Hadhrat Sa’eed bin Abdur Rahmaan Jumhi narrates the sermon that Prophet Muhammad delivered in the locality of the Banu Saalim bin Auf on the occasion of the first Jumu’ah salaah (Friday Prayer) in Madinah was:
“All praise belongs to Allah! I praise Him, seek His assistance, seek His forgiveness and His guidance.
I believe in Him, do not reject His Divinity and accept as an enemy all those who do reject His Divinity.
I testify that there is none worthy of worship but the One and Only Allah Who has no partner. I also testify that Muhammad is His servant and Rasool (Messenger), whom Allah has sent with guidance, light and advice at a time when there was a cessation in the chain of Ambiyaa (prophets);
A time when knowledge was little, people were astray, time was coming to an end, Qiyaamah (Hereafter) was drawing near and the world was coming to an end.
Whoever obeys Allah and His Rasool is rightly guided and whoever disobeys them has gone astray, has been negligent and strayed far off the right path.
I advise you to adopt Taqwa (fear of Allah) because the best advice a Muslim can give to another Muslim is to encourage him towards the Aakhirah (Hereafter) and to instruct him to adopt taqwa.
Take heed to the warnings that Allah has given you about Himself because there is no better advice nor any better reminder.
Whoever adopts taqwa with true fear of his Rabb (Allah), his taqwa will be his true helping hand in everything he seeks for the Aakhirah.
Whoever sets right all private and public affairs between his Rabb and himself solely to please Allah, shall always be fondly remembered in this world and shall have a vast treasure after death at a time when a person is most in need of the deeds he did in the past.
Every person who did not do this shall wish that there was a very large distance between him and his actions.
Allah warns you of Himself and Allah is Most Gentle towards His bondsmen. Allah is always true to His word and He fulfils His promises without going back on them, because He says:
“What I say can never be changed and I am never unjust towards My servants”. [Quran 50:29]
Fear (disobeying) Allah in your private and public matters of this world and the Aakhirah because whoever fears Allah, Allah shall wipe out their sins and grant them an immense reward.
Whoever fears Allah shall succeed most remarkably.
Taqwa protects against Allah’s anger, it protects against Allah’s punishment, it protects against Allah’s wrath, it illuminates faces, it pleases your Rabb and it elevates stages.
Take your share of rewards and never be negligent in securing Allah’s mercy.
Allah has taught you His Book and chalked out for you a pattern of life to ascertain which of you are sincere and who are not.
Do good to others just as Allah does good to you, declare your enmity with those who are Allah’s enemies and fight them for the pleasure of Allah as you ought to do.
It is Allah Who has chosen you and called you Muslims. Jihaad (Religious fight) takes place so that those who are destroyed are destroyed after seeing proof and those who survive live on after seeing a proof.
There is no power or might without Allah, so carry out Allah’s Dhikr (remembrance) in abundance and know well what is to happen after today.
Whoever sets right the matters between himself and Allah, Allah shall see to all matters between him and other people because it is Allah Who makes decisions for people and they cannot pass decisions against Him.
While Allah prevails over people, they cannot prevail over Him. Allah is the Greatest and there is no power without Allah the Most Honourable.”1
1. Ibn Jareer, as quoted in Al Bidaayah wan Nihaayah (Vo1.3 Pg.213)