My Dear Brothers and Sisters! Some people refuse totally to respond to Allah's Call. They are the Disbelievers and the Hypocrites, who say, We heard and we disobeyed. Other people only respond if it conforms with their desire and lust, and reject everything else. These people worship their lust and desire. In S. Al Qasas Allah says:(28:50)
"But if they answer you not - that is they do not believe in your doctrine of Islamic Monotheism, nor follow you, then know that they only follow their own lusts. And who is more astray than one who follows his own lusts, without guidance from Allah? Verily! Allah guides not the people who are wrong-doers and disobedient to Allah - the Dhaalimoon."
This is similar to the people who believe in some parts of the Book and reject the other parts. If they are invited to attend Friday Prayers, they do not respond, and if they are asked to leave usury/interest and forbidden transactions, they do not even give it a thought. When they are asked to enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, then they turn their backs and walk the other way, even though they call themselves Muslims. These people, if and when they do escape disbelief, they surely do not escape hypocrisy and leads a corrupt and immoral life. Allah's Call, reaches the believers in many ways and means, like reciting Qur'an and the Sunnah, making supplications, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong etc.
Brothers and Sisters! Some people prefer amusement centres to mosques, and hence listen to music and songs, rather than listening to the Words of the Merciful. They become like those described in S. Luqmaan where Allah says:(31:6-7)
"And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks - such as music and singing etc., to mislead men from the Path of Allah without knowledge, and takes it by way of mockery. For such there will be a humiliating torment in the Hell-Fire. And when Our Verses are recited to such a one, he turns away in pride, as if he heard them not, as if there were deafness in his ear. So announce to him a painful torment."
In the Second Khutbah the Sh. continued by saying...
Know that there are hindrances that will prevent the servant from responding to Allah and His Messenger, Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam. These are usually in the form of:
Pride and arrogance - in accepting the truth, like what happened to Iblees when Allah ordered him to bow to Adam, Alayhi Salaam, and thus became conceited. In a Hadeeth by Ibn Masood, the Prophet, Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam said: "He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise".
Envy and jealousy - like what happened to the Jews, when the Prophet, Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam, called them to believe in him, they disbelieved with envy even though they knew the truth.
Being fanatical about a certain opinion or a certain School of Thought, and following the traditions of their fathers, like what happened to the Jews and the Mushrikeen. In S. Al Baqarah it states:(2:91)
"And when it is said to them - the Jews, believe in what Allah has sent down. They say, We believe in what was sent down to us. And they disbelieve in that which came after it, while it is the Truth what is with them."
In the same Soorah it also states:(2:170)
"When it is said to them: Follow what Allah has sent down. They say: Nay! We shall follow what we found our fathers following. Would they do that! Even though their fathers did not understand anything nor were they guided?"
Following lusts and desires. In S. Al Qasas Allah says:(28:50)
"But if they answer you not - that is they do not believe in your doctrine of Islamic Monotheism, nor follow you, then know that they only follow their own lusts. And who is more astray than one who follows his own lusts, without guidance from Allah? Verily! Allah guides not the people who are wrong-doers and disobedient to Allah - the Dhaalimoon."
In a Hadeeth, the Prophet, Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam said, "No one of you will become a believer unless his desires agrees with what was revealed to me".
Fear from people and not being patient when being hurt by people. Allah talks about the disbelievers of the Quraish. In S. Al Qasas it states:(28:57)
"And they say: If we follow the guidance with you, we would be snatched away from our land. By making this statement they testified that what the Prophet, Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam, brought was guidance, and that they were astray and erred, but they did not follow him because they feared their security and being hurt by people. "
This is a corrupt picture and a deteriorated natural instinct of perceiving what is right and wrong since security and assurance can only be gained from following guidance and fear only comes from following a the wrong path. What the disbelievers said before is similar to what many contemporary people say, such as, We know that Islam is the true religion, but what prevents us from following it and being govern by it, is our fear of being attacked by other Non-Muslim countries and calling us ignorant fundamentalists. They forgot that this only increases their fear and makes them weaker in the eyes of the enemies. This is stated in S. Aal Imraan:(3:175)
"It is only Satan that suggests to you the fear of his supporters and friends, so fear them not, but fear Me, if you are true believers."
The Prophet, Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam said, "He who requests a peoples acceptance with Allah's discontent, Allah will be angry with him and will also make people displeased with him. So beware of those hindrances and hold tight to the Quran and the Sunnah."
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