِي فِي مُقَدِّمَةِ هَذِهِ النِّعَمِ الْعَظِيمَةِ، نِعْمَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَالتَّوْحِيدِ، وَلَقَدِ امْتَنَّ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَلَى عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ جَلَّ وَعَلَا: ﴿ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا ﴾ [الْمَائِدَةِ: 3]. وَقَدْ كَانَ الصَّحَابَةُ رضي الله عنهم يُقَدِّرُونَ لِهَذِهِ النِّعْمَةِ قَدْرَهَا، فَعِنْدَ مُسْلِمٍ فِي صَحِيحِهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: خَرَجَ عَلَى حَلْقَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ: « مَا أَجْلَسَكُمْ؟ ». قَالُوا جَلَسْنَا نَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ وَنَحْمَدُهُ عَلَى مَا هَدَانَا لِلإِسْلاَمِ وَمَنَّ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا. قَالَ: « آللَّهِ مَا أَجْلَسَكُمْ إِلاَّ ذَاكَ ». قَالُوا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَجْلَسَنَا إِلاَّ ذَاكَ. قَالَ « أَمَا إِنِّى لَمْ أَسْتَحْلِفْكُمْ تُهْمَةً لَكُمْ وَلَكِنَّهُ أَتَانِى جِبْرِيلُ فَأَخْبَرَنِى أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُبَاهِى بِكُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ »؛ ( رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ). عِبَادَ اللَّهِ: إِنَّ مِنْ مُقْتَضَيَاتِ شُكْرِ اللَّهِ عَلَى نِعْمَةِ التَّوْحِيدِ، أَنْ نَسْعَى فِي تَوْحِيدِ الصَّفِّ، وَاجْتِمَاعِ الْكَلِمَةِ وَنَبْذِ الْفُرْقَةِ وَالِاخْتِلَافِ، وَطَاعَةِ مَنْ وَلَّاهُ اللَّهُ أَمْرَنَا فِي غَيْرِ مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ؛ فَفِي الْحَدِيثِ الصَّحِيحِعَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ: بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ ‌فِي ‌الْمَنْشَطِ ‌وَالْمَكْرَهِ، وَأَنْ لَا نُنَازِعَ الْأَمْرَ أَهْلَهُ، وَأَنْ نَقُومَ، أَوْ: نَقُولَ بِالْحَقِّ حَيْثُمَا كُنَّا، لَا نَخَافُ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ » (رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ). وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رضي الله عنه عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «عَلَى الْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ السَّمْعُ وَالطَّاعَةُ فِيمَا أَحَبَّ وَكَرِهَ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْمَرَ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ، فَإِنْ أُمِرَ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ فَلَا سَمْعَ وَلَا طَاعَةَ» (رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ). وَفِي هذه النُّصُوصِ وَغَيْرِهَا قَالَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ: " لَا يَزَالُ النَّاسُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا عَظَّمُوا السُّلْطَانَوَالْعُلَمَاءَ، فَإِذَا عَظَّمُوا هَذَيْنِ أَصْلَحَ اللَّهُ دُنْيَاهُمْ وَأُخْرَاهُمْ " ، وَمِنْ نِعْمَةِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ جَعَلَنَا فِي بَلَدِ التَّوْحِيدِ وَالْعَقِيدَةِ، وَمَهْدِ السُّنَّةِ وَالرِّسَالَةِ، وَمَأْرِزِ الْإِيمَانِ، وَأَرْضِ الْحَرَمَيْنِ، وَقِبْلَةِ جَمِيعِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ : هُنَا بِمَكَّةَ آيُ اللَّهِ قَدْ نَزَلَتْ