In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

His Eminence, Sayyed Ali Fadlullah, delivered the two Friday prayer sermons at the Imamain Al-Hassanain Mosque, Rabi' I, 5th 1431 H. - February 19th 2010. Several prominent religious scholars, dignitaries and thousands of believers attended the Jumu’a prayer.

Humanitarian Benefits of Charity

His Eminence, Sayyed Ali Fadlullah, talked in the first sermon about charity, as well as its significance in Islam. He also discussed its various forms and humanitarian benefits, and how it participates in the economic and social development amongst the human communities

The Second Sermon

The ongoing Jewish colonization

In occupied Palestine, the Zionist enemy launches over 150 colonization projects that aim at judaizing the Holy City, by means of the plans the enemy's government will pass in a few days… Meanwhile, the Palestinians and Jerusalemites call, once again, for saving Jerusalem from the Jewish colonization monster, and supporting and defending its people from one of the most vicious campaigns conducted against the Holy City and the Holy Aqsa Mosque that is at the verge of collapsing as a result of the cracks caused by the excavations carried out by the Jewish occupiers. However, the Arab regimes turn a deaf ear to these calls, for all they care for is listening to the American rhetoric that wants the Arabs to abandon the Palestinian cause and focus their attention on another axis, which is the Islamic Republic of Iran that the American Administration continues to pose as a scarecrow and as a threat endangering the Arab states.

American war on the region

Actually, we are witnessing a new conspiracy, as Obama's Administration retracted its proposal of negotiation over occupied Palestine, driving the region into a new war, be it economic, military, or otherwise. Nevertheless, the indications that this war is probable have begun to appear in the media outlets or political statements, especially through the tours of certain American officials, who coordinate with the enemy's leaders in occupied Palestine. On the other hand, we notice how the Arabs open their arms so wide to embrace those American officials, while their houses, as well as the diplomatic and political forums in certain Arab states, especially the Gulf states, welcome them.

Beware the conspiracy

We say to the Palestinian people: This new conspiracy targets you before anyone else, for you are meant to pay high prices from your own flesh and blood, and from your sacred cause that the official Arab regime has almost entirely sold, letting go of even the so-called "Arab initiative".

American incitation against Iran

Many American officials have waged all kinds of attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran, claiming that it is sliding into military dictatorship and inciting everyone in the Arab salons against it, under the pretext that it endangers international security… Actually, these officials have exposed their plans way before that, since the day the American President abandoned the settlement project in the region, and insisted on neglecting Palestine, and threatened Iran in his speech on "the state of the union", for they have embarked on building on what was established by the former American President, George Bush. Thus, President Obama would turn, more or less, into an advisor in the republic of "Dick Cheney" that only knows the language of force and blood shedding, as well as war and hegemony threats…

The Arab and Islamic peoples are well aware that the ones who exerted every effort to protect the dictatorships in the Arab and Islamic world, and undermined the bases of democracy are the consecutive American administrations. Nowadays, one of these administrations' top officials is saying that Iran has turned into a military dictatorship, at a time Iran is different from all America's allies in the region by its atmosphere of freedom, since it allows the people to express their opinions freely in the streets. Moreover, Iran opens up to the opinions of others in the elections and in various institutions, while in many Arab and Islamic states, we see nothing of the elections except their form and of freedom except its name.

We call on the Arab and Islamic peoples not to fall for the intimidations of America and the enemy's entity, and not to be taken with the rhetoric of some Arab officials who draw attention to tensions with Iran, at a time they send cordial letters to the Zionist officials. Actually, our peoples and vital forces, as well as the project of opposition and resistance in the region, are on the rise; whereas the enemies' project is weakening and descending… thus, we ought to pursue and remain steadfast on this line, for although falsehood might win a battle, the right will definitely win the war.

Lebanon residing in official stagnation

On another level, Lebanon is still in the stage of official political stagnation, as it is marking time and doing nothing, not caring about the issues of the state and the people and giving priority to personal interests. Meanwhile, some are trying to step out of the status of rigidity in the movement of the state and the government, to enter into the whirl of imposing more taxes, neglecting their promises on giving top priority to people's concerns. Consequently, everyone one would get lost in the mazes of increasing poverty rates, by raising the levels of the value added tax (VAT), rendering the adopted solutions meaningless, as they would evade their political, security, and economic responsibilities by persecuting the deprived classes even in their simplest living and primary needs.

Actually, all the officials ought to be careful not to make such choices, for they are to the detriment of the people, and their social and economic stability and safety. Therefore, we call on all parties to shoulder their responsibilities and examine the best means for fortifying the political situation and respecting the people's social and economic priorities…etc.