Hajj Asadullah Yates

  • 28th July 2006

    After having purified our community of the Shi‘a religion – and, of course, this includes anyone condoning the suicide attacks which have become an integral part of that deen – we can concentrate on the most urgent task of the moment: our coming together as a body in worship of Allah ta’ala. This coming together…

  • 21th July 2006

    This khutba has been composed in consultation with Deobandi and Berelwi ‘Ulama. The events now unfolding in Lebanon and Iraq, which before the colonial era were two wilayas of the Osmanli Dawlat, Sham and Mosul, are a continuation of the Battle of the Camel, of Siffin and Kerbala. It was as a result of these…

  • 14th July 2006

    In the light of what is happening today in the Middle East, we Muslims must know our Deen. The Prime Minister of Iran spoke as if on behalf of all the Muslims. He cannot say do this. Shi‘ism is another religion. The Battle of the Camel was followed by further hostilities which came to a…

  • 7th July 2006

    Bukhari narrates from Abu Humayra, from the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, who said: The Last Day will not occur until two groups will have fought each other in a great battle while both claiming one and the same thing. Ibn Hajar, in his commentary on the Hadiths of Bukhari, said that this…