Brothers and sisters, Assalaamualaykum
I have quickly extracted the perternaint piece that deals with our Brother's (below concern). I've tried to keep it brief, but the full khutbah can be found here- www.geocities. com/khutbahs/ 04052001. doc
In the Qur'an, Allah has spoken to us, and He said (which is something no Muslim in theory denies)
Behold! You have in Allah's messenger a prototype, someone that you can adopt as your role model (Surah Al-Ahzaab verse 21)
But for whom?
For those who are intent on wanting Allah and the final day; and those for whom Allah is embedded in their conscience (Surah Al-Ahzaab verse 21)
We quote this ayah but how many of us care to live Allah's Prophets behavior, his pattern of decisions and how many of us spent enough time thinking of what it would mean for the Prophet to be alive in our set of circumstances and conditions and how he would respond to them? The central issue that we should be concerned with is repositioning Allah's Prophet in our world. Obviously, we cannot do that by resurrecting him because he has passed on, but he has left for us his impeccable decisions that deal with human nature that repeats itself. We have today, a real world; we have politicians who are either Mushrik or Yahud, who find no time of respite, as they are almost obsessed with seeing to it that we do not emerge with the character of Allah's Prophet in our contemporary time. Let us try to live in the context of Allah's Prophet and in the context of our times simultaneously to realize and detect what is otherwise the subject of elimination from our minds and lives.
We know that Yahud had a presence in Al-Medinah. We covered the details of their presence in Al-Medinah and how Allah's Prophet gave them a measure of autonomy under the aegis of an Islamic leadership represented by himself. Within only a span of six years, they proved their treachery to Allah's Prophet and Allah, himself. What was the result of that? They no longer were able to enjoy any degree of autonomy under Islamic rule. We know in the course of the 23 years of the Muhammedi struggle throughout Makkah and Al-Medinah, the Prophet was intent and focused on having an Islamic order that would negate the other orders in the Arabian Peninsula , so, the 1st to oppose him were the Mushriks of Makkah and the 2nd to oppose him were Yahud of Al-Medinah.
(Ya Muhammed)- You will find those most intense in hostility to those who are committed Al-Yahud and the Mushriks (Surah Al-Ma'idah verse 85)
When Allah's Prophet was successful in denying Yahud their autonomy in Al-Medinah under Islamic rules and regulations, they left. They went to Khaybar- where they tried to regroup. When Allah's Prophet saw that Yahud were regrouping in Khaybar, that the grand alliance that placed a seige on Al-Medinah was concocted in Khaybar and that the remaining Jewish faction in Al-Medinah, Bani Quraida betrayed their word with him was traced back to Khaybar; he said, now is the time to take on Khaybar- this was only six years, almost seven years into being in Al-Medinah. But, Khaybar was busy trying to make a last military stance against the committed Muslims of Al-Medinah. The Prophet brought a force, the battle at Khaybar lasted three weeks and the military campaign was over. What happened here? Yahud lost their political, economic and military presence in Arabia for good. There remained individuals here and there, but they didn't have an autonomous presence in the Peninsula . Remember- you may have heard this hadith plucked out of context, but it was in this context and point of developments of the affairs between Muslims and the Yahud that the Prophet said there cannot be two deens that co-exist in the Peninsula- deen here, was after autonomy was abolished and after others from Al-Yahud and An-Nasara maintained their individual religious character. Allah's Prophet didn't go around in the Peninsula telling every Yahudi and Nasrani: "Leave! You have to leave, because there cannot be two religions in Al-Jazeera, in the Peninsula ". When the Prophet died, according to some sources of information, he was in-debt to a Yahudi, a Jew, from whom he borrowed a shield. Some of these Yahud, even before the Prophet passed away, as individuals returned to Al-Medinah. No one told them as individuals, you cannot return to Al-Medinah; but, when you have this political, military, economic and social information absent from your mind, some one can come across and say "There cannot be two religions in Arabia" and they justify because of this hadith of the Prophet that they have taken out of context, their policies telling Christians and Jews you cannot have your temple, churches or synagogues in Arabia. When did that happen? Where did they get this information from? But this is the fall-out and this is the damage that is done when we don't look at these developments in their political and military dimensions. The Muslims ended the autonomous presence of Yahud in the Arabian Peninsula when Khaybar succumbed. 10,000 could not defeat 1,400 hardcore committed Muslims. The Prophet went on to Fadaq, another Yahudi social concentration in Arabia, and they immediately surrendered without any resistance; then, he went from there to Ummil Qura, another Yahudi concentration of people- they put up a resistance and they were defeated; then, the Prophet sent letters of communication to the rest of Yahud. Some of them (were) living in what is today close to the Gulf of Aqaba, where the Red Sea meets the Sinai- an area in which there is a sliver of land that belongs to Saudi Arabia, but is controlled, administered and occupied by the Israelis, but no one says that Saudi Arabia is a front line state. You always hear Egypt , Jordan , Syria and Lebanon , because Israel occupies some of their lands, but no one comes out to tell us technically speaking, Israel also occupies a small area of land that technically belongs to Saudi Arabia . Not only does Saudi Arabia take this information out from public circulation because they don't want anyone to mention this in the Masajid and Islamic Centres where they have the final word, they also don't want to appear in public as if they have a confrontational position against the Israelis. Allah's Prophet sent letters of communication to these Yahudi communities around- there was no abuse to be done to Yahud or to anyone else because of the belief or creed, that they choose, but when they want that belief to express itself in the political, military and economic sense, they will not have the right to do that because of their behaviour with Muslims. Are there any Muslims who are willing to follow this history up?
--- In THE_STREET_MIMBAR@ yahoogroups. com, mohideen ibramsha <ibramsha7@.. .> wrote:
>
> Dear brothers and sisters, June 5, 2008;
>
> Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmathullahi Wa Bharakhathuhu.
>
> Please see all the Traditions in the two URLs below. It is clear that Islam alone can be practiced in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia is part of the Arabian Peninsula. Accordingly the Khutbah is wrong regarding Churches and Synagogues inside Saudi Arabia. We have no opinion regarding the other content of the Khutbah.
>
> http://www.searchtr uth.com/searchHa dith.php? keyword=two+ Deens&translator= 4&search=1&book=&start=0&records_ display=10&search_word= all
> ===
> (1) Yahya related to me from Malik from
> Ismail ibn Abi Hakim that he heard Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz say, "One of
> the last things that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
> grant him peace, said was, 'May Allah fight the jews and the
> christians. They took the graves of their Prophets as places of
> prostration . two Deens shall not co-exist in the land of the Arabs.' "
> (Book #45, Hadith #45.5.17) [Al-Muwatta]
>
> (2) Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "two Deens
> shall not co-exist in the Arabian Peninsula." Malik said that Ibn
> Shihab said, ''Umar ibn al-Khattab searched for information about that
> until he was absolutely convinced that the Messenger of Allah, may
> Allah bless him and grant him peace, had said, 'two Deens shall not co-exist in the Arabian Peninsula,' and he therefore expelled the jews from Khaybar."
> (Book #45, Hadith #45.5.18) [Al-Muwatta]
> ===
>
> http://www.searchtr uth.com/searchHa dith.php? keyword=expelled +Jews&translator= 1&search=1&book=&start=0&records_ display=10&search_word= all
> ===
> (1) Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Umar expelled the Jews and the Christians from Hijaz. When Allah's Apostle had conquered Khaibar, he wanted to expel the Jews from it as its land became the property of Allah, His Apostle, and the Muslims. Allah's Apostle intended to expel the Jews
> but they requested him to let them stay there on the condition that
> they would do the labor and get half of the fruits. Allah's Apostle
> told them, "We will let you stay on thus condition, as long as we
> wish." So, they (i.e. Jews) kept on living there until 'Umar forced them to go towards Taima' and Ariha'.
> (Book #39, Hadith #531) [Sahih Bukhari]
>
> (2) Narrated Ibn Umar: When the people
> of Khaibar dislocated Abdullah bin Umar's hands and feet, Umar got up
> delivering a sermon saying, "No doubt, Allah's Apostle made a contract
> with the Jews concerning their
> properties, and said to them, 'We allow you (to stand in your land) as
> long as Allah allows you.' Now Abdullah bin Umar went to his land and
> was attacked at night, and his hands and feet were dislocated, and as
> we have no enemies there except those Jews,
> they are our enemies and the only people whom we suspect, I have made
> up my mind to exile them." When Umar decided to carry out his decision,
> a son of Abu Al-Haqiq's came and addressed 'Umar, "O chief of the
> believers, will you exile us although Muhammad allowed us to stay at
> our places, and made a contract with us about our properties, and
> accepted the condition of our residence in our land?" 'Umar said, "Do
> you think that I have forgotten the statement of Allah's Apostle, i.e.:
> What will your condition be when you are expelled
> from Khaibar and your camel will be carrying you night after night?"
> The Jew replied, "That was joke from Abu-l-Qasim. " 'Umar said, "O the
> enemy of Allah! You are telling a lie." 'Umar then drove them out and
> paid them the price of their properties in the form of fruits, money,
> camel saddles and ropes, etc." (Book #50, Hadith #890) [Sahih Bukhari]
>
> (3) Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Umar bin Al-Khattab expelled all the Jews and Christians from the land of Hijaz. Allah's Apostle after conquering Khaibar, thought of expelling the Jews from the land which, after he conquered it belonged to Allah, Allah's Apostle and the Muslims. But the Jews
> requested Allah's Apostle to leave them there on the condition that
> they would do the labor and get half of the fruits (the land would
> yield). Allah's Apostle said, "We shall keep you on these terms as long
> as we wish." Thus they stayed till the time of 'Umar's Caliphate when
> he expelled them to Taima and Ariha.
> (Book #53, Hadith #380) [Sahih Bukhari]
> ===
>
> Your brother,
>
> Mohideen Ibramsha
> Was Salaam
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>
> --- On Fri, 6/6/08, palestine_cries <palestine_ cries@...> wrote:
> From: palestine_cries <palestine_ cries@...>
> Subject: [THE_STREET_ MIMBAR] KHUTBAH: THE KUFR OF THE SAUDI REGIME-PART 2
> To: THE_STREET_MIMBAR@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 12:35 AM