Chapter 5: Umar bin Abd al-Aziz’ First Sermon
The First Sermon:
In his first sermon as the Caliph, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz praised Allah SWT and declared that there would be no prophet after the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and no divine book after the Quran.
He reminded the people that whatever Allah has declared pure and lawful will remain so until the Day of Judgement, and whatever He has forbidden will remain forbidden until that day.
Umar reminded the gathering that he was not a judge inventing his own rulings, but someone who implemented the laws of Allah and he was not an innovator, but a servant following divine guidance.
Umar ibn Abd-al Aziz stated that creation was not made to disobey its Creator and that humans were not created to defy their Lord.
Umar added that he did not regard himself as the best among them, but as one of them, upon whom Allah SWT had placed a heavy burden.