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In the name of Allah, the  Compassionate,  the Merciful

  His Eminence, Sayyed Ali Fadlallah, delivered the two Friday prayer sermons at the Imamain Al-Hassanain Mosque;  Rabi al-Awal 20, 1447H/Sep 12, 2025. Several prominent religious scholars, dignitaries and hundreds of believers attended the Jumu’a prayer. Following is summary of his sermons

First Sermon

 

Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.): Building the Human Being and the Society

 

Allah, the Most Exalted, said in His Glorious Book:

{Those are the ones whom Allah has guided, so from their guidance take an example. Say, “I do not ask you for it any payment. It is not but a reminder for the worlds.”}

 

On the seventeenth of this blessed month, the month of Rabi‘ al-Awwal, we passed the anniversary of the blessed birth of the sixth Imam from Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.), Imam Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (a.s.). This Imam was known for his knowledge, patience, worship, good morals, generosity, giving, and kindness. He was also known for his openness toward the other Islamic schools of thought, and for his dialogue, to the point that he was called “the Imam of Dialogue.

 Spreading the Knowledge of Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.)

Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) lived in the period between the decline of the Umayyad rule and the beginning of the Abbasid rule. This gave him a measure of freedom that enabled him to express his views and ideas, and to spread the knowledge of Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.) and their Hadiths — something that was not available to the other members of Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.).

 

Sheikh al-Mufid, one of the great earlier religious scholars, pointed to this and highlighted the importance of the Imam’s scientific role. He said:

“From Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) so much knowledge was transmitted, that it traveled with the travelers and spread to the lands, more than what was narrated from any other Imam of Ahl al-Bayt (a.s.).”

 

It has been mentioned in his life (a.s.) that the most prominent Imams of the Islamic schools studied under him. Among them is what was narrated from Abu Hanifa al-Nu‘man:

“If it were not for the two years, al-Nu‘man would have perished.” These were the two years he studied under the Imam (a.s.).

And also the saying of Imam Malik ibn Anas, the founder of the Maliki school:

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and it has never crossed the heart of any human being, anyone better than Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq in knowledge, worship, and piety.”

 

One of the narrators, al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Washsha’, talked about the impact that the Imam (a.s.) left on the scholarly level. He said:

He entered the mosque of Kufa twenty years after the death of Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.), and he found in it nine hundred sheikhs — meaning  religious scholars — all of them saying: ‘Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq narrated to me.’

Stances of the Imam (a.s.)

Today, we will take benefit from this anniversary to point to some of the stances of this Imam (a.s.):

Warning against Accusing Chaste Women

The first stance: Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) had a close friend who rarely left him. One day this friend got angry at one of his workers and said to him: “O son of the adulteress woman!” When the Imam (a.s.) heard this, he raised his hand, struck his forehead, and said:

“Glory be to Allah! You accuse his mother? I thought you had piety, but now I see you have no piety.”

The man said: “May I be your ransom, his mother was a non-Muslim from Sind.” The Imam (a.s.) replied:

“Do you not know that every nation has a form of marriage that protects them from adultery?”

The narrator said: I never saw the Imam walk with that man again until death separated them This shows how dangerous and unacceptable such words were, while sadly in our reality today, such speech has become normal.

The Imam (a.s.) wanted through this stance to warn people not to speak recklessly, without realizing the consequences of their words, especially when those words touch another person’s dignity, honor, or accuse them falsely. Words must be truthful. Allah said:

{When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allah, tremendous.}

And He said:

{Indeed, those who falsely accuse chaste, unaware, believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have a great punishment.

Resolving Conflicts between Believers

The second stance: Al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Amr, one of the Imam’s companions, passed by two men who were arguing. He stopped to ask about the cause and learned that they were fighting over inheritance from their father. He invited them to his house and gave them money that satisfied them, even though it was a large amount. They thanked him, but he told them:

“What I gave you was not from my own money. It is from money that Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq (a.s.) left with me. He said: Keep this money with you, and if you see a dispute among our companions that can be solved with money, then spend from it to make peace between them.”

 

The Imam (a.s.) wanted his followers to be the ones who quickly put out the fire of disputes that may arise inside families, neighborhoods, or villages — whether they were sectarian, religious, political, or financial — even if that required spending their own wealth or efforts. This is what Allah commanded when He said:

{The believers are but brothers, so make settlement between your brothers. And fear Allah that you may receive mercy.}

And the Prophet (p.) said:

“Making peace between people is better than most prayers and fasting.”

Three Qualities of the Believer

The third stance: It was mentioned in a hadith of his (a.s.) when he spoke about three qualities he called the believers to, and he considered them among the hardest of what Allah made obligatory upon His worshipers. He said:

 

 “Three qualities are the hardest of what the servant acts upon:

That the believer gives justice to himself — by loving for his brother what he loves for himself, and hating for him what he hates for himself.

And that a person shares with his brother— by standing with his believing brother in times of hardship, when difficulties confront him or challenges strike him, not leaving him to face his pain and sorrow alone, but standing with him and easing his burden with a good word. This is what the Messenger of Allah (p.) pointed to when he said: The example of the believers in their affection, mercy, and compassion for one another is like the body: when one part of it suffers, the rest of the body responds with sleeplessness and fever [as a means of support].’

And the third quality: to remember Allah in every situation. If obedience to Allah presents itself, he acts upon it; and if disobedience presents itself, he leaves it.”

Supplication about Sustenance

The fourth stance: One of the Imam’s companions once said to him: “Pray to Allah that He does not make my sustenance come through the hands of people.” The Imam (a.s.) replied:

“Allah refuses except to make the sustenance of people come through one another. But pray that your sustenance comes through the hands of the best of His creation, for that is happiness, and not through the hands of the worst of His creation, for that is misery.”

 

This is similar to what Imam Zain al-‘Abidin (a.s.) said in his supplication:

“O Allah, do not place upon me any favor from a sinner or a disbeliever, and let him have no hand over me, and no need of mine with him. Rather, make the peace of my heart, the comfort of my soul, my sufficiency and my provision to be with You and with the best of Your creation.”

Following the Example of the Imam (a.s.)

Dear loved ones: These are some examples from the life of Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.) that show his humanity and the conduct he wanted from the believers — to not accuse anyone falsely, to resolve conflicts, and to live in truth.

 

On his birth anniversary, we are called to apply these meanings in our lives and societies. In this, we express our true love and loyalty to him (a.s.), and our commitment to what he called for.

 

The Imam (a.s.) left this world with his eyes on his followers, wanting them to be a shining example wherever they are, a model for others.

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Second Sermon

Worshipers of Allah, I advise you and I advise myself with the advice of Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq (a.s.) “Increase your supplication, for Allah loves His worshipers who call upon Him. He has promised His believing worshipers a response, and He will turn their supplications on the Day of Resurrection into deeds that raise them in Paradise. Increase your remembrance of Allah as much as you can in every hour of night and day, for Allah commanded you to remember Him much, and Allah remembers those of the believers who remember Him. Observe the prayers, especially the middle prayer, and stand before Allah with humility. Beware that some of you oppress others, for whoever oppresses, Allah makes his oppression turn against himself, and Allah’s support will be with the one who was oppressed. Beware that some of you envy others, for envy is the root of disbelief. Beware that your souls desire something that Allah has forbidden you, for whoever violates what Allah has forbidden here in this world, Allah will distance him from  attaining Paradise, its blessings, its pleasures, and its honor.”

 

Dear loved ones: We are in great need of these pieces of advice — to be guided by them, to make them our provision in this world and our path to the Hereafter, and to express our love and loyalty to this Imam (a.s.) by living them with awareness, responsibility, and strength in facing challenges.

The Aggression and the Responsibility of the State

We begin with the ongoing Israeli aggression on Lebanon, which we saw recently in the raids carried out on the South and the Bekaa, and the assassinations that seem they will not stop, along with preventing any sign of life returning to the border villages. This even reached to the bombing of an institution for special needs in the town of Aita al-Shaab, while Israeli leaders continue their threats to strike targets in Lebanon and their army holds drills near the border in areas simulating Lebanese villages, preparing for new invasions.

 

This again calls on the Lebanese state to take into account all that is happening, to carry out its required role, and to mobilize efforts to stop this bloodshed and destruction. It should not stop at issuing statements of condemnation — even though they are important to expose this enemy’s practices — but must go further to real action that makes the Lebanese feel they have a state that takes its role, bears responsibility for them, and does not turn its back to their suffering.

The Aggression on Qatar

We also pause at the dangerous aggression that targeted the State of Qatar. This is not new for this enemy, as it has targeted many Arab and Islamic countries before, including Yemen, where many martyrs and wounded have fallen.

 

Through this aggression and others, the Zionist entity wants to send a bloody message that there are no forbidden places anymore, no country beyond its reach if its interests demand it — even if that country normalizes with it and does not show hostility, even if it protects itself with American or European bases.

 

We condemn this attack, as we condemned attacks on other Arab and Islamic countries. We again call on Arab and Islamic states to be aware of the danger of allowing this enemy to continue violating our world. These aggressions are part of a new map being drawn, where this entity seeks to have the upper hand, building its project of Greater Israel.

 

This requires these states to leave their indifferences and to take firm and serious stances, not just issue statements of condemnation or hold meetings whose decisions, as the enemy always says, are not worth the ink they are written with. We are confident that Arab and Islamic states can take strong measures if they unite their efforts and leave behind weakness — but sadly, they are not doing this.

It is unfortunate that we saw non-Arab and non-Islamic countries take positions after this attack and adopt measures against this enemy — political, economic, media, and even legal, moving to prosecute its leaders in international courts — while we hardly see such moves in the Arab and Islamic world, except rarely. An exception is Yemen, which continues to support Palestine despite its heavy sacrifices.

Silence will only encourage this enemy further. As the saying goes: *I was eaten the day the white bull was eaten.

The Plan to Empty Gaza

And now to Gaza, where the enemy continues destroying its land, buildings, and infrastructure, ignoring all mediation efforts and even working to sabotage them — as seen in the treacherous attack on the Palestinian delegation in Doha. All of this is part of its plan to empty Gaza of its people and expel them, a plan it is also pursuing in the West Bank.

 

But the Palestinian people insist on continuing to confront this enemy with strong will and limited means, as we have seen in recent operations.

Affirming the Path of Unity

Finally, we must praise the decisions of the 39th International Islamic Unity Conference, held recently in Tehran, organized every year by the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought. The conference affirmed the need to continue the path of Islamic unity, to strengthen it, and to remove the barriers that stand in its way. Today, the need for unity is greater than ever, as it is the strongest weapon in facing the difficult conditions the Islamic world is living through, especially the violations being carried out by the Zionist enemy and its supporters — violations that can only be confronted with unity.