Gems upon Gems from 'In Defense of Salafi Manhaj' Conference

[Maher.ibn.Ahmad.Attiyeh]

Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah wa salatu wa salaamu 'ala rasulullaah Amma ba'd Jumu'ah Khutba of 'In Defense of Salafi Manhaj' Conference, by Abu Khadeejah 'Abul-Waahid After khutbat al-Haajjah, the khateeb said: My brothers and sisters, this conference that the brothers - may Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala reward them - with the reward of Firdaous for their efforts in establishing a Dawrah 'Ilmiyyah the likes of what we see today and that which will proceed, in sha` Allaahu Ta'aala, over the next few days. And may Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala also reward and bless those attendees who have taken the time out from their busy schedules - I'm sure - to attend the conference for no other reason except to seek the face of Allaah, Subhanahu wa Ta'aala. This conference that is entitled "In Defense of the Salafi Manhaj," and we have at our conference from the most notable...the main course of this conference, the presence of our noble shaikh, the 'aalim (scholar) from Kuwait, Shaikh Falah Isma'eel al-Mundeekaar. So I encourage the brothers and sisters throughout the whole of this conference, first and foremost to remember the purpose of their being here, and that they are here for no other reason except the pleasure of Allaah, Subhanahu wa Ta'aala, to please Him. To be with your brothers, seeking the reward from Allaah Jalla wa 'Ala. To benefit from the shaikh and to benefit likewise from the telelinks that will take place bi idhnillaahi ta'aala with the likes of our shaikh, Shaikh Rabee' bin hadee al-Madkhalee, Shaikh 'Ubaid al-Jabiree, and others from the mashaayikh who have agreed to participate in this Dawrah. The rest of [students], my brothers and sisters, are really just here to fill the gaps. And, of course, you should come, likewise, so that we may remind you of that which you are already aware of. 'Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood (radiallaahu 'anhu) said: The Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) drew a line with his hand (in the sand) and said: 'This is Allaah's path, leading straight.' He then drew lines to the right and left of that line and said, 'These are the other paths, on each path there is a devil who calls to it.' He then recited (Allaah's statement): And verily, this is My straight path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His path. (Al-An'aam, ayah 153)." (Ahmad and Al-Hakim) So the Deen that Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) came with is one religion. The 'Aqeedah that he (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) came with is a singular 'aqeedah. The manhaj that he came with was a singular manhaj, calling all the people to the path of Allaah, Subhanahu wa ta'aala, to the saabil of Allaah Jalla wa 'Alaa. And that's why Allaah, Subhanahu wa ta'aala, mentioned: this is My straight path. And when He mentioned the other paths, He mentioned them in the plural - subul. So when the Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: This is the Straight Path. Singular. And when he (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) mentioned the paths of deviation, he mentioned them in the plural - subul, showing that the path of Allaah is one and that the haqq (truth) is one. And the people of misguidance and those who call to the doors of jahannam (fire) are many in number. But the Path of Allaah, Subhanahu wa Ta'aala, is one path. And that's why Allaah clarified that one path. And He commanded the whole of mankind - every single one of us - mankind and jinn to follow that one path. And that's why Allaah, Subhanahu wa ta'aala, mentioned: And verily, this is My straight path, so follow it. There weren't many paths. One path that the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) came with, and the sahaabah followed that straight path. ...And the 'ulemma of the Salaf and the Imams of the Salaf - the likes of Ahmad ibnu Hanbal, the likes of Sufyaan (ath-Thawree), the likes of Hammad ibnu Salamah, the likes of 'Abdullaah ibnu Mubaarak and other than them - clarified this straight path. And they use to mention the statement of the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) in the well known and famous hadeeth: The Jews divided into 71 sects. The Christians divided into 72 sects. This Ummah will divide into 73 sects, all of them in the hellfire except one. He was asked, "Which one is that, o Messenger of Allaah?" He (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: That which I and my companions are upon. [Abu Dawud, Ibn Maajah, Ahmad, Ad-Daaramee] ...(radiallaahu 'anhummaa) said: This Ummah is more split up than the Jews and Christians. This is the reality, ya ikhwaan. This is not something that we are happy with. No Muslim is happy with iftiraak. Rather, we love ijtima'. And we love unity, but unity upon the haqq (truth). And that's why the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) when he said that this Ummah will divide into 73, more than the Jews and the Christians. And he said: all of them in the hellfire except one. He made the istithnaa`. He made the exception for one. The sahaaba (radiallaahu 'anhum) were curious, because they wanted to know which is the one. Because the sahaaba (radiallaahu 'anhum) were...in search of the truth. And they wanted the truth. So they asked the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam): Wa ma tilka hiya Firqa (Which one is that, o Messenger of Allaah). Which is the (saved) sect? So the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: That which I and my companions are upon. That which I and my companions are upon. So they are: The Saved Sect, "al-Firqat un-Naajeeyah;" he did not say "the Muslims," because all of the sects are Muslims, by in large. Those deviant sects, they are Muslims. But the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) gave tafseel (detail), because that is the manhaj of Ahlus-Sunnah. The manhaj of Ahlus-Sunnah is a manhaj of tafseel (detail), to give detail and explain. And that's why the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: That which I and my companions are upon. In another narration, he said: kullooha fin-nar illa waahida, wa heeya al-Jama'ah. (All in the hellfire except one, and it is the Jama'ah.) Some of the people asked 'Abdullaah ibnul Mubaarak (rahimahullah Ta'aala, D. 181H), "who is the jama'ah?" He said: Abu Bakr and 'Umar, they are the Jama'ah. So they said: "Abu Bakr and 'Umar are dead." So he said: "Fulan and fulan, they are the Jama'ah." So they said: "Fulan and fulan are dead also." Then he said: "Then Abu Hamza al-Khuraasaaree; he is the jama'ah. He is the one that is the jama'ah." Abu Hamza is the shaikh of 'Abdullaah ibnul Mubaarak. This does not mean that they are the only ones. No! What 'Abdullaah ibnul Mubaarak is pointing out here, that these are the notables, those who stand up firm upon the haqq. Of course, Abu Bakr and 'Umar and 'Uthman and 'Alee and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, and the likes of 'Abdullaah ibn 'Umar and 'Abdullaah ibn 'Abbaas and 'Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood and 'Aa`isha, all of them are the Jama'ah. But the intent of 'Abdullaah ibnul Mubaarak is to point out the most notable who represent and signify the correctness of the 'aqeedah and the manhaj and the Deen of al-Islaam upon its true understanding. That's why he mentioned what he mentioned, rahimahullaah Ta'aala. So The Saved Sect, my brothers and sisters, is that sect - This is The Path of Allaah, the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said - this is the path to al-Firqat un-Naajeeyah, this is the path to the Jama'ah. So when the people say: who is the jama'ah, or what is the jama'ah. The Jama'ah are first and foremost the sahaaba (radiallaahu 'anhum). Allaah (Subhanahu wa Ta'aala) said (what means) in this ayah: And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger (Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)) after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the believers' way. We shall keep him in the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell - what an evil destination. (An-Nisa`, ayah 115) The believers here are the sahaaba (radiallaahu 'anhum). When this ayah was revealed, the believers were those who believed in and followed the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam). The believers are the sahaabah. ...And everyone else who follows them, they are only given the title of mu`min (believer) because they are following the sahaabah (radiallaahu 'anhum). So when Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala mentions: and whoever follows other than the believers' way, this means other than the path of the sahaaba (radiallaahu 'anhum). Then Allaah: shall keep him in the path he has chosen (for himself). And burn (roast) him in Hell - what an evil destination. No doubt, my brothers and sisters, those paths that lead astray - those suoobul, that at the head of them there are people calling to those paths. The Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) explaind in another hadeeth, the hadeeth of Hudhaifa ibn al-Yamaan (radiallaahu 'anhu). This companion of Allaah's Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam), who held the secrets of the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam), meaning that he was informed of those with nifaaq (hypocrisy). This Hudhaifa (radiallaahu 'anhu), in him there is an example, my brothers and sisters. Of those who...when they see the truth. Hudhaifa said: People used to ask the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) about the good times, but I used to ask him about bad times fearing lest they overtake me. Meaning that I may fall into it. I said: Messenger of Allaah, we were in the midst of Jaahileeya and evil, and then Allaah brought us this good (time through Islaam, goodness, correct 'aqeedah, correct 'ibaadah). Is there any bad time after this good one? He said: Yes. As for those who say that we are in Jaahileeya now, then (those who say this) are upon baatil, ya ikhwaan. That Jaahileeya is gone. The sahaaba knew what they were upon before. The Quraish and the 'Arab, and the earth as a whole - what the people upon it were upon, upon shirk and kufr, and upon all of their sins and transgressions. So Allah brought them this khair (good). So Hudhaifa ibn al-Yamaan kept asking the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam): Is there any bad after this good? Will there be any good after that evil? Up until he reached the point, when he said to the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam): Is there any evil after that good? He (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: Na'am, Du'aat 'ala abwaabee Jahannam. Yes, (a time will come) when there will be people standing and inviting at the gates of Hell. Whosoever responds to their call, they will throw them into the fire. These individuals within the Ummah of Muhammad (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), as Shaikh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibnu Baaz (rahimahullah Ta'aala) mentioned that the Ummah of Muhammad (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) is two: Ummat al-Ijaaba and the Ummaat ad-Da'wah. The Ummaat ad-Da'wah is the whole of mankind (and jinn), whom the the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) called to Islam. Ummat al-Ijaaba (those who responded) are the Muslims. So from the whole of mankind, a group from mankind responded to the da'wah of the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam), and they are the Muslims. And the Muslims within the ranks of the Muslims, as Shaikh Ibn Baaz and other than him from the 'ulemma have mentioned, that there are Du'aat 'ala abwaabee Jahannam (callers at the gates of Hell), who call to other than the Deen of Allaah - my brothers and sisters. They call to the worship of the graves, or they call to the cursing of some of the sahaabah (radiallaahu 'anhum), those who say that "The Qur`an is created," and other than these from these (wicked, deviant) 'aqaa`id and beliefs. These are Du'aat 'ala abwaabee Jahannam (callers at the gates of Hell). So the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) explained to Hudhaifa ibn Al-Yamaan, that there will be callers at the gates of (Jahannam) hell. So then Hudhaifa after hearing that wanted to know more; he wanted tafseel (detail). He wanted to protect himself. So then he asked the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) again: Sifhum Lana, ya Rasoolullaah (Describe them to us, oh Messenger of Allaah). Why does he want to know, my brothers? Describe them to us, oh Messenger of Allaah. Why did Hudhaifa want to know? So he may protect himself. So then the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) explained to him: They will be a people having the same complexion as ours and speaking our language. They are from our people, and they will speak with our tongue, and they will call to what? They will call to the gates of hell. So all of these ects that will appear, Hudhaifa said: oh Messenger of Allaah, what do you advise me with if I live in that time? He (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: You should stick to the (Jama'ah) main body of the Muslims and their leader (ruler). So then Hudhaifa said: What, if there is no Jama'ah and no leader? So what did the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) say? [Did he say] make your own Jama'aat, this one or that one, make your own sect and your own Firqa? No, the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) did not advise him with that! Rather, death is more beloved than to be upon one of these deviant sects. He (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) informed: Separate yourself from all these factions (groups, sects), though you may have to eat the roots of trees (in a jungle) until death comes to you and you are in this state. Why, because the Sunnah is more beloved. The way of the sahaaba is what brings our hearts together. So the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) advised not to join those sects - even if you have to bite onto the roots of a tree and death reaches you while you are in that state! So what is more beloved sectarianism or death? Death is more beloved. The Sunnah and dying upon the Sunnah is more beloved than dying upon one of these deviated firaaq (sects). Death is more beloved than joining them. Why? Because if you die upon (one of these deviant sects) or you die calling to them, if you die upon Tashaayu` (as a Shee'e) or Tassawuf (as a Soofee), or I'tizaal (as a Mu'tazilee) or those ideas of the Hoorooriyah (as a Kharijee), if you die upon that - subhanAllaah - my brothers and sisters, what would happen on yawm al-Qiyaamah? (Since) the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) mentioned: Koolooha fin-Nar illa waahida (All of them will be in the hellfire except one). The sahaaba were not from the Hoorooriyah (Khawaarij). The sahaaba were not from the Murji'a. The sahaaba were not from any of these firaaq (sects). The sahaaba were the Jama'ah, upon the way of the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam). So no doubt, my brothers and sisters, it is from the greatest of importance and affairs that we recognize the truth and the 'ulemma who carried the truth from the Salaf til the time we live in now, and holding onto what the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: 'addoo 'alayha bi nawaajidh. (And bite onto it with the molar teeth.) Not with your front teeth - with your molar teeth. If you hold onto something with your molars, then wherever you are pulled, you will go with it. Your teeth will not leave. Holding onto it with your molar teeth, as the Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said. Wal-Hamdulillaahi Rab il'Alameen, wa sallaahu wa sallam 'ala nabeena Muhammad wa 'ala aaleehi wasahbeehe was sallam. [End of first khutba.] [Start of second admonition] Al-Hamdulillaahi Rab il'Alameen, wa salaatu wa sallaam 'ala ashraf al-Mursaleen wa 'ala aaleehi wasahbeehe ajma'een. Wa ba'd: My brothers and sisters, ...if we understood the ayat of Allaah correctly and acted upon them correctly, then many of the shubuhaat, many of the doubts, with reagrds to confusion, and which direction we are going in, and what is haqq and what is baatil, if we understood these ayaat the way our Salaf understood them - the way the likes of Imam Ahmad, Bukharee, at-Tirmidhee, Shaikh ul-Islam Ibnu Taymeeyah, and those whom we mentioned before understood them... if we understood those ayat the way they understood them, then by Allaah, many if not all of these doubts will be removed. It is seeking that path, holding onto that path and never letting go up until death reaches you, and you die while you are in that state. So there is no deviation in your heart, always sincere, seeking the truth. Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has mentioned in His Book: And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allaah (i.e. this Qur`an), and be not divided among yourselves. And remember Allaah's Favour upon you, for you were enemies one to another but He joined your hearts together, so that - by His Grace - you became brethren (in Islaamic Faith)... (Aali 'Imran, ayah 103) Isn't this the case, ya ikhwaan, that we were enemies one to another. The diffrent colors and the different races, the different nationalities, and the different tribes, that we would hate each other just because the color of my skin is different than yours. We would hate each other just because we come from a different tribe, even if we share the same skin color. We would hate each other just because you live on one block, and I live on another block. Hatred! Then Allaah brought the hearts together. He joined your hearts together. The sahabah (radiallaahu 'anhum) are the best example of this. So that - by His Grace - you became brethren. By the bounty of Allaah - Jalla wa 'Ala - you (meaning the sahaabah) became brothers. Then, Allaah mentioned: And you were on the brink of a pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus Allaah makes His Ayaat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.,) clear to you, that you may be guided. (Aali 'Imran, ayah 103) So Allaah said: And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allaah. What is this rope of Allaah? Shaikhul-Islaam Ibnu Taymeeyah (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) in Vol. 3 of his Minhaj-as-Sunnah explained what the rope of Allaah is. He mentioned: it has been explained that the rope of Allaah is the rope by His Book, His Deen, Islaam, Ikhlaas, Commands of Allaah, Covenant of Allaah, Obedience to Allaah, Jama'ah. All of these is from the explanation of rope of Allaah. It's a command; you don't have an option. Allaah didn't give you a choice. He said: And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allaah. It's a command from Allaah, and be not divided. So ther first command is what? The Rope of Allaah. Holding on to it. So, first He said: Hold onto the rope of Allaah, and then He said: Do not be Divided. He didn't say: don't divide and then hold onto the rope of Allaah. No! Rather, the first command is the rope of Allaah. So Shaikhul-Islaam Ibnu Taymeeyah mentioned that the rope of Allaah has been explained that the tafseer (interpretation) of rope of Allaah is The Book of Allaah, The Religion of Allaah, Islaam, Ikhlaas, Commands of Allaah, Covenant of Allaah, Obedience to Allaah, and the Jama'ah, which we have already explained. Then Shaikhul-Islaam Ibnu Taymeeyah (rahimahullaah Ta'aala) mentioned: And all of these titles and explanations we have mentioned have been transmitted from the sahaabah (radiallaahu 'anhum), and likewise by those who followed/follow them exactly with Ihsaan (precisely) up until the Day of Resurrection. And all of this is correct. All of these meaning of the rope of Allaah are correct. For indeed, the Qur`an commands you with the Deen of al-Islaam, and the Qur`an is the covenant of Allaah, and the command of Allaah, and likewise obedience to Allaah, and holding fast to it - alltogether united - and that is by way of the Jama'ah. The Jama'ah, my brothers and sisters. Some of the mufasiroon explain that the rope of Allaah is the Jama'ah, meaning the sahaaba (radiallaahu 'anhum). Meaning: hold onto the way of the Sahaabah (radiallahau 'anhum), and then do not be divided. Shaikhul-Islaam Ibnu Taymeeyah said: and the reality and true nature of this religion is Ikhlaasu lillaah (sincerity to Allaah). So what do we unite upon politics? Do we unite upon a common enemy? "You and us we hate these group of people, so let us unite upon the fact that we hate them."... This is not the point of unity. Unity, my brothers and sisters, is the haqq (truth): Book of Allah, the Sunnah of the Prophet (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), manhaj as-salafee, the way of the sahaaba (radiallaahu 'anhum). The Messenger of Allaah (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) was asked: which of mankind is the best. He said: I and those with me (meaning the sahaabah). Look at that, ya ikhwaan. He said: I and those with me, then those who follow their path, then those who follow their path.The first three generations. [The rest of the athar:] It's as if he rejected all the others. The best three generations - they are the ones we have to follow. Everyone else from the Imams and scolars up until this day, the likes of Shaikh Ibn Baaz, Shaikh al-'Uthaimeen and Shaikh al-Albanee. Shaikh Muqbil, Shaikh Fawzaan, Shaikh Rabee', Shaikh Ahmad an-Najmee... These 'ulemma, we love them for what reason? Because they come from my village? Because they have the same skin color as me? Is that why we go there [to learn from them]? By Allaah, for no other reason than the Deen of Allaah. And we defend them and protect them for the Deen of Allaah. Shaikh al-Fawzaan (hafidhahullaa Ta'aala), and you all know Shaikh al-Fawzaan - one of the great scholars of our era - gave the explanation of the Haa`eeyah of Ibn Dawood as-Sijistaani (rahimahullaah), the son of Abu Dawood as-Sijistaani (rahimahullaah), the compiler of the Sunnan (book of hadeeth). In the beginning of his poem, Ibn Dawood said: "Hold onto the rope of Allaah and follow the guidance, and do not be a person of bid'ah, so that you may be successful." The rope of Allaah, the Book of Allaah, the Sunnah, the sahaabah, ikhlaas, 'aqeedah, Jama'ah. Hold onto that, and follow guidance, because in it is guidance, my brothers and sisters. And do not oppose this. Anyone who contradicts this has something of bid'ah, whether it be a small amount or a large amount (of bid'ah). So, my brothers and sisters, holding onto the book of Allaah, holding onto the truth, and not giving it up for anyone - regardless of who that may be. loving the people of the Sunnah, holding onto the Sunnah, loving your brother because of the Sunnah, wishing for your brother what you wish for yourself, desiring for your brother what you desire for yourself, desiring for yourself the truth, desiring for him the truth, not being called by emotions or (hawaa) desires... Rather, the Deen of Allaah, this is the Mizaan (scale). The Deen of Allah, Kitaab, Sunnah, sahaabah. Allaah says (what means): And the first to embrace Islam of the Muhaajiroon and the Ansaar and also those who followed them exactly (in Faith). Allaah is well-pleased with them as they are well-pleased with Him. He has prepared for them Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise), to dwell therein forever. That is the supreme success. (At-Tawbah, ayah 100) The Muhaajiroon and the Ansaar are both the sahaaba. And then those who followed them exactly in Eeman. These are the only three groups from this Ummaah who will enter Paradise. We learned that from our shaikh, Shaikh Falah Isma'eel (hafidhahullaah Ta'aala). These are three groups that Allaah is pleased with: Muhaajiroon, Ansaar, and those who followed them exactly. No one sitting here is from the Muhaajiroon. No one sitting here is from the Ansaar. So that only gives us one option to earn the Pleasure of Allaah: that we follow them precisely. There is no fourth group; there is no fifth group, there is no sixth group, no 72! This is the way that we attain piety, and this is the way that we attain the truth. No doubt, no matter what the people of the dunya spend - and we'll finish with this, in sha` Allaah - to gather the odds together to bind them with money. You can't buy hearts with money. As Shaikh al-Fawzaan mentioned: money only splits the hearts. If your intent is to unite the hearts by giving the people money - (saying) "If I give him money, he'll join my group; if I give him money, he'll follow me." Shaikh al-Fawzaan mentioned in his (sharh) of Haa`eeyah, splits the hearts, because Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala said: And He has united their (i.e. believers') hearts. If you had spent all that is in the earth, you could not have united their hearts, but Allaah has united them. Certainly He is All-Mighty, All-Wise. (Al-Anfal, ayah 63) Who brought the hearts of the sahaaba together? Allaah. By the guidance of the Messenger of Allaah, who brought the risaala (meesage From Allaah). They followed him, believed in him, they loved him (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) more than they loved their own mother and father. They loved him, and they followed him. Allaah is the One Who brought their hearts together. It wasn't wealth; it was money... it wasn't any of these things. It was the haqq (truth). Allaah planted something in the hearts of those sahaaba (radiallaahu 'anhum). And that's why over 1,400 years later, we mention the names Abu Bakr and 'Umar and 'Uthman and 'Alee and Ibn Mas'ood and Ibnu 'Umar and Ibn 'abbaas and 'Aa`ishah and Umm Salamah and Khadeejah (radiallaahu 'anhum). Why do we mention their names? Because Allaah has preserved their honor and their character and their excellence up until yawm al-Qiyaamah. A person could never be upon the haqq unless he's upon their way. May Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala make us from those who follow the Prophet (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and his sahaaba (radiallaahu 'anhum). May Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala make us firm upon the Deen of Allaah, and may Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala make our families firm upon the Deen of Allaah. May Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala make our children strong upon the tarbeeyah Islaamiyah, firmly established upon the cultivation of al-Islaam, so they may be raised and grow up to be from the pious, righteous worshippers of Allaah Subhanahu wa Ta'aala. And may Allaah Jalla wa 'Alaa protect us and protect the Muslims from everyone and anyone who comes to split our ranks to harm us and to cause dissension among us. Wal-Hamdulillaah Rab il-'Alaameen wa sallaahu 'ala nabeena Muhammad wa 'ala aleehi wa sahbeehi wa salaam.