08/24/1984
IWDM Study Library
Jumuah
Washington DC

By Imam W. Deen Mohammed
Imam W.D. Mohammed:
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Praises be to Allah the Guardian Evolver, the Cherisher, the Sustainer of all the worlds. We seek him for assistance and put our complete trust in him. I bear witness that nothing deserves worship except Allah alone. There is nothing like on to Him. And I bear witness that Muhammad is his servant and his messenger. Peace and the blessings of Allah upon Muhammad, the last of the prophets. Upon his descendants, upon his companions, upon the righteous all be peace and all Muslims upon us be peace Amin.
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Glory is for Him, and whose hands is the Kingdom and He has power over all things.
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The one who has created the life and the death, to show you which of you is best in his works. Praise be to Allah who has given us the last complete revelation, The Qur'an, upon the heart of Muhammad the last messenger. As a guidance and a mercy. Praise be to Allah who says in the Qur'an, in His book, "He guides whomsoever He pleases, to a way that is straight." And He calls to the path of peace.
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And Allah He guides to the way of peace to the home of peace,
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To the home of peace. Correction: and Allah He calls to the home of peace. Repeat, and Allah He calls to the home of peace. And He guides whomsoever He pleases to the way that is straight. Again, Allah Most High in the surah by the name Quraish has revealed to us through Muhammad upon his heart,
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And for the protection of the Quraish, their protection is assured for travel through both winter and summer.
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Therefore, worship the Lord of this house, and the Muslims you know the house, the Ka'bah. And therefore worship the lord of this house,
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He who has given them security, safety from hunger and security, safety from fear. Most of the human creatures like the lesser the creatures that Allah has made. If they are not under guidance of G-d they're under their appetites, and their appetites bring them under the passions of hunger, greed and fear. Allah Most High says, in the Qur'an, "Fear only Me if you are truly believers." The believers fear only Allah. We say
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Surely my prayers, my sacrifices, my life, and my death are all for Allah, Lord of all the worlds. The prophet Ibrahim, Peace be on him, he said, "I turn my whole self to the Lord of all the worlds." That is to say, that no part of the Muslim life is to be dominated by any except G-d. Not his rational faculties and not the faculties of his heart. And not his emotion, all of the human being if he's a Muslim and a believer, should be dominated by Allah and Allah alone. We fear for Allah's sake and we are courageous for Allah's sake. We say, "??????? ????????" Allah is greater. You see, in this surrounding here the Washington monument. That's nothing new, ancient Egypt had plenty of those.
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Imam W.D. Mohammed: In fact I think this one came from there.
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Imam W.D. Mohammed: It was nothing new. it's standing straight and tall on a hill. Abraham stood straight and tall on the hill and also in the low places.
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Imam W.D. Mohammed: Praise be to Allah.
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Imam W.D. Mohammed: That is not to cast any bad light on the symbol here in these respected grounds. It is only to remind the Muslim of his upright life and his upright position. 
Dear beloved Muslims, in the surah Ali Quraish, Allah brings to the mind of the believer, the requirements in nature in his life for success. If we don't have a dominate influence in our life, then our life will be given to various influences. And these various influences will rob us of a successful life. Muslims have as a dominant influence in their life, the reverence of Allah, the one G-d. As the orientation, dominant orientation in their life, the Muslims have the respect for the community life. We know that this Sura called Quraish in the Qur'an brings to our minds the essential beginnings and nature and beginning of the community life. People are bonded together because of their closeness to each other as family members, that is, by blood relationship and also because of their closeness with each other in an environmental situation. There at the house of G-d, the most ancient house directed to the worship of the one Lord, stands in the center of an environment that is sacred to all Muslims. An environment that disallows the violation of the rules, or ordinances of G-d.
An environment that requires of us that we display our best manners, our best behavior in that sacred environment. But an environment also represents the place where community was started. A community of believers in the One G-d under Ibrahim the prophet, peace be upon him and his son, Ismael, peace be upon them. A community was started. A community that established that life that is sacred to all believers. We orient ourselves toward that particular symbol as a sign that community life of man is best protected by reverence of G-d. If he fails to reverence G-d, then his community is in danger. It is G-d that has led man to see the essential basis, the essential basis, the essential makeup of his natural community life. Therefore upon what G-d reveals, man must build and man must progress. Without that he cannot be successful for long.
Also in this great symbol is a sign of the wholeness of life. The wholeness of creation. The unity of life. The unity of creation. Abraham says, "I have turned my whole self, to the One who originated the heavens and earth. He orientated his self in devotion worship to Allah, the creator, who is responsible for everything in existence. The G-d when you reverence Him when you devote yourself to Him, He brings you into a peace. He brings you into a peace with the creation itself. A religion that has brought man out of his narrow nationalisms and out of his narrow racist ideas, to accept the universality of man, the universality of life. A religion that doesn't allow any man to establish his idea or his principle of society upon fanatical nationalism, or fanatical race conscience. This is the religion of peace.
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Dear Muslims, Allah Most High says to us in the Qur'an
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Concerning the time, surely the human beings, the society of human beings is at loss
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except for those who have faith 
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and do good work, practice righteous deeds.
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and they persevere in truth
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and they persevere in patience. Here, Allah, has pointed out to us from the heart of his prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, the way to success and it brought to our conscience the perils in life for man that he encounters because of his absent-mindedness and as we have heard the saying, "Time marches on." Time marches on. Time marches over the heedless, the ignorant people. Allah has brought to our mind the path of life, which is the path of success. That begins with what? Faith. Faith. Muslims are people of faith, understand that. We have come here for a purpose.
Understand that we are people of faith. That purpose may be economic, that purpose may be political, but understand we are people of faith. Everything that we do must respect the foundation of faith. Allah is our G-d. He has decided our course of life. He has imposed upon us certain duties and responsibilities that does not leave out any area of our life. That includes economics and politics. As Muslims, we have to find the avenues for contributions that are acceptable in the light of what Allah has revealed in the Quran. Dear Muslims, we have come for a great occasion. It's wonderful to see so many of us from the different parts of the United States and perhaps outside here at this particular location on Jumma day. We know that this Jumma day, according to the Word of G-d and the sayings of His Messenger, the last messenger Muhammad, peace and blessings be on him, is the best day of all the days in the year. According to the words of Prophet Muhammad and his Sunnah, hadith, Prophet Muhammad said on this day Adam was made. Whoever is resurrected he has to be resurrected on this day. No one is resurrected except on this day. Praise be to Allah, and again I repeat, he says, "Of all the days in the year, this is the most excellent. The day of Jummah." The very word Jummah itself, what does it bring to mind? Grouping together. People grouping together. When two people group together for the right cause, they will have an uprising that will be successful. Not one that will be quelled, put down quickly by the forces. I like being a soldier in the path toward G-d that's what I like. Not that I'm against supporting my country or my nation in the battlefield I'm not against that. But I enjoy more than anything being a soldier for Allah.
Allah Most High has taught us in the Quran he says that "That Quran is enough for us." For the believers we don't have to go outside the Quran for political direction. We don't have to go outside of the Quran for business direction, economic direction. For Muslims you have to understand as Muslims the Quran is enough for us. The Quran is a universal book. The Quran has been sent to believers as guidance but it had been sent as a mercy to all the world. It is a universal book. Whatever path of excellence we seek, whether it be under Islamic nation, under a non-Islamic government, the Quran will be the best book to consult before setting out to establish that way. Dear beloved Muslims this is important that we understand, it is important that we understand the superiority of divine guidance over what man has formulated. It is important that we understand that Islam priorities are above worldly concern. We must pursue the right path and the right course and always seek Allah's blessings for his pleasure is the greatest of all rewards, according to the Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet. Peace and the blessings be upon him.
Dear beloved Muslims, Allah in the Quran he says ?? ??? ??? ??? saying to pay attention is better for you. How many of us would be safe from our own undermining if we would only accept what Allah has said right there? To be to pay attention is better for you. Let us be obedient to Allah and obedient to His messenger. Let us be considerate and grateful to Allah for His favors upon us. Let us never harden up and lose the remembrance, the mind to be grateful the mind to be appreciative. Forget the fact that we are indebted. People can become so poor and destitute, that they forget everything except their own situation. And they become hardened and ungrateful. When that condition set in, there is no way to approach those miserable people with guidance or help from G-d until they soften up again, and become thankful to G-d, because no matter how miserable their lot is, they owe something. They have received something. They couldn't have managed without mercy. They should be grateful to their Lord ?? ???? ??? ??? Say to the people, " To pay attention it's best for you." We are a community and Allah says that "You are the best community brought out for the good of all people. You are the best community brought out for the good of all people." ????? all the people. Praise be to Allah. 
Dear beloved Muslims let us accept that responsibility if we are truly Muslim then we don't live just for ourselves, we live for Allah's pleasure. And Allah's pleasure includes those that are not among us. It is his good pleasure that all his creatures have life and have good opportunity. The Muslims should join the humanitarians. The Muslims should join the universal man. The Muslims should be a part of the universal struggle for excellence. You are the best community, brought out for the good of all people. Praise be to Allah. And lastly Allah tells us to do what? He tells us to bear patiently and form alliances.
The Muslim follows one way that overrides all of his other interests. But G-d has many paths. Many paths of productivity. And those who choose business may differ in their makeup and in their devotion and because of that, they may differ in the amount of energy that they have for business work. When it comes to those who have devoted themselves to humanitarian or da'wa Missionary Work.
We should form alliances. The business people with aggressive business minds, with excellent tastes, and excellent aspirations, noble high pure aspirations. Find among yourselves those who have that kind of quality life and kind of clean vision and then you join them in business so you can promote the good business life and help the whole society. That goes for every other every other path of interest. The Muslim is to form alliances. We have ???? don't think that ???? covers this whole message where G-d calls us to form alliances. That's only one alliance. G-d wants you to form alliances at home. Align yourself with those who share your common interests and have your good sense and good faith. Align yourself with them if they share your common interest and if you form these alliances Allah will bless you more. Prophet Mohammad, sallallahu alaihi wasallam, he has said that blessing at the table, is in eating it with others. Isn't that wonderful? And lastly the prophet said in his report to us of the visit from an Angel he said," Angel visit him and the Angel wanted to destroy the people for their evil way and ignorance et cetera et cetera." And Prophet Muhammad he told the Angel he said, "No. Do not destroy them, per chance from their generation will come a better people."
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