Friday Khutbah August 4th 2023

Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

in the opening of any speech would remind his community of the following verses from the Quran many of us are so used to them today I wanted to just stop for a moment and reflect

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it took Allah. Be mindful of Allah to the point where you fear Allah as he should be feared. You're conscious of Allah subhana you're thinking of Allah you're aware of Allah, you're mindful of Allah in the Presence of Allah as he deserves to be, remember subhanho wa taala.

One atom, Alterna Illa and Thomas honeymoon and make sure that you do not die, except in a state of Islam. In other words, make sure that you're always keeping yourself in a state of Islam, you're upon Islam so that when death comes upon you,

and death comes very often unannounced.

It's not like you know, when you're going to die, so you always have to be in a state of submission, the state of Islam, well, that temotu Illa, anti Muslim, this, this is why one of our daily do is that we should ask Allah subhanaw taala desperately not to take our souls not to end our lives except in the state of Islam.

Allahumma Hina Island Islam which often Allah Eema I mean, our banality So the worst thing for someone is to live a life of a Muslim.

And then at the end,

and with the life of someone who doesn't believe in Islam, when I add them in that this could happen, so never take it for granted. So make sure that you keep yourself

apart in Islam. And you ask Allah Subhana Allah for guidance. This is exactly this is precisely why we pray five times a day and we ask Allah for guidance. It's not like because we don't know where guidance is, or we don't have guidance. No, because we need guidance continuously.

Then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would remind his community and humanity of the first verse of certainly set chapter four. Yeah, Johan Nasser takuna Docomo, Lady Hana alchemy nephew Wahida

Oh, mankind, oh people. Be mindful of your Lord who created you from a single soul wahala come in has O Jehovah. And from it, he created his meat. It's a constant reminder, a weekly reminder that were created from a pair a male and a female a man and a woman, Adam and Eve. And it doesn't work any other way by the way.

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I'm from them both. He scattered and created it and reproduced so many men and women, men and women. And that's how we should be.

We are weekly on a weekly basis we were reminded like as if Subhanallah the the revelation and the promises of new that will time will come where people will be very confused about these things, or that confusion will be created. So just to help us reset remember, but semi nomadic Jalan Kathira Anisa

What duckula Hallette, etc. And we're gonna be here in one hour.

So be mindful of your Lord through whom you demand your mutual rights. What does that mean? When we say by Allah for the sake of Allah give me this Oh, by Allah I didn't. We always invoke the name of Allah azza wa jal, whenever we demand something or when whenever we want something, especially when it's something to our advantage. So Allah says, Be mindful of Allah, whom you call upon whenever you demand your rights.

Don't only remember Allah whenever you want something.

Remember Allah subhanaw taala. Always even when something is demanded from you, or when something is when you're obligated to do something, not only when you want something.

When our ham also be mindful of the

ties of the wounds, in other words, your kinship

this very special and important relationship, be mindful of it. Because also people through that that kinship or relationship they demand also their mutual rights. I'm your cousin.

I'm your older brother, I'm your parent. I'm your child for God's sake.

Why do you only remember that

when it's time for you to ask for your right

but when it comes to your duty while you're in my child, then you should behave like

A child

you're my parents, you should act like a parent.

Not only bring that up whenever you need something or whenever you're trying to demand something, I'm your husband. acts like a husband, a proper husband. I'm your your brother. I'm your cousin for God's sake. Oh, where were you when I was when I needed it.

So don't only remember these relationships whenever you need something but the Kola Khalifa say I do whatever he wanted our ham and Allah puts emphasis on it in the law, how can I leave come rock Eva, Allah is watching over you. 24/7 You're under surveillance. You should remember you shouldn't behave in this life. The way you do when you are in a courtroom standing before a judge.

As a matter of fact, you should even behave like you know, it's even more than that. The judge may not even be aware of everything.

may not be aware of all evidence or all the circumstances. But Allah subhanaw taala is aware of everything

the visible and the things that are not visible to other human beings in Allah can La Cumbre Kiba rocky but someone who's watching you all the time.

And however, I want to pause here for a second and say Allah subhanho wa Taala however does not or this is at least my my observation, I could be wrong. The Quran doesn't does not motivate us through guilt. Oh, shame money, doesn't.

You see the Quran or Allah subhana doesn't guilt us into doing things because Allah doesn't need us. Allah is not desperate for our really bad. But Allah subhanaw taala motivates us. As a matter of fact, even when we commit something when we're guilty Allah azza wa jal What does Allah do?

He opens doors of Rama and opportunities for us to repent polyamory baddie Allah Nina sort of foresee him later, not only Rahmatullah. Don't, don't despair, come back to me.

This is the beauty. You know, the day Allah Subhana Allah is going to guilt his servant, it's going to be too late. That's a day of judgment. It's too late.

You're not going to have the opportunity to fix it. But now Allah invites us,

reminds us motivates us, Allah Subhana Allah motivates us with love.

Compassion, Grace. He's inviting us of Hana with that. So when I say in a lot of kind of Aleikum, rocky but don't think of it as if Allah subhanaw taala is just waiting for you to make a mistake because we are making mistakes left and right, we're flawed Yet Allah Subhana Allah continues to give us opportunities and supplies us with so much.

This says something about Allah subhana wa Taala that we better wake up before it's too late.

So that's what this verse that's why the promise was Salam is plugging or bringing this verse up every every speech not even every Friday. Then the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam will close by saying, Yeah, Johan Yeah, you handle Edina mn otaku Allah wa Kudo cola and said either Oh, you who believe. Be mindful of Allah again, and say the right word, be accurate.

be correct. Be upright.

You receive responsible for what you say if you're responsible for what you say. Imagine how responsible you would be for what you do.

And your opponents I mean, we make statements verbal and physical statements.

Oh, no, I wouldn't say that. Either. Make sure that you're right. Make sure that you You're correct. Make sure that you're fair. Make sure that you are honest.

And if you do that, if you're committed, you're welcome Allah, Allah will rectify your affairs for you. Things will fall in place.

You won't have to be in control of every aspect of your life. You don't have to stress out as long as you're doing the right thing.

At the right time in the right format, or in the right way for the right reason. Allah Subhana Allah will bless you.

And again, this is not a call for people to not do anything. No, Allah says, well, Paulo, Conan's idea do the right thing. Doing the right thing requires a lot of effort.

It requires some resolve Sobral patience, it's not easy to do. The right thing is as a matter of fact, the opposite is very easy. Don't do anything or do the wrong thing. Temptations are there but doing the right thing requires courage. It requires amazing sets of you know great sets of qualities and attributes.

But Allah promises if you if we do the right thing and say the right thing useless glaucoma Malcolm Allah will take care of your affairs for you. We have a fair luck with the Nova come and your mistakes because you're not going to go in to be to to do or say the right thing all the time. You will make mistakes. It's okay. Well, good luck with the new ballgame. Allah will forgive you your sense sorry.

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well, Manuel de la hora Sudha. And if you do your best to obey Allah and His messenger for advise if he was an Athena, that is the ultimate triumph and victory, obeying Allah and His messenger

as we're approaching this new school year, and I know many parents, mashallah they're so excited.

Finally, summer is over.

And a new year is going to start and some people are very anxious. And I know many of the

youth that I spoke to, they're not ready. They would like life to be summer vacation.

I'm like, it's gonna be boring. What's the what's the point? I don't know why I used to be excited about the school year, new job, new shoes, new everything new, you know, new people, sometimes new teachers, but I don't know what is going on with this generation. They're like, No.

All right. So as parents, we're like we're excited New Year, but you know what that means.

It means new opportunities, as well as new challenges. It means that a year went by, it means that we're closer

to our destination, it means that time has passed. And I would like to remind myself and my beloved community here of what Allah subhanaw taala said about this process of time passing, Allah azza wa jal says well as in a short Surah, that we need to very frequently reflect upon, well, us. By the time Allah swears by the time also means time, you know, time period, it means an era. And it also means I also pray or the period of the day, this extended period of time of the day, the afternoon, while us, by time Allah subhana, Allah swears by time, because it's the most significant element.

It's time is the dimension, and the space in which all of these things happen. If it wasn't for time, we would have not we will cease to exist.

So time is what allows us time is opportunity.

So Allah says, well, us by the time Allah subhana, Allah swears in in Santa Fe. And it's very interesting, that Joel Kasam, that the the the the statement, in which Allah azza wa jal make mentioned the fact actually tells us that with the passage of time, we are suffering loss in the in Santa Fe, a human being is in a perpetual state of loss, we're losing.

In that in Santa Fe, that is the default. We're losing people think, Oh, they're getting Oh, my Shala Yeah, again, another No, you didn't gain in the year you lost a year, every birthday that comes you're actually losing something.

In an internal if you're losing, we're losing physically, mentally, in every aspect. Obviously, there are gains that we make, then we reach a particular we reach the pinnacle of our, you know, youth or a strength in you know, cognitive and physical and everything, and then we start declining.

But that is a trajectory, we're headed towards loss.

And if nothing, we're losing time.

We're losing.

Life

is in Atlanta. We are told that you are this time and the passage of time you're losing.

In the manta days, every day that passes, we're losing something. Now Allah azza wa jal says, tells us in the third verse of this short Surah, there is an exception to this. There are people who actually offset that loss, and they're actually make significant gains. These are people that really live a life that is worth living.

These are the people who are living everyone else.

They're distracting themselves. They're acting like, like life doesn't doesn't matter. They're wasting life.

And they're going to discover that they were living in illusion.

So Allah azza wa jal says, this exceptional group of people, I want everyone to hear me especially our youth, and our students and those people, those of you who are who are having great opportunities ahead of you. And I just, you know, maybe in the second football mentioned this Bismillah heeta. Allah being grateful for these opportunities that we have Allah azza wa jal says, Ilana, Dina Ave and we all in sha Allah, Allah aspire to belong to this group of people. You're part of that community that Allah subhanaw taala says it's an exceptional community, an exceptional group of people. Why? Because they have four qualities because they master four qualities because they are

committed to four qualities. Allah

The AMA know those who believe in Allah subhanho wa taala. And a man is a product of knowledge.

And a school year provides you with knowledge is supposed to make you better and greater is supposed to help you get to know Allah azza wa jal and yourself in this life better.

It's supposed to make you a better person, you should be excited about it.

Illallah Deena Arman hooks up those who believe and again, belief is not just an emotion. It's a conviction. Conviction comes from knowledge from information from authentic knowledge. And Allah azza wa jal supplies us with that Allah gave it to us as a gift, divine guidance and intellect that processes that divine guidance and so many other learning opportunities that we have

in Allah Dena Ave Solly has in on top of that, there they produce they act upon that faith of theirs they do righteous deeds, they're not just people who are Yeah, of course, I know what is right and what is wrong, but they actually do it. I'm sorry, how they do righteous deeds, these that are sincere, and these are correct because they conform to the tradition of the best exemplar Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the best example for humanity Muhammad Salah lism. So these these are described as righteous.

This word righteous these encompasses both sincere because it's pure and it's for the sake of Allah, you're doing it for the right reason. And you're also doing in the right format.

And he tried to excel

being inspired by the example of the prophets of Allah and you send them and you're persistent. These are all features of Allah Hamel of Salah maybe we should dedicate a lecture for Inshallah, what are the features what really constitutes Amarillo Salah Hello, well hello sorry hat.

So they have these two qualities What are you know, Saudi hat what also will help what's also the sub and they enjoying the truth? They stand up for the truth, they are upon the truth. They seek the truth.

They advocate for the truth.

They remind one another of the truth, they're committed to the truth help.

will also be stubborn and stubborn.

And tonight a shout out we'll do some reflections, Dr. Bashar Shala and myself Inshallah, as we get after the show, you're all invited inshallah Hazaragi to join us and maybe those of you who did not get a chance to offer their condolences to Dr. Bashara and his family, today is the third day so inshallah to Allah tonight. You know, he will be with us Inshallah, for Salah to Asia, and after the show, we'll have reflections on the chapter of southern inshallah as Miguel from Riyadh Saudi Congress conversation about Sabah.

So this is these are the four features and you we all belong to this community that is committed to those four features.

So rejoice and be excited and prepare in sha Allah to Allah for a great opportunity and for insha Allah a better

academic year may Allah azza wa jal give guidance and success may Allah give tofield success to all of our students and our teachers and our educators and we're all students and learners and seekers of knowledge. May Allah subhanaw taala make this a blessed and productive year for all of them Inshallah, to Allah preserve them protect them, May this year be a year that will bring them closer inshallah to that to the ultimate to the ultimate success. That is the success in this in a worldly fashion as well as, as with regards to their akhira being an ally to Allah. So may Allah We ask Allah azza wa jal for the best within this year alone men and Ahsoka Halal hell and fat one or Surah

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just quick few just reflections or pieces of advice for myself and for you know, members of our community families.

Some of you have that have students whether your child goes to a private school and Islamic school or public school, whether they're in whatever grade level they may be in, we're all students. We're all learners. And obviously, I urge anyone who's not, who doesn't who's who hasn't signed up for some sort of educational program to do so anything, whether it's here at the masjid or some

educational institution, whether it's online, you know, it's it would be really,

actually, it would be it would be a serious loss if everyone around you is progressing and learning and you're not.

So we should a believer by default is a student and a seeker of knowledge.

Right we're told to seek knowledge from Minamata ilat. From from the cradle to the grave.

As long as we have that cop you know that that mental or cognitive capacity you're supposed to be to be seeking knowledge and gaining knowledge every day. The process I'm teaches us that we should start our day with as soon as you finish your prayer, the prophet teaches us to say Allahumma inni Si, Luca, Aleman, Nafisa, oh, Allah asked me for beneficial knowledge, I should gain something. So it would be a great idea for all of our community members, regardless of what age group you belong to sign up for something, it could be online Inshallah, we're going to have a lot of Inshallah, tada educational programs here as well.

So, so we should, we should, we should all be, you know, learning and gaining something. And then when you learn something, implement it, and teach it to others, share it with other people. So one of the things that I would love to see this year, Inshallah, you know, we have great, talented, highly educated people and Hamdulillah. We're, we're blessed in this community. We want everyone's participation. Come and join, join us and share your experience and share your expertise and share your insights and share your knowledge and share your information. Don't be stingy, knowledge is something that if you give Allah will bless it, and it will increase and Allah will reward you. And

they say it's a cat when the real me doesn't know who

there's a car. There's, there's, there's a tax that you have to pay when it comes to knowledge, if you possess beneficial knowledge, you should share it with people, starting with your family members.

So let this be, you know, a community wide commitment. And for all of us, we all we all do this and have positive attitude about it. And it's actually helps it's going to help correct this negative attitude towards learning and seeking knowledge. It's not going to be a boring, everybody's learning. We're all we're all about Tallinn. And remember, you know one thing I said to the youth the other day from salah, they said it says duniya MeLuna Mallanna mafia, this world is cursed everything in it is cursed, except for two things Illa de Corolla Yama, Allah, except the remembrance of Allah and anything that is of that nature. I will add even Amata Halima or

a scholar who is sharing their knowledge and acting upon their knowledge, or a seeker of knowledge.

Everyone else everything else is a waste, and it's cursed.

So to save ourselves from that we have to be engaged in the remembrance of Allah and obviously, you know, we're not going to be always in the state of remembrance. So the other thing that we need to preoccupy ourselves with is seeking knowledge or sharing knowledge Illa Allah in the Quran, Muhammad Allah or animal. So that's the first piece of advice. Our households regardless again, whether you have a student or not, it should be houses like it used to be during the time of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, where we are all learning and seeking knowledge and sharing knowledge should be based upon that inshallah Huhtala. Number two,

we should.

For those of us who have children, we should take this this process seriously, not only at the beginning of the year, but throughout the whole year, and be available and be present and connect, connect with those whom our children are learning from in a positive way. So I urge you parents connect with your, with your children's teachers, we need to know who are the people who are influencing our children and educating them. We need to know them in a positive way, not in in a positive way. Because some people they're like, I'm watching you don't say anything wrong to my child. My child is an angel. My child's perfect. So why did he send them to school?

You know, in the old days, they used to call teachers with a dip.

A person that disciplines What did they teach?

added before they give them the information.

And that's why some of the Imams said they said, We need other more than we need knowledge with a little IW, you can accomplish so much. With with much Adam, you can, you can do so much with little knowledge. But if you have a lot of knowledge but you lack added is a recipe for disaster, people who have information, but they do not have have added they don't have morality,

they have a potential to destroy the world.

Because they don't have either.

So it's very important that we connect with those people who are educating and influencing our children in a positive way, for the betterment and for the growth of our children. So be involved, be able, if your child goes to a private school, be involved. If your child goes to an Islamic school, be involved, be present, be available, volunteer participate, if your child goes to public school be involved. You know, it's really sad to see that Muslims are not participating in the school districts and the various why not? We need to be present. We can't just we cannot demand different things and accommodations and all of that if we are invisible. We don't want to be seen.

Oh no, what are they going to say?

Be present and look at what happened. And I will conclude with this. Inshallah. There's a lot actually that I wanted to say. But I'll conclude with this. Look at what happened. Muslims now are being interviewed.

Because in various school districts, they're leading the fight against immorality, and they're speaking against sexual deviance.

And they have substance, they're bringing something to the table. So now you're seeing bearded men and

sisters in hijab and whether you agree with them, and I'm not necessarily endorsing everyone who's speaking on behalf of Muslims, I'm just saying that we're now being visible. You know, imagine Muslims being interviewed on Fox News.

And there are people that used to at some point used to bash us

it accused us of all kinds of nonsense there though. Wow, you guys have something to offer Marshall. Not Mashallah. Mashallah.

Wow, great. What else can you tell me Mr. You know,

now they're, they're speaking and people are listening to them be and won't be able. And as I said, we have religion that offers great solutions for the world's most complicated issues and problems. Why are we holding back?

Why are we holding back humanity needs this. So we need to assume our role My dear brothers and sisters.

So I ask Allah azza wa jal to to make us for those who listen and follow the best of what they listen to ask Allah to keep us inspired and keep us upon the right path. May Allah subhanaw taala make you and I have those who advocate for what is right and forbidden stop against what is evil. Stand against what is evil May Allah subhanaw taala make us of those who stand up for justice but but as a couple midnight in the kinds of stimuli deemed to rally in the in the capital well Rahim Allah manana so can we do better like magic wiser mmm theological dilemma demichelis will have unlimited equilibria while fossa will genuine legitimate and now we've had Allah in Allah has said

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