THE LAST SERMON OF THE HOLY
PROPHET (P.B.U.H)
"All praise is due to Allah, so we
praise Him, and seek His pardon
and we
turn to Him. We seek refuge with
Allah from the evils of ourselves
and
from the evil consequences of our
deeds. Whom Allah guides aright
there is
none to lead him astray; and there
is none to guide him aright whom
Allah
leads astray. I bear witness that
there is no God but Allah, the
One,
having no partner with Him. His is
the sovereignty and to Him is due
all
praise. He grants life and causes
death and is Powerful over
everything.
There is no God but Allah, the
One; He fulfilled His promise and
granted
victory to His bondsman, and He
alone routed the confederates (of
the
enemies of Islam).
O’ People! Listen to my words, for I
do not know whether we shall ever
meet again and perform Hajj after
this year. O’ Ye people! Allah says,
O’
people We created you from one
male and one female and made
you into
tribes and nations, so as to be
known to one another. Verily in the
sight
of Allah, the most honoured
amongst you is the one who is
most
God-fearing. There is no
superiority for an Arab over a non-
Arab and for a
non-Arab over an Arab, nor for the
white over the black nor for the
black
over the white except in God-
conciousness.
All mankind is the progeny of
Adam and Adam was fashioned out
of clay.
Behold; every claim of privilage
whether that of blood or property,
is
under my heels except that of the
custody of the Ka’bah and
supplying of
water to the pilgrims, O’ people of
Quraish, don’t appear (on the Day
of
Judgement) with the burden of this
world around your necks, whereas
other
people may appear (before the
Lord) with the rewards of the
hereafter. In
that case I shall avail you naught
against Allah.
Behold! All practice of the days of
ignorance are now under my feet.
The
blood revenges of the days of
ignorance are remitted. The first
claim on
blood I abolish is that of Ibn
Rabiah bin Harith who was nursed
in the
tribe of Sa’ad and whom the
Hudhayls killed. All interest and
usurious
dues accruing from the times of
ignorance stand wiped out. And
the first
amount of interest that I remit is
that which Abbas ibn Abd-al
Muttalib
had to receive. Verily it is remitted
entirely.
O’ people! Verily yor blood, your
property and your honour are
sacred and
inviolable until you appear before
your Lord, as the sacred
inviolability
of this day of yours, this month of
yours and this very town (of yours).
Verily you will soon meet your Lord
and you will be held answerable
for
your actions.
O’ people! Verily you have got
certain rights over your women and
your
women have certain rights over
you. It is your right upon them to
honour
their conjugal rights, and not to
commit acts of impropriety, which if
they do, you are authorised by
Allah to separate them from your
beds amd
chastise them, but not severely,
and if they refrain, then clothe and
feed
them properly.
Behold! It is not permissible for a
woman to give anything from the
wealth
of her husband to anyone but with
his consent.
Treat the women kindly, since they
are your helpers and not in a
position
to manage their affairs themselves.
Fear Allah concerning women, for
verily you have taken them on the
security of Allah and have made
their
persons lawful unto you by words
of Allah.
O’ people! Allah, the Mighty and
Exalted, has ordained to every one
his
due share (of inheritance). Hence
there is no need (of special)
testament
for an heir (departing from the
rules laid down by the Shari’ah).
The child belongs to the marriage-
bed and the violator of wedlock
shall be
stoned. And Reckoning of their
(deeds) rests with Allah.
He who attributes his ancestry to
other than his father or claims his
clientship to other than his
master, the curse of Allah is upon
him.
All depts must be repaid, all
borrowed property must be
returned, gifts
should be reciprocated and a
surety must make good the loss to
the assured.
Beware! No one committing a crime
is responsible for it but himself.
Neither the child is responsible for
the crime of his father, nor the
father is responsible for the crime
of his child.
Nothing of his brother is lawful for
a Muslim except what he himself
gives
willingly. So do not wrong
yourselves.
O’ People! Every Muslim is the
brother of every other Muslim, and
all the
Muslims form one brotherhood.
And your slaves; see that you feed
them with
such food as you eat yourselves,
and clothe them with the clothes
that you
yourselves wear.
Take heed not to go astray after
me and strike one another’s necks.
He who
(amongst you) has any trust with
him, he must return it to its
owner.
O’ people! Listen and obey, though
a mangled Abyssinian slave is
appointed
your Amir, provided he executes
(the Ordinance of) the Book of
Allah among
you.
O’ people! No Prophet would be
raised after me and no new
Ummah (would be
formed) after you.
Verily I have left amongst you that
which will never lead you astray,
the
Book of Allah, which if you hold
fast you shall never go astray.
And beware of transgressing the
limits set in the matters of religion,
for
it is transgression of (the proper
bounds of) religion that brought
destruction to many people before
you.
Verily, the satan is disappointed at
ever being worshipped in this land
of
yours, but he will be pleased by
obedience in anything (short of
worship
that is) in matters you may be
disposed to think insignificant, so
beware
of him in your matters of religion.
Behold! Worship your Lord; offer
prayers five times a day; observe
fast in
the month of Ramadhaan; pay
readily the Zakat (poor due) on
your property;
and perform pilgrimage to the
House of God and obey your rulers
and you
will be admitted to the Paradise of
your Lord.
Let him that is present, convey it
unto him who is absent, for many
people
to whom the message is conveyed
may be more mindful of it than the
audience.
And if you were asked about me,
what would you say?"
They answered, "We bear witness
that you have conveyed the trust
(of
religion) and discharged your
ministry of Prophethood and looked
to our
welfare."
Thereupon Allah’s Messenger (may
peace be upon him) lifted his
forefinger
towards the sky and then pointing
towards people said:
"O’ Lord: Bear Thou witness unto
it.
O’ Lord: Bear Thou witness unto
it."
(Khutbat-ul-Hajjatul Wida)
