All praise is due to Allah, Lord of Creation, and prayer and peace be upon the most honorable of all mankind and messengers, our master Prophet Muhammad and on his family and companions altogether.
God's peace, blessings and mercy be upon you.
The occasion that has gathered us together is a red-letter day and unparalleled occasion. Is there anything more prestigious than being shaded by God's mercy after building a House of God and completing its construction. Is there anything more sublime or greater than drawing closer to God by worshipping him under the roof of a new mosque.
We have named this new mosque, which we are honored to inaugurate today, after Sheikh Imam Muhammad Ibin Abdul Wahhab, the great scholar, competent reformer, and leading renovator. We pray to God Almighty that he be among those included in the Prophet's hadith that states, “Allah sends to this Ummah at the head of every hundred years he who renews its religion”.
I am confident that this mosque, which has risen from the land of Qatar, as an eternal piece of it, would be a platform of correction and sincere call for the path of God the Almighty. A path that is devoid of religious fads and whims, in a way that would enable mankind world to benefit from things that cope with the spirit of this age and that would rescue them in the Hereafter, in line with what would please God and His Messenger, as was the case with Sheikh Mohammad Ibin Abdul Wahhab and his call.
The light which has illuminated the path of Sheikh Imam Muhammad Ibin Abdul Wahhab, (May God have mercy on his soul) has spread among people of the Arabian Peninsula and brought them back to the righteous path, and guided them to the proper approach as per the Quran and Sunnah.
Ibin Abdul Wahhab removed the deviations that had confused the mind and the aberrations that had affected the souls. The Imam Ibin Abdul Wahhab, was a role model in his position as a man of God, and his traits as an ascetic, pious, patient and far-sighted preacher who was is well-grounded in reality. Today's preachers are in need of all these characteristics.
Our founding grandfather Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed bin Thani (May God have mercy on his soul) was a religious scholar and a ruler at the same time, and among those who were receptive of the call of Sheikh Ibn Abdul Wahhab, and adopted and disseminated it in our country and abroad throughout the Muslim world. He shouldered the responsibility of spreading the books of the call of Wahhabism and other books after printing them in India, in order to keep people well informed of the religion of Allah and the message of His Prophet. Still, to this day, we follow in the footsteps of those great ancestors, under the guidance of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, peace be upon him.
We will spare no effort to continue carrying the message and spreading the tolerant teachings of Islam in the whole world. We believe that the Ummah is now in need of renovation and to be inspired by the resolve and experience of Wahhabism in a way that complies with the current age and its developments.
We meet today to inaugurate this mosque and to name it after the Imam Muhammad Ibin Abdul Wahhab. We are also honoring the scholars who still preach his thoughts and calling to serve Islam and Muslims.
In conclusion, we have the honor of inaugurating this mosque and I pray to Allah the Almighty to help this mosque remain a platform of light and a beacon of guidance at present and in the future.