The miracle of Israa and Miraj, commemorated this week, proved to Allah the high status of the Prophet Mohammed, this week's sermon reminds worshippers.
Israa and Miraj are the two parts of a night journey that took Prophet Mohammed from Mecca to Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
After leading all the prophets before him in prayer, he ascended to Heaven.
"It took place during some hard times when the Prophet had to endure the ill-treatment of those who disbelieved him in Mecca and Taif and the loss of his strong supporter Abu Talib, and the closest person to his heart, his wife Khadija," says the sermon.
In a Hadith, the Prophet tells how during the journey he saw a group of people described as backbiters, who trampled people's honour.
The sermon adds: "This Hadith is a reminder for us to avoid falling into similar sins and a call to keep away from backbiting and slander, because of their serious consequences on the individual and society."
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Who are the Sacklers?
The Sackler family is a transatlantic dynasty that owns Purdue Pharma, which manufactures and markets OxyContin, one of the drugs at the centre of America's opioids crisis. The family is well known for their generous philanthropy towards the world's top cultural institutions, including Guggenheim Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, Tate in Britain, Yale University and the Serpentine Gallery, to name a few. Two branches of the family control Purdue Pharma.
Isaac Sackler and Sophie Greenberg were Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York before the First World War. They had three sons. The first, Arthur, died before OxyContin was invented. The second, Mortimer, who died aged 93 in 2010, was a former chief executive of Purdue Pharma. The third, Raymond, died aged 97 in 2017 and was also a former chief executive of Purdue Pharma.
It was Arthur, a psychiatrist and pharmaceutical marketeer, who started the family business dynasty. He and his brothers bought a small company called Purdue Frederick; among their first products were laxatives and prescription earwax remover.
Arthur's branch of the family has not been involved in Purdue for many years and his daughter, Elizabeth, has spoken out against it, saying the company's role in America's drugs crisis is "morally abhorrent".
The lawsuits that were brought by the attorneys general of New York and Massachussetts named eight Sacklers. This includes Kathe, Mortimer, Richard, Jonathan and Ilene Sackler Lefcourt, who are all the children of either Mortimer or Raymond. Then there's Theresa Sackler, who is Mortimer senior's widow; Beverly, Raymond's widow; and David Sackler, Raymond's grandson.
Members of the Sackler family are rarely seen in public.
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