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How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah
Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, Numbness, and Burnout - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, Numbness, and Burnout - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

What Do You “Smell” Like? - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

What Do You “Smell” Like? - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

Don't Forget Your Mistakes, Learn From Them | Khutbah

Don't Forget Your Mistakes, Learn From Them | Khutbah

Repentance Delayed and Denied: Learning from a Dying Pharoah | Khutbah

Repentance Delayed and Denied: Learning from a Dying Pharoah | Khutbah

“There is no refuge or escape from you, except to you...” | Khutbah

“There is no refuge or escape from you, except to you...” | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

Don't Minimize Your Pain, Seek its Reward | Khutbah

Don't Minimize Your Pain, Seek its Reward | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

Stop Trying To Escape Death. Just Make The Most of Life | Khutbah

Stop Trying To Escape Death. Just Make The Most of Life | Khutbah

You Will Never Be As Alone Or Desperate As Yunus (as) | Khutbah

You Will Never Be As Alone Or Desperate As Yunus (as) | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

“Indeed, Your Enemy is The One Cut Off” | Khutbah

“Indeed, Your Enemy is The One Cut Off” | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Allah Spared Me, Why Would I Dip my Tongue in it?  | Khutbah

Allah Spared Me, Why Would I Dip my Tongue in it? | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Black Friday: Fear of Missing Out on Good Deals or Deeds | Khutbah

Black Friday: Fear of Missing Out on Good Deals or Deeds | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Do Not Curse Time: What A New Year Really Means | Khutbah

Do Not Curse Time: What A New Year Really Means | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Wash Our Hearts With Water, Snow, and Hail | Khutbah

Wash Our Hearts With Water, Snow, and Hail | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan | Khutbah

The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan | Khutbah

From Bad To Better & Good To Great | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

From Bad To Better & Good To Great | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

What Are You Willing To Give Up For Allah? | Khutbah

What Are You Willing To Give Up For Allah? | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Sins We Commit When We’re Scared and Vulnerable | Khutbah

Sins We Commit When We’re Scared and Vulnerable | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

The First Footstep Of Shaytan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The First Footstep Of Shaytan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

Friends That Hold You Back | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Friends That Hold You Back | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When People Keep Letting You Down | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When People Keep Letting You Down | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

'I guarantee Jannah for the one who…' | Khutbah

'I guarantee Jannah for the one who…' | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

What Makes You Cry |  Khutbah

What Makes You Cry | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Name: At Tawwab - The One Who Accepts Repentance | Khutbah

Allah’s Name: At Tawwab - The One Who Accepts Repentance | Khutbah

Gems from the Miracles and Manners of Jesus (as) | Khutbah

Gems from the Miracles and Manners of Jesus (as) | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Don’t be Hasty | Khutbah by Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

Don’t be Hasty | Khutbah by Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

The Day of Judgement as if You Can See it | Khutbah

The Day of Judgement as if You Can See it | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego  | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right  | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield  | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence  | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr  | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted?  | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted? | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues  | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah  | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna  | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna | Khutbah

Social Media, Misinformation, And The Assassination of Uthman (ra)  | Khutbah

Social Media, Misinformation, And The Assassination of Uthman (ra) | Khutbah

Do Not Compromise Your Deen  | Khutbah

Do Not Compromise Your Deen | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back  | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

Our Father Ibrahim (as) Still Cares About Us | Khutbah

Our Father Ibrahim (as) Still Cares About Us | Khutbah

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

O Allah, I Love You Even Though I Disobey You | Khutbah

O Allah, I Love You Even Though I Disobey You | Khutbah

Why Don't We All Have the Same Blessings? | Khutbah

Why Don't We All Have the Same Blessings? | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah
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How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

Is All Knowledge Good? | Khutbah

Is All Knowledge Good? | Khutbah

What Causes Du‘as to Be Unheard? | Khutbah

What Causes Du‘as to Be Unheard? | Khutbah

What the Prophet ﷺ Wished He Hadn't Asked | Khutbah

What the Prophet ﷺ Wished He Hadn't Asked | Khutbah

Negative Speaking and Belittling Blessings | Khutbah

Negative Speaking and Belittling Blessings | Khutbah

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

When Parents Beg Their Kids To Believe | Khutbah

When Parents Beg Their Kids To Believe | Khutbah

Why Allah Allows Earthquakes and Suffering | Khutbah

Why Allah Allows Earthquakes and Suffering | Khutbah

Would You Pass This Test | Khutbah

Would You Pass This Test | Khutbah

Your Time to Shine #Sha'ban | Khutbah

Your Time to Shine #Sha'ban | Khutbah

Your Heart Isn’t Ready for Ramadan Unless… | Khutbah

Your Heart Isn’t Ready for Ramadan Unless… | Khutbah

A Jannah Worth Chasing | Khutbah

A Jannah Worth Chasing | Khutbah

Your Ramadan Uniform | Khutbah

Your Ramadan Uniform | Khutbah

Your Greatest Motivation | Khutbah

Your Greatest Motivation | Khutbah

Getting Past the Mid-Ramadan Dip | Khutbah

Getting Past the Mid-Ramadan Dip | Khutbah

When Allah Gifts You With Tranquility | Khutbah

When Allah Gifts You With Tranquility | Khutbah

The New You | Eid Khutbah

The New You | Eid Khutbah

AI and ChatGPT: Spiritual Resilience and Ethics | Khutbah

AI and ChatGPT: Spiritual Resilience and Ethics | Khutbah

Feeling Paralyzed by Stress and Fitna? | Khutbah

Feeling Paralyzed by Stress and Fitna? | Khutbah

The Qur’an and Intellectual Humility | Khutbah

The Qur’an and Intellectual Humility | Khutbah

Wasted Potential | Khutbah

Wasted Potential | Khutbah

Your Lord Doesn’t Forget | Khutbah

Your Lord Doesn’t Forget | Khutbah

Who Should You Really Care About? | Khutbah

Who Should You Really Care About? | Khutbah

Where Has Your Tongue Taken You? | Khutbah

Where Has Your Tongue Taken You? | Khutbah

Why Would A Man Sacrifice His Son? | Khutbah

Why Would A Man Sacrifice His Son? | Khutbah

How To Make Du'a For Barakah | Khutbah

How To Make Du'a For Barakah | Khutbah

Do You Love To Argue? | Khutbah

Do You Love To Argue? | Khutbah

Missed Opportunities | Khutbah

Missed Opportunities | Khutbah

When Allah Guides Through You | Khutbah

When Allah Guides Through You | Khutbah

The Ashura Within | Khutbah

The Ashura Within | Khutbah

Allah Appreciates Your Smallest Deeds | Khutbah

Allah Appreciates Your Smallest Deeds | Khutbah

Islam's Cure for Depression | Khutbah

Islam's Cure for Depression | Khutbah

Conquering Your Insecurities | Khutbah

Conquering Your Insecurities | Khutbah

Allah Will Honor You | Khutbah

Allah Will Honor You | Khutbah

How Allah Uses “Tomorrow” in the Qur’an | Khutbah

How Allah Uses “Tomorrow” in the Qur’an | Khutbah

When Love Makes You Crazy | Khutbah

When Love Makes You Crazy | Khutbah

Natural Disasters & The Day of Judgment | Khutbah

Natural Disasters & The Day of Judgment | Khutbah

What Are Your Real Intentions? | Khutbah

What Are Your Real Intentions? | Khutbah

How to Make The Most of your Salah | Khutbah

How to Make The Most of your Salah | Khutbah

Palestine Khutbah Outside the White House | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Palestine Khutbah Outside the White House | Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What's the Point?" | Khutbah

"What's the Point?" | Khutbah

How Palestine Exposes Hypocrisy | Khutbah

How Palestine Exposes Hypocrisy | Khutbah

Feeling Helpless While Watching Oppression | Khutbah

Feeling Helpless While Watching Oppression | Khutbah

Palestine Awakens the Ummah | Khutbah

Palestine Awakens the Ummah | Khutbah

What Does Islam Say About War and Justice? | Khutbah

What Does Islam Say About War and Justice? | Khutbah

Your Leg is Already in Paradise | Khutbah

Your Leg is Already in Paradise | Khutbah

The Value of Just One Righteous Life | Khutbah

The Value of Just One Righteous Life | Khutbah

Media Martyrs and Symbolic Resistance | Khutbah

Media Martyrs and Symbolic Resistance | Khutbah

Staying Sincere for the Cause | Khutbah

Staying Sincere for the Cause | Khutbah

Do You Doubt the Return? | Khutbah

Do You Doubt the Return? | Khutbah

When Laws are Held Hostage | Khutbah

When Laws are Held Hostage | Khutbah

It Actually Starts with Tahajjud | Khutbah

It Actually Starts with Tahajjud | Khutbah

The Most Underestimated Major Sin | Khutbah

The Most Underestimated Major Sin | Khutbah

How Allah will Mock Them | Khutbah

How Allah will Mock Them | Khutbah

Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah

Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah

Why this Sha'aban is so Important | Khutbah

Why this Sha'aban is so Important | Khutbah

What Happens on the 15th of Sha'aban? | Khutbah

What Happens on the 15th of Sha'aban? | Khutbah

Ramadan Joy and Gaza Depression | Khutbah

Ramadan Joy and Gaza Depression | Khutbah

How to Make this Your Best Ramadan | Khutbah

How to Make this Your Best Ramadan | Khutbah

Setting Character Goals in Ramadan | Khutbah

Setting Character Goals in Ramadan | Khutbah

When Your Heart is On Empty | Khutbah

When Your Heart is On Empty | Khutbah

Those Who are Deprived on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Those Who are Deprived on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

When the Decree Shocks Everyone on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

When the Decree Shocks Everyone on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

A Night Even Better than Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

A Night Even Better than Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Is the End Near? | Khutbah

Is the End Near? | Khutbah

"Don't Move!" - Gaza Encampment at Northwestern University | Khutbah

"Don't Move!" - Gaza Encampment at Northwestern University | Khutbah

Act and Allah Will Unlock Success | Khutbah

Act and Allah Will Unlock Success | Khutbah

Overcoming Despair When We See Mutilated Bodies | Khutbah

Overcoming Despair When We See Mutilated Bodies | Khutbah

Resistance in Exile: from Hijra to Nakba | Khutbah

Resistance in Exile: from Hijra to Nakba | Khutbah

The Inner Strength to Keep Fighting | Khutbah

The Inner Strength to Keep Fighting | Khutbah

Will Gaza be Israel's Downfall? | Khutbah

Will Gaza be Israel's Downfall? | Khutbah

When Allah Tests You with the Truth | Khutbah

When Allah Tests You with the Truth | Khutbah

Hidden Causes of Disconnect from Allah | Khutbah

Hidden Causes of Disconnect from Allah | Khutbah

How Close Are You to the Prophet (as)? | Khutbah

How Close Are You to the Prophet (as)? | Khutbah

The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah

The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah

Is Allah Really with Us? | Khutbah

Is Allah Really with Us? | Khutbah

The Real History of Palestine in the Qur'an | Khutbah

The Real History of Palestine in the Qur'an | Khutbah

The One Child Pharoah Didn't Kill | Khutbah

The One Child Pharoah Didn't Kill | Khutbah

The Art of Finding Closure | Khutbah

The Art of Finding Closure | Khutbah

Don't Let them Steal your Revolution | Khutbah

Don't Let them Steal your Revolution | Khutbah

Thank God We're Not Them | Khutbah

Thank God We're Not Them | Khutbah

What If I Can't Look Anymore? | Khutbah

What If I Can't Look Anymore? | Khutbah

Wounds That Aren't Meant To Heal | Khutbah

Wounds That Aren't Meant To Heal | Khutbah

Your False Sense of Security: From Gaza and Beyond | Khutbah

Your False Sense of Security: From Gaza and Beyond | Khutbah

Hind Rajab to Aafia Siddiqui: Re-humanizing the De-humanized | Khutbah

Hind Rajab to Aafia Siddiqui: Re-humanizing the De-humanized | Khutbah

When It’s Hard to say Alhamdulilah | Khutbah

When It’s Hard to say Alhamdulilah | Khutbah

Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself? | Khutbah

Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself? | Khutbah

Is Revenge Worth it? It Hurts You More Than You Think | Khutbah

Is Revenge Worth it? It Hurts You More Than You Think | Khutbah

Earning Jannah While Watching a Genocide | Khutbah

Earning Jannah While Watching a Genocide | Khutbah

What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah

What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah

Who Do I Vote For? A message to American Muslims | Khutbah

Who Do I Vote For? A message to American Muslims | Khutbah

What are Your True Intentions? Goodwill VS Ego | Khutbah

What are Your True Intentions? Goodwill VS Ego | Khutbah

Allah Will Surprise You - Embracing the Unknown | Khutbah

Allah Will Surprise You - Embracing the Unknown | Khutbah

Allah WILL Test You With Your Words | Khutbah

Allah WILL Test You With Your Words | Khutbah

Just When You Thought It Was Over | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Just When You Thought It Was Over | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

You Need to Love Allah More | Ramadan Prep Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

You Need to Love Allah More | Ramadan Prep Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Beyond Halal & Haram: Are You Numbing Your Heart? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Beyond Halal & Haram: Are You Numbing Your Heart? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Who are the human devils amongst us? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Who are the human devils amongst us? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Amazing Connections Between Jumah and Laylatul Qadr | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Amazing Connections Between Jumah and Laylatul Qadr | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do Not Abandon the Masjid After Ramadan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do Not Abandon the Masjid After Ramadan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What is your biggest fear? A wake up call amidst collapse | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What is your biggest fear? A wake up call amidst collapse | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Your Future Self Is Not Who You Think It Is | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Your Future Self Is Not Who You Think It Is | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How to Deal With Angry People | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

How to Deal With Angry People | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

"If Only I Had the Strength…" | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"If Only I Had the Strength…" | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Allah Defends Those Who Believe | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Allah Defends Those Who Believe | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

India VS Pakistan: The Deadly Cost of Nationalism | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

India VS Pakistan: The Deadly Cost of Nationalism | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How the Plot of Israel Will Backfire | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How the Plot of Israel Will Backfire | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Waiting to Become a Victim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Waiting to Become a Victim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Why is the World Falling Apart? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Why is the World Falling Apart? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What I Saw in Bosnia." 30 Years After the Genocide | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What I Saw in Bosnia." 30 Years After the Genocide | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Willing to Truly Sacrifice for Allah? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Willing to Truly Sacrifice for Allah? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Practicing Detachment: A Daily Guide to Freeing Your Heart for Allah | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Practicing Detachment: A Daily Guide to Freeing Your Heart for Allah | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Don’t Just Exist—Live for What Allah Created You For | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Don’t Just Exist—Live for What Allah Created You For | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Gaza Is Starving — But Allah’s Promise Has Not Failed | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

Gaza Is Starving — But Allah’s Promise Has Not Failed | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

The Qur’an They Can’t Bomb: Stories from Gaza | Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Qur’an They Can’t Bomb: Stories from Gaza | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do People Have Hope In You? | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do People Have Hope In You? | Dr. Omar Suleiman

How You Should Eat While Gaza Starves | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How You Should Eat While Gaza Starves | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

The Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge from a self that is never satisfied. How do you change your spiritual appetite from what is sinful to what gives you salvation? Are all desires meant to be changed? Dr. Omar Suleiman shares the answers in this khutbah.

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We begin by praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him. We bear witness that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is his final messenger.
We ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him, the prophets and messengers that came before him, his family and companions that served alongside him, and those that follow in his blessed path until the day of judgment. Allahumma ameen.
Dear brothers and sisters, there is a du'a from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that is narrated in multiple forms. And one of the things about the du'as of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that get narrated through multiple companions and
in multiple forms is that you can take a sense of priority from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and derive a deep sense of
understanding just from the things he used to ask Allah for and from the things he used to ask Allah to be protected from. And in this particular du'a, I wanted to focus on a portion of it insha'Allah ta'ala
that I think speaks to an interesting question that I was actually asked some time ago, which I hope insha'Allah this khutbah can be a part of answering. And a few weeks ago I'd given a khutbah about the hearts and how the hearts
can have a true sense of khashiyah, a true sense of awe and fear of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and how to move the heart, how to diagnose the heart and then make it a fit heart, a healthy heart. But in this du'a from the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
he used to, as is narrated by Abu Huraira radiyallahu anhu say, Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal arba'a. O Allah, I seek refuge in you from four things. Now these four things,
this du'a will have different sequences sometimes, but the four things are always the same four things. So the four things that he used to seek refuge in Allah from,
he said sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min qalbin la yakhsha. Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min qalbin la yakhsha.
O Allah, I seek refuge in you from a heart that does not fear you, from a heart that has no humility. Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min qalbin la yakhsha. wa min nafsin la tashba'a.
wa min nafsin la tashba'a. And I seek refuge in you, O Allah, from a soul that is never satisfied, a self whose cravings are never met, an unsatiated self.
min nafsin la tashba'a. wa min ilmin la yanfa'a. wa min ilmin la yanfa'a. And from knowledge that is of no benefit. wa min du'a'in la yusma'a. wa min du'a'in la yusma'a.
And from a supplication that is not heard. From a du'a that is not heard. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, once again, he would say, and I'll use different orders to convey the point. In this narration, for example, Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min al-arba'a.
min ilmin la yanfa'a. wa min qalbin la yakhsha. wa min nafsin la tashba'a. wa min ilmin la yusma'a. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would say, I seek refuge in you, O Allah, from four things. From a heart that does not fear you.
From a self that is never satisfied. From knowledge that is of no benefit. And from a du'a that is not heard. Now, put qalbin la yakhsha aside,
and insha'Allah ta'ala over the next three weeks we'll break down the other three components of this du'a. And at the minimum you memorize this du'a insha'Allah. And you start to seek refuge in Allah from these four things, constantly, bidnillahi ta'ala.
I wanted to focus on the one that's least obvious, and the one where you'll find the ulama try to decipher quite a bit more, because its meaning is not as obvious as the others. And that is min nafsin la tashba'a.
From a self that's never satisfied. A self that is constantly craving. And in some narrations, and none of them are authentic, the Prophet ﷺ mentions min'in la tadma'a.
From an eye that does not shed tears. And while it's not a hadith that can be attributed to him, some of the salihin, the righteous, used to seek refuge in Allah from that as well. The point is Allah gives you these faculties, Allah gives you these tools,
by which you are supposed to know Him, to long for Him, and to work for Him. To know Him, to long for Him, to work for Him. Allah gave you that heart, not so that you could beat,
you know, that heart could beat just so you could breathe. Allah gave you a self, a nafs, with desire, so that you could channel that desire into prophetic passion,
into passion for good things, and use that energy to choose Allah ﷻ over the lower self. Allah gave you that dua'a as a weapon against your enemies, and as a means by which you connect to Him.
Allah gave you that knowledge to guide you in this life, so that you could have the best path to paradise in the next. Allah gave you these things. Allah gave you the ability to cry, so that you could cry for noble things, and in ways that are noble.
And Subhanallah, here you find, in particular, من نفس لا تشبع Allah gave you a spiritual appetite. When the ulema talk about disciplining the self,
they never talk about negating the self. See, Islam is not unreasonable. Tazkiyah is not unreasonable. Our spiritual trajectory is not unreasonable. Allah does not tell you to live like a hermit,
to live a celibate life, to live a life where you deprive yourself, to choose poverty, to choose any of these things. No. Allah teaches you to tame yourself, and causes you to channel those desires
into something that is far greater than what those desires could fulfill for you in this life. And so the question that I was asked, which is a very interesting one, is, can you actually change your shahwa?
Is it possible to change your desires? How do you actually make those desires for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, rather than for things of this world?
And is it always a bad thing for you to crave something of this world? Is that something that's sinful for you to have certain cravings of this world? And there's something very interesting that you'll notice about us.
What usually causes us to become despondent, to become disconnected from something of this world, is a trial or a tribulation.
Something really harsh that unveils the dunya for what it actually is. Shows you this world for what it actually is. So if I was to ask any one of you, how do you feel after you go to a janazah?
How do you feel if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has allowed you the ability to wash a dead body? What connection, what appetite do you have for life when you engage death that intimately?
Any of us that have been in that close proximity to death will tell you that the moments that we felt most disconnected from life were when we were in that proximity.
Washing a dead body, praying janazah on someone that we know, seeing the lifeless face of someone who we used to know, full of life. These are things that really strike us deep.
And subhanallah, I was thinking about the Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And he saw something, you talk about like removing your appetite for life. He saw something that none of us have seen.
And he specifically connected it to a loss of appetite. And that is that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam saw Israfil alayhi salam,
the angel, with his lips puckered on the horn, staring at the throne of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, waiting for...
And that's everybody. Can you imagine that? Everything came into being with kun fayakoon, be and it is. And the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam saw Israfil,
with his lips puckered on the horn, looking towards the throne of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And he described, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he said his eyes were fixated like stars.
Like he is alert, waiting for Allah to say to him, blow. And when he does, kullu man alayha fan. Everything goes. Everything goes.
And we believe in that. We have ilm al yaqeen, the certainty of knowledge of that reality. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam saw it, ayn al yaqeen. He saw it, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. And look at how he described that.
Qala sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, kayfa an'am. How could I have any appetite for this life? How could I really be deceived or get into anything of this dunya?
Wasahibulqarni qad iltaqamalqarna wastama'al izna mata yu'maru binnafkhi fayanfukh. And I saw Israfil alayhi wa sallam, with his lips puckered on the horn,
looking at the throne of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. His head tilted, his ears attentive for him to receive the order from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to blow. And he will blow. It's overwhelming.
And you know the sahaba, their hearts were different. When the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told them about these scenes, they felt like they were with him. That's where their hearts were. So even Abu Sa'id radiallahu anhu, who's narrating this incident,
he says, fa ka'anna thalika thaqula ala ashab al-nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. That was too much for the companions of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Like they were overwhelmed. And obviously even the way the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is describing that, that this is what I saw.
I didn't just see the death of one person. I saw the death of everybody in moments of a blow. So the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said,
qulu hasbuna Allah wa ni'ma alwakeel ala Allahi tawakkalna. Say, Allah is sufficient for us and he is the best disposer of our affairs,
and upon him we place our trust. Because he saw that they were shaken by what the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had said in those moments. Now that's when a strike happens. That's when you see something.
And in our lives, we come across these moments where the sweetness of this dunya, the supposed sweetness of this dunya, isn't all that it's been made out to be. Right? You get there and it's not all that great,
or you lose something and it's a blow, and you lose your sense of attachment to that thing. So what did the ulema mention here in regards to wa min nafsin la tashba'a?
A self that does not get satisfied. There is a major difference between not being able to taste something because you're sick,
and prohibiting yourself from something because you're striving for something greater. Let me put it to you this way. You got sick so you don't have an appetite, that's one person. And that's usually something temporary. Once the sickness wears off, you'll get right back to it.
Or, you're someone who has a determined path to where you purposely don't consume certain things, you don't have an appetite for certain things because you're focused on something greater.
So the person who's exercising and who's fit, they don't have an appetite for certain things because of something entirely different, and that's usually longer lasting because they know exactly why they're withholding from certain foods,
they know exactly why they're not indulging certain things, and they're doing it very intentionally, and they're doing it with a desired outcome.
Whereas a person who's sick, it hits you for a moment, and maybe that's an opportunity, where, you know, just right now I don't taste the sweetness of it, but as soon as the immediate effects of that sickness wear off, I'll go right back to consumption.
And that's not what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants from you, because that's a temporary condition. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants a permanent strive from you, where you determine a trajectory, so you wean yourself off in terms of appetite.
And this is where the ulama mention when it comes to things that the self desires, that are not necessarily sinful, but if you try to fill it too much,
then you'll become spiritually overweight. And that's where the Prophet ﷺ said, ليس الغنى عن كثرة العرض، ولكن الغنى غنى النفس.
The Prophet ﷺ said, wealth is not the acquiring of many possessions, but wealth is the self-sufficiency of the soul. When you have غنى النفس, self-sufficiency inside.
Like this is exactly how much I wanted from this particular element of dunya, I'm satisfied, let me move on, because I have a greater goal. And that's when the Prophet ﷺ said,
لو أنّ لإبن آدم واديا من ذهب أحب أن يكون له واديان، وَلَن يَمْلَأَ فَاهُ إِلَّا تُرَابٌ. The Prophet ﷺ said that if the child of Adam is given a valley of gold,
he will not be satisfied until he gets another valley of gold. And nothing will stop him until he has dirt in his mouth. Right? So your appetite is uncontrollable,
you keep trying to get more, more, more, more, more. You need to discipline that a bit. Allah never told you not to pursue wealth. Allah never told you not to eat and enjoy your food.
Allah never told you these things, but discipline it. Discipline these desires. And the cure the ulema mention is the remembrance of death. That's why the Prophet ﷺ said particularly, he didn't just say remember الموت,
he said remember هادم اللذات, the destroyer of pleasures. So that you don't try to get too much in this dunya, to where you lose yourself in that pursuit of this world.
And your appetite is too large. And so when it comes to these things, it's discipline not disgust. And I'll explain what I mean by that. Allah is not telling you to deny your desires.
Allah is telling you to delay them and to discipline them. Delay them وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيْ أَنفُسُكُمْ You will have in Jannah what yourself desires.
Jannah is a place where you don't have to worry about proportion. You'll have all that you desire there without limits. And it's okay for you to have these desires, delay them. And here discipline them, keep them within halal.
Try to make sure that you're not letting it get out of hand. Put a limit on yourself. You know, subhanAllah, one of my teachers, he gave this advice to someone who was investing. And I just want you to think about this. He said, you know, I'm putting in this much money,
I'm trying to get this amount, right? He said to him, you could approach this one of two ways. Either you promise yourself, if Allah gives you this much, you'll give this percentage in sadaqah. Or you can put a ceiling.
You can say, you know, what right now would be amazing for me is if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allows me to make out of this $50,000. Anything over $50,000, whether it's $55,000 or $500,000,
I'm going to give the rest in sadaqah. He actually chose that option, right? And he thought it was, you know, an exaggeration. And Allah opened the doors on him. Opened the doors for him and subhanAllah, it went $600,000, $700,000, $800,000, right?
And he gave all of it in sadaqah. Because $50,000 was amazing back then, why is it not amazing now when you saw the numbers grow? Because, نفس لا تشبع. النفس لا تشبع. أصلاً, the soul, the self, constantly will get more
until you put it in its place and say, enough, enough. This is what you need, and this is what's going to make you happy, and this is enough for you for now. Stay in here, stay within these bounds.
Now the second thing, dear brothers and sisters, is when it comes to appetite for sin, نفس لا تشبع من الحرام. A self that does not become fulfilled when it comes to haram.
And the scholars say that on top of the remembrance of death, what you need here is to be able to visualize the disgust of that sin. What do I mean by that?
أَيُّحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا Who, when they're backbiting, actually takes a moment and visualizes that I'm eating the dead meat of my brother or sister?
Allah wants you to be disgusted by sin, not just discipline your appetite for it, be disgusted in terms of your appetite. And in order to do that, how has Allah created us
that we have to visualize it to where it's no longer pleasant, otherwise we're going to be just enjoying the outward sweetness. What do I mean by that? Why do we gossip? It's fun. Why do we backbite? It makes gatherings go by.
People laugh. People are full of joy, right? There's an outward sweetness to it with an inward poison. And you have to be able to visualize it. And subhanAllah, to visualize it
will allow you to disconnect from what the apparent sweetness of it supposedly is. The same thing when it comes to lowering the gaze, looking at something that's haram for you. If you think about the metaphors that are given
from the Prophet ﷺ. And I give you this example. You know, I was reading the research on tobacco, cigarette smoke. And you know how now you got on the packages,
those pictures of people's lungs and death on those cigarette boxes. And I was reading research, subhanAllah, on the effect that that had on decreasing tobacco consumption.
It was very interesting because what I read, and Allah knows best, is that it was far more effective. And actually this is across the board. Far more effective in getting people not to start smoking
than getting people to quit smoking. Meaning what people that were already addicted to cigarettes, they just picked up that box and they said that's nasty and they just don't look at the picture, they keep smoking. But it stopped people from starting the habit in the first place.
And that's exactly the same thing when it comes to sins, right? You get desensitized. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Disgust yourself first. Like I'm not going to backbite. And that's what the Prophet ﷺ,
when he walks by and he sees a rotting, bloated carcass and says, for you to take your fill of that is better than to take the fill of your brother's flesh. يُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَن يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ أَخِيهِ مَيْتًا فَكَرِهْتُمُوهُ
You would hate to do these things. Imagine if when you pass by sins, you know, thinking about the person that's got that trajectory, just like you have calorie counts on really good food, sometimes you walk into a restaurant and you see something that looks really good
and then the calorie count is astronomical. And if you're on a diet, you go, no way, I'm not touching that. You would take a bite of it and as sugary and as sweet as it is, you'd be disgusted by how much is in it. Put a calorie count on your sins.
Put a calorie count. Is it worth it? I'm not going to indulge that. Because it's نفس لا تشبع Myself has to be disciplined a bit. So before I write that message, before I look at that thing,
before I engage in this, I'm going to consider the sin count on it. So that I don't fill my appetite in that way. Finally, dear brothers and sisters, the ulema mentioned that the goal is for us to go from
the sweetness of sin to the sweetness of worship. And subhanAllah, you'll find there's a deep connection between the Prophet's ﷺ saying,
the person who gossips for the sake of Allah, for example, fills themselves with a bloated dead carcass of dead meat. That's what they're consuming. Verses, what Uthman radiAllahu ta'ala says, that if the hearts were pure,
ما شبعت من كلام الله If the قلوب, if the hearts were pure, they'd never become full of their appetite for the Qur'an, would never stop. You want to move from the sweetness of sin to the sweetness of ibadah.
But you can't get to the sweetness of worship from the sweetness of sin until you're willing to endure two forms of bitterness.
From the sweetness of sin, you have to be willing to endure the bitterness of withdrawal from that sin. It's never easy to cut off a sin. It's going to hurt. There's withdrawal.
But you know what, if you know you're doing it for something greater, you're like that person that's healthy, that's disciplining for a greater purpose. And you say, alhamdulillah for what this is unlocking for me. So you cannot get away from the sweetness of sin without the bitterness of withdrawal.
And you cannot achieve then the sweetness of worship without the bitterness of practice. Yes, reading the Qur'an is amazing. Yes, you have people that used to love to read the Qur'an for long days. Yes, praying tahajjud is sweet.
But in the beginning, trying to fight your body with sleep, it's going to hurt. It's going to be bitter. In the beginning, when you're trying to read Qur'an and your phone is vibrating, it's going to hurt.
There's a cut off there. It's bitter. It's harsh in the beginning. And then you taste the sweetness of it. Sweetness does not come without that.
And so between sweetness of the sin to sweetness of worship are those two layers of bitterness that Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala has put Jannah as the outcome, as the prize for. We ask Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala to protect us.
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