[حور العين]

خُطَبّ الحرمين الشريفين
خُطَبّتى الجمعة من المسجد الحرام
مع الشكر للموقع الرسمى للحرمين الشريفين

His Eminence Sheikh Saleh ibn Muhammad al-Talib –
May Allah protect him– delivered this Friday khutbah entitled

Purifying Souls and Refining Behaviour
in which he talked about the necessity to purify and clean one’s
soul. The Sheikh argued that this is not simply a matter
of emotional slogans or ethical luxury.
He emphasised the need for Muslims, both the common and
the elite, to protect their religion against premeditated
campaigns aimed at distorting their identity,
principles, and values.



Praise be to Allah! He decreed that virtue be the attire
and decoration of the pious, impelled (His creatures)
in His Wise and Truthful Revelation
(to prophets and messengers) to preserve morality,
promised the virtuous bountiful reward for relinquishing
proscribed pleasures, and created the mankind
with a predisposition to observe diffidence in such a way
that the righteous tend to spontaneously aspire to moral purity
in society and abhor inclinations towards all manifestations
of depravity, which represents a sincere adherence to
the protection of virtue within the community.
I do praise Allah, the Almighty, my Lord, thank Him,
exalt Him, and pray for His forgiveness.
I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah alone with
no partner, Who is Unique in His Being, Creation, Commands,
and Proscriptions. I also bear witness that Muhammad
is the Servant and Messenger of Allah, as well as guarantor
of His Revelation. May Allah send His Salat
(Graces, Honours, and Mercy), Peace, and Blessing upon him,
his Family –who are acquitted by Allah of any unfounded
allegation− his Companions, and the tabi'in
(the contemporaries of the Companions of the Prophet
May Allah’s Salat and Peace be upon him‒ after his death )!



The need to observe taqwa (fear) of disobeying Allah,
the Almighty, is the commandment meant here.
It is indeed the provision stored for those with pure souls:

( O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allâh and
fear Him, and speak (always) the truth.
He will direct you to do righteous good deeds
and will forgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys
Allâh and His Messenger (SAW) he has indeed achieved
a great achievement (i.e. he will be saved from the
Hell-fire and made to enter Paradise )
[Al-Ahzab: 70-71]

He who fears Allah will be under His all-encompassing
protection, and he who fears people will find in them
no refuge from Allah.

O Muslims!
Values are principles in life and manifestations in human
behaviour. They are part and parcel of the creed of any society.
Likewise, virtue, morality, and principles are absolute
values in our true religion. They derive their origin from
our magnanimous Sharia. They are at the same time creed
and worship whose ritual performance is mandatory.
Accordingly, grounding these precepts and principles as well
as preserving them is a religious duty for both educationalists
and social reformers.