Khutbah Jumuah 1

All praise be to Allah, who created man, life and the universe. I bear witness that there is none to worshipped save Allah, One, with no partners. He sent His Messenger Muhammad (s) with Islam as a guidance, way of life and the religion of Truth to cause it to prevail over all religions and all ideologies even though the unbelievers may detest it." and I bear witness that our Prophet, Beloved Muhammad (s) is the Messenger of Allah, the best architect of civilization ever and the Mercy to the worlds. All praises and salutations of my Lord are upon you, Messenger of Allah and upon your Family and Companions, and those who are guided by the light of Islam until the Day of Judgment. My respected brothers in Islam, I have given several khutbahs during my study here, 3 years. The total of my khutbah are around 20 times. There are two themes of my khubahs I always deliver : 1. Islamic Personality 2. The best Ummah

For the Islamic Personality I would like to remind you the Islamic character we should have: 1. Islamic Mindset : Think with Islam 2. Islamic Behaviour; Acts based on Islam In this topic I really wanna remind you that we should use Islam as our mindset. If we have any problem in our life, we should use Islam as a basis to overcome the problems. Because Islam a way of life, a comprehensif Dien.
"None of you shall be believer unless I am the intellect with which he comprehends.

"None of you shall be believer unless his disposition is in accordance with what I brought (to you),"

Based on this personality I call you to see Ummah problem. Based on the As I recited in the beginning of khutbah, Allah explained in the Quran, in Q.S Ali Imran: 110, about the leadership nature of Ummah of Muhammad.

You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind It is clear in this ayah, Allah states that the Ummah of Muhammad is the best nation ever. It also implies that ummah of Muhammad should be the leader for other nation. The others will follow Ummah of Muhammad as a leader. It will be clearer if we take a look the explanation of this ayat on Ibnu Katshirs tafseer as follows. You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind, you enjoin Al Ma`ruf and forbid Al-Munkar and believe in Allah Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah commented on this Ayah, "(You, Muslims, are) the best nation of people for the people, you bring them tied in chains on their necks (capture them in war) and they later embrace Islam.'' Similar was said by Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Atiyah Al-`Awfi, `Ikrimah, `Ata' and Ar-Rabi` bin Anas that,

(You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind;) means, the best of peoples for the people.

My respective brothers in Islam, In this ayah Allah tells us that we are, ummah of Muhammad, the best peoples ever. Allah Himself attributes it to Ummah of Muhammad as a leader Ummah. Not others. Allah, the creator of the universe, places Ummah of Muhammad as the best people among other peoples for the people. Once again, Ibnu Katsir also stated that the meaning of the Ayah is that the Ummah of Muhammad is the most righteous and beneficial nation for mankind. The existence of Ummah of Muhammad is not only for themselves but for whole people in this world, for all humankind. Maybe some of us still have a question why Allah, who is the creator of the universe, appoints Ummah of Muhammad as the best people or leader, and why their existence is so invaluable for the others. The other question, Is it still relevant with the Ummah of Muhammad today? Does this honorable attribute is suit for us? Is the attribute only for our ancestor? For Sahaby, tabiin, tabiut tabiin? My brothers in Islam, of course this ayah is not only for them but also for all Muslim generation, as long as once again as long as we fulfill the criterions or requirements as the best Ummah or leader in Islamic persfective. Allah swt gives more explanation about the criterion, in the remaining of the ayah. It is important for us to understand and pay attention on it.

(you enjoin Al-Ma`ruf and forbid Al-Munkar and believe in Allah) [3:110]. It is the key answer: Ummah of Muhammad become the best people for people, become a leader if we enjoin the people to Al-Ma'roof and forbid them from Al-Munkar. The two great words that should be understood by

us : Al-Ma'roof and Al-Munkar. They are the requierements to be leader in the globalization era. What does Al-Ma'roof mean? And what is Al-Munkar? The definition of Al-Ma'roof and Al-Munkar is not based on the customs and traditions of people, rather it is based on Islam revealed by Allah and that defined the Halal and Haram and the rest of rules. So, if Islam considers something good, then it is Ma'roof and commendable, and if Islam considers something bad, then it is Munkar and must be rejected. Al-Ma'roof is a noun that includes everything that is looked upon as good by Islam, obeying Allah in everything. Al-Munkar is a noun that includes everything that is looked upon as bad by Islam like disobeying Allah. In other word, Al-Maruf means everything which is from Islam, and Al Munkar is everything that is contrast to Islam. We become the best Ummah, we become the leader, as long as we adopt and implement the whole Islam in our life, enjoin to and call people for Islam and forbid the people from the evil. It is the criterion of the best Ummah. The criterion for a leader in Islamic persfective. We adopt and implement the whole Islam in our life, call people for Islam and forbid them from the evil, everything that contrary to Islam. The key point is Islam. We implement it. We spread and enjoin the people to it and we forbid everything that is contrary to it. It is also the key words for The Islamic Revival Discourse. If we talk about Islam Revival in globalization era, we should be able to imagine in our mind how the whole Islam works in the body of Ummah and how we actively enjoin the people to Islam and forbid them to everything that is contrary to Islam. We should understand clearly how the design of Islamic System in this life. We also should be able to imagine how we propose the whole of Islamic system to the people in the world. Just keep in mind brother, the position of Islam, what Muhammad saw brought for mankind can be understood in the following ayat:

And We have sent you not but as a mercy for the `Alamin [Q.S Al-Anbiya : 107] Islam is as the mercy for the whole world. And, Muhammad saw was sent for the whole people.

And We have not sent you except as a giver of glad tidings and a warner to all mankind [Q.S Saba: 28] Brothers in Islam, You have known much about what I have explained. I also believe that all of you agree about it. We understand that Islam is the most important thing for the people. Islam will give the best life for people. My respective brothers in Islam, Now, I want to remind you our position today. We should realize that Ummah of Muhammad is not a leader anymore. We are separated in many nations, many systems, many rulers, many cultures, many habits and it is due to the absent of whole Islam in our life. We should be aware about this. If we arent aware, we dont do anything for bringing the reality of Ummah to their ideal position as the best Ummah as leader in the world. The reality of Ummah today because of the absent of whole Islam in our life. We dont adopt and implement the whole Islam in our life as Ummah. Although we still implement some parts of Islam in our personal life, like sholat, shaum, hajj, but in fact we dont implement Islam in many aspects in our social and state life. We dont see the application of Islamic systems in Ummahs body, like Islam political system, Islam economic system, Islam social system, Islam industrial system and other Islam life systems that are generated from our creed, our aqeedah. We, all moslem in the moslem world, are not living in the Islamic civilization anymore, but we live in other civilization. We dont live under the same umbrella, that is Khilafah. We dont live with our way of life: that is Islam. We live under the western rule and ideology. Remember, they are still actively and progressively calling all people in the world, include moslem world, to live with their way of live, although they are now still facing a multidimensional crises such financial and environtment crisis. We become a market of their way of life. They actively promote democracy, pluralism,

human rights, free market and other seculer ideas. We are the consumers of their value and sometime some of us assume that their ideas are suitable with Islam. And sometimes some of us become a combatant of their ideology and proud of it. It is our condition today brother. Many muslims are not aware about it. I hope that we are not a part of them who are not aware and dont care about it. My brothers in Islam, Today, it seems that we have no power to call people in the world to live with our way of life, to live with Islam life. Why? Because Islam life is not in the Ummah body any more, but Islam life is only in the kitaab, the books written by Ulama. It is in the Ulamas book brother, but tragically many of us don't know about it. If we know it that Islam life is in the books, many of us have no time to learn it. My respective brothers in Islam, Why do I remind you this matter? I think the responsibility to bring back Islam life is on our shoulders. To shift the capitalist civilization to Islamic civilization in the global era. It is our own duty to create an Islam civilization and propose its beauty to the people. The question then is How? The first step is we learn seriously a comprehensive Islam. We learn it until we can understand how beauty Islam is. It is not enough to understand about sholat, shaum, hajj and personal obligation or nafillah. We need to learn other concept of Islam. We do need to learn Islamic systems: Islam political system, Islam economic system, Islam monetary system, Islam social system, Islam education system, Uqubat, Industrial system, Environment and others. Minimally, as a moslem student, we know general concept about it and can appreciate it as the great concepts. Step by step we add our understanding about Islamic concepts. The second step is to spread the beauty Islamic systems to other moslem brothers and sisters. Make them understand how beauty Islam is. Make them understand how people in the world need Islam. Make them understand that people needs moslem to be the leader of the world. Make them understand

that it is the time for Islamic Civilization as a leader. Make them understand that is our obligation to understand the beauty Islamic systems. The third step Lets be istiqomah for struggling to implement the beauty Islamic systems it in the life of Ummah. Lets promote the whole Islam in our dawa. Lets be istiqomah. Lets make it our priority in this life. May Allah bless on us and help us to bring back Islam life.

Khutbah 2 The word 'Islam', in Arabic, means submission and peace. As a term, 'Islam' refers to the Message which was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him) by Allah, the One Creator, and a 'Muslim' is the one who believes in Islam. In sharp contrast to Christianity, Judaism, and other religions, Islam is not merely a religion. Rather, Islam is a unique and comprehensive ideology that guides the life of the human being. Like any other ideology, Islam consists of a creed or doctrine, and a system of rules and regulations. Unlike other ideologies, however, it is not man-made. My respective brothers in Islam, In the last khutbah, I would like to invite you to learn and love Islam. We should have a routine agenda to learn a comprehensive Islam, not only Islam in aspect of relationship between us to our Creator like Ibadah mahdhoh, sholah, shaum, hajj etc, and not only Islam in personal affairs like about akhlaq, eat and drink, clothes, but lets understand Islam as a uniq ue civilization and ideology: Islamic political system, Islamic economic system, Islamic social system, Islamic industrial policy, Environment etc, Lets learn Islam until we have the image of the beauty of Islam life in our mind, until we can feel that Islam system concepts can give a mercy to the world, until we can promote to the people that comprehesive Islam give a happiness in personal life and give prosperity to the whole people. And finally lets pray to Allah. May Allah guide us for better life, dunya wal akherat.

Japan, 4 May 2012

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