Washington D.C. Friday Sermon By Sulayman Hassan Abidi: Every Reasonable Muslim Prays For The Death Of Those Who Oppress Muslims; When Allah Causes That Oppressor To Die, Will You Not Be Happy?

In his September 13, 2024 Friday sermon at the Imam Al-Asr Masjid in Washington, D.C., Sulayman Hassan Abidi said that he and "every reasonable Muslim" will join him in praying that Allah "put to death" anyone who oppresses Muslims. When Allah has caused them to die, he asked, "will you not be happy?"

The sermon was streamed live on the mosque's YouTube channel. Sulayman Hassan Abidi is the president and religious director of the Shi'ite Imam Al-Asr Masjid, Shahe Najaf Islamic Center of Washington D.C., and he spent several years studying in Qom, Iran prior to returning to the U.S. to take up religious positions at various Shi'ite communities.

Sulayman Hassan Abidi: "If you see a person being oppressed, not even Imam Hussein, just a normal Muslim being oppressed, and you see that the oppressor is unrepentant...

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"In our time, we fight that kind of oppressor with every power at our disposal – with our tongue, with our hand, with whatever power we have been given, and one of the things that we have as a weapon is our supplication.

"And so I will pray, and every reasonable Muslim will pray: 'Oh Allah, those who are killing these innocent children, women, and men, and destroying an entire society, land, its people, and its history – put them to death.' And if that is your supplication, then if Allah causes that oppressor to die, will you not be happy?"