Start Date: 17 February 2012
End Date: 17 February 2012
Time: 1:15pm
Place: United Muslim Islamic Center 1251 Point Breeze Ave. Philadelphia, PA
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
All praise is for Allah, An Naa’fi (i.e. The Propitious), Ad Dhaar (i.e. The One who Causes loss). May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon His final Messenger, Muhammad Ibn Abdullah, and upon his family and companions.
To proceed,
The Death of the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa salam) was, by far, the greatest and most despondent loss this Ummah has ever suffered. And although Allah, through His infinite wisdom and unconditional Mercy to the companions of the Prophet, gave them ample forewarning(s) of his imminent demise, there was nothing that could have prepared them for the impact of this most tumultuous loss on that day. The details of Prophet Muhammad’s death (Sallallahu alaihi wa salam) will come as a shock to many and ultimately cause the Muslim in contemporary times to love him even more intimately than before, which is the basis by which we validate our faith (i.e. Iman), as he (Sallallahu alaihi wa salam) said: “None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his parents, his children and the whole of mankind”…
The Death of the Messenger of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa salam) was, by far, the greatest and most despondent loss this Ummah has ever suffered. And although Allah, through His infinite wisdom and unconditional Mercy to the companions of the Prophet, gave them ample forewarning(s) of his imminent demise, there was nothing that could have prepared them for the impact of this most tumultuous loss on that day. The details of Prophet Muhammad’s death (Sallallahu alaihi wa salam) will come as a shock to many and ultimately cause the Muslim in contemporary times to love him even more intimately than before, which is the basis by which we validate our faith (i.e. Iman), as he (Sallallahu alaihi wa salam) said: “None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his parents, his children and the whole of mankind”…
-Imam Shadeed Muhammad
Jumu’ah khutbah for Friday February 17, 2012 corresponding to the 24th of Rabi’a Al Awwal 1433H. at United Muslim Islamic Center, Point Breeze Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
