 وأقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزاله وأقول قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهدي ولا أتأواله إن الحمد لله نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات عمالنا من يهده الله فلا مضلله ومن يضلل فلا هادي له واشدوا الله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له واشدوا أن محمد عبده ورسوله يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته ولا تبوتن إلا وانتوا المسلمون يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفس واحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالا كثيرا ونساءا والتقوا الله الذي تساءلون به والأرحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبا يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وقولوا قولا سديدا يصلح لكم أعمالكم ويغفل لكم ذنوبكم ومن يطع الله ورسوله فقد فاز فوزا عظيما أما بعد فإن أصدق الحديث كتاب الله تعالى وخير الهدي هادي محمد من عبد الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وشر الأمور محدثاتها وكل محدثة بدعة وكل بدعة ظلالة وكل ظلالة في النار my beloved brothers and sisters الله سبحانه وتعالى he gives virtue to a group of people over other group of people الله سبحانه وتعالى he gives virtue to a land over another land this is what Allah does سبحانه وتعالى لا يسألوا عن ما يفعلوا وهم يسألون الله is not questioned in what he does why he does it he can do as he wishes سبحانه وتعالى الامام القرطبي the great Mufassir he said للباري تعالى يفعل ما يشاء الله سبحانه وتعالى for him is to do as he wishes يخص بالفضيلة ما يشاء الله specifies virtue to whoever he wishes سبحانه وتعالى ليس لعمله عله ولا عليه حجر بل يفعل ما يريد بحكمته وقد تظهر فيه الحكمة وقد تخفى the things in which Allah who is subhanahu وتعالى wishes to give virtue to it there is no one who can come and stop him and say you can't give virtue to this land or these people also whatever Allah gives virtue to the reason and the wisdom behind why he gives this place or these people a virtue sometimes it becomes clear to us and sometimes we don't know why Allah gave it a virtue سبحانه وتعالى my beloved brothers and sisters on the first face of this earth and this world that we live in today Allah has chosen places and he's given these places virtue and status from the places Allah has given virtue is أرض الشام this land that today when we look at on the news when we watch it on YouTube and see what's taking place this is a place Allah has given virtue سبحانه وتعالى Allah has raised the status of a Sham beyond any other land after the Haramain and today I want to bring to your attention the greatness and the value of Sham and what is it that's taking place today and its reality التاريخ يعيد نفسها history repeats itself these things that are happening in أرض الشام has it happened before and what was the outcome who got the upper hand from it إن شاء الله وتعالى that is my aim and objective in this خطبة بإذن الله الكريم أيها الإخوة my beloved brothers and sisters the virtue of Sham and the people of Sham is not a matter that I or somebody like me have taken time out to find it virtue no scholars have written books about it and I'm going to mention some scholars names على سبيل التمثيل للحص these are some scholars not all of them from those scholars are أبو الحسن الربعي رحمه الله أبو السعد للسمعاني أبو الفرج ابن جوزي بهاء الدين ابن عساكر برحان الدين البقاعي ضياء الدين المقدس رحمه الله العز ابن عبد السلام ابن عبد الهادي ابن رجب الحمبلي وشيخ الإسلام ابن تيميا رحمهم الله جميع those ten scholars and many much and many more have spoken about the virtue of Sham ولي ذلك الشيخ الإسلام ابن تيميا he said سابة للشام والأهلي virtue have been established for the people of Sham and the land Sham مناقب بالكتاب والسنة the virtues of Sham is established in the Quran and it's also established in the Sunnah وآثار العلماء and the statements that have been transmitted to us from the scholars, the people of knowledge وهي and it is those evidences and the statements of those scholars ابن تيميا says احد ما اعتمدته عليه it is from the things I, ابن تيميا relied on في حبوض المسلمين على غزوة التطار when the Tatar entered the Muslim work country when they entered Sham and inshallah we are going to speak about who the Tatar are and what took place in Sham when they came in شيخ الإسلام ابن تيميا said I brought these verses out I brought these ahadiths out and I brought the statements of these scholars في تحضيض المسلمين to urge the believers to wake up and realize the virtue of Sham وأمر لهم and I used those evidences to command them بلوزومي دمشقا that they stay within Dimashq they help and they aid these people ونهي لهم عن الفرار and I also prohibited them based on the evidences that I had in the statements of the scholars I prohibited them from running away from Sham and running away from the Banna and the Raya and the flag that the people of Sham had and not to go under the people who were from Egypt وستدعائل عسكر المصري ابن تيميا said these evidences is why I ran to ask for help military support from Egypt to help us and aid us in Sham when the Tatar wanted to enter the فضائل and the virtues for Sham we will mention some of them and they are great يا إخوة شام this place that you see today it's a land Allah has said that he has bestowed his blessing on to them شيخ الاسلام ابن تيميا said وقد دل القرآن وقد دل القرآن العظيم على بركة الشام في 5 آيات 5 verses have shown the بركة the blessing of Allah is on Sham and the people of Sham then ابن تيميا brings all of those 5 verses he says at the first of them is سبحان الذي أصلا بعبده ليلة من المسجد الحرامي إلى المسجد الأقص الذي باركنا حوله لنوره من آياتنا إنه هو السميع البصير ابن تيميا brings that ayah and Allah says in that ayah that we have made barakah all of that around it is by consensus scholars of Tafseer is that it's referring to الشام the second ayah of ابن تيميا brought is when Allah mentions in this verse we saved lot and his people and some of those who followed him إلى الأرض to the land التي باركنا the land in which we have blessed the third ayah Allah سبحانه وتعالى he says he says we have sent and subjugated great wind تجري بأمره that moves with the command تجري بأمره it moves with the command of its Lord الله سبحانه وتعالى and this wind goes towards what إلى الأرض التي باركنا فيها it goes to the land in which we have blessed وكننا بكل شيء علمين الله سبحانه وتعالى we have knowledge of everything قال شيخ الاسلام ابن تيميا ابن تيميا he said وإنما كان تجري إلى أرض الشام التي فيها مملكة سليمان the wind was going towards شام the place where the kingdom of نبي الله سليمان was the fourth evidence the fourth ayah that shows شام is a blessed land is the statement of Allah وأورثنا القومة الذين كانوا يستضعفون مشارق الأرض ومغاربها التي باركنا فيها الله said we have given وأورثنا القوم بن إسلايل الله said we inherited them we gave to them الذين كانوا يستضعفون those whose فرعون was subjugated and he was destroying and harming them الله سبحانه وتعالى he said we inherited them مشارق الأرض the eastern region ومغاربها and the western region التي باركنا فيها in which we have placed باركة in it again أرض الشام the fifth evidence is وجعلنا بينهم الله says we made and we placed between them و بين القرى and we placed between them and the cities التي باركنا فيها قرى ظاهرة الله says we placed between them cities that when they left one city the other city was a parent they could see it and this مجاهد حسن البصري سعيد ابن جبير قتادت ابن دعمة السدوسي ضحاك ابن مزاحم ابن زيد other than them all of them they said أي قرى الشام the ayah is talking about الشام يا إخوة my beloved brothers and sisters this place today that we see it is taking place it's a land that الله has blessed وندارك الشيخ الإسلام said فهذه خمس ونصوص these are five texture evidences حيث ذكر الله الله mentions in it أرض الشام he mentions the land of شام في هجرة إبراهيمة إليها نبي الله إبراهيم my great to it ومصر رسولي إليها and the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم at the night of إسراءة والمعراج it was sham in which he left from no market, no مدينة وانتقالبني إسراءيل إليها when Allah wanted to save أسراءيل from فرعون there was no other land الله chose for them except sham ومأملكة سليمان بها نبي الله the kingdom was in this land شام وما سير سبع إليها the people of أنهم يتركوا إلى مدينة شام وصفها كل هذه 5 مرة اللهم يخبرونهم بماذا بأنها الأرض التي باركنا فيها it's the land Allah has blessed سبحانه وتعالى it's the land Allah has chosen سبحانه وتعالى our Prophet نبي اللهي محمد never traveled out from the Arabian Peninsula except to شام twice before Islam with his uncle Abu Talib and after Islam was the battle of Tabuk those are the only two times the Prophet left the Arabian Peninsula and it was to only شام this shows us the virtue of this particular place و لذلك الشيخ الإسلام ابنو تيميا و ابنو رجم الحمب لبوث of them they said well باركة تتناولوا the baraka that these five verses are talking about it consists of الباركة في الدين these people's religion are blessed أرضو شام the people who are living there is blessed today you see a bombing that's taking place in وطه and the people are dying and you see a mother crying and the word that are coming out of her mouth is لا إله إلا الله الشدوء لا إله إلا الله سبحان الله is what she's saying الباركة في الدين these people have been tested for the last for the last three four five years and they've been struggling and bombing has been taking place on them مع ذلك they have salabah in their religion their religion is strong and it's tough الباركة في الدين والباركة في الدنيا these people who are the what's taking place the baraka is finally with them الله سبحانه وتعالى will give them the upper hand بإذن الله الكريم الشام the people in شام are صفوة الله من أرضي they are the elite people the people الله سبحانه وتعالى chose and Allah has taken upon himself if the believers are not going to wake up to help their brothers and sisters Allah has taken upon himself that he's going to help them سبحانه وتعالى فعن ابن حوالة the noble companion ابن حوالة he said قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم the messenger said ستصير الأمر the matter will reach إلا أن تكون جنودا مجندة that there's going to be armed troops the muslims are going to break down into dwayla countries every country has its own troops the muslims are going to be divided the prophet he told us this 1400 something years ago جنودا مجندة you are going to be troops and armies بالشام there's going to be an army and army in shahm وجندن باليامني and there's going to be troops in yemen وجندن بالعراق and in iraq there's going to be troops ابن حوالة then said خرلي يا رسول الله our messenger of Allah choose for me which troops should i be under which army should i aid and support in adab to dalek if i reach this matter فقال the prophet said to him عليك بالشام upon you is the people of shahm فإنها خيرة الله من أرضي the people of shahm are the chosen land and the people are the chosen people الله is going together on that land the most noble from amongst us he's going to place in shahm فأما ان أبيتم if you refuse to be from the troops of shahm and you're not from the army of the people of shahm فعليكم بياملكم then go to the army of the people of yemen وسقوم من عذريكم and drink from your tanks فإن الله تكفل اما فإن الله توكل لي بشامي وأهلي and the rewired of ahmed says فإن الله تكفل لي بشامي وأهلي الله has promised me that he's going to take care and that he's going to raise the status of the people of shahm ابو ادريسني الخولاني ورحمه الله إذا حدث بهذا الحديث whenever he would speak about this حديث and he would mention it he would say من تكفل الله به the person or the people in which الله has taken upon himself to aid and support فلا ضيعة عليهم then الله is not going to forsake them سبحانه وتعالى اضياء المقدسي mentions this in his الحديث احاديث المختارة ولي ذلك the scholars the أهل العلم whenever they would leave their countries the place that they would find residency was in a shahm this is the place they would find residency in اعطاء الخرساني رحمه الله he came from خرسان and he said when i left خرسان and i made the decision that i want to leave my land of خرسان i went to the people of knowledge اهل العلم في البصرة the people of knowledge in بصرة i sat with them i asked them where shall i reside in فقالوا عليك بالشام they said go to the shahm reside there and live there said i went to them the people of khufa i sat with them i asked them where do you advise me to live with my children and my family the people of scholars of khufa they said to him عليك بالشام go to shahm and reside in shahm he said i went to mecca i went to the people of knowledge in mecca i asked them i made the decision to move from خرسان i want to go somewhere where do you advise me عليك بالشام the people of mecca said go to shahm he said i went to my final destination i went to madina i asked the scholars of madina where shall i reside in where shall i live in and they said all of them عليك بالشام go to shahm and reside for that for verily they are the best people as the messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام told us my beloved brothers and sisters as qurra tebnu yasin narrated إذا فسد أهل الشام قلت ابن ياسن he said قال قال رسول الله that the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he said إذا فسد أهل الشام if the people of شام become corrupt فلا خير فيكم there's no خير in this umma after the people of شام are corrupt and they become corrupt in two things corruption in their religion and their land becomes corrupted as the scholars mentioned وردالك ابن حبان رحمه الله في صحيحه he mentioned in his صحيح على هذا الحديث based on his حديث he chapter a bab ذكروا الأخبار على أن الفساد إذا عم في شام يعموا ذلك في سائل المدن مدن ومام ابن حبان he said he mentioned in the that if شام becomes corrupt then the corruption will spread in every city after that the corruption starts from شام يا إخوة my beloved brothers and sisters this is not a coincidence that we see the muslim what country is today burning where's yemen where's شام now we have been to المقدس the muslims have been told the capital is going to be moved this is not a coincidence this is a plan this is a خطة that's been put down for the muslims are we going to sleep through all of this يا إخوة الكرام the greatest calamity among the greatest ملاحم fights and battles and the massacre that's going to take place is going to be in this place شام the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he said in the حديث أبي درداء أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال that the messenger said the place of assembly when the day hour comes at the time of the hour will be in a place called what بالغوطة the prophet ﷺ said it will be in a place called غوطة إلى جانب مدينة دماشقة this place غوطة is a place that is next to it's next to Damascus من خير مدينة شام and it's from the best cities of a sham now to take this particular حديث and to place on the وقائع and the reality that we're seeing today فيه نظر there's a look to this we can't take the حديث الفتن and apply it not to mention that the reality that's taking place now even though it hurts the heart and what's taking place in وقوطة burns the heart but this حديث hasn't fully accomplished itself onto it ولذلك حديث means and نحسن المسلمين the fortress of the Muslims in which they are going to be in to protect that day when the battle takes place is غوطة غوطة is today where you see bani the people are dying and the siege has taken place it's a place called close to دماشق ولذلك the author the صاحب the author of the كتاب عون المعبود which is a شرح of sunan sunani abidawood he says وهذا الحديث يدل this حديث shows على فضيلة دماشق the virtue of Damascus وعلى فضيلة سكانها وعلى فضيلة and on the virtue of the people who are residing in it في أخير زمان in the latest stages before the hour comes the people are residing in غوطة the best of people as the prophet said وانا حسنو من الفتنة and this is the only fortress that will protect you from the فتنة ومفضائلها and from the virtues of it is أنه دخلتها عشرة to a laugh from the virtues of sham brothers is that ten thousand individual whose eyes have seen the messenger walk through شام رأة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أزم العساكر said ten thousand صحابة who walked into دماشكس who stayed in there lived there went have all come to this place أقول ما تسمعون وأستغفر الله ليولكم ولسائل المسلمين من كل ذنب فاستغفروه إنه هو الغفور الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأمبياء والمرسلين سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين العمام ابن مويحز رحمه الله he mentions he says خير فوارسي تضل السماء the best horsemen in which the sky will be above who will be beneath the sky فوارس من قيسل it will be a horseman from case يخرجون من غوطة who will come out of غوطة دماشك يقاتلون الدجال who fights with the jail my beloved brothers and sisters the people of sham have always gone through battles and jihad i'm going to read a portion of كتاب البداية والنهاية لبن كثير الرحمه الله the battle between the muslims and in sham it started at the time of the messenger عليه الصلاة والسلام and when it first started it was when the battle of tabuk the battle of tabuk was the first time the muslims and the armies came into contact ولي ذلك the nabi الله محمد صلى الله عليه وسلمه he didn't fully open the sham ابو بكر came and then عمر came and عمر finished opening it عمر used خالد من وليد and then he told خالد من وليد to step down and then he placed in him in his place ابو عبيد عامل جرحة and ابو عبيد succeeded in opening dimasks اما دماشق he opened it after that many battles started to happen between the muslims and the صليبيين the romans ولي ذلك the romans the last when عمر رضي الله عنه push them out he looked at rome and he closed everybody who controlled روم he walked away from sham and he looked at it and he said to sham عليك السلامة يا صورية peace be upon you dimasks اما الشام سلام الاجتماع بعده this is a final greeting we will never see each other again because you saw the people who took over their mindset how they were their iman their piety and their nobility but the romans never gave up they walked away but they always tried and tried and tried so they kept sending armies to the muslims and many battles took place from the battles that took place when the year was 658 was that the tatar came before them and they came to a place called حلب which is الهبو and when they did they seized الهبو they destroyed الهبو and they moved towards بيتو المقدس and they took over and also they moved towards egypt and the leader of egypt when he had الماء السلطار المظفر وقترس when he had them coming towards egypt he prepared his army he united the people of sham he united them with the people of egypt he said come let's come together and they were they succeeded in pushing away they succeeded in pushing away the tatar in the battle named عينو جالوت this battle finished on a friday and the muslims won then the leader of egypt didn't give up he went to demashk and he fully took it out of their hands and this became the muslims حب the muslims always had it in their hand time and time came until sheikh al islam ibn utaimi as time when sheikh al islam ibn utaimi as time came the battle known as شق حب in which sheikh al islam ibn lived and also even participated ibn utaimi and other علماء they played a great role in making sure that they push away any enemies that came in the tatar they came in and sheikh al islam ibn utaimi would walk through the army and the people and he would remind them that the virtue that comes with it it was in a month of ramadan so sheikh al islam ibn utaimi commanded the مجاهدين who were fighting he said don't fast anymore break your fast and they wouldn't take it from him when he gave them the fatwa so he took food sheikh al islam ibn utaimi and he ate it and then he said to them inshallah he said we're going to win today and he would go to the leaders from egypt because each army had their own banner so he went to each army and he said don't leave us today we're going to win and he went to the people of sham and he said we're going to win and when sheikh al islam ibn utaimi said that the leaders they said to him say inshallah and then ibn utaimi then said inshallah and today i'm saying inshallah with unwavering conviction i'm sure that allah is going to give us victory because we have come with the means so we ask allahu سبحانه وتعالى allahu سبحانه وتعالى we ask him from the bottom of our heart we believe in him we know allah is going to go give victory to the people of sham as a prophet بشر هذه الأمة بالسنائي والرفعة والنصر والتمكين في الأرض الله promise that he's going to give victory to the believers but we have to come with the asbab and the means we have to aid our brothers and sisters brothers we have to put our money in our hands in our pockets and give towards these people who are suffering innocent women and children are dying والله you see a building collapse a building has collapsed a person's leg is inside it a person's face is covered and today here you are you're thinking about the room is hot let's make it a bit cold and you're thinking about what bed you want to sleep or should i sleep on this bed or not or or what shall i eat for breakfast you have so much varieties and what to choose from there are people who don't have that يوفون بالندر ويخافون يوما كان شره مستطيرة ويطعمون الطعام على حبه مسكينة ويتيما وأسيرة إنما نطعمكم لوجه الله لا نريد منكم جزاء ولا شكور إننا نخاف من ربنا يوما عبوسا قمطريرة فوقاهم الله شر that يوم ولقاهم نظرة وصرورة اللهم مكّن العباد كالمسلمين المستضعفين وأهلك المعتدين الظالمين الأذلين ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار واقل الصلاة