Strike 4 Gaza Khutbah Talking points

• Part of your faith is being upset about Palestine
  • إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ
  • “The believers are but one brotherhood” (49:10)
  • مثل المؤمنين في توادهم وتراحمهم وتعاطفهم، مثل الجسد إذا اشتكى منه عضو تداعى له سائر الجسد بالسهر والحمى
  • Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever”.
  • لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي يَشْبَعُ وَجَارُهُ جَائِعٌ‏.‏
  • Ibn ‘Abbas informed Ibn az-Zubayr, “I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while his neighbor goes hungry.'”
• Tyrants don’t make peace until they are forced to
  • Musa and Firawn
• Resisting oppression is a Divine right
  • أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَـٰتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلِمُوا۟ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ نَصْرِهِمْ لَقَدِيرٌ ٣٩ 
  • Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allāh is able to give them victory.
• Palestine is our Badr
  • قَالَ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَاقُو اللَّهِ كَم مِّن فِئَةٍ قَلِيلَةٍ غَلَبَتْ فِئَةً كَثِيرَةً بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ ‎
  • But those who were certain that they would meet Allah said, “How many a small company has overcome a large company by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the patient.”
• Don’t Betray Allah’s people
  • لا تزالُ طائفةٌ من أمتي على الدينِ ظاهرينَ لعدوِّهِمْ قاهرينَ لا يضرُّهم من خالَفَهم إلَّا ما أصابهم من لَأْواءٍ حتى يَأْتِيَهم أمرُ اللهِ وهم كذلِكَ قالوا يا رسولَ اللهِ وأَيْنَ هم قال بِبَيْتِ المقدِسِ وأكنافِ بيتِ المقدسِ
  • There will not cease to be a group of people from my nation supporting the religion, victorious over their enemies, those who betray them will not harm them until the Day of Judgement comes while they are still persisting. Those around him said “O Messenger of Allah! Where are these people?” He said “Jerusalem and around Jerusalem.”
• Make this Eid an Eid of Solidarity
  • Don’t let your celebration be insensitive, Strike for Gaza!
• The majority of our national Palestinian and Muslim organizations are calling for a Strike For Gaza on Monday, April 15th. We ask that you take off of work, stay home from school, and don’t spend any money on that day. For more info go to Strike4Gaza.org