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O Muslims, O believers!
This is the month of Muharram al-Haram, a month in which Allah ﷻ has prohibited fighting. It is a month in which killing is forbidden, even the killing of a worm, even the killing of an ant. Especially when you are in the Holy Cities, in Mecca or in Madina.
This is a month where Allah ﷻ ordered His servants to make peace, because it is the beginning of the year, the year that Allah wanted for His believers, the year of the Hijrah, when the Prophet ﷺ migrated from Mecca to Madina.
He was tortured in Mecca, and Allah ordered him to leave it behind, to go to Madinat al-Munawwarah, where he would build his community, and he would build the Message of Islam, the Message that first flourished in Mecca, and then flourished in Madina, and then spread all over the world.
In this month, we do not forget one of the grandchildren of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, Sayyidina al-Ḥusayn, whose father is Sayyidina ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, and whose mother is Sayyidah Fāṭimah az-Zahrāʾ, and whose grandfather is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
He came out for the support of the believers, and what was the result? They killed him. And not only did they kill him, they cut him into parts. That is why Allah is not happy with those who kill others. And today, we are seeing killing and bloodshed all over the world.
In almost every country, we are seeing problems, and these problems can be stopped by believing in Allah’s religion, which is Islam, a religion that prohibits attacking anyone without a reason.
Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ brought Islam as a message of peace, as a message of extending a hand to everyone, as a message to bring people to Paradise, not as a message of bloodshed.
مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ فَرَّقُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ وَكَانُوا۟ شِيَعًۭا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍۭ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ
˹like˺ those who have divided their faith and split into sects, each rejoicing in what they have.
(Surah Ar-Rum, 30:32)
Every group is happy with what they have. Islam became groups. Instead of unity, it became divisions. Instead of one hand, it became hundreds, it became thousands of hands. Each group with different ideas, fighting each other, trying to eliminate each other.
فَتَقَطَّعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ زُبُرًۭا ۖ كُلُّ حِزْبٍۭ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ فَرِحُونَ
Yet the people have divided it into different sects, each rejoicing in what they have.
(Surah Al-Mu'minun, 23:53)
In any case, we are not going deeply into that subject now. But we are asking Allah ﷺ, as many people around the world are asking, to stop the bloodshed, and to protect the innocent, and to make sure that no one is killed without reason.
May Allah send His mercy on the hearts of the mothers, the fathers, the brothers and sisters, and the relatives of those who lost their loved ones.
As I said, this is the month of temptations, and we must try to do our best, praying for those who have passed away, and sending them all kinds of duʿā’ and blessings, that Allah will forgive them, and that He will forgive us as well.
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