Let Us Be Muslims - Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi

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       22. General Principles of Spending

       Remembrance of God

       Spending in the Way of Allah

       Essential Prerequisite to Guidance

       Spend Only to Please Allah

       Do Not Stress Your Benevolence

       Give Only Good Things

       Give Unobtrusively and Secretly

       Guard Against Misuse

       Do Not Harass Debtors

       Take Due Care of Family

       Give to the Deserving

       23. Specific Injunctions of Zakah

       Produce of the Earth

       On Wealth and Financial Assets

       Jewellery

       Who Are Entitled to Receive Zakah

      Fuqarā’: the poor — Masākīn: the destitute and needy — ‘Amilīna ‘alayhā: who administer Zakah — Mu’allafatu ’l-qulūb: who need to be reconciled — Fī’r-riqāb: freeing from bondage — Al-gharimīn: overburdened debtors — Fī-sabīli ’llāh: in the way of Allah — Ibnu ’s-sabīl: travelers

       Other Important Principles

       Need For Collective System

       PART VI: HAJJ

       24. Origin and Significance of Hajj

       Life and Mission of the Prophet Ibrāhīm

       Ibrāhīm’s Times

       Commitment to the Truth

       Tribulations and Calamities

       Migration

       Raising a New Generation

       The Greatest of Trials

       The Universal Islamic Movement

      Lūṭ in Sodom — Isḥāq in Palestine — Construction of the Ka’ba

       Prayers of Ibrāhīm

       25. Restoration of True Hajj

       Idol Worship Among Ibrāhīm’s Descendants

       How Corrupted Hajj Became

      A Yearly Carnival — Perverse Rites — Sacrilege of Sacred Months — Self-imposed Restrictions

       Restoration of Hajj

      Fulfilment of Ibrāhīm’s Prayer — Revival of Ibrāhīm’s Ways — End of Idolatry — Prohibition of Indecent Acts — Bragging and Showing Off — End of Ostentatious Generosity — Spattering of Blood and Flesh Banned — Prohibition of Perverse Rites — Changing the Months of Hajj Forbidden — Hajj Provisions Made Obligatory — Permission to Work During Hajj — End of Other Customs — Fixing Boundaries — Ensuring Peace and Security

       Importance of Hajj

       26. Renewal of Self

       The Journey

       Virtue and Piety

       Iḥrām and its Conditions

       Talbiyyah: the Cry of Response

       Ṭawāf: Walking Round the House

       Sa’ī: Hurrying Between Ṣafā’ and Marwah

       Wuqūf (Stay) at Minā’, ‘Arafāt and Muzdalifah

       Ramī Jimār: Stoning the Pillars

       The Impact of Hajj

       Hajj, a Collective Worship

       27. Renewal of Society

       Growth in God-consciousness

       A Season of Reawakening

       Inspiring Spectacle of Unity

       Greatest Movement for Peace

       Centre of Peace and Equality

       Our Lack of Appreciation

       Deriving Full Benefit From Hajj

       PART VII: JIHAD

       28. Meaning of Jihad

       The Ultimate Objective

       Root of All Evil

       The First Step

       Origin of Corrupt Rule

       God’s Lordship Over Man

       Temptation of Power

       Rituals, a Training Course

       Governments Run by God-conscious People

       29. Central Importance of Jihad

       Din, Shari’ah and ‘Ibadah

       Duality of Din

       Every Din Wants Power

      Popular Sovereignty — Monarchy — British Rule

       Din of Islam

       Jihad in Islam

       Recognizing True Believers

       Change Only Through Struggle

       Preface to the Eighth Reprint

       Index of Quranic Verses

      I

      Sayyid Abul A‘la Mawdudi’s Khuṭubāt, of which Let Us Be Muslims is the new and edited English translation, is no ordinary book.

      A collection of ordinary, familiar themes and plain truths, expounded before ordinary, illiterate people in plain words from their everyday language, it has, by the mercy of Allah, stirred more hearts and impelled more lives to alter their course to live in commitment to their Creator than any of his more erudite works. Many, I am sure, would share this impression of mine who like me have been led by his inspiring writings to join the cause of Allah. For who can forget those gatherings where the participants often reminisced about things that had brought them to the Islamic movement. As one person after another rose to tell his story and mentioned Sayyid Mawdudi’s writings, I still vividly recollect, one answer overshadowed all others: the Khuṭubāt.

      To express my own indebtedness to this book, I can do no better than to confess that I have now been reading it for nearly four decades and every time I have found it as fresh and inspiring as ever. Even today, I find myself speaking and writing, without the least embarrassment, words and ideas from the Khuṭubāt, as if they were my own.

      How did this book come into being? As Sayyid Mawdudi tells in his Preface, soon after migrating to Darul Islam, near Pathankot (now in the Punjab, India) – on 16 March, 1938 – he started to gather the nearby villagers for the Friday Prayers. To them, in every congregational address (Khuṭubah), he tried to explain the essential message, the basic teachings, and the spirit of Islam. Those addresses were collected and published as Khuṭubāt.

      First published in 1940,

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