Title of the Sermon: The Jews, A Dark History of Cowardly Killing
Contents of the Sermon:
The Jews Killed the Prophets.
The Tried to Assassinate the Prophet ﷺ.
The Allies of the Jews are Their Partners.
All praise be to Allah, the Sovereign Judge, the Most Merciful and Compassionate to His weak servants, and the Almighty Avenger against the oppressors. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah alone with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and most faithful Prophet. O Allah, send Your blessings and peace upon him and his family and companions.
To proceed:
Fear Allah, O servants of Allah, as He should be feared, and be mindful of Him in secret and in public:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ
"O you who believe, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims" [Quran 3:102].
The world has not seen a nation more evil than the Jews. They are the wrathful nation, a people of lies, slander, betrayal, deceit, and tricks, the killers of prophets, and consumers of unlawful gains. They are the vilest of nations in disposition, the worst in character, the farthest from mercy, and the closest to vengeance. Their custom is hatred, and their practice is enmity and malice. They are the house of sorcery, lies, and tricks. They show no respect to others and disregard any covenant with a believer.
They have committed every evil deed and violated every sanctity. Among the vilest of their actions is their permissibility of shedding innocent blood by all means, especially that of prophets and people of justice and righteousness. The Almighty King says:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْقِسْطِ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ * أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ
"Indeed, those who disbelieve in the signs of Allah and kill the prophets without right and kill those who order justice among the people, give them tidings of a painful punishment. They are the ones whose deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and for them, there will be no helpers" [Al-Imran: 21-22].
The history of their ancestors is filled with the blood of the innocent, and their record is laden with the killing of the righteous and the prophets. Whenever Allah sent them a prophet who opposed their desires, they killed him without hesitation or fear. Allah Almighty said:
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ بِالرُّسُلِ وَآتَيْنَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَى أَنْفُسُكُمُ اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقًا كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقًا تَقْتُلُونَ
"And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied and another party you killed" [Al-Baqarah: 87].
They killed Zechariah and John, peace be upon them. In one day, they killed seventy prophets and then carried on with their market activities as if they had done nothing. They would boast - in the utmost vileness and meanness - that they killed Jesus, peace be upon him, the Messenger of Allah, but they neither killed him nor crucified him; it only appeared so to them. Allah, the Most High, said:
فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِمْ مِيثَاقَهُمْ وَكُفْرِهِمْ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَقَتْلِهِمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَقَوْلِهِمْ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌ بَلْ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا * وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَى مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَانًا عَظِيمًا * وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ
"And [for] their breaking of the covenant and their disbelief in the signs of Allah and their killing of the prophets without right and their saying, 'Our hearts are wrapped'. Rather, Allah has sealed them because of their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few. And [for] their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander, and [for] their saying, 'Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.' And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them" [An-Nisa: 155-157].
Even though Allah, knowing their satanic souls, explained to them the prohibition of killing innocent souls in the clearest of terms and informed them that killing one innocent soul is equivalent to killing all of humanity, He said:
مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ
"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And Our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors" [Al-Ma'idah: 32].
Messengers came to them with clear signs and proofs and forbade them from corruption in the land, but their vile souls only persisted in tyranny. They continued to spread corruption in the land, igniting wars among people, and living off the blood of innocent, peaceful people.
Servants of Allah,
These impure souls are filled with intense hatred towards our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his nation, Allah said:
لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَدَاوَةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا
"You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allah" [Al-Ma’idah: 82]
They tried to kill the Messenger of Allah ﷺ multiple times, even from the time he was an infant. Ibn Sa'd narrated in "Al-Tabaqat Al-Kubra" from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha that when the mother of the Prophet ﷺ handed him over to the Sa'diyah who was to nurse him, she said to her: "Take care of my son," and she told her what she had seen (referring to her dreams and the glad tidings she had received at his birth). A group of Jews passed by her and said: "Will you not tell me about this son of mine, for I carried him in such-and-such a way, and gave birth to him in such-and-such a way, and saw such-and-such as described by his mother?" Then some of them said to others: "Kill him," but they said: "Is he an orphan?" She replied: "No, this is his father, and I am his mother." They said: "If he were an orphan, we would have killed him."
When the Prophet ﷺ migrated, they disbelieved in him despite knowing he was the Messenger of Allah, and their slogan was: "His enmity will last as long as we live." They continued to harbor ill intentions towards him and broke their covenants and agreements, as Allah Almighty said:
فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِمْ مِيثَاقَهُمْ لَعَنَّاهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا قُلُوبَهُمْ قَاسِيَةً يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِهِ وَنَسُوا حَظًّا مِمَّا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ وَلَا تَزَالُ تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى خَائِنَةٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِنْهُمْ
"So, for their breaking of the covenant, We cursed them and made their hearts hard. They distort words from their [proper] usages and have forgotten a portion of that of which they were reminded. And you will still observe deceit among them, except a few of them" [Al-Ma'idah: 13].
Their attempts to kill the Prophet ﷺ through treachery and betrayal were repeated, for they are people of cowardice and baseness, unable to face confrontation because they are the most eager of people for life.
One day, the Jewish tribe of Banu Nadir conspired to betray the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They sent a message to the Prophet ﷺ saying: "Come out to us with thirty of your companions, and we will come out with thirty of our rabbis so that we may meet at such-and-such place and listen to you. If they believe you and accept you, we will all believe in you." The Prophet ﷺ set out with thirty of his companions, and thirty rabbis came out to meet him. When they reached an open space, some Jews said to others: "How can you get to him when he has thirty men with him, each of whom would prefer to die before him?" So, they sent a message to him saying: "How can we understand each other and we are sixty men? Come out with three of your companions, and three of our scholars will come out to meet you. If they believe you, we will all believe in you and accept you."
The Prophet ﷺ then went out with three of his companions. The Jews concealed their daggers and intended to assassinate the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. However, a well-intentioned woman from Banu Nadir sent a warning to her brother, who was a Muslim from the Ansar, informing him of their plan to betray the Prophet ﷺ. Her brother hurriedly came and informed the Prophet ﷺ about their plot before he reached them. The Prophet ﷺ then returned. The next day, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out with his troops and besieged them. "This account is narrated by Abdul Razzaq.
Once again, they attempted betrayal and treachery. Most scholars of Seerah (Prophetic biography) and Maghazi (military expeditions) narrate that the Prophet ﷺ went to the Jews of Banu Nadir to seek their help in paying the blood money for two men from Banu Amir according to the pacts between them. They said, "Yes, O Abu al-Qasim, we will help you with what you seek from us." However, they privately conspired and said, "You will not find the man in a better position than this." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting beside a wall of one of their houses. They said, "Who will climb up this house and throw a stone on him to kill him and rid us of him?" The news of what they intended reached the Prophet ﷺ from heaven, so he stood up and left.
They did not stop there. They even crafted a spell to kill the Prophet ﷺ, causing him harm until Allah sent two angels to him. One angel sat by his head, and the other by his feet. One said to the other, "What ails the man?" The other replied, "He is under a spell." The first asked, "Who cast the spell?" The second replied, "The Jew Labid ibn al-A'sam from Banu Zurayq." The first asked, "With what?" The second replied, "With a comb, hair gathered on it, and the spathe of a male date palm." The first asked, "Where is it?" The second replied, "In the well of Dhi Arwan." This is narrated in Bukhari and Muslim.
Their treachery extended to putting poison in the food of the Prophet ﷺ. A woman from the Jews of Khaybar did this, intending to kill him. Even their women were like venomous, treacherous snakes. Anas reported that a woman brought a poisoned sheep to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He ate from it, and when she was brought to him, he asked her about it. She said, "I intended to kill you." This is narrated in Bukhari and Muslim.
When Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) assumed the Caliphate, they continued to harbor malice towards him, eventually poisoning and killing him as well. Ibrahim al-Nakha'i reported that it was believed they poisoned the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr. This is narrated in Ahmad.
A dark history, starting and seemingly never-ending.
In contemporary history, they have assassinated and treacherously killed innocent people thousands of times. Anyone who stands against their tyranny is killed, even if they are not Muslim. If they are Muslim, the killing is even more savage and brutal. They have sought out promising Muslim scientific cadres in various Muslim countries, killing them in cold blood by any means, taking the lives of dozens of highly capable individuals.
The flow of innocent, pure blood continues to pour out, with international criminal conspiracies involved. It's no surprise since some of them are allies of others.
May Allah bless me and you with the great Qur’an, and benefit us with its verses and wise reminders. I seek Allah’s forgiveness for myself and for you. Seek His forgiveness, for He is the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Second Sermon
All praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and companions, and those who follow him.
O servants of Allah:
The crimes and corruption of the Jews have exceeded all limits, reaching the lowest depths of depravity and baseness. Yet, the vilest of the vile are those who, after all these crimes, still call for normalization with them, assist them, or beautify their image. Anyone who does this is a traitor to Allah, His Messenger, and the believers, and a traitor to every drop of innocent blood, whether it be of children, women, or fighters. Allah the Exalted has spoken decisive, clear words without ambiguity, saying:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى أَوْلِيَاءَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ وَمَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِنْكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
"O you who believe, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people." [Al-Ma'idah: 51].
This is the Qur'anic principle: "And whoever is an ally to them among you - then indeed, he is [one] of them."
Whoever allies with them, assists them, approves of their crimes, and supports them against the believers, is one of them and a partner in their killing and betrayal, even if he claims to be a Muslim.
O Allah, support Islam and the Muslims, and destroy the Jewish criminals.
O Allah, bestow tranquility in the hearts of those fighting in Your path, save Your oppressed servants, and raise the banner of religion with Your strength, O Powerful, O Mighty.
O Allah, guide our leader to what You love and are pleased with, and take his hand to righteousness and piety.
Our Lord, give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire.
