The Pillars of Faith (Khutbah)

Sermon: The Pillars of Faith The First Sermon Indeed, all praise is due to Allah. We praise Him, seek His help, seek His forgiveness, and seek His guidance. We seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whomsoever Allah guides, none can mislead, and whomsoever He misleads, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger, His chosen one and His intimate friend, His trustee over His revelation, and His choice from among His creation. May Allah send prayers upon him, upon his family, and upon his companions, the leaders of guidance and the lamps of darkness, and upon those who followed them. And may He send abundant peace until the Day of Judgment. As for what follows: O servants of Allah! Fear Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, and be conscious of Him, and strive, may Allah have mercy on you, in righteous deeds that will be a cause for earning His pleasure and entering His Paradise. And beware of all sins, both small and great, that will be a cause for entering His Fire. Renew your repentance always and forever, for Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, is the One who accepts repentance, the Most Merciful. O my brothers in Allah! Indeed, the creed that a Muslim believes in, or rather that a human being in general believes in, has a great impact on his life and his actions. The Muslim who, may Allah grant him understanding, and who is among the people of Islam, knows that he has a noble creed, a dignified creed whose source is the revelation: the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him. This creed is obligatory upon every Muslim man and woman to believe in, in general and in detail. And because of the great status of the creed and its importance, the Meccan period and the Meccan era of the biography of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was an era of establishing it and founding it. This Islamic creed has foundations and principles. Its foundations and pillars are what came in the famous hadith of Jibril (Gabriel) when he asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about faith. He said: "O Muhammad, inform me about faith." He said to him, peace and blessings be upon him: "Faith is that you believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and that you believe in divine decree, its good and its evil." Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said: "Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but righteousness is that one believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets" [Al-Baqarah: 177]. And He, the Exalted, said: "Indeed, We have created all things by divine decree" [Al-Qamar: 49]. So the first principle is: belief in Allah, the Exalted and Majestic. It encompasses four matters: The first: belief in the existence of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic. And His existence, glory and exaltation be upon Him, has been indicated by sound innate disposition, sound reason, the divine law, and the senses. As for the second matter: it is belief in the Lordship of Allah; that is, that Allah alone is the Lord, with no partner and no helper. To Him, glory be to Him, belong creation, ownership, and command. So there is no creator but Allah, no owner but Allah, and no commander but Allah, glory and exaltation be to Him. "Indeed, to Him belongs creation and command" [Al-A'raf: 54]. "To Him belongs the sovereignty, and those you invoke besides Him own not even a feather's weight" [Fatir: 13]. So just as He, glory be to Him, is the Manager of the universe, ruling in it as He wills according to what His wisdom requires, so He is also the Ruler in it. He, glory be to Him, is the Ruler in it with the legislation of acts of worship and the rulings of transactions according to what His wisdom requires. So whoever takes besides Allah a legislator in acts of worship or a ruler in transactions has associated partners with Him, glory be to Him, and has not realized faith in Him, the Exalted and Majestic. Among what is included in belief in Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, is belief in His divinity and that He alone is the true god, with no partner, the one truly worshipped with love and exaltation. "And your god is one god; there is no god but He, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate" [Al-Baqarah: 163]. And all the gods that are worshipped besides Allah are false. "That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they invoke besides Him is falsehood, and that Allah is the Most High, the Most Great" [Al-Hajj: 62]. And upon this, all acts of worship must not be directed to anyone but Allah alone, with no partner. So prayer, zakat, fasting, and pilgrimage are for Allah alone, the Exalted and Majestic. And supplication, vows, slaughter, oaths, fear, awe, hope, dread, turning back, seeking help, seeking aid, and reliance—all of this and other types of acts of worship must be directed to Allah, the One, the Subduer, glory be to Him and praise be to Him, and no one must be associated with Allah. "Say: Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. No partner has He, and thus I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims" [Al-An'am: 162, 163]. Among what is included in belief in Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, is belief in the names of Allah and His attributes that came in His Book and what is authentically narrated from His Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. So every name by which Allah named Himself or by which His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, named Him, must be affirmed for Allah. And every attribute by which Allah described Himself or by which His Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, described Him, must be affirmed; such as the attribute of mercy, anger, pleasure, speech, laughter, the hands, the feet, the face, the eyes, and others; affirming without likening to creation, and purifying Him without negating, according to the saying of Allah, the Most High: "There is nothing like Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing" [Ash-Shura: 11]. The names of Allah -Exalted and Glorified- and His attributes: the Muslim must be aware of them of the perfection of Allah, His greatness, His power, His majesty, His completeness, His nearness to His creation, and His knowledge of them. ﴿And to Allah belong the most beautiful names, so invoke Him by them. And leave those who distort His names. They will be recompensed for what they used to do﴾ [Al-A'raf: 180]. The second principle of the principles of faith is: belief in the angels. They are a hidden realm, created beings who worship Allah, Exalted is He. They possess none of the attributes of Lordship and divinity. Allah, Exalted is He, created them from light and granted them complete submission to His command and the power to carry out His command. He, Exalted is He, said: ﴿And those who are with Him do not boast against His worship nor do they become weary. They glorify Him night and day, without ceasing﴾ [Al-Anbiya: 19, 20]. The angels are a great number that cannot be counted. The Most Inhabited House in the sky is entered by seventy thousand angels every day who do not return to it until the Hour stands. Belief in the angels encompasses four matters: belief in their existence, and they are a hidden realm; and belief in the unseen is among the attributes of the believing servants of Allah; and belief in those of them whose name we have been taught by name, such as Jibril (Gabriel), and those of them whose name we have not been taught, we believe in them in general; and belief in what we have been taught of their attributes, such as the attribute of Jibril (Gabriel); for he -peace and blessings be upon him- saw him in the form in which he was created, and he has six hundred wings that have filled the horizon. And likewise, belief in what we have been taught of their deeds that they perform by the command of Allah, Exalted is He, such as glorifying Him -Exalted and Glorified-, and worshipping Him night and day, and some of them have specific duties with which they are entrusted; so Jibril (Gabriel) is the trustee of revelation, and Mikail (Michael) is the one entrusted with the rain and vegetation, and Israfil (Raphael) is the one entrusted with the blowing [of the trumpet]. The third principle of the principles of faith and its pillars is: belief in the books that Allah, Exalted is He, sent down upon His messengers as mercy for creation and guidance for them; so that they may attain, by following them, their happiness in this world and the Hereafter. Belief in these books encompasses four matters: The first is belief that their revelation is truly from Allah. The second is belief in what we have been taught of their names by name; such as the Quran which was sent down upon Muhammad -peace and blessings be upon him-, and the Torah which was sent down upon Musa (Moses), and the Injil (Gospel) which was sent down upon Isa (Jesus), and the Zabur (Psalms) which was sent down upon Dawud (David), and as for the books whose names we have not been taught, we believe in them in general. The third: believing in what is authentic of their reports; such as the reports of the Quran. The fourth: acting upon the rulings of what has not been abrogated from them; such as the Noble Quran. Indeed, the Noble Quran has abrogated what came before it of the books; so belief in the Quran includes acting upon its rulings, being content with them, submitting to them, and obeying them, and not opposing the rulings of the Quran, neither by taste nor by intellect. And the belief likewise that what is other than the Quran is abrogated, and it is not obligatory to act upon anything from it after the sending of Muhammad -peace and blessings be upon him-. The fourth principle of the principles of faith is: belief in the messengers of Allah -Exalted and Glorified- whom Allah sent to creation to teach them the religion of Allah. ﴿Messengers, bearers of good tidings and warners, so that there will be no argument for the people against Allah after the messengers﴾ [An-Nisa: 165]. The first of the messengers was Nuh (Noah) -peace and blessings be upon him- and the last of them is Muhammad -peace and blessings be upon him-, and upon all the prophets of Allah and His messengers altogether. ﴿Indeed, We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh and the prophets after him﴾ [An-Nisa: 163]. And our messenger Muhammad -peace and blessings be upon him- is the best of the messengers of Allah and he is the last of them and their seal; so there is no prophet after him, and no message after his message. ﴿Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets﴾ [Al-Ahzab: 40]. Belief in the messengers encompasses belief that their message is true from Allah, Exalted is He; so whoever disbelieves in the message of one of them has disbelieved in all of them. And belief encompasses likewise belief in those of the prophets of Allah and His messengers whose name we have been taught by name; such as Muhammad, Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus), and Nuh (Noah), upon them all be peace and blessings, and these five are the ones of determination among the messengers, and as for those of them whose name we have not been taught, we believe in them in general. Belief in the messengers encompasses believing in what is authentic of their reports, and acting upon the religion of the one of them who was sent to us, and he is their seal, Muhammad -peace and blessings be upon him-, to all people, Arabs and non-Arabs, indeed to all the two groups, mankind and jinn. ﴿So, by your Lord, they will not believe until they take you as judge in that which has disputed between them and then they will not find within themselves any resentment from what you have decided and they will submit in full submission﴾ [An-Nisa: 65]. He -peace and blessings be upon him- said: "By Him in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, no one from this ummah hears of me, a Jew or a Christian, then dies without believing in that with which I was sent, except that he will be among the companions of the Fire." So we ask Allah -Exalted and Glorified- by His most beautiful names and His exalted attributes to make us among the people of this creed who live upon it and die upon it and are resurrected upon it; indeed, my Lord is over all things competent. May Allah bless you and me in the great Quran and benefit me and you with what is in it of verses and wise remembrance. I say this statement and I seek forgiveness of Allah for me and for you and for all the Muslims from every sin and fault, so seek His forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance; indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. The Second Sermon Praise be to Allah, who speaks the truth and guides to the right path. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, exalting His status. And I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger, the one who calls to His pleasure. May Allah send prayers upon him, upon his family, his companions, and his followers, and peace abundantly until the Day of Judgment. As for what follows: O my brothers in Allah: The fifth principle of the principles of faith and the foundations of the creed of Islam is belief in the Last Day, the Day of Resurrection, in which all people will be resurrected, from the first of creation to the last of them; they will all be raised for reckoning and recompense. It is called the Last Day because there is no day after it, in which the people of Paradise will settle in their dwellings in Paradise and the people of the Fire will settle in their dwellings in the Fire. Belief in the Last Day encompasses three matters: The first: belief in the Resurrection, which is the revival of the dead when the Trumpet is blown the second blast, and all people will rise up to Allah, Lord of the worlds; barefoot, naked, uncircumcised: "As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it; a promise upon Us; indeed, We were going to do it" [Al-Anbiya: 104]. "Then indeed, you will die afterward. Then indeed, on the Day of Resurrection you will be resurrected" [Al-Mu'minun: 15-16]. "Then do you think that We created you in vain and that you will not be returned to Us?" [Al-Mu'minun: 115]. And among what is included in belief in the Last Day is: belief in the reckoning and recompense; the servant will be reckoned upon his deeds and recompensed for them, the small and the great, the subtle and the gross; if good, then good, and if evil, then evil: "Whoever comes with a good deed will have ten times its like, and whoever comes with an evil deed will not be recompensed except its like, and they will not be wronged" [Al-An'am: 160]. And the third matter among what is included in belief in the Last Day is: belief in Paradise and the Fire, and that they are the eternal abode of creation; for Paradise is the abode of bliss that Allah has prepared for the believers; those who believed in what Allah has obligated upon them and fulfilled the obedience of Allah and the obedience of His messengers, sincere to Him in religion. In it is what no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what has not occurred to the heart of any human being. As for the Fire, it is the abode of punishment that Allah, the Exalted, has prepared for the disbelievers and the wrongdoers; those who disbelieved in Allah and disobeyed His messengers. In it are types of punishment and torment that do not occur to the mind, refuge in Allah. And connected to belief in the Last Day is belief in everything that will occur after death; such as the trial of the grave, which is the questioning of the dead after his burial about his Lord, about his Prophet, and about his religion; so Allah will make firm those who believed with the firm word, and the believer will say: "My Lord is Allah, my religion is Islam, and my Prophet is Muhammad." And Allah will mislead the wrongdoers, and the disbeliever will say: "Ha ha, I do not know." And the hypocrite or the doubter will say: "I do not know; I heard the people saying something, so I said it." And among what it is obligatory to believe in is: the punishment of the grave, and that the believer will be granted bliss in his grave; he will see his seat in Paradise, and an opening will be made for him in it, and from its spirit and its fragrance will come to him until the Hour. As for the disbeliever, he will be punished in his grave, refuge in Allah, until the Hour occurs: "The Fire will be exposed to them in the morning and in the evening, and on the Day when the Hour occurs it will be said: 'Admit the family of Pharaoh into the most severe punishment'" [Ghafir: 46]. And the sixth principle of the principles of faith is: belief in the Decree (Qadar); which is the predestination of Allah, the Exalted, of all things according to what preceded in His knowledge and what His wisdom required. Belief in the Decree encompasses belief that Allah, the Exalted, is All-Knowing of everything in general and in detail, whether it pertains to His actions or the actions of His servants. And belief in the Decree encompasses: belief that Allah has written that in the Preserved Tablet: "Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and the earth? Indeed, that is in a Record; indeed, that is easy for Allah" [Al-Hajj: 70]. And belief in the Decree encompasses: belief that all things do not come to be except by the will of Allah, the Exalted: "It is He who forms you in the wombs as He wills" [Aal Imran: 6]. And it also encompasses belief that all things are created by Allah, the Exalted, whether what we have seen of them or what we have not seen: "And your Lord creates what He wills and chooses" [Al-Qasas: 68]. "Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs" [Az-Zumar: 62]. These, O servants of Allah, are the principles of faith and its pillars; it is obligatory upon every Muslim to believe in them and to hold them in his belief and to raise his family and his offspring upon them, so that all may be believers and monotheists. We ask Allah, the Exalted and the Most High, to make our ending good and to inspire us with guidance; indeed, He is All-Hearing, All-Responsive. And now, send prayers and peace upon your Prophet Muhammad ibn Abdullah, for your Lord has commanded you to do this in His Book, and He said, Exalted is He who speaks: "Indeed, Allah and His angels send prayers upon the Prophet. O you who have believed, send upon him prayers and send peace abundantly" [Al-Ahzab: 56]. And he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever sends upon me one prayer, Allah will send upon him ten prayers." O Allah, send prayers and peace and blessings upon him...

خطبة: أركان الإيمان الخطبة الأولى إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره ونستهديه ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات أعمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضل له ومن يضلل فلا هادي له، وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن محمدا عبده ورسوله وصفيه وخليله وأمينه على وحيه وخيرته من خلقه صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه أئمة الهدى ومصابيح الدجى ومن تبعهم واكتفى وسلم تسليما كثيرا إلى يوم الدين. أما بعد: يا عباد الله: اتقوا الله -عز وجل- وراقبوه واجتهدوا -رحمكم الله- في الأعمال الصالحة التي تكون سببا لكسب رضاه ودخول جنته، واحذروا المعاصي كلها صغيرها وكبيرها التي تكون سببا لدخول ناره، جددوا توبتكم دائما وأبداً فإن الله -عز وجل- هو التواب الرحيم. أيها الإخوة في الله: إن للعقيدة التي يعتقدها المسلم بل التي يعتقدها الإنسان بعامة أثرًا عظيمًا في حياته وتصرفاته، والمسلم الذي -وفقه الله- وكان من أهل الإسلام يعلم أن له عقيدة كريمة، عقيدة شريفة مصدرها الوحي كتاب الله وسنة رسوله -صلى الله عليه وسلم-، هذه العقيدة يجب على كل مسلم ومسلمة أن يعتقدها جملة وتفصيلا، ولعظم مكانة العقيدة وأهميتها كانت المرحلة المكية والعهد المكي من سيرة النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- عهد تقرير لها وتأسيس لها. ولهذه العقيدة الإسلامية أسس وأصول فأسسها وأركانها ما ورد في حديث جبرائيل المشهور حينما سأل النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- عن الإيمان فقال: "يا محمد أخبرني عن الإيمان؟ "فقال له -صلى الله عليه وسلم-: "الإيمان أن تؤمن بالله وملائكته وكتبه ورسله واليوم الآخر وتؤمن بالقدر خيره وشره". قال الله عز وجل: ﴿ لَيْسَ الْبِرَّ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَلَكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنْ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالْكِتَابِ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ ﴾ [البقرة: 177]، وقال سبحانه: ﴿ إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ ﴾ [القمر: 49]. فالأصل الأول: هو الإيمان بالله -عز وجل- يتضمن أموراً أربعة: الأول: الإيمان بوجود الله -عز وجل- وقد دل على وجوده -سبحانه وتعالى- الفطرة السوية والعقل الصحيح والشرع والحس. وأما الأمر الثاني: هو الإيمان بربوبية الله؛ أي بأن الله وحده هو الرب لا شريك له ولا معين، له سبحانه الخلق والملك والأمر؛ فلا خالق إلا الله، ولا مالك إلا الله، ولا آمر إلا لله -سبحانه وتعالى: ﴿ أَلَا لَهُ الْخَلْقُ وَالْأَمْرُ ﴾ [الأعراف: 54]، ﴿ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِنْ قِطْمِيرٍ ﴾ [فاطر: 13]. فكما أنه سبحانه مدبر الكون القاضي فيه بما يريد حسبما تقتضيه حكمته فهو كذلك الحاكم فيه هو سبحانه الحاكم فيه بشرع العبادات وأحكام المعاملات حسبما تقتضيه حكمته؛ فمن اتخذ مع الله مشرعا في العبادات أو حاكما في المعاملات قد أشرك به سبحانه ولم يحقق الإيمان به -عز وجل-. ومما يتضمنه الإيمان بالله -عز وجل- الإيمان بألوهيته وأنه وحده الإله الحق لا شريك له، المعبود حقا حبا وتعظيما ﴿ وَإِلَهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ ﴾ [البقرة: 163]. وكل الآلهة التي تعبد من دون الله فهي باطلة ﴿ ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَأَنَّ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ هُوَ الْبَاطِلُ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ ﴾ [الحج: 62]. وعلى هذا فكل العبادات يجب ألا تصرف إلا لله وحده لا شريك له؛ فالصلاة والزكاة والصيام والحج لله وحده -عز وجل-، والدعاء والنذر والذبح والحلف والخوف والخشية والرغبة والرهبة والإنابة والاستعانة والاستغاثة والتوكل كل ذلك وغيره من أنواع العبادات يجب أن تصرف لله الواحد القهار -سبحانه وبحمده- وألا يشرك مع الله غيره ﴿ قُلْ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ * لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ﴾ [الأنعام: 162، 163]. ومما يتضمنه الإيمان بالله -عز وجل-: الإيمان بأسماء الله وصفاته الواردة في كتابه وما صح عن نبيه -صلى الله عليه وسلم-؛ فكل اسم سمى الله به نفسه أو سماه به رسوله -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يجب إثباته لله، وكل صفة وصف الله بها نفسه أو وصفها به رسوله -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يجب إثباتها ؛ كصفة الرحمة والغضب والرضا والكلام والضحك واليدين والقدم والوجه والعينين وغير ذلك؛ إثباتا بلا تشبيه، وتنزيها بلا تعطيل على حد قول الله تعالى: ﴿ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ ﴾ [الشورى: 11]. إن أسماء الله -عز وجل- وصفاته يجب أن يستشعر منها المسلم كمال الله وعظمته وقوته وجلاله وكماله وقربه من خلقه واطلاعه عليهم ﴿ وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا وَذَرُوا الَّذِينَ يُلْحِدُونَ فِي أَسْمَائِهِ سَيُجْزَوْنَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴾ [الأعراف: 180]. والأصل الثاني من أصول الإيمان: الإيمان بالملائكة وهم عالم غيبي مخلوقون يعبدون الله تعالى ليس لهم من خصائص الربوبية والألوهية شيء، خلقهم الله تعالى من نور، ومنحهم الانقياد التام لأمره والقوة على تنفيذ أمره قال تعالى: ﴿ وَمَنْ عِنْدَهُ لَا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِهِ وَلَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ * يُسَبِّحُونَ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ ﴾ [الأنبياء: 19، 20]. الملائكة عدد كثير لا يحصون،البيت المعمور في السماء يدخله كل يوم سبعون ألف ملك لا يعودون إليه حتى تقوم الساعة. والإيمان بالملائكة يتضمن أمورا أربعة: الإيمان بوجودهم وهم عالم غيبي، والإيمان بالغيب من صفات عباد الله المؤمنين، والإيمان بمن علمنا اسمه منهم باسمه كجبريل، ومن لم نعلم اسمه نؤمن به إجمالا، والإيمان بما علمنا من صفاتهم كصفة جبرائيل؛ فقد رآه -صلى الله عليه وسلم- على هيئته التي خلق عليها وله ستمائة جناح قد سد الأفق. وكذلك الإيمان بما علمنا من أعمالهم التي يقومون بها بأمر الله تعالى كالتسبيح له -عز وجل-، والتعبد له ليلا ونهارا، ولبعضهم أعمالا خاصة هو موكل بها؛ فجبريل أمين الوحي، وميكائيل الموكل بالقطر والنبات، وإسرافيل الموكل بالنفخ. والأصل الثالث من أصول الإيمان وأركانه: الإيمان بالكتب التي أنزلها الله تعالى على رسله رحمة للخلق وهداية لهم؛ ليصلوا باتباعها إلى سعادتهم في الدنيا والآخرة. والإيمان بهذه الكتب يتضمن أربعة أمور: الأول الإيمان بأن نزولها من عند الله حقا. والثاني الإيمان بما علمنا اسمه منها باسمه؛ كالقرآن الذي أنزل على محمد -صلى الله عليه وسلم-، والتوراة التي أنزلت على موسى والإنجيل الذي أنزل على عيسى، والزبور الذي أنزل على داوود، وأما الكتب التي لم نعلم اسمها فنؤمن بها اجمالا. والثالث: تصديق ما صح من أخبارها؛ كأخبار القرآن. والرابع : العمل بأحكام ما لم ينسخ منها؛ كالقرآن الكريم، بل القرآن الكريم نسخ ما قبله من الكتب؛ فمن الإيمان بالقرآن العمل بأحكامه والرضا بها والتسليم لها والانقياد لها وعدم معارضة أحكام القرآن لا بذوق ولا عقل. والاعتقاد كذلك بأن ما سوى القرآن منسوخ لا يجب العمل بشيء منه بعد بعثة محمد -صلى الله عليه وسلم-. والأصل الرابع من أصول الإيمان: الإيمان برسل الله -عز وجل- الذين أرسلهم الله إلى الخلق يعلموهم شريعة الله ﴿ رُسُلًا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى اللَّهِ حُجَّةٌ بَعْدَ الرُّسُلِ ﴾ [النساء: 165]. وأول الرسل نوحا -عليه الصلاة والسلام- وآخرهم محمد -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وعلى سائر أنبياء الله ورسله أجمعين ﴿ إِنَّا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ كَمَا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى نُوحٍ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ ﴾ [النساء: 163]. ورسولنا محمد -صلى الله عليه وسلم- هو أفضل رسل الله وهو آخرهم وخاتمهم؛ فلا نبي بعده، ولا رسالة بعد رسالته ﴿ مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَدٍ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ ﴾ [الأحزاب: 40]. والإيمان بالرسل يتضمن الإيمان بأن رسالتهم حق من عند الله تعالى؛ فمن كفر برسالة واحد منهم فقد كفر بالجميع. ويتضمن الإيمان كذلك بمن علمنا اسمه من أنبياء الله ورسله باسمه؛ مثل محمد وإبراهيم وموسى وعيسى ونوح عليهم جميعا الصلاة والسلام، وهؤلاء الخمسة هم أولي العزم من الرسل، وأما من لم نعلم اسمه منهم فنؤمن به إجمالا. والإيمان بالرسل يتضمن تصديق ما صح من أخبارهم، والعمل بشريعة من أرسل إلينا منهم وهو خاتمهم محمد -صلى الله عليه وسلم- إلى جميع الناس العرب والعجم بل إلى جميع الثقلين الإنس والجن ﴿ فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا ﴾ [النساء: 65]. يقول -صلى الله عليه وسلم: "والذي نفس محمد بيده لا يسمع بي أحد من هذه الأمة يهوديٌ ولا نصرانيٌ ثم يموت ولم يؤمن بالذي أرسلت به إلا كان من أصحاب النار". فنسأل الله -عز وجل- بأسمائه الحسنى وصفاته العلى أن يجعلنا من أهل هذه العقيدة الذين يعيشون عليها ويموتون عليها ويبعثون عليها؛ إن ربي على كل شيء قدير. بارك الله لي ولكم في القرآن العظيم ونفعني وإياكم بما فيه من الآيات والذكر الحكيم، أقول هذا القول واستغفر الله لي ولكم ولسائر المسلمين من كل ذنب وخطيئة فاستغفروه وتوبوا إليه؛ إنه هو الغفور الرحيم. الخطبة الثانية الحمد لله الذي يقول الحق ويهدي السبيل وأشهد أن إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له تعظيما لشأنه وأشهد أن محمدا عبده ورسوله الداعي إلى رضوانه صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه وأتباعه وسلم تسليما كثيرا إلى يوم الدين؛ أما بعد: فأيها الإخوة في الله: الأصل الخامس من أصول الإيمان وأسس عقيدة الإسلام الإيمان باليوم الآخر يوم القيامة؛ الذي يبعثُ الناس فيه جميعا من أول الخلق إلى أخرهم يبعثون جميعا للحساب والجزاء، وسمي باليوم الآخر؛ لأنه لا يوم بعده حيث يستقر أهل الجنة في منازلهم في الجنة وأهل النار في منازلهم من النار. والإيمان باليوم الآخر يتضمن ثلاثة أمور: الأول: الإيمان بالبعث وهو إحياء الموتى حين ينفخ في الصور النفخة الثانية، فيقوم الناس كلهم لله رب العالمين؛ حفاة عراة غرلا، ﴿ كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيدُهُ وَعْدًا عَلَيْنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ ﴾ [الأنبياء: 104] ﴿ ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ * ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تُبْعَثُونَ ﴾ [المؤمنون: 15، 16] ﴿ أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ ﴾ [المؤمنون: 115]. ومما يتضمنه الإيمان باليوم الآخر: الإيمان بالحساب والجزاء؛ فيحاسب العبد على عمله ويجازى عليه صغيره وكبيره دقه وجله؛ إن خيرا فخير وإن شرا فشر ﴿ مَنْ جَاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثَالِهَا وَمَنْ جَاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَلَا يُجْزَى إِلَّا مِثْلَهَا وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ ﴾ [الأنعام: 160]. والأمر الثالث مما يتضمنه الإيمان باليوم الآخر: الإيمان بالجنة والنار وأنهما المآل الأبدي للخلق؛ فالجنة دار النعيم التي أعدها الله للمؤمنين؛ الذين آمنوا بما أوجب الله عليهم وقاموا بطاعة الله وطاعة رسله مخلصين له الدين فيها ما لا عين رأت ولا أذن سمعت ولا خطر على قلب بشر، وأما النار فهي دار العذاب التي أعدها الله تعالى للكافرين والظالمين؛ الذين كفروا بالله وعصوا رسله فيها من أنواع العذاب والنكال ما لا يخطر على البال عياذا بالله. ويلتحق بالإيمان باليوم الآخر الإيمان بكل ما يكون بعد الموت؛ مثل فتنة القبر وهي سؤال الميت بعد دفنه عن ربه وعن نبيه وعن دينه؛ فيثبت الله الذين آمنوا بالقول الثابت، فيقول المؤمن ربي الله وديني الإسلام ونبي محمد، ويضل الله الظالمين فيقول الكافر: ها ها لا أدري، ويقول المنافق أو المرتاب لا أدري، سمعت الناس يقولون شيئا فقلته. ومما يجب الإيمان به كذلك: عذاب القبر، وأن المؤمن ينعم له في قبره، فيرى مقعده من الجنة، ويفتح له فرجة فيأتيه من روحها وريحها إلى قيام الساعة. وأما الكافر فيعذب في قبره والعياذ بالله إلى أن تقوم الساعة: ﴿ النَّارُ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُوًّا وَعَشِيًّا وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ أَدْخِلُوا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَشَدَّ الْعَذَابِ ﴾ [غافر: 46]. والأصل السادس من أصول الإيمان: الإيمان بالقدر؛ وهو تقدير الله تعالى للكائنات حسبما سبق به علمه واقتضته حكمته. والإيمان بالقدر يتضمن الإيمان بأن الله تعالى عالم بكل شيء جملة وتفصيلا سواء كان مما يتعلق بأفعاله أو أفعال عباده. ويتضمن الإيمان بالقدر: الإيمان بأن الله كتب ذلك في اللوح المحفوظ؛ ﴿ أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابٍ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ ﴾ [الحج: 70]. ويتضمن الإيمان بالقدر: الإيمان بأن جميع الكائنات لا تكون إلا بمشيئة الله تعالى ﴿ هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ﴾ [آل عمران: 6]. ويتضمن كذلك الإيمان بأن جميع الكائنات مخلوقة لله تعالى ما رأيناه منها وما لم نره ﴿ وَرَبُّكَ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَيَخْتَارُ ﴾ [القصص: 68] ﴿ اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ ﴾ [الزمر: 62]. هذه -يا عباد الله- هي أصول الإيمان وأركانه يجب على كل مسلم أن يؤمن بها وأن يعتقد بها وأن ينشأ عليها أهله وذريته حتى يكون الجميع مؤمنين موحدين. نسأل الله -سبحانه وتعالى- أن يحسن ختامنا وأن يلهمنا رشدنا إنه سميع مجيب. هذا وصلوا وسلموا على نبيكم محمد بن عبد الله فقد أمركم ربكم بهذا في كتابه فقال عز من قائل: ﴿ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا ﴾ [الأحزاب: 56]، وقال عليه الصلاة والسلام "من صل علي صلاة صل الله عليه بها عشرة". اللهم صل وسلم وبارك...