The First Sermon

Since we are in the Hajj season and the Eid Al-Adha is imminent, we have to talk a little bit about the issue of determining the date of the Eid:

Many Fatwas were issued in the Muslim world that differed in determining this day, with some saying its on Wednesday and others saying Thursday and even Friday. We would like to comment on this issue by the following.

What some Muftis have announced about the beginning of Zul-Hijj being on Monday, and therefore the Eid is on Wednesday is very strange, since the crescent will not be born before 7:40 pm Sunday evening. Thus, it could not be seen anywhere. And who are saying that they have seen him are wrong.

We believe that Monday is the last day of Zil-Qida, Tuesday is the first day of Zul Hijja, and the Eid is next Thursday.

Sayyed Sistani and others believe that the beginning of Zul-Hijja was last Wednesday and thus the Eid is on Friday.

As for those who emulate us, we adopt the ruling Sayyed Al-Hakim and Imam Al-Khomeini asserted about the issue which is even if the day of the Eid is not correct, the Hajj, Allah willing is valid.

In the light of this, we will pray the prayer of the Eid on Thursday.

Who is the Shiite?

Who is the Muslim? Who is the believer? And who is the Shiite? Let us learn who they are by reviewing the cultured heritage of our Imams.

The people of “conquest” who would in any battle against unbelief and arrogance, strive to achieve victory from the Muslims, thus they are people of "victory".

In another saying ,the Imam says to one of his companion: stay away from the contemptible for the Shiite of Ali are only those who abstain from the (Haram) food and sexual desires, work sincerely for the Creator, hope for gaining His reward and fear from His punishment.

Imam Al-Baqir describes the Muslim as the one whom the believers are safe from his tongue and hand. He does not abuse other Muslims verbally or commits any injustice against them… The believer is the one who people entrust him with their money and themselves. He is forbidden to wrong other Muslim or to let him down or push him into difficulties.

Dear beloved, these are some or the qualities of the Muslim believer who adopts, the line of Ahl-Beit, whom we should follow their guidance to ensure our well being in this life and the Hereafter.

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

The Second Sermon

The American Administration is enhancing its political and military cooperation with Israel, to ease the tensions it encountered following the embarrassment that was caused by the latest American national intelligence report concerning the Iranian nuclear dossier, since the report has confirmed its peaceful gaols and the absence of any Iranian plan to make a nuclear bomb in the foreseeable future.

Perhaps the visit of the American chief of staff to the enemy’s entity was to assure the Israeli leaders that the US will not forego its commitment to ensure Israel’s military superiorly over all the sates of the region.

The American Israeli coordination and cooperation has reached the level of overlapping in which one completes the other. They have coordinated the plan to occupy Iraq that led to the instability of the entire region, and become an open front for chaos, killings and carnages; in addition to the continuous support it gave Israel when it committed its aggression against Lebanon last year.

We believe that the region's problem is not Iran. It is Israel that possesses the biggest nuclear arsenal that threatens the region, and the most advanced weapons that it uses in its aggressions.

The problem is also the United States which deploys its fleets, threatening to wage a war against Iran and encouraging the Arab countries to complicate its political, economic and military relations with it, at a time we see that the Islamic Republic have proposed to the Arabs in the entire region a project of economic and security cooperation that protects the Arabs especially the Gulf states.

The problem lies in this dual combined aggression of the US and the Jewish entity, that made America practice a game or political deceit in Palestine; talking about a Palestinian state has become one of consumption that does not contain any plan for execution although many years have passed, since it was issued. On the other hand, The US talk about Israel as a homeland for the Jewish people constitutes a cover that could facilitate the rooting out of what it is left of the Palestinians, the denial of the right of return to the Palestinians who were forced out of their country and the encouragement of the Jews all over the world to come to Palestine.

In addition to all this, the international cover is giving Israel more freedom to continue its killing, and shelling to the civilians in Gaza and the detaining of the Palestinian youth in the West Bank, as well as the economic besiege on Gaza and building new settlements in the old neighbourhoods of Jerusalem, without any Arab or European reaction or any American pressure. In this respect, the US Secretary of State talks only that this does not help in building the confidence the Annapolis Conference tried to build.

We believe that the silence of the Arab and Muslim worlds towards all this daily Palestinian blood spilling and not making any initiative to stop the deterioration of the inter – Palestinian relations that led to political and economic destruction, represents a big crime against the entire Palestinian people, as well as the Palestinian cause.

The cold season has begun in Lebanon, with many people unable to warm themselves as a result of the price rise of commodities, especially fuel. Then we have the rationing of electricity, which reached the extent that having electricity has become almost the same as blackout, thus affecting people's daily living and well-being.

We do not know how can a government, constitutional or not, respect itself when it besieges its people with such an ignorance of their basic life meets.

On another level, the internal whirlpool of the continuous constitutional debate and the lack of confidence among the Lebanese parties, while the people are confused as they stare in this conflict that has been void of realism and values. The political class with some exceptions have failed in terms of strategic vision, but it succeeded in repeating rigid opinions and tactical manoeuvres without regard for the people's situation, or the country's future.