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1405. It was narrated from 'Abdullâh: "The Prophet ﷺ taught us Khuṭbat Al-Hâjah: Al-hamdu lillâhi nastaghfiruhu wa nastaghfiruhu, wa na'ûdhu billâhi min shurûri anfusinâ wa sayi'âti a'mâlinâ. Man yahdihillâhu falâ mudilla lahu wa man yuḍlil falâ hâdiya lahu. Wa ashhadu an lâ ilâha illallâhu wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan 'abduhu wa rasûluhu. (Praise be to
Allâh, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allâh from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allâh guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allâh leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allâh, and I bear witness that Muḥammad is His slave and Messenger). Then he recited the following three verses: O you who believe! Fear Allâh as He should be feared, and die not except as Muslims;[1] O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person, and from him He created his wife, and from them He created many men and women, and fear Allâh through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship). Surely, Allâh is Ever an All-Watcher over you);[2] O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allâh and fear Him, and speak (always) the truth.”[3]
Abû 'Abdur-Raḥmân (An-Nasâ'î) said: (One of the narrators) Abû 'Ubaidah did not hear anything from his father, nor did 'Abdur-Raḥmân bin 'Abdullâh bin Mas'ûd, nor did 'Abdul-Jabbâr bin Wâ'il bin Ḥujr.[4]
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Footnotes
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[1] Al-Imrân 3:102.
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[2] An-Nisâ' 4:1.
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[3] Al-Ahzâb 33:70.
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[4] Abû 'Ubaidah is the son of 'Abdullâh bin Mas'ûd and the one narrating this from him. The meaning is that none of them heard anything from their fathers.
Commentary
1. "Khuṭbat Al-Hājah" (the sermon of need): that means whenever there is a need to deliver a sermon, whether it be a discourse or wedding or anything else. That is why the honorable author has brought this narration in the chapter of the Jumu'ah sermon, because it is also a need or necessity. Some people have on account of the context of the above-mentioned Verses taken it to mean the need of marriage. These Verses contain command of piety, and piety is required in each and every act, not merely in marriage.
2. This narration from the point of view of the chain of transmitters is Mungata (in Hadīth terminology, a Hadīth whose chain has missing or broken links).
