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Summary
Dawud ibn Ali's sermon in the Kufa mosque after the Umayyad defeat. He thanks God for destroying the enemy and speaks of the house's right to rule. Histories transmit it in several versions.
Safwat's Jamharat, volume 3, transmits the sermon from al-Tabari and Ibn Abi al-Hadid. Dawud opens by praising God for the destruction of the enemy, then says that the truth was uncovered after a long concealment. 1
He recounts the deprivation the Prophet ﷺ's house suffered and then its victory, and gives the right to rule to those he regards as entitled to it. The museum does not settle that claim here; it attributes the words to their speaker. 1
The sermon is dated after the killing of Marwan ibn Muhammad, when Abbasid rule was consolidating. 1
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- Jamharat Khutab al-Arab
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr's khutba on the minbar in Mecca· Abdullah ibn Mas'ud's khutba in Kufa· Abu Bakr's first sermon after the bay'a· Abu Bakr's sermon on the day of the Prophet's death· Abu al-Abbas al-Saffah's second Friday sermon in Kufa· Aktham ibn Sayfi's sermon calling his people to Islam· al-Hasan ibn Ali's sermon on the peace· Al-Ma'mun's address on receiving news of Harun al-Rashid's death
Sources
- Jamharat Khutab al-Arab of Ahmad Zaki Safwat (1352/1933 printing) , vol3 p.7
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islam.museum contributors. “Dawud ibn Ali's sermon in Kufa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/khutbat-dawud-ibn-ali-kufa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-31.