Original khutbah taken from KhutbahBank few days ago, and edited yesterday 'here and there' with some addition from an article forwarded by one of my friend.
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All Praise is due to Alláh, We praise Him and we seek help from Him.
We ask forgiveness from Him.
We repent to Him, and we seek refuge in Him from our own evils and our own bad deeds. Anyone who is guided by Alláh, he is indeed guided; and anyone who has been left astray, will find no one to guide him.
I bear witness that there is no god but Alláh, the Only One without any partner; and I bear witness that Muhammad SAW is His servant, and His messenger.
O You who believe, Fear Allah, as He should be feared, and die not except as Muslims.
He will forgive your sins and repair your deeds.
O You who believe, Be aware of Allah, and speak a straightforward word.
And whoever takes Allah and His prophet as a guide, has already achieved a mighty victory.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I’d like to deal with a topic that we all encounter, whenever we discuss natural disasters and personal grief with our friends and neighbours outside the Muslim community. It’s the “problem,” as they see it, of Suffering.
Some people argue, that if God is Love, if Allah is All Merciful, then why do people suffer? There are so many earthquakes, floods, volcanoes. There’s so much warfare, hunger and disease.
Why do innocent men, women and children have to endure unspeakable hardship? Why do the real sinners seem to get away with their crimes? Sometimes we hear people say, “How can I believe in a Merciful and Loving God when He allows so much suffering?”
We repent to Him, and we seek refuge in Him from our own evils and our own bad deeds. Anyone who is guided by Alláh, he is indeed guided; and anyone who has been left astray, will find no one to guide him.
I bear witness that there is no god but Alláh, the Only One without any partner; and I bear witness that Muhammad SAW is His servant, and His messenger.
O You who believe, Fear Allah, as He should be feared, and die not except as Muslims.
He will forgive your sins and repair your deeds.
O You who believe, Be aware of Allah, and speak a straightforward word.
And whoever takes Allah and His prophet as a guide, has already achieved a mighty victory.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today I’d like to deal with a topic that we all encounter, whenever we discuss natural disasters and personal grief with our friends and neighbours outside the Muslim community. It’s the “problem,” as they see it, of Suffering.
Some people argue, that if God is Love, if Allah is All Merciful, then why do people suffer? There are so many earthquakes, floods, volcanoes. There’s so much warfare, hunger and disease.
Why do innocent men, women and children have to endure unspeakable hardship? Why do the real sinners seem to get away with their crimes? Sometimes we hear people say, “How can I believe in a Merciful and Loving God when He allows so much suffering?”
