Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (5/1)

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy

The Author’s Introduction:

Indeed, all praise is due to Allah. We praise Him, seek His help, seek His forgiveness (1), and seek refuge in Allah from the evil within ourselves and from our wicked deeds. Whomever Allah guides, none can lead astray; and whomever He leads astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.

“O you who believe, fear Allah as He should be feared, and do not die except as Muslims.”

“O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from a single soul and created from it its mate, and from the two spread many men and women. Fear Allah, in whose Name you ask one another, and honour the ties of kinship. Indeed, Allah is ever watchful over you.”

“O you who believe, fear Allah and speak words of uprightness. (70) He will set right your deeds and forgive you your sins. Whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has indeed attained a great triumph.”

(1) I have heard more than one khatib add here the phrase, “and we seek His guidance.” While we thank them for reviving this sermon in their khutbahs and lessons, we consider it necessary to remind them that this addition has no basis in any of the transmitted versions of Khutbat al-Hajah (the Sermon of Need), which I compiled in a well-known separate treatise. “And the reminder benefits the believers.”

﷽ مقدمة المؤلف: إِنَّ الحمدَ لله، نحمدُه، ونستعينُه، ونستغفرُه (١) ، ونعوذُ بالله من شرور أنفسِنا وسيِّئات أَعمالِنا، من يهده الله فلا مُضِلَّ له، ومن يضلِلْ فلا هاديَ له، وأشهد أَنْ لا إِله إِلا الله وحده لا شريكَ له، وأشهد أنَّ محمدًا عبده ورسوله. ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ﴾ . ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا وَنِسَاءً وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا﴾ . ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا (٧٠) يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا﴾ .

(١) سمعتُ غير ما واحد من الخطباء يزيد هنا قوله: "ونستهديه"، ونحن في الوقت الذي نشكرهم على إحيائهم لهذه الخطبة في خطبهم ودروسهم، نرى لزامًا علينا أن نذكرهم بأن هذه الزيادة لا أصل لها في شيء من طرق هذه الخطبة؛ خطبة الحاجة، التي كنتُ جمعتها في رسالة خاصة معروفة، و ﴿الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴾ .