ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE FRIDAY KHUTBAH (SERMON) DELIVERED BY SHEIKH ALI ABDUR-RAHMAN AL-HUDHAIFI (GRAND PRIEST OF MADINA)

This is the Khutbah (Sermon) given by Sheikh Ali Abdur-Rahmaan Al Hudhaifi, the Imaam of Masjid-e-Nabawi, Madina Al Munawwarah, during Jum'ah prayers on the 15th Zul Qa'dah, 1418 (13th March, 1998).
This Khutbah, which was also officially being recorded, was delivered while Rafsanjani, an official representative of the Shia Government of Iran, was present in Masjid-e-Nabawi at the time.
Following the Khutbah, the Saudi Government immediately banned the publication of the Khutbah and sale of it's audio recordings within the Kingdom. The authorities seized and confiscated all official recordings of the Khutbah immediately after the Jum'ah prayers.

Excerpt:

How can there be any compromise or link between the Ahle Sunnah and the Shiah? The Ahle Sunnah are those who uphold the Qur’an and the Hadith (Sunnah).It is through them that Allah Tabarak wa Ta’aala has protected the Deen. They are those who engaged in Jihaad for the glory and dignity of Islam and established the glorious history of Islam.
On the other hand, the state of the Rawafidh (Shias) is that they are those who curse and insult the Sahabah (RadialLahu Anhum), they are those who are denigrating and demolishing Islam. For, indeed, it is the Sahabah-e-Keram (RadialLahu Anhum) who are the ones through whom the Deen has been passed down to us. So those people who curse and insult them, in reality, are destroying Islam.
Therefore, how can there be any association or compromise between the Ahle Sunnah and the Rawafidh (Shias) whilst they (Shias) curse and denigrate the three Khulafa; Hadhrat Abu Bakr Siddique, Hadhrat Umar Farooq and Hadhrat Uthman, (RadialLahu Anhum)?

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