S E L
E C T E D
K H U T. A B II
(FRIDAY SERMONS)
AT
CANBERRA ISLAMIC CENTRE
30 MAY – 29 AUGUST,
2003
221 CLIVE STEELE AVE, MONASH
ACT, AUSTRALIA
BY
MUHAMMAD AMIN A. SAMAD
بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحمْنِ الرّحِيْم
وَ بِه نَسْتَعِيْن
فِيْ أُمُوْرِ
الدُّنْيَا وَ الدِّيْن
CONTENTS Pages
INTRODUCTION ………………………………..…… iv
1.
Allah’s Justice and Compassion ………………………. 1
2. Forgiveness …………………………….…… 7
3. Forbearance ………………………………………. 9
4. Repentance ……………………… …… ………… 12
5. Those Who Lose Most …………………..… 15
6. Commentary of al-Baqarah
2:1-3 ………….…. 18
7. The Bad and the Good …………………………… 22
8. Commentary of Sūrat al-Kawthar
(Q. Chap. 108)…… 25
9. Commentary of al-Isrā’
(Q. Chap.17): 15-17 … 28
10.
Bid‘ah
(Innovation) ……………………… 31
11.
Tafsīr and Ta’wīl ……………………… … 35
12.
Categories of Tafsīr (1) ………………… 37
13.
Categories of Tafs.īr (2) …………………… 40
بِسْمِ
اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْم
INTRODUCTION
This booklet is intended for the readers who are
interested in learning more about Islam. It contains a collection of some of my
khuṭbahs (sermons) delivered at the Canberra Islamic Centre, 221 Clive
Steele Avenue, Monash, ACT, Australia, from May to August 2003. Earlier khuṭbahs
are unfortunately not available for this collection.
I admit that this booklet is far from being perfect.
The Arabic texts are without vowel signs, so that it would be difficult to read
by people who are not familiar with Arabic language and scripts.
Finally, as I am leaving Canberra on 21st
and Australia on 25th October 2003 (in shā’Allāh),
I take this opportunity to say “good bye” to all my friends whose companionship
I enjoyed. I shall miss you all, but you
will remain in my heart.
One of the benefits of travelling mentioned by Imām al-Shāfi‘ī (d.
204/820) is being in the company of noble people, and I admit that I have many
of them here in Australia in general and in Canberra in particular. They have been wonderful personalities, and
leaving such people for good would be really painful. But life must go on, and
I have to keep proceeding whatever my Creator had decreed for me and in seeking
His pleasure.
May
Allah the Almighty reward you, dear brothers and sisters in faith as well as in
humanity, for your kindness, compassion, understanding and sympathy to me
during my stay in this beautiful Canberra, and in this beautiful capital
territory of Australia.
May Allah accept
this humble service to Islam, āmīn!!!
Canberra, October, 2003
Muhammad Amin
Abdul-Samad
PS.
For those who wish to remain in touch with me, my e-mails are:
Allamdu lillāh (praise be to Allah), in this new edition
(Oct. 2011) vowel signs have been given to the Arabic texts to help readers who
are not familiar with the Arabic language to read them properly.
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