THE DEFECTS IN TABARRUJ (DISPLAY OF ADORNMENT CAREFREELY) CONT’D

All praise is due to Allah, Who said: “And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance. “ (33:33) I bear witness that there is no deity worthy to be worship except Him alone, without partner. I equally bear witness that our leader and our master, Muhammad is His servant and messenger who said: “The similitude of the one who swaggers in her adornment before those who are forbidden to see her, is that of darkness without light on the day of resurrection.” (Sunan; no: 1167). O Allah shower your peace and blessing upon Muhammad (SAW), his household, his companions, and those who follow them in righteousness till the Day of resurrection. Thereafter, O servant of Allaah, I admonish you and myself to fear Allaah, Allah said: " إِنَّ الَّذِينَ اتَّقَوْا إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَائِفٌ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ تَذَكَّرُوا فَإِذَا هُمْ مُبْصِرُونَ (201) { الأعراف : 201 } “Indeed, those who fear Allah - when an impulse touches them from Satan, they remember [Him] and at once they have insight.”(7: 201) My brothers and sisters in faith, today’s sermon shall be the continuation of last week’s sermon on: “The Defects in Tabarruj- (display of adornment carefreely) ”. Eight defects were mentioned last week as follows: 1- Tabarruj is disobedience to Allah and the Messenger (pbuh); 2- Tabarruj is a major destroying sin; 3- Tabarruj incurs curse and eviction from the mercy of Allah; 4- Tabarruj is the character of the inmate of hell; 5-Tabarruj will be the darkness of the day of resurrection; 6- Tabarruj is hypocrisy; 7-Tabarruj is immorality; 8- Tabarruj is profligacy and scandal. 9- Tabarruj is the sunnah of Iblis: The battle between with shaitan- the avowed enemy is fundamental, ferocious and endless. Allah says: (قَالَ فَبِمَا أَغْوَيْتَنِي لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِرَاطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ (16) ثُمَّ لَآتِيَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَانِهِمْ وَعَنْ شَمَائِلِهِمْ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَاكِرِينَ (17)) [الأعراف: 16، 17] “[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path. (17) Then I will come to them from before them and from behind them and on their right and on their left, and You will not find most of them grateful [to You]." (7: 16- 17) Man has got no protector from shaitan except with piety, faith, dhikr, subjection of desires, conquering the passion for the guidance of Allah. The encounter between Adam and Iblis reveals that to feel shamefulness on the exposure of nudity is an implanted disposition in human nature. (فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ لِيُبْدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُورِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِنْ سَوْآتِهِمَا) [الأعراف: 20] ،. وقال عز وجل: (فَدَلَّاهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْآتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ) [الأعراف: 22] ،. “But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. … (22) So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise … " (7: 20, 22) (فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْآتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ) [طه: 121] “And Adam and his wife ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise.” (7: 121) Adam forgot and commit error, he repented and sought forgiveness and was forgiven, and this process ended the story of the First Committed Sin while the record remains to guide the progeny of Adam. The encounter also shows the extent of shaitan’s aspiration in achieving the nudity project. Allah warns thus: (يَا بَنِي آدَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنْزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْآتِهِمَا إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ (27)) [الأعراف: 27] “O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.” (7: 27) Shaitan is the actual founder of the nudity campaign as well as the first chief to all the vanguards of women liberation among men and jinns who call crave to liberate women from modesty. Allah says: (إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ فَاتَّخِذُوهُ عَدُوًّا إِنَّمَا يَدْعُو حِزْبَهُ لِيَكُونُوا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ (6)) [فاطر: 6] “ Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you; so take him as an enemy. He only invites his party to be among the companions of the Blaze.” (35: 6) 10- Tabarruj – a legacy of the Jews and Christians: (وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا وَاللَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُفْسِدِينَ (64)) [المائدة: 64] “And they strive throughout the land [causing] corruption, and Allah does not like corrupters.” (5: 64) The elders of the Zionists as part of their plans to subjugate the world as contained in “Protocols of the elders of the zion” have favoured waging war against good morals and demolition of the family structure through various means applicable; including production of various erotic films, reckless dresses, magazines, distributed worldwide … “ (The Woman between honour of Islam and humiliation of the Jahiliyyah; pg 29 ) The Prophet said: “I have not left any temptation most harmful to men than the women.” 11- Tabarruj is an ill-smelling Jahiliyyah: Allah says: (وَقَرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ تَبَرُّجَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْأُولَى) [الأحزاب: 33] “And abide in your houses and do not display yourselves as [was] the display of the former times of ignorance. “ (33:33) The Prophet described the Jahiliyyah propagation as stinking and commanded us to shun it, because Allah has also described the Prophet (pbuh) as someone who guides to pureness: ((وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبَائِثَ) [الأعراف: 157]) “and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil…” (7: 157) The Prophet also said while dissociating from Jahiliyyah: “He is not of us he who slaps the cheeks, tears the clothes and follows the tradition of the Days of Ignorance is not from us." (Bukhari) The Prophet said, "The most hated persons to Allah are three: (1) A person who deviates from the right conduct, i.e., an evil doer, in the Haram (sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina); (2) a person who seeks that the traditions of the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance, should remain in Islam (3) and a person who seeks to shed somebody's blood without any right." (Bukhari) 12- Tabarruj is backwardness, degeneration and retrogression: The encounter between Adam and Iblis reveals that to feel shamefulness on the exposure of nudity is an implanted disposition in human nature. (فَوَسْوَسَ لَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ لِيُبْدِيَ لَهُمَا مَا وُورِيَ عَنْهُمَا مِنْ سَوْآتِهِمَا) [الأعراف: 20] ،. وقال عز وجل: (فَدَلَّاهُمَا بِغُرُورٍ فَلَمَّا ذَاقَا الشَّجَرَةَ بَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْآتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ) [الأعراف: 22] “But Satan whispered to them to make apparent to them that which was concealed from them of their private parts. … (22) So he made them fall, through deception. And when they tasted of the tree, their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten together over themselves from the leaves of Paradise … " (7: 20, 22) (فَأَكَلَا مِنْهَا فَبَدَتْ لَهُمَا سَوْآتُهُمَا وَطَفِقَا يَخْصِفَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنْ وَرَقِ الْجَنَّةِ) [طه: 121] . “And Adam and his wife ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise.” (7: 121) Allah says thus: (يَا بَنِي آدَمَ لَا يَفْتِنَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ كَمَا أَخْرَجَ أَبَوَيْكُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَنْزِعُ عَنْهُمَا لِبَاسَهُمَا لِيُرِيَهُمَا سَوْآتِهِمَا إِنَّهُ يَرَاكُمْ هُوَ وَقَبِيلُهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا تَرَوْنَهُمْ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا الشَّيَاطِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ (27)) [الأعراف: 27] “O children of Adam, let not Satan tempt you as he removed your parents from Paradise, stripping them of their clothing to show them their private parts. Indeed, he sees you, he and his tribe, from where you do not see them. Indeed, We have made the devils allies to those who do not believe.” (7: 27) Clothes serve as cover for man’s privacy, and as a form of adornment, while taqwa- piety serves as the cover and raiment for the nudity of the soul. An upright nature abhors exposure of physical and spiritual nudity, it strives to cover it. 'The mother of Yemen 's revolution- "Tawakkul Karman" , ' when asked about her Hijab by journalists and how it is not proportionate with her level of intellect and education , replied: "Man in early times was almost naked , and as his intellect evolved he started wearing clothes. What I am today and what I'm wearing represents the highest level of thought and civilization that man has achieved , and is not regressive. It's the removal of clothes again that is a regression back to the ancient times.'' 13- Tabarruj is doorway to unending evil: The reflection on the religious references and the historical trends will expose the evil of Tabarruj on life and religion, especially when free mix of the opposite sexes is added to it. Some of the evil consequences include: - Competition among nude women in forbidden ornamentation only to attract men’s attention, and made women a cheap commodity for every eye. - Reluctance to marry. - Prevalence of sinful immoralities. - Moral decadence among men particularly among youth which lead them to varying degree of corrupt morals. - Destruction of family ties, lack of confidence among its members, and the prevalence of divorce. - Trading with women, as a means of advertisement or entertainment in areas of trade and others. - Women abuse and exposing her to the harm of the wicked and foolish ones. - The widespread of diseases: The Prophet (pbuh) said: “Never does obscenity (al-faahishah) become manifest amongst a people such that they make it open, except that plagues and diseases afflict them that had never appeared in their ancestors who have passed (before them). - Facilitating the sins of adultery of the eyes and creating difficulty in implementing the command to lower the gaze. The Prophet (pbuh) said: “The fornication of the eyes is the looking” - The cause of a general and dangerous punishment, worse than the atomic bombs or earthquakes. Allah says: (وَإِذَا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نُهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا الْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَاهَا تَدْمِيرًا (16)) [الإسراء: 16] “And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.” (17: 16) The Prophet (pbuh) said: “Verily when the people see evil and fail to correct it, it will become inevitable that they all will be covered with the wrath of Allah” (Abu Dawu, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah) SECOND KHUTBAH All praises are due to Allah, Who says: : " ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ (41) {الرّوم : 41 }. Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness]. (30: 41) Peace and blessings be upon Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) raised to perfect good characters for men, his household, companions and those who follow them till the day of recompense. Thereafter, Servants of Allah, the evil of baby factory and sale of human parts which was hitherto rampant in the south-east (Abia, Edo etc) have now been discovered in the south-west- Ogun and Oyo states at Alagbole and Aderemi areas. Girls of ages 13- 19 were camped, male attendant arranged to impregnate them, on delivery the babies are sold to the patrons of these dungeons as sacrifices to their fetish at humiliating prices. In addition to that is the ongoing CONFAB has turned out to be a field of attacking Islam and criticizing the impact of Islamic codes or terminologies in the Nigerian Constitution which was only written by non-Muslims. They challenged inclusion of terms like ALLAH, AL-QUR’AN etc in the constitution, unfortunately no one could stand to challenge why 95% of the Ministers are Christians, 62% of the two houses are Christians and why 80% of Officers- the army, Air Force and Navy are Christians!!! May Allah help us. Oh Allah descend peace; flowing with continuous tranquility and security upon Nigeria and all other Muslim nations.