Khutba: Three qualities to taste the sweetness of the Imam (Audio English/Arabic – 06.07.18)

Jutba of the Jumua: Three qualities to taste the sweetness of the Imam

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلاَوَةَ الإِيمَانِ أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لاَ يُحِبُّهُ إِلاَّ لِلَّهِ، وَأَنْ يَكْرَهَ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي الْكُفْرِ كَمَا يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُقْذَفَ فِي النَّارِ ‏”‏‏.‏

Anas ibn Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

Whoever possesses the following three qualities will taste the sweetness of the Imam:

1. May Allah and His Messenger be loved to him more than anything else.
2. Let him love a person and do it only for the sake of Allah
3. That I hate to go back to unbelief as I would hate to be thrown into the fire

Collected by Bukhari. Delivered on Friday, July 6, 2018 by Imam Hajj Abdel Ghani Melara, at the musal-la of the Seville Mosque Foundation, in Plaza Ponce de León, Seville.