My dear respected brothers and sisters. We are passing through the blessed month of Ramadan – the month of fasting. The primary objective of fasting is to attain taqwa. This is what we are told in ayah 183 of Surat al-Baqarah, which says: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آَمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ … [Read more…]
Alhamdulillah! Today is the 12th day of the blessed month of Ramadan. Let us not forget that this is a special time to strive to do good deeds to our fullest potential. Let us try to get close to Allah (SWT) by engaging ourselves in acts of worship, by making supplications (du’as), and by reciting … [Read more…]
My dear respected brothers and sisters! The title of the topic of today’s khutba is: ‘Human Beings Are One Family.’ We often forget that all human beings come from the same source and from the same first human family. They are all children of Adam and Hawwa (Alaihimussalam), who were the first parents of all … [Read more…]
Brothers and sisters! There is a hadith that says: لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ “None of you [truly] believes until he loves for his brother that which he loves for himself.” Another hadith tells us: لا يَبْلُغُ عَبْدٌ حَقِيقَةَ الإِيمَانِ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِلنَّاسِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ “The servant does … [Read more…]
Brothers and sisters! The topic of today’s khutba is: ‘Allah never breaks His Promise.’ In other words, Allah never fails to fulfill His promise. رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ النَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ “Our Lord, You will gather all people on the Day in which there is no doubt: surely, Allah … [Read more…]
Brothers and sisters! My khutba today is on the concept of Islamic civilization. What is the meaning of Islamic civilization? What are its distinctive characteristics? How did it emerge? What is its goal? In order to answer these questions, it is better to begin with an overview of the Islamic conception of man. This is … [Read more…]
Brothers and sisters! My khutba today is on the topic: “Ad-Deen un-Nasihah,” which means that the deen, or the religion or the way of life is Nasihah. Just as the Prophet (SAW) said, “Al-Hajju Arafah,” (The Hajj is Arafah), signifying that amongst other rituals and actions of Hajj, the predominant one is that of Arafah, similarly, … [Read more…]
Brothers and sisters! It is observed that when people come to the Masjid to perform their Jumu’ah prayer, some of them do not observe the etiquette of Jumu’ah as it should be observed, especially at the time when the khutbah is being delivered. To remind ourselves, I wish to discuss briefly in today’s khutbah the … [Read more…]
Brothers and sisters! The subject of discussion of today’s khutba is Divine destiny or fate or predestination or qadar, as it is called in Arabic. One of the essential articles of faith in Islam is to believe in the Divine destiny. This is established from the Qur’an as well as the hadith. According to a … [Read more…]
My dear brothers and sisters! The topic of today’s khutba is: “How to Save Ourselves from Satan.” We are repeatedly told in the Qur’an that Satan deceives us, that he is our enemy, and that we should treat him as such. We are warned not to be deceived by him. First of all, Satan deceives … [Read more…]
