![]() ![]() Our Prophet, may Allah bless him and preserve him said: Islam is a religion of peace, mercy, blessing, balance, enjoining of good and abstinence from evil and falsehood. The relationship of man with his Creator is governed by our faith. ![]() Allah’s obedience and worship is easy to carry out because Allah wants to lighten our burdens because we have been created weak. ![]() For this reason, Allah has reduced our Salat to only five times a day fasting to one fixed month and pilgrimage to only once in the lifetime. Neither does Allah impose any obligation on us in worship which we cannot perform. Allah does not burden us with anything more than we can bear. He does not wish to place any burden on us He only wishes to cleanse us and perfect His blessings on us, so that we may be thankful. Allah did not bestow the Qur’an on humans to make them unhappy. The objective of worship is not to provide discomfort beyond human capacity and make Muslims uncomfortable and fatigued. And we testify that Muhammad is the servant and messenger of Allah and may Allah bless him and preserve him.įear Allah and know that the teachings of the religion of Islam aim at removing difficulty and hardship and establish ease and comfort. And all praise is for You for what You have provided us and blessed us. And You are the Hidden and there is nothing other than You. ![]() And You are the Manifest and there is nothing besides You. And You are the Last and there is nothing after You. O Allah, You are the First and there is nothing before You. And we testify that Allah is Alone and He has no partner with Him. The original Muscat khutba which I heard is available at the official website of the Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs of Oman,, as well as here The Faisl Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan is following this practice. In such instances the original Arabic khutba may be read and its text should be translated in the local language and circulated to the congregation to read and take home. However, religious interpretations may vary and mosque leaders may not be entirely happy delivering one khutba in two languages simultaneously. I believe this hybrid khutba in English and Arabic could be taken as a working model to be read in an English-speaking country at Salat al Eid al Fitr. On return to London, I translated the khutba in working English while retaining the Ayahs of the Holy Quran and Ahadith in Arabic, as read in that khutba. It was most relevant as it was being delivered to the faithful after 30 days of intense ibada of saum, salat, zakat, qiyam, including qiyamul lail, good deeds and charity undertaken in the hot summer of 2019. It sounded perfect for an Eid khutba because its theme was ‘Ease in Worship’. I found the Arabic khutba well drafted and perfectly balanced between the narrative and references from the holy Quran and Sunnah. In the month of Shawaal, 1440 AH, I was travelling in Muscat where I attended the Eid Salat in a mosque located in the municipality of Azaiba. The scope for this adjustment is quite wide and each mosque follows a certain method according to the guidelines provided by its religious leadership. Many mosques, such as the Regents Park Islamic Centre in London, are experimenting with a bilingual khutba, combining English language with Arabic, with the latter as the core of the khutba. The speech also conflicts with the requirement of delivering the khutba after the Eid Salat. This takes away the time for reciting Takbeerat before the Salah. However, its summary is often delivered in the form of a speech in the local language while the faithful are still arriving for the congregation. In many non-Arabic speaking countries, the Eid khutba is read in Arabic following the wajib Eid Salat. ![]()
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