Maulana Abdul Malek, Khatib of National Mosque Baitul Mukarram, discussed market syndicates, rising commodity prices and transgenders in Friday's speech.

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He discussed these before the sermon on Friday (November 1). He called all the three matters as haram and unjust.

At the beginning of the speech, Maulana Abdul Malek said about the importance of taqwa, remembering the blessings of Allah, remembering the fear of his presence and refraining from the restrictions of Allah is called taqwa. Maulana Abdul Malek discussed two types of Taqwa.

He said, the first form of piety is to avoid oppression. One of the manifestations of oppression is to increase the price of goods. The way in which people of the whole country are suffering by unfairly increasing the prices of goods by syndicates has never been the case before.

He further said that severe punishment has been given for increasing the price of goods and thus controlling the market and causing hardship to the people. In a hadith narrated by Ahmad in Musnad, it is said that whoever increases the price of goods unjustly in a market, Allah will punish him on the Day of Resurrection by placing him in a coil of great fire.

Maulana Abdul Malek said, the crimes of those who are doing syndicates today are as terrible as thieves or embezzlers and their extra income is clearly haram.

Discussing the second type of taqwa, Khatib of Baitul Mukarram quotes the first verse of Surah Nisa and says, Allah created man and woman from Adam and Eve. So it is obligatory for a man to follow all the laws given by Allah like a man. It is obligatory for women to observe all the laws given by Allah like women.

He said that a man transforming into a woman or thinking himself a woman and a woman transforming herself into a man or thinking herself a man is haram and kabira sin. It is tantamount to fighting with Allah. LGBT or homosexuality is an anti-taste hate crime. No Muslim can support this crime.