SEL EC T ED
K H U T. A B II (FRIDAY SERMONS)
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BY MUHAMMAD AMIN A. SAMAD
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
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1. Allah‟s Justice and Compassion ……………………….
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2. Forgiveness
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3. Forbearance
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4. Repentance
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5. Those Who Lose Most
6. Commentary of al-Baqarah 2:1-3 7. The Bad and the Good
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8. Commentary of Sūrat al-Kawthar (Q. Chap. 108)…… 9. Commentary of al-Isrā’ (Q. Chap.17): 15-17
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Bid‘ah (Innovation)
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Tafsīr and Ta’wīl
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Categories of Tafsīr (1)
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Categories of Tafs.īr (2)
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INTRODUCTION This booklet is intended for the readers who are interested in learning more about Islam. It contains a collection of some of my khubahs (sermons) delivered at the Canberra Islamic Centre, 221 Clive Steele Avenue, Monash, ACT, Australia, from May to August 2003. Earlier khubahs are unfortunately not available for this collection. I admit that this booklet is far from being perfect. The Arabic texts are without vowel signs, so that it would be difficult to read by people who are not familiar with Arabic language and scripts. Finally, as I am leaving Canberra on 21 st and Australia on 25th October 2003 (in shā’Allāh), I take this opportunity to say “good bye” to all my friends whose companionship I enjoyed. I shall miss you all, but you will remain in my heart. One of the benefits of travelling mentioned by Imām al-Shāfi„ī (d. 204/820) is being in the company of noble people, and I admit that I have many of them here in Australia in general and in Canberra in particular. They have been wonderful personalities, and leaving such people for good would be really painful. But life must go on, and I have to keep proceeding whatever my Creator had decreed for me and in seeking His pleasure. May Allah the Almighty reward you, dear brothers and sisters in faith as well as in humanity, for your kindness, compassion, understanding and sympathy to me during my stay in this beautiful Canberra, and in this beautiful capital territory of Australia. May Allah accept this humble service to Islam, āmīn!!! Canberra, October, 2003 Muhammad Amin Abdul-Samad PS. For those who wish to remain in touch with me, my e-mails are: muhamine@hotmail.com and muhamine@yahoo.com.au Al-lāh (praise be to Allah), in this new edition (Oct. 2011) vowel signs have been given to the Arabic texts to help readers who are not familiar with the Arabic language to read them properly.