All praise is due to Allaah, Lord of all the worlds. Peace and blessings be upon the Messenger, his household and companions.

Dear brethren! The Muslims are being faced with waves of crises and elements of dissention and calamities. The enemies are striving to sow discord among them. The exert all efforts create enmity in the Muslim societies and spread hatred among their youths.

This situation has made the Muslims in greater need of adhering to the only path that can purify their hearts and through which love and affection can be spread in their societies.

Yes, the Muslims are in dire need of going back to the greatest moral concepts that entail the highest principles of love, affection and lofty traits.

This school is that of Islaam that keenly seeks to establish causes of love and affection and brotherhood among Muslims. Allaah says, “The believers are nothing else than brothers.” (Al-Hujuraat 49:10)

The Messenger of Allaah said, “O servants of Allaah, be brothers [in Islaamic religion].”

It is these noble fundamentals and excellent virtues that can lead the Ummah to all that is good, achieve for them all that is beneficial. These principles are the foundations of their societies, the source of happiness for them in this worldly life and the only means of achieving their interests. The wise men said, “If a people love one another, they will remain connected, if they are connected they will cooperate, if they cooperate they will be knowledgeable, if they are knowledgeable they will live a constructive life and if they live a constructive life they will be blessed.”

It is because of this that Allaah says about the best generation and the greatest age in terms of righteousness and prosperity: the time of the Ansaar and the Muhaajiroon, “And (it is also for) those who, before them, had homes (in Al-Madinah) and had adopted the Faith, love those who emigrate to them, and have no jealousy in their breasts for that which they have been given, and give them (emigrants) preference over themselves even though they were in need of that.” (Al-Hashr 59:9)

It is also in the light of this that the Prophet issue his everlasting message to this Ummah when he said, “Do not hate one another, and do not be jealous of one another, and do not desert each other, and O, Allaah’s worshipers! Be brothers. The Muslim is a brother of his fellow Muslim; he should not wrong him, disappoint him or look down upon him. The life, property and honour of a Muslim are inviolable for his fellow Muslim.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)

Brethren in faith! It is in the shade of this great principle that every Muslim should live his life. He should remain in contact with his brethren through the greatest and the most formidable link. Allaah’s Messenger said, “The Muslims are to each other, like a structure whose parts support one another.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)

Dear brethren! Each individual Muslim should live under the shade of the guidance of the best of all mankind. Each Muslim should possess the excellent qualities that this noble Prophet taught. He should live in his society while loving for his brethren what he loves for himself and hating for him what he hates for himself. The Prophet said, “None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)

Allaah’s Messenger also said, “This Ummah of yours has its days of peace and (security) in the beginning of its career, and in the last phase of its existence it will be afflicted with trials and with things disagreeable to you. (In this phase), there will be tremendous trials one after the other, each making the previous one dwindle into insignificance. When they would be afflicted with a trial, the believer would say: This is going to bring about my destruction. When at (the trial) is over, they would be afflicted with another trial, and the believer would say: This surely is going to be my end. Whoever wishes to be delivered from the fire and enter the garden should die with faith in Allah and the Last Day and should treat the people as he wishes to be treated by them.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)

The above is a Prophetic rule that entails all excellent and beautiful meanings. It is a rule issued by the most excellent of all mankind in conduct and the most perfect of them in righteousness. This rule demands love, brotherhood, compassion, coexistence, and altruism, helping others to alleviate their difficulties and meeting people’s needs. The Messenger of Allaah said, describing the typical Muslim society, “The similitude of believers in regard to their mutual love, affection and mutual fellow feeling is like that of one body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body shares the sleeplessness and fever with it.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)

He also said, “He who meets the need of his brother, Allaah would meet his needs, and he who relieves a Muslim from hardship Allaah would relieve him from the hardships to which he would be put on the Day of Resurrection, and he who did not expose (the follies of a Muslim) Allah would conceal his follies on the Day of Resurrection.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)

Fellow Muslims! There is also a Prophetic rule that forbids jealousy, and mutual hatred among Muslims, and that prohibits harming Muslims. Allaah says, “And those who annoy believing men and women undeservedly, they bear (on themselves) the crime of slander and plain sin.” (Al-Ahzaab 33:58)

The Messenger of Allaah said, “Do not be envious of one another, and nurse no malice, and nurse no aversion and hostility against one another. O servants of Allaah, be brothers. The Muslim is the brother of his fellow Muslims. He should not wrong him, nor scorn him nor forsake him. It is enough a sin that a Muslim should look down upon his Muslim brother. The life, property and honour of a Muslim are inviolable for his fellow Muslim.” (Muslim)

The Prophet also said, “There should no harming nor reciprocation of harm.”

Fellow Muslims! These are the Islaamic values and fundamentals upon which the Muslim societies should be built. They are fundamentals that wage war against violating the security of the society and harming people. They are principles that fight corruption of all kinds.

Let each Muslim; therefore, adhere to these lofty meanings and noble teachings. Let him love his fellow Muslims and let him be loved and let him be compassionate. It is then that he can live the pleasant and satisfying life. Allaah says,

“The believers, men and women, are supporters, of one another; they enjoin (on the people) Al-Ma’rûf (i.e. Islaamic Monotheism and all that Islaam orders one to do), and forbid (people) from Al-Munkar (i.e. polytheism and disbelief of all kinds, and all that Islaam has forbidden); they perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) and give the Zakât, and obey Allaah and His Messenger. Allaah will have His Mercy on them. Surely Allaah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.” (At-Tawbah 9:71)

The Messenger of Allaah said, “You will not enter Paradise until you have believed, and you cannot be [true] believers until you love one another. Shall I tell of something if you do it you will love one another? Spread salaam in your midst.” (Muslim)

Brethren in Islaam! The enemies spare no effort to create hatred and enmity among the Muslims. It is therefore obligatory upon the Muslims to remain steadfast on the teachings of this religion. Let them adhere to the blessed instructions that Islaam give.

The fact that the Muslim inhabitants of this country, the land of the two Sacred Cities, are living a blessed and prosperous life has made them an object of envy in the eyes of the enemies. It is therefore incumbent that all inhabitants of this country should join hands in following the Sunnah. They should cooperate in righteousness and piety, and they should join hands with the leaders and scholars in achieving good for the society. They should shun all causes of rancour and discord, so that people may be safe as regards their religion and worldly affairs and live in security, peace, stability and prosperity.