What is the Arabic, English transliteration and
the English meaning of khutbah al-Haajah. It is what the Imam says when the jumah starts.
I heard many speakers begin their talks with this and I would like to learn it.
Insha’allah
Praise be to Allaah.
A number of hadeeth scholars, such as Imaam al-Nisaa’i (may Allaah have mercy on him),
have reported Khutbah al-Haajah. Al-Nisaai reported that Abd-Allaah ibn
Masood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet
(peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) taught us Khutbat al-Haajah: Al-hamdu Lillaahi
nastaeenahu wa nastaghfiruhu, wa naoodhu billaahi min shuroori anfusinaa wa
sayiaati amaalinaa. Man yahdih Illaahu falaa mudilla lahu wa man yudlil falaa
haadiya lahu. Wa ashhadu an laa ilaaha ill-Allaah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan abduhu
wa rasooluhu (Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek
refuge with Allaah from the evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever
Allaah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can
guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is
His slave and Messenger). Then he recited the following three aayaat (interpretation of
the meaning): Yaa ayyuhalladheena aamanu-ttaquLlaaha haqqa tuqaatihi
wa laa tamootunna illaa wa antum muslimoon (O you who believe! Fear Allaah as He
should be feared, and die not except in a state of Islam (as Muslims) with complete
submission to Allaah.) [Aal Imraan 3:102], Yaa ayyuhan-naas
uttaqu rabbakum alladhi khalaqakum min nafsin waahidatin wa khalaqa minhaa zawjahaa wa
baththa minhumaa rijaalan katheeran wa nisaaan wattaqu-Llaah alladhi
tasaaaloona bihi wal-arhaama inna Allaaha kaana alaykum raqeeban (O
mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person, and from him He
created his wife, and from them both He created many men and women, and fear Allaah
through Whom you demand your mutual (rights), and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs
(kinship) Surely, Allaah is Ever an All-Watcher over you). [al-Nisaa 4:1],
Yaa ayyahulladheena aamanu-ttaquLlaaha wa qooloo qawlan sadeedan
(O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allaah and fear Him, and speak (always) the
truth). [al-Ahzaab 33:70]. (Sunan al-Nisaai: Kitaab
al-Jumuah, Baab kayfiyyah al-khutbah). The hadeeth scholar Shaykh
Muhammad Naasir al-Deen al-Albaani devoted a chapter to it in which he compiled all its
isnaads and commented on it. And Allaah knows best.
