"All Praise is
due to Allah, so we Praise Him and seek His Pardon and we turn to
Him. We seek refuge with Allah from the evils of ourselves and
from the evil consequences of our deeds. Whom Allah guides aright,
there is none to lead him astray; and there is none to guide him aright
whom Allah leads astray. I bear witness that there is no God but
Allah, the One, having no partner with Him. His is the Sovereignty
and to Him is due all Praise. He grants life and causes
death and is Powerful over everything. There is no God but Allah,
the One; He fulfilled His Promise and granted victory to His
bondsman and He alone routed the confederates (of the enemies of
Islam)."
"O People, listen to my
words, for I do not know whether we shall ever meet again and perform
Hajj after this year. O you people, Allah says: <O
people! We created you from one male and one female and made you
into tribes and nations so as to be known to one another. Verily
in the sight of Allah, the most honored amongst you is the one who is
most God-Fearing. There is no Superiority for an Arab over a
non-Arab and for a non-Arab over an Arab, nor for the white over the
black nor for the black over the white except in God
consciousness>"
"All mankind is the
progeny of Adam and Adam was fashioned out of clay. Behold!
Every claim of privilege whether that of blood or property, is under my
heels except that of the custody of the Ka'ba and supplying of water to
the pilgrims. O people of Quraish, don't appear (on the Day of
Judgment) with the burden of this world around your necks, where as
other people may appear (before the Lord) with the rewards of the
Hereafter. In that case I shall avail you naught against
Allah."
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"Behold! All
practice of the days of ignorance are now under my feet. The
blood revenges of the days of ignorance are remitted. The first
claim on blood I abolish is that of Ibn Rabiah Bin Harith who was nursed
in the tribe of Sa'ad and whom the Hudhayis killed. All interest
and usurious dues accruing from the times of ignorance stand wiped
out. And the first amount of interest that I remit is that which
Abbas bin Abd-Al Muttalib had to receive. Verily it is remitted
entirely."
"O people! Verily your
blood, your property and your honor are sacred and inviolable until you
appear before your Lord, as the Sacred inviolability of this day of
yours, this month of yours and this very town (of yours). Verily
you will soon meet your Lord and you will be held answerable for your
actions."
"O people! Verily you
have got certain rights over your women and your women have certain
rights over you. It is your right upon them to honor their
conjugal rights and not to commit acts of impropriety,
which, if they do, you are authorized by Allah to separate
them from your beds and chastise them but not severely and if they
refrain, then clothe and feed them properly."
"Behold! It is not
permissible for a woman to give anything from the wealth of her husband
to anyone but with his consent."
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"Treat the women kindly,
since they are your helpers and are not in a position to manage their
affairs themselves. Fear Allah concerning women, for verily you
have taken them on the security of Allah and have made their persons
lawful unto you by the words of Allah."
"O People! Allah,
the Mighty and Exalted, has ordained to every one his due share (of
inheritance). Hence there is no need (of special) testament for a
heir (departing from the rules laid down by the
Shariah)."
"The child belongs to the
marriage-bed and the violator of wedlock shall be stoned. And
reckoning of their (deeds) rests with Allah."
"He who attributes his
ancestry to other than his father or claims his client-ship to other
than his master, the curse of Allah is upon him."
"All debts must be
repaid, all borrowed property must be returned, gifts should be
reciprocated and a surety must make good the loss to the
assured."
"Beware! No one
committing a crime is responsible for it but himself. Neither the
child is responsible for the crime of his father nor the father is
responsible for the crime of his child."
"Nothing of his brother
is lawful for a Muslim except what he himself gives willingly. So
do not wrong yourselves."
"O People! Every
Muslim is the brother of other Muslim and all the Muslims form one
brotherhood. And your slaves! See that you feed them with
such food as you eat yourselves and clothe them with the clothes that
you yourselves wear."
"Take heed not to go
astray after me and strike not one another's necks. He who
(amongst you) has any trust with him, he must return it to its
owner."
"O People! Listen
and obey, though a mangles Abyssinian slave is appointed your Amir
or Emir
(Ruler/Leader), provided he executes (Ordinance of) the Book of
Allah among you."
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"O People! No Prophet
would be raised after me and no new Ummah (would be formed after)
you. Verily I have left amongst you that which will never lead you
astray, the Book of Allah, which if you hold fast, you shall never go
astray."
"And beware of
transgressing the limits set in the matters of Religion, for it is
transgression of (the proper bounds of) Religion, that brought
destruction to (many people) before you."
"O People! the Unbelievers indulge in
tampering with the calendar in order to make permissible that which
Allah forbade, and to permit which Allah has made
permissible. With Allah the months are twelve in number.
Four of them are holy three of these are successive and one occurs
singly between the months of Jumada and Shaban."
"Verily, the Satan, is
disappointed at ever being worshipped in this land of yours, but if
obedience in anything (short of worship is expected that is) : he will
be pleased in matters you may be disposed to think insignificant, so
beware of him in your matters of Religion."
"Behold! Worship your
Lord; offer prayers five times a day; observe fast in
the month of Ramadan; Pay readily the Zakat (poor-due) on your property;
and perform pilgrimage to the House of God and obey your rulers and you
will be admitted to the Paradise of your Lord."
"Let him that is present,
convey it unto him who is absent. For many people to whom the
message is conveyed, may be more mindful of it than the
audience."
"And if you were asked
about me, what would you say?"
"They
* answered: "We
bear witness that you have conveyed the trust (of Religion) and
discharged your ministry of Apostle hood and looked to our
welfare."
Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) lifted his fore-finger towards the sky
and then pointing towards people said:
"O Lord : Bear thou
witness unto it",
"O Lord : Bear
thou witness unto it."
(This sermon was delivered on
the Ninth Day of Dhul Hijjah 10 A.H. in the 'Uranah valley of Mount
Arafat in Makkah)
.
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*(The listeners were the noble companions of the
prophet numbering more than 100,000 gathered from all over the Arabian
Peninsula for the Hajj Pilgrimage).
Here one must note that except a few hundred of
early followers and the believers, most of them were the new converts,
among were those who committed great atrocities and fought wars against
him and his few hundred followers. They were such enemies that
they banished the Prophet Muhammad and his believers to the valley of
Makkah thus forcing them into utmost difficulties, hunger and
helplessness. They killed the beloved of the Prophet. They
even hurt the prophet Physically and mentally by their worst kind of
talks. They made him migrate to Madina. They even attacked Madina
from all sides militarily and tried to crush the New Islamic State
several times. But finally what happened? God gave victory to the
Prophet over all his enemies and they were subdued. They learnt
how useless it was to fight against Islam and it's Powerful
Message. Now the same people bear witness that he is the (Final)
Prophet and Messenger of God Almighty Allah and thus they
dedicated their lives to spread this message through-out the then known
world.
Among them were Jews, Christians,
Magians (worshippers of stars), Idol Worshippers, Zoroastrians, Atheists
and others. Their children grew up and became the Rulers of newly won
parts of the world which became the parts of Islamic Khilafat. Had
they remained as worshippers of stones and not become Muslims, they
would have been forgotten like those stones or even worse. But
Allah gave them dignity and honor in this world and today they are often
remembered from Japan to America by more than one billion Muslim people!
For them Allah has reserved the honorable place in the Heaven and Allah
shall make good His Promise.
Then what reason is there for the
current people who have advanced in Science and Technology to fail to
recognize the Prophethood of Muhammad when such harshest enemies with
most cruel hearts and with a record of such heinous atrocities against
the Prophet and his noble companions had accepted Islam and spread his
message to others? Now which witness and evidence one requires to
believe in Muhammad-the Final Prophet of God Almighty Allah and Holy
Qur-an, the Final Book given to Him by Allah? Now is the time to
declare your faith in him and be among the noble people, the chosen ones
by God to secure your place in His Heaven! Please do it now or
Never!
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