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Is Allah Punishing Me? | 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
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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

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

Are You a Mediocre Muslim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Khutbahs

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Am I passing the test Allah has sent me? And did Allah send this test to me because of my sinfulness?

This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings.
Dear brothers and sisters, when a person is being tested, there are often a few questions that come to their minds that can compound the pain of that trial or that test.
You know, one of the things that they talk about is the need for closure. And the need for closure is in multiple ways. In one way, a person needs to feel like they can see the end of that trial
within their own lifetime or within sight. On the other hand, it's also a form of closure to be able to come to terms with why or why not,
you know, and what the purpose is this and what purpose it serves in my life. Is it bringing me closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? Is this happening to me because of something that I've done? And when you're in the midst of a trial,
it's a lot harder to grapple with those questions when it's so much easier to give that advice to someone else when they're in it. You know, we grow up our whole lives reciting surah al-duha. You understand the idea of a burden that is at some point lifted.
But when you're in the midst of a trial, there are certain elements that can really bring all of those concepts into question and cause you to question yourself.
Amongst them is the idea of Allah punishing me because of something that I might have done. And that usually comes when there is some sort of prolonged nature
to this test or trial. Or when the trial comes when I feel like I was at the best state of my faith. You know, I feel like this was a time when I was doing everything right and that's when this all came. Or trials come, you know, in succession.
And that's usually the way that it works. One hits you and then the next one hits you and the next one hits you. You start asking these questions like, what have I done? What did I do for this to happen?
Is there some sort of punishment that is behind this? Is it some sort of disobedience that I have committed? And a question that I get asked multiple times is, how do I know if I'm passing the test?
And this is really where I want to focus on insha'Allah ta'ala towards the end of this khutbah. How do I know if I'm passing the test? I know I'm being tested. It's very obvious right now. How do I know if I'm passing this test from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?
Now first and foremost, I want to cover this concept from the perspective of punishment. The reason being, because we have to actually ask the question, does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala punish people in this life for their deeds?
Is this the place where punishment takes place? You read about nations of the past that were destroyed, but we know that this is not the norm of how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala deals with nations
post what we read about of those destroyed nations in the past. Overall, there's a loss of barakah, there's a loss of blessing. There could be destruction that comes upon a people of tyranny,
and we know that tyranny provokes destruction in the long run. But at the same time, you don't see the immediacy that you hear about in the stories in the Quran. And so there are a few ayat. Number one, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُوا لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ Had Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala called them to account for what they have earned, then surely He would have hastened their punishment.
Of course, this is in Surat al-Kahf, which we read every Friday. If Allah was going to call them to account for what they had done, He would have certainly hastened their punishment. What does that mean?
Can you imagine the nature of our relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala if we immediately faced consequences for our sins? Believer, disbeliever, whatever it may be.
You know, if every single time you commit a sin, something bad happens to you, like you're wearing a device that shocks you with pain. Every single time you commit a sin. But it doesn't work that way.
Because instead Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala delays you and gives you a chance to be reminded and to repent and to actually turn that sin into a good deed.
Because a sin that you repent from will ultimately show up in your book on the Day of Judgment as a good deed. And Allah azawajal says, this is for everyone.
وَلَوْ يُؤَاخِذُ اللَّهُ النَّاسَ بِظُلْمِهِمْ مَا تَرَكَ عَلَيْهَا مِن دَابَةٍ وَلَكَن يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمَّىٰ Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, if Allah were to seize mankind for their wrongdoing, for their transgressions,
He would not leave on it a single moving creature. Meaning there would not be a single creature on earth that would be able to survive that. Because we all slip sometimes. No one would survive that type of relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this life.
None of us would get past that. But instead Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, He postpones them. فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ لَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ
And when their term comes to a conclusion, they cannot delay it for a single moment. Nor can they bring it forward. When the time comes for that reward and for that punishment,
there is no way that you can move it forward and there is no way that you can delay it. So this is the first thing that Allah azza wa jalla covers in the nature of this relationship.
That it's for your benefits that there isn't an immediate consequence or reward for your deeds. That would completely defeat the purpose of the test of this world as a whole.
If things happen with immediacy, right? This whole concept of belief in the unseen and another realm where the consequences are greater and eternal. It would defeat the purpose of believing in a Lord that is unseen.
All of that would go out the window and it's truly to our benefit that we're not seized every single time we commit a sin. And Allah azza wa jalla says, سَنَسْتَدْرِيجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ And this was the one that used to scare the companions.
That sometimes, in fact, we will reel them in from places that they don't realize blessings can be a form of punishment. Because a person increases in tyranny, increases in sin.
And what they see as a result of that is an increase in goodness in this life. And so that provokes a certain type of arrogance and an invincibility that you start to see in the tyrants in the Quran, right?
That prototype that here I am increasing in my transgression and it seems like things are only getting better for me. And in the process, they're actually only being reeled in to a greater punishment.
Because they're increasing their share of punishments in the greater sense, in the hereafter. And why were the Sahaba scared of this? Because the Sahaba lived through moments of great difficulty.
They lived through moments where they didn't think they were going to survive the trials of this world. They were persecuted. They were ambushed. They had their loved ones mutilated. They struggled from poverty.
They struggled through the Hijrah, through the migration. They lived through the worst of times and then they got to see the glory days in this world. Allah blessed them and they were given victory and they got to see goodness. And so who used to worry most from this ayah?
Umar ibn al-Khattab radiyallahu ta'ala anhu. Khabbab ibn al-Arat radiyallahu ta'ala anhu. You hear about these people that went through great difficulties. And one of the things about being in great difficulty,
and some of us might be able to reflect back on some of our most difficult times, is you say to yourself, you know, at least I knew at that time that I was close to Allah. Some people interpret trial the exact opposite way.
I knew at that time when I was struggling, when I was going through this and that, for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, that I was enjoying a certain closeness to Him. I knew where my rank was with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And now the blessings are actually confusing me.
The ease of the situation is confusing me because I don't know where I stand in that regard. So Allah says some people, سَنَسْتَدْرِيجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ They're being reeled in from a direction that they don't expect.
And subhanAllah, look at the believer on the other hand, وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبْ وَمَنْ يَتَقِي اللَّهَ يَجْعَلْ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا وَيَرْزُقْهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبْ Whoever is conscious of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
Allah will make a way out for them and provide for them from ways they don't expect. that they may not be considering.
Just as on the other hand, there could be directions of punishment that the others are not considering. So you're not really understanding that this door of rizq, this pathway of goodness that came to you is directly tied to this.
Just as a person might be punished with something that seems so good, but they don't realize that that's actually a direction of pulling them away from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and to ultimately what will not be of benefit to them.
And the scholars also mentioned here, notice that when Allah talks about the discourse of those who are being punished with blessings, even if everything on the outside seems good,
there's still the void on the inside that actually lends itself to a tortured existence. So you see someone and you're like, why do they have all this despite their disobedience, despite the horrible things that they do?
Why do they have all this goodness in this world? And what does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala say? فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَالُهُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُهُمْ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ بِهَا فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَافِرُونَ
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, do not be amused by what they have of their wealth and of their children and things of that sort, the worldly possessions that have been given to them.
That in fact is a means of punishment for them because the more they're given in this life and still not feeling a sense of fulfillment and happiness on the inside that can only come with iman, the more frustrated and dejected they're actually getting.
So it seems to be great on the outside. The exterior seems to be getting better and better and better and you might just be seeing the exterior and thinking to yourself, wow, that seems like a great life. Why are all these great things happening for them?
This seems to be a life of glamour. And this is of course one of the problems that you always see other people's blessings, but you only see your own hardships. You don't see your blessings and their hardships. You see their blessings and you see your own hardships.
And your hardships are magnified and their blessings, which are the ones that are usually being put out there, are masking hardships that you don't see. So Allah is saying that even if they have the blessings of this world and the goodness of this world,
there is still punishment in the emptiness on the inside that can only be filled with iman. And so don't envy them. Don't be amused. And it's punishment for them in this life and it's even worse when the soul departs from them in that state.
Right? And they have to face the consequences of their deeds and of those actions. So the believers on the other hand, the righteous, they're given barakah in what they have. They're given blessing in what they have.
They always have perspective because of the faith that is inside their hearts. Because of what is inside the vessel, they always have perspective. عَجَبًا لِأَمْرِ الْمُؤْمِنِ The Prophet ﷺ said,
he said, how strange and amazing is the affair of the believer. It's the iman that allows the believer to have perspective. They have perspective with the good that they have. They have perspective with the hardships that they have.
They use it always to propel them to be closer to Allah ﷻ. And nothing goes to waste in this life or in the next as long as they maintain that precious provision of iman, of faith.
They keep it on the inside. And so everything around them makes sense as long as they have that on the inside. Not the specifics of the decree of Allah ﷻ, but the nature of their relationship with Allah ﷻ and blessings and trials.
It all makes sense to them in that sense. The most important takeaway from this and then I'll move on insha'Allah. And I want you to remember this. This life is not dar al-hisab.
This is not the realm of accountability. This is dar al-amal. This is the realm of deeds. This is not dar al-hisab. This is dar al-amal. This is not the realm in which Allah ﷻ allots punishments and rewards.
So when you try to read that on someone else or on yourself, you're going to fail. This is the realm of the test. لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا
This is the realm where you're tested with what you're going to do. And that should be your focus. So someone would say, well, is there a framework at least in the deen for classifying trials?
Is there some sort of framework to where I'm not completely in the dark then? And the answer is yes. Three frames. The first frame. Tests that are endured because you did good.
When you endure a trial because of something noble that you did. في سبيل الله You missed out on something because of your insistence on your principles.
You were taken advantage of because you weren't dirty like the other person. You did not harm. You refused to oppress. You put forth something for the sake of Allah. You gave of your time, of your wealth, of your health, whatever it may be,
for the sake of Allah, for something noble. And you endured a test in that. That is the best thing that could happen to you. Because that means Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has stored the entire reward of that for the hereafter. He's taken the entire reward of that.
And you know that's a reward. That's not a punishment from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. When you are tested in the capacity of doing good. When you can directly tie the trial to a good deed.
And so I just want everyone to leave with this in particular in this first frame. Never regret something you do for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Ever. Ever. Even if it yields the most difficult things in this life.
Never regret something you do for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Not in relationship to him alone. Or as it is in regards to other people. Don't regret your ihsan. Don't ever regret your good doing.
Because a trial that comes in the capacity of that is a reward from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Because all it means is that there is a greater reward for you that Allah has stored for you in the hereafter. So that's frame number one.
Frame number two, second category of trials, are tests that are directly tied to a sin. So you commit a sin. And you're tested within that sin or in a way that is directly tied to that sin. That is certainly a punishment.
Just like category one is certainly a reward. That's certainly a punishment. However, that punishment could be a reminder to repent. And it turns that punishment into something of your favor.
So even then it's not an absolute punishment. Because you still have an opportunity to take it from being a punishment to being something else. But if something happens to you in the capacity of your doing wrong,
then of course you take that as a punishment from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Of course you take that as a wake-up call. That Allah is sending you a very specific message to leave off that disobedience. Category three is everything else. Every other test.
The test that you can't directly tie to a good deed. Nor can you directly tie to a sin. And that's where that test could either be a punishment or it could be a reward. Or it could be a reminder. And you don't know.
And the only way that you can know at that point whether it's punishment or reward is by your response. How did you respond to it? The way that you respond to it is going to determine whether it's a reward or a punishment.
If you respond to it with obedience, with good, then it's a reward. If you respond to it with bad, then it's a punishment. So it is entirely predicated on your response.
And this is the majority of the tests that come our way. It's about your response. You will not get to the specifics of the decree.
But you understand the specifics of your response. How are you going to respond to that test and to that trial that comes to you? And so the believer does not focus on why Allah is testing them in this dunya,
but how you're doing with the test of deen. It's not about how Allah is testing me in the worldly sense. How am I responding with the revelation that he has sent to me? Now, I want to end on this because it's probably the most important point here, inshallah,
because it's very, very often missed. We know that the Prophet ﷺ said, الصبر عند صدمة الأولى, when people ask, how do I know if I'm passing the test? Patience is at the first strike.
The scholars say this is of two types. The first strike is the immediate response to the trial when it comes to you. But we all know that sometimes, you know, I actually respond well in the beginning, but then I lose myself later on.
Some trials, they hit you, and your initial response is actually decent. It's when the test is prolonged that you start to fall off the path, right? Some trials, and most people, right?
It's the first moments where the character that you show, the response that you show is going to determine your response all along. But I know that some of us have been through something where in the beginning, it was like, okay, alhamdulillah, but then like when the pain of that lingered on,
the trial lingered on, or when I realized what has actually been lost by that loss that I encountered, it started to get harder, right? And so the scholars say this, and this is very important.
When it comes to patience with those long trials and knowing whether or not you pass the test, do not get tied up with the specifics of the test.
However, measure your patience by your progress and obedience to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Most simple sentence I want you to remember, measure your patience by your progress. What does patience look like in the very beginning?
Alhamdulillah, inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon. You praise God and you say that to Him we belong and to Him we return. That's a sadmat al-ula. The long-standing part of that, it's not your posts online about how you're being patient.
It's not just saying alhamdulillah after that. It's whether or not there is progress in your obedience to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, progress in your relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
So you trace back everything to the only criteria that you know, the criteria of obedience and disobedience. Am I becoming a better Muslim?
Am I becoming a better believer as a result of this test and trial that's coming to me? Or am I actually maintaining status quo in regards to my relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala?
Are things actually being transformed or am I insisting on disobedience to Allah? If you're insisting on disobedience to Allah, the first strike of patience has already passed where you say alhamdulillah. It's not just saying alhamdulillah at that point.
Because it was meant to be a reminder to you too. Go back to that criteria and measure your patience by your progress. So again, dear brothers and sisters, I know the questioning gets to us,
the need for closure gets to us. Don't get caught up in the beginning. Don't get caught up in the specifics. Go back to the criteria. As one of the scholars said that you know,
when a person commits a sin, and then they cry about it, but then they go back to the same sin. He said, لَيْسَ الْخَائِفُ مَن يَبْكِي وَيَمْسَحُ عَيْنَي A person who truly fears Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not someone who just cries and then wipes their tears.
لَكِنَ الْخَائِفُ مَن يَتْرُكُ وَمَن يَخَافُ أَن يُحَاسِبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ The one who's truly afraid of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala or the consequences of that sin
is the one who leaves that which is causing them to have that apprehension in the first place. It's not about just shedding tears. It's not about just the emotional sense of patience, the emotional sense of repentance.
How do I get back to actually making progress in my journey to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? May Allah increase us in obedience and in righteousness and in goodness with the blessings that He gives to us and with the trials.
May the ease that He sends to us be a reminder that all of those blessings come from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and that they are there to pursue the greatest blessing of His pleasure and entrance into His paradise.
And may the hardships that come to us in this life be a reminder that there will come a time that all that we have in this life will be gone and that the greatest hardship is the hardship of the hereafter.
We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant us the best of this life and the best of the hereafter and to protect us from the punishment. رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسْنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسْنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
قَلُوا قَوْلِ هَذَا وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا الْعَالِيُّ وَلَكُمْ رِسَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَاسْتَغْفِرُوا أَنَّهُ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
الحمد لله رب العالمين والعلوان إلا على الظالمين والعاقبة المتقين اللهم صلِّ وسلَّم وبارك على عبدك ورسولك محمدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليماً كثيراً
اللهم اغفر المؤمنين والمؤمنات والمسلمين والمسلمات الأحياء منهم والأموات إنك السميع قريب واجيب الدعوات اللهم اغفر لنا وارحمنا واعفوا عنا ولا تعذبنا ربنا ظلمنا أنفسنا وإن لم تغفر لنا وترحمنا لنكوننا من الخاسرين
اللهم إنك عفو كريم تحب العفو فاعفوا عنا اللهم اغفر لوالدينا رب ارحمنا كما ربونا صغارا ربنا هبلنا من أزواجنا وذرياتنا قرة أعين واجعلنا للمتقين إماما
اللهم انصر إخواننا المستضعفين في مشارق الأرض ومغاربها اللهم اعز الإسلام والمسلمين وادل الشرك والكاذبين ودمر أعداء الدين اللهم أهلك الظالمين بالظالمين وأخرجنا وإخواننا من بينهم سالمين
عباد الله أن الله يأمر بالعدل والإحسان وإيتاد القربة وينهى عن الفحشاء والمنكر والبغي يعذكم لعلكم تذكرون فاذكروا الله يذكركم واشكروه عن النعماء يزد لكم ولذكر الله أكبر والله يعلم ما تصنعون
ورحمة الله وبركاته