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Isra wal Me’raj
Juma Khutbas - February 18, 2023 18:25 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsسُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ لَيْلًا مِّنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْأَقْصَا ٱلَّذِى بَـٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ Isra 17: 1 Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allah) [above all that (evil) they associate wit...
Give before the Day
Juma Khutbas - February 10, 2023 23:58 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsLet me ask myself and you a question. What would we pay to get the blessing of Allahﷻ and a promise of His Forgiveness when we meet Him? وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰ...
Choose Wisely
Juma Khutbas - February 04, 2023 02:37 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhich choice is more important? Where to go on a vacation or what career to enter? Which choice is more important? Who to employ or who to marry? Why? A wrong vacation choice means some money and maybe two weeks gone down the drain. But a wrong career choice means what? You can employ someone… C...
Purify your heart if you want to learn Islam
Juma Khutbas - January 28, 2023 03:07 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsEverything successful has careful preparation behind it. Without that preparation, there can be no success. A good and easy way to understand the importance of preparation is to think of a farmer who has the best seed. What is the first thing he does? He prepares the soil because he knows that t...
The Honor of Slavehood (Uboodiyat) of Allahﷻ – Part 2
Juma Khutbas - January 20, 2023 23:06 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAllahﷻ said in the Hadith Qudsi: On the authority of Abu Hurairah (R) who said that Rasoolullahﷺ said: Allahﷻ said: Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, (my Wali) I shall be at war with him. My slave draws not near to Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious duties I… Co...
The Honor of Slavehood (Uboodiyat) of Allahﷻ
Juma Khutbas - January 13, 2023 21:30 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTo begin let me make dua for Shaikh Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha’rawi to whose inspiration I owe today’s Khutba. May Allahﷻ grant him the best of the best in Jannatul Firdous. What I find the most impressive and endearing about him is his love for Allahﷻ, his pride in being Abdullah, and his relatio...
Become Overcomers – Part 2
Juma Khutbas - January 06, 2023 20:50 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe spoke about writing down our purpose in life, last Friday. Keeping the Purpose Statement in front of you ask yourself, “What are the three things that I need to do in order of priority to go forward?” Focus on the first thing in your list. When you finish it, go to the next. Not… Continue rea...
Become an Overcomer
Juma Khutbas - December 30, 2022 22:54 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn life only overcomers are rewarded. Allahﷻ is the only one who rewards effort, but not this world. In this world you get rewarded for results only. Allahﷻ said about effort in Dunya and Aakhira: وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ Najm 53: 39 And that man can have nothing but what ...
Laws must be obeyed
Juma Khutbas - December 24, 2022 17:33 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThere is a misunderstanding among some people that it is not necessary for a Muslim living in a land which has a non-Muslim government, to obey the laws of the land, because these are “man-made” and not Divine and because the country is not an Islamic Khilafa. That belief is totally false. The f...
Success is inevitable…if….
Juma Khutbas - December 17, 2022 03:25 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAllahﷻ sent us Islam to make us successful in this life and the Hereafter. In this and subsequent lectures, I want to share with you some key lessons for us to follow to become successful. It is only at the finish line that you know who won the race. Not before. This life is a… Continue reading ...
Grow your investments
Juma Khutbas - December 09, 2022 21:06 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAs you are aware we have started our After School program and have received a wonderful response. That shows that you are concerned about your children. This is an excellent thing, given that our children are our investments in this life and the Aakhira. Therefore, let me speak to you about some...
The Connection
Juma Khutbas - December 03, 2022 01:06 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe message of Islam is to remind all mankind that we have a Rabb to whom we are directly connected without the need for any intermediaries, agents, intercessors, or facilitators. When we speak, He hears us. When we ask, He gives us. He created us, sustains us, protects us, tests us, helps us, r...
Change your glasses
Juma Khutbas - November 26, 2022 03:02 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn my Halaqa last week someone challenged me about the prohibition of interest-based finance and said, “There is no alternative, so what can we do? Without interest-based finance Muslims can never have a big business or industry.” I asked him, “No alternative to what? No alternative to making mo...
Change the way we relate
Juma Khutbas - November 19, 2022 02:46 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAs I mentioned in my last Khutba, ‘Living in the Revolution’, there are three things that we must change to survive and thrive in the AI Revolution. Change the way we connect with Allahﷻ and Rasoolullahﷺ, change the way we teach, and change the way we relate with one another. I have taught and...
Change the way we educate
Juma Khutbas - November 11, 2022 23:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAs I mentioned in my last Khutba, ‘Living in the Revolution’, there are three things that we must change in our approach to life to leverage the benefits of technology and counter its ill effects. Change the way we connect with Allahﷻ and Rasoolullahﷺ, change the way we teach, and change the way...
Change the way to connect
Juma Khutbas - November 05, 2022 16:07 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAs I mentioned in my last Khutba, ‘Living in the Revolution’, there are three things that we must change in our approach to life to leverage the benefits of technology and counter its ill effects. Change the way we connect with Allahﷻ and Rasoolullahﷺ, change the way we teach, and change the wa...
Gratitude is to acknowledge the truth
Juma Khutbas - October 28, 2022 20:36 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe live in a world where we seem to be surrounded by bad news. That leads to us feeling stressed, depressed, threatened, and hopeless about the future. Many people seem to feel that we are living at the end of times, and in a world and society that is terrible to live in. If you… Continue readin...
Living in a Revolution
Juma Khutbas - October 22, 2022 17:54 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsI spoke to you about the Industrial Revolution and how it was far more than the invention of the assembly line. It profoundly changed our values, culture, and behavior. It changed how we saw ourselves, how we measured our effort, what we gave significance to, what we ignored, how we taught and l...
Allah’s blessing is Rasoolullahﷺ
Juma Khutbas - October 07, 2022 20:32 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhat is the first thought that comes into your mind when you think of Rasoolullahﷺ? For me it is someone to run to if I need anything. Someone who will intercede for me when I meet Allahﷻ. Someone who I love more than I can say and who I yearn to meet. May Allahﷻ grant… Continue reading Allah’s ...
Enter Islam completely
Juma Khutbas - September 24, 2022 03:50 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAllah told us why He created us and said: وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ Zariyaat 51: 56 And I (Allah) created not the jinns and humans except they should worship Me (Alone). In order that we can live our lives in a state of worshipping Allah, He sent Islam and told ...
Commencement advice to students – Part 2
Juma Khutbas - September 16, 2022 20:16 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe continue from where we ended last Friday about the things to keep in mind as you negotiate college life. I dealt with four things last week; Factor Allahﷻ into the equation, always be thankful, forgive others, and seek forgiveness. Today let us look at six more to complete the ten. 5. Never ...
Commencement advice to students – 1
Juma Khutbas - September 09, 2022 20:27 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAs the academic year starts again and as our children are about to go off to university, I thought it would be good to share some thoughts to help them to be focused and grounded. I hope this will be good advice for all of us wherever we may be. To the students I say,… Continue reading Commencem...
Allahu Akbar
Juma Khutbas - August 27, 2022 15:05 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThey asked Rasoolullahﷺ, ‘Who is Allahﷻ?’ And Allahﷻ answered: قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ Ikhlaas 112: 1-4 Say (O Muhammadﷺ): He is Allah, (the) One. Allah-us-Samad (Free from all needs, whose creatures need Him)...
Albuquerque – the way forward
Juma Khutbas - August 20, 2022 03:19 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt is the purpose of the Juma Khutba for the Khateeb to speak about current critical issues and help to put them in perspective to chart a course going forward. Today the most critical issue in America is the tragic series of murders in Albuquerque and the even more tragic haste with which this ...
Root cause Analysis #1
Juma Khutbas - August 12, 2022 23:59 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe purpose of Islam is to solve the problems of this world in a way that gives us success in this world and the next. I want to emphasize this because often we fall into the either/or trap when it comes to the practice of Islam. Not surprising because we have all been raised in… Continue readin...
The Reality behind the Apparent
Juma Khutbas - August 06, 2022 02:15 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOne of the most important lessons we learn from the Qur’an is that appearances don’t indicate reality. Something may appear to be the epitome of success but may hide failure and vice versa. The criterion of success and failure is faith in Allah and obedience to Him. Tawakkul means to trust tha...
Trap of minimalist thinking
Juma Khutbas - July 30, 2022 02:57 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings“Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.” Sir Henry Royce of Rolls Royce. Among the RR legends is one when Charles Rolls met Henry Royce in his workshop where he had designed a car. Charles Rolls looked at the… ...
Obedience is the result of Yaqeen – part 2
Juma Khutbas - July 22, 2022 20:27 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIslam is about knowing Allah. Not just knowing about Allah. But knowing Allah at the deepest, most intimate level of our beings. Last week we spoke about the young Ibrahim asking Allah to show him how He brings the dead back alive. The purpose of the stories is to help us to realize the tru...
Obedience is the result of Yaqeen – Part 1
Juma Khutbas - July 15, 2022 21:57 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe spoke last week about the essence of Islam, which is to submit our will to the Will of Allah. Ibrahim epitomizes that. Allah said about him: إِذْ قَالَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥٓ أَسْلِمْ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ Baqara 2: 13 When his Rabb said to him, Submit (be a Muslim)! He said,...
Sacrifice – Eid ul Adha – 2022
Juma Khutbas - July 08, 2022 19:58 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsاللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إلَهَ إلَّا اللهُ وَاَللهُ أَكْبَرُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلِلهِ الْحَمْدُ We know the story of Eid ul Adha. Ibrahim (AS) went to sacrifice his son. Allah substituted him with a ram. Muslims commemorate this sacrifice annually in honor of Ibrahim (AS)’s Uboodiyat and...
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