الوسطية: نهج وحياة (خطبة)

The Middle Path: An Approach and a Way of Life First Sermon Praise be to Allah, the Wise, the All-Aware, Who made His Sharia a light for the chests and a tranquility for the hearts in the time of trials and changes. 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. Allah sent him as a mercy to the worlds and a guide to a straight path. May Allah send prayers, blessings, and peace upon him, upon his family, upon his companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. As for what follows: Fear Allah, O servants of Allah; for indeed, His fear is the best provision for the Day of meeting Him. And know that the most truthful speech is the Book of Allah, the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and the worst of matters are those newly invented, and every newly invented matter is an innovation, and every innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire [1]. O beloved ones in Allah: In our contemporary time, where noise crowds and ideas clash, and where waves of extremism and harshness pull at the human being, and where souls are scattered between a dominant materialism and an extremist thought, the Muslim finds himself in an urgent need for an "anchor" that stabilizes him, and a path that grants him tranquility and security. Indeed, this path is the Straight Path, which we ask Allah, the Exalted, to guide us to every day, no less than seventeen times in our prayers; when we recite the Fatiha: "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have earned Your anger or of those who are astray" [Al-Fatiha: 6-7]. Indeed, "those who have earned Your anger" are the people of excess who knew the truth but were arrogant about it, and "those who are astray" are the people of negligence who deviated from the truth without knowledge. And between them stands the Muslim in the presence of the Middle Approach. O believers: Indeed, the middle path of this Ummah is not a fabricated compromise, nor a concession from the constants for the sake of pleasing people, but rather it is a noble station, and a beautiful divine balance between the spirit and matter, and between the intellect and emotion. Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says: "And thus We have made you a middle nation that you may be witnesses over the people" [Al-Baqara: 143]. Middle in creed and Sharia, middle in morals and conduct, middle in dealing with this world and the Hereafter. Imam Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) says in a unique faith-based remark: "For the religion of Allah is a middle path between the one who exaggerates in it and the one who is harsh towards it, and the best of people are the middle group who rose above the negligence of the negligent and did not catch up with the excess of the transgressors" [2]. So, in the chapter of Names and Attributes: They affirm for Allah what He has affirmed for Himself, without distortion or negation, and without defining or likening; their certainty in their Lord is that He is: "There is nothing like Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing" [Ash-Shura: 11]. And in the chapter of the love of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): They love him more than themselves, their families, and their wealth; for their love of him is obedience and following, without any exaggeration that would remove him from his humanity, and without any harshness that would diminish his status—upon him be prayers and peace. And in the chapter of graves and their visitation: They stand the stance of the Prophetic guidance; they do not worship them nor call upon their occupants other than Allah, and at the same time, they do not insult them, but rather they visit them for the reminder of the Hereafter and for supplicating for the deceased with mercy. And in the chapter of faith and action: They believe that faith is speech and action; so they do not declare a Muslim a disbeliever for a sin as the Khawarij did, nor do they belittle sins and abolish action as the Murji'a did. And in the chapter of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil: they proceed with wisdom and good exhortation; they do not consider bloodshed permissible, nor do they rebel against those in authority, like the people of fitna (sedition), nor do they neglect or shirk from advising society and spreading goodness within it. In worship and life: they do not sever themselves from the world in the name of the innovated asceticism, nor do they drown in the mud of materialism and desires; rather, they combine the cultivation of the earth with the tranquility of the prayer niche. I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan: “And that this is My straight path, so follow it, and do not follow the ways that will cause you to stray from His path. This He has prescribed for you that perhaps you will fear Allah” [Al-An'am: 153]. May Allah bless me and you in the Great Quran, and benefit me and you with what is in it of verses and wise remembrance. I say this and I seek forgiveness from Allah for myself and for you and for all Muslims from every sin, so seek His forgiveness; indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. The Second Sermon Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, who was sent as a mercy to the worlds, and upon his family and all his companions. As for what follows: Fear Allah, O servants of Allah! And know that our need for moderation today is not an intellectual luxury, but it is a life jacket for our souls, our children, and our societies; for indeed, Satan lies in wait for man, and he does not care which of the two paths he strikes him with. Imam Al-Awza'i – may Allah have mercy on him – said: “There is no matter that Allah has commanded, except that Satan has two stings in it: either towards extremism, or towards negligence; he does not care which of the two he succeeds in” [3]. And our Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, warned us from these two paths and said: “Proceed with moderation, and you will attain your goal” [4]. O beloved ones in Allah: How do we live this blessed moderation in our day? First: By adhering to the first lamp: that we tie our hearts and our lives to the Noble Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah; for they are the strong fortress against the tyranny of materialism and the poisons of deviant ideas. Second: By awareness and wisdom: that we educate ourselves, our sons, and our daughters on balance; so there is no extremism that begets radicalism and violence, and no negligence that drops identity and morals before the flood of evil deeds. Third: By rallying around the leadership and the firmly rooted scholars: that we follow those who possess the comprehensive view and deep jurisprudence, and that we adhere to obedience to the rulers in what is good, in order to preserve security, unite the word, and protect society from fragmentation and chaos. Then pray and send peace upon the one who was sent as a mercy to the worlds, for your Lord has commanded you and said: “Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet. O you who have believed, send blessings upon him and greet him with greeting” [Al-Ahzab: 56]. O Allah, guide us to Your straight path, the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor: the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous. O Allah, exalt Islam and the Muslims, and protect our homelands and our rulers, and guide our youth and our young women, and make us guides who are guided, not astray nor misleading. [1] The Sermon of Necessity: Narrated by Muslim in his Sahih, number (867), from the hadith of Jabir ibn Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with both of them.

الوَسَطِيَّةُ: نَهْجٌ وَحَيَاةٌ الخطبة الأولى الحَمْدُ للَّهِ الحَكِيمِ الخَبِيرِ، جَعَلَ شَرِيعَتَهُ نُوراً لِلصُّدُورِ، وَسَكِينَةً لِلْقُلُوبِ فِي زَمَنِ الفِتَنِ وَالـمُتَغَيِّرَاتِ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ، وَهَادِياً إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ، صَلَّى اللَّهُ وَسَلَّمَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الدِّينِ. أَمَّا بَعْدُ: فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ تَعَالَى عِبَادَ اللَّهِ؛ فَإِنَّ تَقْوَاهُ خَيْرُ زَادٍ لِيَوْمِ لِقَائِهِ، وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ أَصْدَقَ الحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ، وَخَيْرَ الهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، وَشَرَّ الأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا، وَكُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ، وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلالَةٌ، وَكُلَّ ضَلالَةٍ فِي النَّارِ [1] . أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّةُ فِي اللَّهِ: فِي زَمَنِنَا المعَاصِرِ، حَيْثُ يَتَزَاحَمُ الصَّخَبُ وَتَتَضَارَبُ الأَفْكَارُ، وَتَتَجَاذَبُ الإِنْسَانَ أَمْوَاجُ الغُلُوِّ وَالجَفَاءِ، وَتَتَشَتَّتُ النُّفُوسُ بَيْنَ مَادِّيَّةٍ طَاغِيَةٍ وَفِكْرٍ مُتَطَرِّفٍ، يَجِدُ الـمُسْلِمُ نَفْسَهُ فِي حَاجَةٍ مَاسَّةٍ إِلَى "مِرْسَاةٍ" تُثَبِّتُهُ، وَطَرِيقٍ يَمْنَحُهُ السَّكِينَةَ وَالأَمَانَ. إِنَّ هَذَا الطَّرِيقَ هُوَ الصِّرَاطُ الـمُسْتَقِيمُ، الَّذِي نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَهْدِيَنَا إِيَّاهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مَا لا يَقِلُّ عَنْ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً فِي صَلَوَاتِنَا؛ حِينَ نَقْرَأُ الفَاتِحَةَ: ﴿ اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ * صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ ﴾ [الفاتحة: 6-7]. إنَّ "الـمَغْضُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ" هُمْ أَهْلُ الإِفْرَاطِ الَّذِينَ عَرَفُوا الحَقَّ وَتَكَبَّرُوا عَنْهُ، وَ"الضَّالِّينَ" هُمْ أَهْلُ التَّفْرِيطِ الَّذِينَ انْحَرَفُوا عَنِ الحَقِّ بِلَا عِلْمٍ. وَبَيْنَهُمَا يَقِفُ الـمُسْلِمُ فِي حَضْرَةِ الـمَنَهْجِ الوَسَطِ. أَيُّهَا الـمُؤْمِنُونَ: إِنَّ وَسَطِيَّةَ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ لَيْسَتْ حَلَّاً وَسَطاً مُلَفَّقاً، وَلا تَنَازُلاً عَنِ الثَّوَابِتِ لِرِضَا البَشَرِ، بَلْ هِيَ مَقَامٌ شَرِيفٌ، وَتَوَازُنٌ إِلَهِيٌّ جَمِيلٌ بَيْنَ الرُّوحِ وَالـمَادَّةِ، وَالعَقْلِ وَالعَاطِفَةِ. يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: ﴿ وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا لِتَكُونُوا شُهَدَاءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ﴾ [البقرة: 143]. وَسَطٌ فِي العَقِيدَةِ وَالشَّرِيعَةِ، وَسَطٌ فِي الأَخْلَاقِ وَالسُّلُوكِ، وَسَطٌ فِي التَّعَامُلِ مَعَ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ. يَقُولُ الإِمَامُ ابْنُ القَيِّمِ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - فِي لَفْتَةٍ إِيمَانِيَّةٍ بَدِيعَةٍ: "فَدِينُ اللَّهِ وَسَطٌ بَيْنَ الغَالِي فِيهِ وَالجَافِي عَنْهُ، وَخَيْرُ النَّاسِ النَّمَطُ الأَوْسَطُ الَّذِينَ ارْتَفَعُوا عَنْ تَقْصِيرِ الـمُفَرِّطِينَ، وَلَمْ يَلْحَقُوا بِغُلُوِّ الـمُعْتَدِينَ" [2] . فَفِي بَابِ الأَسْمَاءِ وَالصِّفَاتِ: يُثْبِتُونَ لِلَّهِ مَا أَثْبَتَهُ لِنَفْسِهِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ تَحْرِيفٍ وَلا تَعْطِيلٍ، وَمِنْ غَيْرِ تَكْيِيفٍ وَلا تَمْثِيلٍ؛ يَقِينُهُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ أَنَّهُ: ﴿ لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ ﴾ [الشورى: 11]. وَفِي بَابِ مَحَبَّةِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: يُحِبُّونَهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ وَمَالِهِمْ؛ فَمَحَبَّتُهُ طَاعَةٌ وَاتِّبَاعٌ لَا غُلُوَّ فِيهَا يُخْرِجُهُ عَنْ بَشَرِيَّتِهِ، وَلَا جَفَاءَ يُنْقِصُ مِنْ قَدْرِهِ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ. وَفِي بَابِ القُبُورِ وَزِيَارَتِهَا: يَقِفُونَ مَوْقِفَ الهَدْيِ النَّبَوِيِّ؛ لَا يَعْبُدُونَهَا وَلا يَدْعُونَ أَصْحَابَهَا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ، وَفِي الوَقْتِ نَفْسِهِ لا يُهِينُونَهَا، بَلْ يَزُورُونَهَا لِلتَّذْكِيرِ بِالآخِرَةِ وَالدُّعَاءِ لِلْمَوْتَى بِالرَّحْمَةِ. وَفِي بَابِ الإِيمَانِ وَالعَمَلِ: يَعْتَقِدُونَ أَنَّ الإِيمَانَ قَوْلٌ وَعَمَلٌ؛ فَلا يُكَفِّرُونَ المُِسْلِمَ بِالذَّنْبِ كَما فَعَلَتِ الخَوَارِجُ، وَلَا يهَوَّنُونَ بِالْمَعَاصِي وَيُسْقِطُونَ العَمَلَ كَمَا أَلْغَتْهُ المرْجِئَةُ. وَفِي بَابِ الأَمْرِ بِالـمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الـمُنْكَرِ: يَمْضُونَ بِالحِكْمَةِ وَالمَْوْعِظَةِ الحَسَنَةِ؛ فَلا يَسْتَحِلُّونَ الدِّمَاءَ وَلا يَخْرُجُونَ عَلَى أَوْلِيَاءِ الأُمُورِ مِثْلَ أَهْلِ الفِتْنَةِ، وَلا يَتَخَلَّفُونَ أَوْ يَتَقَاعَسُونَ عَنْ نَصِيحَةِ الـمُجْتَمَعِ وَبَثِّ الخَيْرِ فِيهِ. وَفِي العِبَادَاتِ وَالحَيَاةِ: لا يَنْقَطِعُونَ عَنِ الدُّنْيَا بِاسْمِ الزُّهْدِ الـمُبْتَدَعِ، وَلا يَغْرَقُونَ فِي طِينِ الـمَادِيَّاتِ وَالشَّهَوَاتِ، بَلْ يَجْمَعُونَ بَيْنَ عِمَارَةِ الأَرْضِ وَسَكِينَةِ الـمِحْرَابِ. أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ: ﴿ وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ ذَلِكُمْ وَصَّاكُمْ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ﴾ [الأنعام: 153]. بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لِي وَلَكُمْ فِي القُرْآنِ العَظِيمِ، وَنَفَعَنِي وَإِيَّاكُمْ بِمَا فِيهِ مِنَ الآيَاتِ وَالذِّكْرِ الحَكِيمِ، أَقُولُ قَوْلِي هَذَا وَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ لِي وَلَكُمْ وَلِسَائِرِ الـمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ كُلِّ ذَنْبٍ، فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ إِنَّهُ هُوَ الغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ. الخُطْبَةَ الثّانِيَةَ الحَمْدُ للَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ الـمَبْعُوثِ رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ. أَمَّا بَعْدُ.. فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ: وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ حَاجَتَنَا لِلْوَسَطِيَّةِ اليَوْمَ لَيْسَتْ تَرْفاً فِكْرِيّاً، بَلْ هِيَ طَوْقُ نَجَاةٍ لِأَرْوَاحِنَا وَأَبْنَائِنَا وَمُجْتَمَعَاتِنَا؛ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَتَرَبَّصُ بِالإِنْسَانِ، وَلا يُبَالِي بِأَيِّ الطَّرِيقَيْنِ أَصَابَهُ. قَالَ الإِمَامُ الأَوْزَاعِيُّ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ: " مَا مِنْ أَمْرٍ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ، إِلاَّ وَلِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهِ نَزْغَتَانِ: إِمَّا إِلَى غُلُوٍّ، وَإِمَّا إِلَى تَقْصِيرٍ، لا يُبَالِي بِأَيِّهِمَا ظَفِرَ" [3] . وَقَدْ حَذَّرَنَا نَبِيُّنَا صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ هَذَيْنِ المسْلَكَيْنِ فَقالَ: «الْقَصْدَ الْقَصْدَ تَبْلُغُوا» [4] . أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّةُ فِي اللَّهِ: كَيْفَ نَحْيَا هَذِهِ الوَسَطِيَّةَ المُْبَارَكَةَ فِي يَوْمِنَا هَذَا؟ أَوَّلاً: بلُزُومُ المِشْكَاةِ الأُولَى: أَنْ نَرْبِطَ قُلُوبَنَا وَحَيَاتَنَا بِالقُرْآنِ الكَرِيمِ وَالسُّنَّةِ النَّبَوِيَّةِ؛ فَهُمَا الحِصْنُ الـمَكِينُ مِنْ طُغْيَانِ الـمَادِّيَّةِ وَسَمُومِ الأَفْكَارِ الـمُنْحَرِفَةِ. ثَانِياً: بالوَعْيُ وَالحِكْمَةُ: أَنْ نُرَبِّيَ أَنْفُسَنَا وَأَبْنَاءَنَا وَبَنَاتِنَا عَلَى التَّوَازُنِ؛ فَلَا غُلُوَّ يُوَرِّثُ التَّطَرُّفَ وَالعُنْفَ، وَلَا تَفْرِيطَ يُسْقِطُ الهَوِيَّةَ وَالأَخْلَاقَ أَمَامَ سَيْلِ الـمُنْكَرَاتِ. ثَالِثاً: بالالْتِفَافُ حَوْلَ القِيَادَةِ وَالرَّاسِخِينَ مِنَ العُلَمَاءِ: أَنْ نَسِيرَ خَلْفَ مَنْ يَمْلِكُونَ النَّظَرَةَ الشَّامِلَةَ وَالفِقْهَ العَمِيقَ، وَأَنْ نَلْتَزِمَ الطَّاعَةَ لِوُلَاةِ الأَمْرِ فِي الـمَعْرُوفِ، حِفْظاً لِلأَمْنِ، وَجَمْعاً لِلْكَلِمَةِ، وَوَقَايَةً لِلـمُجْتَمَعِ مِنَ التَّشَظِّي وَالفَوْضَى. ثُمَّ صَلُّوا وَسَلِّمُوا عَلَى الـمَبْعُوثِ رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ، فَقَدْ أَمَرَكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ فَقَالَ: ﴿ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا ﴾ [الأحزاب: 56]. اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنَا صِرَاطَكَ الـمُسْتَقِيمَ، صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ منَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ. اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الإِسْلَامَ وَالـمُسْلِمِينَ، وَاحْفَظْ أَوْطَانَنَا وَوُلاَةَ أُمُورِنَا، وَاهْدِ شَبَابَنَا وَفَتَيَاتِنَا، وَاجْعَلْنَا هُدَاةً مُهْتَدِينَ لا ضَالِّينَ وَلا مُضِلِّينَ. [1] خطبة الحاجة: أخرجها مسلم في صحيحه برقم (867) من حديث جابر بن عبد الله رضي الله عنهما .