Majed Mahmoud – Friday Khutbah 02-08-2024

How many of Allah's commandments do you follow?

How many of Allah's commandments do you follow? And how many you

not? That's the value in the sight of Allah. May Allah make us all of

Al Fay is in and Rabbi Alameen

in one of my previous jobs. I'm an engineer by profession. When I

first got it as an entry level, I made a very significant mistake

that was going to cause the company a large financial loss. So

I was very stressed out. I was very anxious. And I was told, may

I did go to this person, they may be able to solve the problem. So

right from the get go, I rushed to that individual who should be able

to solve the problem that I caused. On my way to him, someone

stops me and asks, Majid, where are you going? I said, you

probably heard what I've done. The whole company knows I'm going to

this person. I was told he can solve the problem, and this man

who stalked me told me one sentence, one he says, The man you

are about to meet is also known to be a very, very nice person. He's

a very nice person. So just from that attribute, that that person

is a nice man, the one I'm about to meet make me feel comfortable,

made me feel peaceful. Why? From one name, He's a nice person, so

this means he will not make fun of me. Oh, a new graduate, causing us

problems already. He's a nice guy. That means he will go beyond the

eight hour shift to help me all these meanings, from one word nice

to that individual, nice guy,

Allah is the best of examples. They say. How do you and I feel

when we hear Allah is our Rahman Al Rahim?

Do we feel there's hope?

When you hear Allah is AR Rahman Al Rahim? Do you feel that your

sin is too big, that Allah may not forgive ah.

How do you feel when you hear that Allah is Al Mujib? Al Mujib is the

one who replies to your call. Al Mujib the one who gives you

whatever is best for you. When you ask him, does this feeling not

come in when we hear Allah's names and attributes? Listen to Ahmed

Abu Khattab Radi Allahu Anhu in a very powerful statement that he

gave. In that statement, there are two parts to it. The first part he

says, In Nila Ahmad ijabah, he says, I'm not worried or concerned

whether Allah will reply, whether Allah will answer or not. I'm not

worried whether he will answer or not. What are you worried about?

Walakini, Ahmed, Mohammed dua, my concern is on my end, will I call

him or not? Allahu Akbar, he knows if I call, he answers. So the

problem is not, will Allah answer or No? Allah will answer, but will

I call SubhanAllah. That's an example of someone that

understands what does it mean that Allah is Al Mujib, the one who

answers the call. May Allah grant us the understanding of Ahmad

Allah. And the focus of this khutbah is the aspect of dua,

because there are some moments in your life where the means that you

can take of change. Are so limited to one or two, but the one mean

that will always be present in whatever problem, whatever issue,

locally, statewide, nationally, internationally, the one mean that

will always be available is dua, the weapon of the believer. May

Allah make us utilize it. Rameen

Rasul, sallam. We learn from Islam that everyone in this masjid,

though, is my first time giving here, but we're all inshaAllah,

brothers and sisters, no matter who you are, you are poor and weak

with all respect. Do you know what house I live in, what car I have?

You are still poor and weak with all love and honesty, all what it

takes to ruin your mood is one mosquito to be released in the car

that you have, one fly in your massive master bedroom can

irritate the entire night. You see how weak we are, one fly, one

mosquito, and sometimes it's a virus that you cannot even see,

can change your entire day, if not weak, if not life, may Allah

protect us, and there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing

wrong al insanif. And then when we complain to others about our

problems and needs, I'm sure many of you will agree when you call

someone like, I have this problem, this problem many times the one on

the other side of the phone call, what do they tell you? Me too, I

too, have this problem. So we're all confirming, and sometimes in

that call, whether man or woman, young or old, very attached to the

deen or not, sometimes you get emotional as you vent that, you

start crying. You don't take the second call, you don't answer it.

Someone knocks on the door like I'm into this call. You're so

focused.

Standard of religiosity that I'm looking for as an example, what

happens you start to reduce your needs or reduce your standards?

With Zechariah, the more difficult it became, the more he raised the

standard of his dua

the more it became impossible, the more hope he had unbelievable way

of thinking, because that means I respect you. That means it's not

about me as much as about you. All the doctors told me my chance of

recovery is 5%

you may do out to Allah so desperately I have only 5% chance

to survive. The doctor calls you, oh, your case got worse. You have

1% chance now you don't say, Ya Allah, cure me. Ya Allah, make me

better than ever before. Allahu Akbar, it's a whole different

mindset. So what was the last dua? He didn't ask Allah for a

righteous child. Was actually different. He asked Allah,

duriyattam, paiba, Ya Allah, this is the first time you see in the

Quran and with Zakaria, Ya Allah, I want a righteous child, a

righteous grandchild, a righteous great grandchild. I want my whole

lineage to be righteous. Allahu Akbar to have one child. First,

I'm going to aim for the stars so I can land in the moon. As they

say, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi was telling me, he says, when you

ask Allah for Paradise, ask Allah for what firdausal Allah, that's

your way of thinking and your optimism. Abu Bakr sabdi qli

Allahu, anhu, the Prophet sallallahu, alayhi wa sallam says,

Jannah has eight gates, gate of Salah and gate of Siam AND gate of

Sadaqah and charity. And then when you excel in one a gate caller

says, Oh, you who excelled in fasting, that's your entrance. So

people go the next gate. Akala says, Oh, you who did very well in

sadaqah, come from this door. Abu Bakr as

did not sit like some other people that say, well, Allah, doesn't

matter what door inshallah I come from the window. I just want to go

to Jannah. That's not the attitude. So he told the prophet,

assalam, ya rasulallah, is it possible for one person to be

called from all eight doors

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ambition in the right place? So the Prophet sallallahu, Islam,

said, yes, there are people that would be called from all eight May

Allah make you all from them. So the Prophet says, yes, there are,

and you're one of them. InshaAllah, this is the ambition,

they say, impossible situation, 302 days, it is all look what's

happening. Look at the assassinations. Look at the

corruption Wallahi, our dua will not just not decrease, will not

just remain the same. We will ask Allah for a victory more than ever

before, because Allah, Allah, Kulim hadir, Allah, is capable of

everything and anything. And look to what Allah said in authentic

hadith. Allah says, ya Abadi, O My servant. So everybody who is a

servant of Allah pay attention. Allah says, here a badilah,

walakum wa akhir akum. If all of you, from beginning of time till

the last human being that is born, wait in Sukhum, WA jinn, naqum,

and even the jinn, so count the billions now and the jinn, all

humans and all jinn, kamafisa, Aiden, Wahid in FASA, abuni, all

of us would to raise our hands to Allah the same time and ask Allah

for something Allah says for our Tay to cool in San in min Huma,

salata, I will give every single one of you what you asked for.

LEM kosdali came in. Mulki Shaya, My kingdom will not be reduced. My

checking balance, my balance will not be reduced, except to what

point ready for the example Allah says, except like a needle that

you dip in an ocean, you take the needle outside the ocean, how much

water did the ocean lose because of the dip of the needle? Two

drops, nothing to count. That's the equivalence of all our needs

to what Allah really has in stock. Allahu Akbar, ask, ask Allah

subhanahu wa how amazing is a Samir, the All Hearing that can

distinguish who said what? Right now, one guy says, Hey, brother, I

have a question. I'm like, who is the brother? One guy can confuse

me, Allah says, the whole world asks Allah. He knows what you

asked in every language, and he knows the intention and what's

behind it. May Allah grant us the best I say, whatever I have said,

and you hear many times these few moments, we ask Allah to forgive

us and forgive you, and I so seek his forgiveness. So as you sit the

few seconds in sha Allah, ask Allah from the bottom of this

heart, not because you deserve it as much as because he is RAF.

That's his name, Rahim. So what are you trying to tell us? If we

are sincere, Allah, please forgive me. I.

Whereby the one who will hold me accountable, Allah would forgive

you for all of your sins and my sins inshaAllah, like how like a

newborn baby,

just show him respect that he's capable no matter what you've done

in your life, Allah can forgive except if a right that you took

from someone return that right. So the equation can be completed in

sha Allah. So I say whatever I have said, and I ask Allah to

forgive me, and I ask Allah to forgive you. He is the most

forgiving. So seek his forgiveness. You.

Believe Allah accepted, believe ALLAH has erased and be

optimistic. Allah says, I am what you expect of me. Allah said, I

will meet your expectations of me so think, well, of Allah. To

conclude, inshaAllah, there's a lot that can be said on what you

do from your end. When you make dua, be certain Allah will

respond. You want Allah to accept your DUA focus as much as you

humanly possibly can, to have Halal income as much as you

possibly can. Allah knows in the corporate world, it's almost

impossible, but Allah tells us, Fatah, allahum, fear Allah as much

as you possibly can. May Allah forgive us. Ya Rab Allah says,

rasulallah says, Allah accepts your DUA, as long as you're not

hasty. So don't give up and throw the towel too early. The one that

I want to end with is Hadith the Prophet sallallahu, alayhi wa

sallam, which I'll mention through a very short story. There's a

masjid that used to attend very frequently, and there's a brother

that used to always be in the first row. Sometimes when I am

early, I see him walking to the masjid. He has no car, no bike,

bus pass nothing, until anytime I pass by, I pick him up, I drop him

off. About a week or two. At one point, he stopped showing up.

Someone very committed stopped showing up. So I was concerned. I

know his house. I go to his house, I knock on the door. I'm worried.

How is he doing? Where is he at? And he opens the door. So I was

grateful that he's fine, good health. So I say, Assalamu

alaikum. And the man refuses to say, Wa Alaikum Salaam. And I'm

very shocked. Someone always in the masjid first row now not even

Wa Alaikum Salaam. And he said, What do you want? I said, I came

to check on you. He said, I'm good move on in life. Subhanallah,

because of my situation in the community, I was able to gently

push back to help out. So I said, Tell me, what's the problem. If I

can help you, I will tell you. If I cannot, I'll tell you. I'm

sorry. He's like, okay, whatever. We went down to the basement.

What's your story? He said, You know how committed I am to the

masjid. I said, Yes, I'm a witness to that. You know, I go even if

there's a blizzard or a thunderstorm, I always walk to the

masjid. I said, Oh, lahi. I understand. I pick you up. I drop

you up. I know what's the problem? He said, for the past nine months,

nine months, I've been making all kinds of dua. Not a single one

Allah gave me. Why should I worship Him?

May Allah forgive us. May Allah forgive us. This is when someone

is very into the deen from the outer but maybe lack knowledge,

may Allah increases in knowledge. Ya rab. InshaAllah. Tonight, we

have a session to talk about one of the greatest duas in the Quran,

David versus Goliath tonight, inshaAllah, so that brother,

there's Allah that can be said, and that's the conclusion. As I

mentioned the Hadith. I said to him, whenever you make dua to

Allah, one of three things happen. You ask Allah for anything.

There's three choices that will happen, three answers. You'll get

an answer for sure. Wallahi, there's an answer in sha. Allah,

how? Leave it up to him to choose what's the first one? You ask

Allah for something specific. Option one, Allah gives you what

you ask for simple you want this car. Allah gave you this car. You

want to marry that person. Allah made you marry that person. Done.

Option two, you asked Allah for something, but the thing that you

asked for the Hakim, the All Wise knows it's not good for you. It

would harm you. It's not high for your iman. Okay, so I wasted my

time. No, did not waste your time. Your dua goes to Allah.

You don't get what you want, but there was a hardship coming your

way. You're about to have an accident on one of the highways,

but that dua blocked the accident. So when you were driving, you

almost got an accident, and you went to the right, you went to the

left, and you're like, man, Alhamdulillah, I'm a good driver.

You're not a good driver. It's because a dua that you did in

college. Oh, Allah, make me marry that girl and make her say,

shahada and Allah never made that happen. It was stored to save you

from that accident. On that day, Allahu, Akbar did not go to waste

the third and last, you ask Allah for something he does not give it

to you. You ask Allah for something he does not block a

hardship upon you. You ask Allah.

For something, and Allah stores it in Hasan at on the day of Yom

Kiyama, for a moment, your K your skill is heavy, then you have a

great life. The Sahaba said, then we will never stop making dua.

It's a win win win situation. The Prophet did not say, don't have

this attitude. No. He said, Allahu, Akbar, Allah loves this

attitude, yes, make as much dua, and Allah will continue to give

Alhamdulillah brothers back to the masajid la May Allah grant us the

best, which of the three is the best? Whatever Allah sees best.

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Assalamualaikum, warahmatullahi,

Asmaa Income, warahmatullahi wa

so now I come Inshallah, a few announcements, starting with the

night, with the sheik mentioned. Sheik Majid Inshallah, there is

the Al Maghrib program, King of Jerusalem, the epic of the wood

and jalute, and that's going to be starting at 7pm so if you haven't

registered yet, you can register at Al madrib.org/stories,

Inshallah, will have the QR code up as you go. Make sure to

register. Now, don't wait till the last minute at the door. Once we

get to full capacity, call us. The doors will close so org slash

stories. Inshallah, there will be babysitting at manata. You drop

them off there, and then. Inshallah, you can, you can come

through here at the Nasim banquet hall. Inshallah, there will also

be three food trucks here tonight, starting from 630 you have the

Chaka food truck, cafe, med and snow me something, the snow cone

food truck as well. Inshallah, so it's going to be a great night

tomorrow. We have the last barbecue of the summer, which is

going to be sponsored by ikna relief, that's going to be at

6:30pm on Saturday. And then on Sunday, we have a special guest,

Dr talher, who's going to be here visiting Memphis, and he's going

to be doing a special program between duhur and Asr called Ibn

Al Qayyum is letter to a friend. So between duhur to Assad.

Inshallah, it'll be here in the prayer hall, the MIT prayer hall,

and that one is free of charge. So it was a full slate of things. And

then lastly, we have two requests. Inshallah, we had sent this out a

while back, but brother rafad al Hashem was in a motorcycle

accident few weeks ago. He's still in a coma, so the family is asking

for Daz. And also, many of you have heard and through the

announcements of not the passing away of Yusuf ziyadah, his janazah

prayer is being held at Mr. Rahman right now, and then they're going

to go to the cemetery after for the burial inshallah.