Khateeb of Ahl-us-Sunnah, Shaikh Abdol-Hameed Ismaeelzahi, started his latest Friday sermon by reading the Holy verse: « كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ وَلَوْ آمَنَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم مِّنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ» [آل عمران: 110], (You are the best _Ummah ever raised for mankind. You bid the Fair and forbid the Unfair, and you believe in Allah. If the people of the Book had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them, there are believers, while most of them are sinners.) and mentioned the Muslim Ummah a chosen nation from Allah that is tool of goodness and blessing for the entire universe.
He pointed in the beginning of his discourse, “As Allah Almighty is very kind and merciful for the whole mankind and universe, He founded a nation that is source of blessing for everyone. The Muslim nation was founded in the best era (Khayr-ul-Quroun); it has priority on the nations until the Doomsday. Both Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and his nation and followers are mercy and blessing for the universe; they carry the message of peace, fraternity and salvation for the mankind.”Talking to tens of thousands in the Grand Makki Masjid of Zahedan – southeast Iran -, Shaikh Ismaeelzahi went on to say that Allah had made the Muslim nation comprehensive. While other people suffered from deviance in beliefs and big sins like shirk. Islam brought the fair conception of Tawhid, oneness of Allah. Muslims have the best commands and directions; neither they are very hard and inappropriate nor so easy. As for as morals and civilization is concerned, so Islam has the best teachings about morals, and it has founded the greatest and noblest civilization across the universe.
The eminent Islamic scholar further said, “Allah, the Sublime, introduced the Muslim nation a sober and moderate one. Islam has been an effective religion over the civilizations around the globe. Many of people in the West and East have been utilizing the brilliant teachings of Islam in their routine lives. Even lots of regimes and governments took example of the Guided Caliphs’ policies which were on the path of the prophecy.”
He explained the above-recited verse saying that Allah put Muslims the best due to three points; the first one is because they bid the fair and good deeds. Making an environment for the good deeds is the duty of the Muslim nation. The second feature of Muslims is forbidding sins and all sorts of unfair. The third point is that Muslims have a strong faith in Allah. Muslims of the very first era were pioneer in all angles of the life; that was just because of acting upon instructions and commands of Holy Qur’an and Sunnah. When Muslims were weakened due to leaving the path of the prophecy, they lost their unity and the strangers succeeded to imbue among Muslims.
Jerusalem can be freed by repentance and good deeds
Khateeb of Ahl-us-Sunnah in Zahedan counted the occupation of Al-Quds the result of Muslims’ distance from the Qur’an and Sunnah. He said in this regard, “Al-Quds has been occupied by sinister Zionists for many years. According to Holy Qur’an, whenever Muslims and the People of the Book neglected Allah, He snatched Al-Quds from them. When Muslims were close to Allah by adopting His eternal directions, they conquered Jerusalem without the usage of weapons.”
Pointing out towards the newly-erupted Islamic awakening in some Muslim countries, the rector of Darululoom Zahedan said that Muslim masses have begun to return to Allah. They have spread on roads and streets to dislodge despot rulers who have been aligned to either the West or East bloc. Jerusalem can not be freed by nuclear and other heavy weapons; rather repentance to Allah, good deeds and Islamic awakening are needed to liberate Al-Quds. Then Israel will surrender as the Christians did in the rule of Omar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him.
“Veto” is a tool for continuing oppression
The outstanding Sunni leader, in another part of his speech, put the right of veto a source for authoritarians to carry on their oppressive policies.
Shaikh Abdol-Hameed said, “It is regrettable and amazing that some states in this modern era, that is believed to be time of liberation, hold the right of veto. They never used this right for execution of justice; rather it is the veto which has given them a free hand to continue their unjust measures.”
He pointed more saying that the West has been utilizing “veto” to give Israel a free hand for maintenance of occupation and oppression in Palestine. While the Eastern powers used this unfair right to protect nefarious states which have been massacring children, women and innocent men. So veto is a kind of dictatorship that is completely against democracy.
The member of the IUMS urged saying, “The mere strong economy and nuclear power must not be the reasons for giving the right of veto to any country. Such states have no right to devastate others’ resources and liberty. Islam is the only religion that provides everyone freedom and justice. Islam hardly opposes discrimination of skin, language and religion.”