The First Sermon
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The Virtue of
Forgiveness
Allah says in His
Glorious Book:
And
the recompense of evil is punishment like it, but whoever forgives and
amends, he shall have his reward from Allah;
and If you do good openly or do it in secret or
pardon an evil then surely Allah is Pardoning, Powerful. . He
also says :Those who spend (freely), whether in
prosperity, or in adversity; who restrain anger, and pardon (all)
men;- for Allah loves those who do good. Thus, there are
several Ayahs that deal with this aspect of people's life, especially
with their relations with one another. When someone hurts another or
violates his rights or even commits an aggression against him , he not
only hurts their relationship but also affects the stability of the
society. Thus Allah wanted to solve this issue by two means. The first
is to give the man who was transgressed at the right to transgress
back but in an equal way.
This is the legal
right to retains one's dignity, and that is why the Holy Ayah says: .
If then any one transgresses the prohibition
against you, Transgress ye likewise against him.You have the
right to transgress back but it should be equal, because when you
transgress more you would be wronging the other, thus deviating from
the line of justice.
The second way is
forgiveness, and tolerance. One would forego his rights and would not
retaliate, but would rather do good to those who hurt him, This method
that of foregoing personal rights for the sake of positive reactions
and peace, is the method that Allah wants man to adopt .That is why we
read in the Quran
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but whoever forgives and amends, he shall have his reward from Allah,
Allah is saying to you: if you forgive those who hurt you, then
Allah will reward you with a limitless, reward, especially because
such an action requires patience :those who
patiently persevere will truly receive a reward without measure!"
In this respect the
Messenger (p.) says: "Should I tell you of the best virtue in this
life and in the Hereafter. It is to forgive those who wrong you, visit
those who boycott you, to be charitable with those who hurt you and to
give those who denied you'. This prophetic saying suggests that the
morals Islam calls for, are not a matter of trade: To give you because
you have given me. This is a no way sublime manners. It is rather more
like a trade deal. But if you forgive those who wrong you and react to
those who offended you by being good to them, then your manners are
sublime and you are greater than those who fall under the influence of
negative reaction.
The Messenger(p.) also
says: When Allah's servants are summoned , someone will call: "Let
those whose reward is due from Allah enter Paradise". When asked who
are those, he said: those who forgive.
They also said:
forgive one another, for this ends any bud feelings among you" since
forgiving emanates from a pure and good spirit.
If we pray to Allah to forgive our
sins, we ought to forgive one another : The duaa of Al-Thimali states
:O' my Lord! You have revealed in Your (holy) book for us to forgive
those who committed injustice toward us, and we have committed
injustice (by sinning) toward ourselves so pardon our conduct, for You
are more worthy of pardoning than we are;
The Messenger says: "I
saw the night I was taken in my night journey some places that
overlook paradise. I asked Gabriel: whom are these for and he said:
They are for those who restrain anger, and pardon (all) men;- for
Allah loves those who do good
He also says: "Whoever
forgives when capable (of punishing) Allah will forgive him". Imam
Al-Hussein: "The most forgiving among people are those who forgive
when they are capable (of punishing). Imam Ali says: "If you have the
power to punish your enemy, then make you forgiveness, to him, a way
of thanking for that power.
Yet there are those
whom if you forgive they will become more aggressive and wrong others.
Imam Zien Al-Abideen says: "The right of those who offend you is to
forgive them but if you see that forgiving harms them you should take
your rights". Thus you should study each case to see if forgiving
does good or aggravates the evil. Imam Ali says: "Reward the good
deeds and forgo bad ones, unless they hurt the religion or weaken the
power of Islam".
He also said when he
was stabbed by Ibn Maljam: "If
a stay (alive) then I have the right to decide what to do… And if
forgive then this will get me closer to Allah and this a good deed to
do. Therefore, forgive don't you like to forgiven by Allah”.
Imam Ali says to Malik
Ashtar and through him to all those who yield power in the society: do
not behave like a ferocious beast toward them, snatching away their
sustenance, for the people are of two categories: they are your
brothers in religion and/or your fellow human beings"., let good works
be your true assets. Discipline yourself, and covet not that which is
not rightfully yours. Train your heart to feel compassion for the
people, to love them and be kind to them
These are the Islamic
morals that Allah focused on in the Glorious Quran, and that He wanted
man to live in his house, at home and in the society. Allah wants
justice on the one hard and charity on the other. This is the ethics
that eliminates all bad feelings in our hearts and that establishes
peace and tranquillity in our souls, and in every aspect of life.
The Second Sermon
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
An American war on the Arab and Muslim world
America is trying to
wage a political, economic and military war against Iran, on the
pretence of accusing it of trying to produce nuclear weapons. It is
coordinating with Britain and France that have yielded to the American
demands to pressurize the Arab and Muslim worlds especially Iran,
Syria and Palestine. Thus a new alliance is formed to help Israel in
the pressures on the Palestinians, and its besiege of the Palestinian
people and its war against the Arabs and the Muslim, which turns the
EU into a new axis of hostility against the Arab and Muslim worlds
having previously been rather more balanced and moderate in its
relations with the region.
One of the moves
America has resorted to implement its plan was to submit to Security
Council a French formulated resolution that serves the American
policies and goals. The resolution interferes in the Lebanese-Syrian
relations to demarcate the Lebanese-Syria borders including that of
the Shibaa' forms, as a prelude to end the role of the Islamic
Resistance, claiming that in this way it helps in strengthening the
Lebanese state although America has not provided any help for the
Lebanese Army to protect the country against Israeli aggressions. In
fact America’s only condition to provide arms is not to be used
against Israel. At the same time America provides Israel with all the
aid it needs to remain the strongest force in the region, since the
Zionist-American alliance targets the Arab and the Muslim worlds
represented at this stage by the American occupation that coordinates
with the enemy in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as using the NATO
facilities to serve the Israeli security needs…
The resolution also
pressurizes Syria to establish diplomatic relations with Lebanon,
although this resolution, like the previous one, represents an
interference in the internal affairs of the two countries.
The second resolution
is related to Iran and its project to enrich uranium for peaceful
purposes. It is in essence an Israeli resolution even if it was
submitted by the US. Britain and France. It aims at weakening any
state in the region that seeks to acquire a force that enables it to
protect its independence and vital interests, thus allowing the
Western States to continue to exploit the wealth and national
resources of the downtrodden countries.
The Colonial Plan in Lebanon
The arrogant states
try to use Lebanon through certain Lebanese parties that meet with the
Americans on being hostile to Syria.
They, the Lebanese
parties want to revenge, but they cover this desire by their talk
about distinguished relations with Syria, while in actual fact they
are playing the American game of pressurizing Syria as a bridge to
pressurize the new Palestinian government and strengthen the
foundation of the American occupation of Iraq as well as besieging
Iran not only in its nuclear project but also in its policies of
supporting freedom and confronting arrogance.
Thus, Lebanon has
become a tool to preoccupy Syria politically and even military if need
be, while the real target is Iran, Palestine and Iraq.
The Question is what
is the interest of Lebanon in this American-Israeli-European plan? Can
this small country act as a bridge for the arrogant to accomplish its
project of the bigger Middle East and contractive anarchy, and for
exploiting the region's potentials and national resources?
We warn the Lebanese
from the motives of this devious plan that makes Lebanon a passage for
colonialism and a virtual base for realizing it plans, despite the
denial of the Lebanese government. We have constantly asserted that we
are not against international aid, but we do not want it attached to
thousands of stings that turn Lebanon to a pressure card against the
peoples of the region…
All Lebanese should
study the history of the arrogant plans to understand that they only
create chaos and war.
The Massacres in Iraq
In this American
atmosphere of chaos, Iraq still suffers of daily massacres that kill
innocent civilians and that are indirectly protected by the American
occupation forces and facilitated by the Mosad operations that
undermine the Iraqi security by all criminal means including inciting
sectarian and racial strife and assassinating Iraqi scientists who
play a significant role in advancing the Iraqi universities.
In addition, the
political confusion, supervised by the American Embassy in Baghdad and
the envoys who visit the country every now and then interfere even in
forming the government, so as to prevent the establishment of a
national unity government that plans for the withdrawal of the
occupation from Iraq.
As for Palestine, it
lives in the shadow of the daily assassinations of the Mujahideen and
besieging and starving the entire population to prevent them form
establishing their free independent state. They are also pressurizing
under American European and Arab covers, the Palestinian
democratically elected government, because it does not conform with
the American-Israeli and perhaps Arab plan to rein in the Palestinian
Authority and keep it under a political environment that does not
allow an Islamic popular democratic movement to lead the process of
reform and change.
Lastly, we notice that
the entire region, with Lebanon in the forefront, is moving form one
state of political turmoil into another, because we are not allowed to
stabilize our general situation. We have to know how to stand on a
firm land to study the future in a careful way that could define the
dangerous threats, so that we an solve our problems though our free
will that emphasizes the freedom, independence strength and
development of our peoples… And that creates a favourable environment
for a dialogue that discusses how to have a future in which every
person lives his humanity, and that joins between the diverse
political and cultural sects on a common basis to ensure that our
nation turns out to be a unified strong nation that has its shining
place under the sun.