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Muharram, another New Year
Juma Khutbas - July 13, 2024 07:07 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe month of Muharram is a great and blessed month. It is the first month of the Hijri year and is one of the sacred months about which Allahﷻ says: إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِى كِتَـٰبِ ٱللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْهَآ أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُم...
How to beat sadness
Juma Khutbas - July 07, 2024 00:24 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsLast week I told you that Allahﷻ prohibited sadness. That sounds unreasonable and you may say, ‘I don’t want to feel sad. But I do. So, why is sadness prohibited?’ We are conditioned to see emotions as ‘good’ or ‘bad’, ‘positive’ or ‘negative’. The reality is that emotions are value neutral. The...
It’s my Life
Juma Khutbas - June 29, 2024 20:04 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe live in a paradoxical world. We are knowledgeable about the earth but are burning it up at a pace which is out of control. We are knowledgeable about health but disease, especially mental illness is in rampant proportions. We collectively have enormous wealth, but its distribution ensures tha...
Don’t be sad
Juma Khutbas - June 24, 2024 02:37 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMy brothers and sisters, we are living in difficult times which are testing us in ways that at least I had never imagined. On the one hand Allahﷻ has kept us and our families safe and well in this land. On the other hand, we are seeing every day what is happening to Muslims and… Continue reading...
Hajj – A Journey of Love
Juma Khutbas - June 16, 2024 02:43 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHe was Khaleelullah. And Allahﷻ loved him, so He tested him. In each test, by the help of Allahﷻ, he proved true to his Covenant with Allahﷻ. So, Allahﷻ gave him the job of building His House, the Ka’aba. Allahﷻ said: وَإِذْ بَوَّأْنَا لِإِبْرَٰهِيمَ مَكَانَ ٱلْبَيْتِ أَن لَّا تُشْرِكْ بِى شَيْـ...
Joy of Submission
Juma Khutbas - June 01, 2024 19:33 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe most important thing in life is not wealth or knowledge or even action. It is attitude. With the right attitude, you can create wealth, acquire knowledge and find the motivation to act. Without it you may have wealth, fame, influence, and knowledge but you despair. Just look for celebrity su...
One Ummah under Rasoolullahﷺ
Juma Khutbas - May 25, 2024 21:01 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe post One Ummah under Rasoolullahﷺ appeared first on Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Centre - We came to give, not to take..
The position of Rasoolullahﷺ in Islam – 4
Juma Khutbas - May 19, 2024 16:20 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThere are several ways to guide. The most reliable way is to give the person a compass to find direction, a map with details of the route and a guide to take them to their destination. That is what Allahﷻ did. He gave us the compass, the Qur’an, a map, the Sunnah, and the guide,… Continue readin...
The position of Rasoolullahﷺ in Islam – 3
Juma Khutbas - May 11, 2024 21:12 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAll knowledge begins with Adab – an attitude of respect for knowledge and everything and everyone related to it. Adab is like the preparation of the soil for planting. Without preparation the best seed will perish. So also with knowledge, especially the knowledge of Islam. Without Adab we may ge...
The position of Rasoolullahﷺ in Islam – 2
Juma Khutbas - May 05, 2024 17:51 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAllahﷻ declared that Muhammadﷺ is His Messengerﷺ and the last of them and the Seal of the Prophets and that after him there is no other. مَّا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَآ أَحَدٍ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًا Ahzab 33: 40 ...
Position of Rasoolullahﷺ in Islam
Juma Khutbas - April 28, 2024 17:51 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe opposite of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. Ignorance which is recognized is a blessing because the person then seeks to dispel it by learning. But the illusion of knowledge produces arrogance which shuts the door to learning and greases the slide into Jahannam. As ...
Remember the Standard
Juma Khutbas - April 22, 2024 02:48 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThere are two ways to lead our lives. The way we want and the way Allahﷻ wants for us. Whichever way we choose, we will be held accountable for it when we die. The issue with living the way we want is that our knowledge is limited, and our desires rule us. The benefit of… Continue reading Rememb...
Build the Relationship
Juma Khutbas - April 06, 2024 18:39 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsEvery relationship in the world has two things associated with it; a benefit that we derive from it and a responsibility that we owe to it. Any relationship that does not benefit ceases to exist even if it began and carried on for a while. Very soon any intelligent person will realize that they ...
Spirit of Ramadan – Part 4
Juma Khutbas - March 29, 2024 19:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsRamadan comes to help us to become Muttaqoon and become eligible for all the promises of Allahﷻ. That process begins with Istighfaar and Tawba. فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌ مُّجِيبٌ Hud 11: 61 So seek His forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance. Surely my R...
Spirit of Ramadan – part 3
Juma Khutbas - March 24, 2024 00:33 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe purpose of fasting is not to fast but to transform our lives and put ourselves on the path of success in this world and the next. Ramadan comes to reset our standard, the criterion of what has value and what doesn’t. When we stay away from even the Halaal during the hours of daylight… Conti...
Spirit of Ramadan – part 2
Juma Khutbas - March 16, 2024 21:40 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsRamadan is the month of self-reflection and introspection with the intention of getting our lives back on track. Our life is a journey which we hope will end in Jannah. Our parents Adam (AS) and Hawwa (AS) came from Jannah and when Allahﷻ sent them to the earth, He gave them the key to return… C...
Spirit of Ramadan
Juma Khutbas - March 09, 2024 22:55 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMy brothers and sisters, in another day or two we will enter Ramadan. The question I ask myself and you is, will we enter Ramadan or will we allow Ramadan to enter us? If we enter Ramadan then on the 1st of Shawwal, we will exit Ramadan. But if we allow the spirit of Ramadan,… Continue reading S...
Justice and Ihsaan
Juma Khutbas - March 02, 2024 17:44 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe hear this Ayah in every Jumu’ah Khutba in practically every masjid on the face of the earth. Let us focus on just two words in it – Al Adl wal Ihsaan. إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ وَإِيتَآئِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْبَغْىِ يَعِظُكُمْ...
Become a Standard Bearer – Part 2
Juma Khutbas - February 11, 2024 22:32 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAllahﷻ gave us a purpose of existence which is given to the highest in any society – to guide and show the way. This is the purpose that we inherited by being the followers of Rasoolullahﷺ – to give to the world. To give mankind a standard by which to live. To give it by… Continue reading Become...
Become a Standard Bearer
Juma Khutbas - February 04, 2024 01:47 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings“Islam began as something strange, and it shall return to being something strange, so give glad tidings to the strangers.” Saheeh Hadeeth [Ibn Maajah, Kitaab al fitan 3986 Like most thinking Muslims of our time, over the last few years, I have also been thinking about the sad state that the Musl...
Winning is about staying in the race
Juma Khutbas - January 28, 2024 03:51 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Jabir (R) reported: Rasoolullahﷺ said, “The best of people are those who are most beneficial to people.” I...
Problems and Solutions
Juma Khutbas - January 20, 2024 15:51 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsبَدَأَ الإِسْلاَمُ غَرِيبًا وَسَيَعُودُ غَرِيبًا فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ Abu Huraira (R) reported: Rasoolullahﷺ said, “Islam began as something strange, and it will return to being strange, so blessed are the strangers.” Ibn Majah (Kitab Al-Fitan) In a world based on oppression, courage is st...
The Way Forward – Summary
Juma Khutbas - January 06, 2024 16:50 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis Khutba is a summation of the 7 Khutab titled ‘The Way Forward’. Here, I am going to highlight the action points only. I will begin with my gift to you, which is my own motto: “I will not allow what is not in my control to prevent me from doing what is in my… Continue reading The Way Forward...
The Way Forward – Part 7
Juma Khutbas - December 30, 2023 02:55 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhat distinguishes people who never experienced subjugation from those with a collective memory of empire and subjugation, is their willingness to speak up, fight for their rights and to pay for what they enjoy, while the others only complain but do nothing to change the situation. This is the ‘...
The Way Forward – Part 6
Juma Khutbas - December 22, 2023 22:47 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMost of us are historically illiterate and our cherry-picking approach to history ensures illiteracy. However, our lives won’t change until we learn lessons from history and break out of the vicious cycles that we are caught up in. We don’t learn the lessons because we can’t differentiate betwee...
The way forward – part 5
Juma Khutbas - December 16, 2023 03:47 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMy brothers and sisters, in these series of my 7 – Khutab called, ‘The way forward’, I will try to define for you the problem that we Muslims face globally and to suggest the way forward to a solution. There are two critical things which you must remember as you listen to me. One, that… Continue...
In the Dhikr of Allah is peace
Juma Khutbas - December 09, 2023 17:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIf I must die,you must liveto tell my storyto sell my thingsto buy a piece of clothand some strings,(make it white with a long tail)so that a child, somewhere in Gazawhile looking heaven in the eyeawaiting his dad who left in a blaze–and bid no one farewellnot even to his fleshnot even to himsel...
The way forward – Part 4
Juma Khutbas - December 02, 2023 05:08 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHistory teaches one critical lesson: Only those who contribute are valued. Only they have leverage, are influential, and have power. Their religion or ethnicity doesn’t matter. What matters is their contribution to society on a local or global scale. The world works on one overarching principle:...
The Way Forward – Part 3
Juma Khutbas - November 26, 2023 02:26 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThink long term. It is not about winning one conflict. It is about becoming influential and creating a situation where there are no more conflicts. It is about becoming influential where you can initiate and direct local and national policy. It is about being in positions where the decisions you...
The Way Forward – Part 2
Juma Khutbas - November 18, 2023 17:06 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn Sura Isra Allahﷻ mentioned two historic events. وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَآ أُو۟لِى بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ فَجَاسُوا۟ خِلَـٰلَ ٱلد...
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