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The Sin of Using People | 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
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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

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

Does Allah Want You to Feel Better | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Have Some DIGNITY Oh Muslims! - ICNA Keynote Address by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Are All Deaths Equal? How the Prophet ﷺ Would've Responded | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Better Than 1,000 Worshippers | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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The Master’s Plan, Not the Master Plan | Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Master’s Plan, Not the Master Plan | Dr. Omar Suleiman

In Defense of the Quiet Muslim | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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From Flotillas to Yajuj & Majuj: How Gaza's Siege Will End | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

From Flotillas to Yajuj & Majuj: How Gaza's Siege Will End | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When the War Ends: For Gaza and For You | Khutbah by Dr Omar Suleiman

When the War Ends: For Gaza and For You | Khutbah by Dr Omar Suleiman

Why the Qur'an Says Little About Dajjāl and the Future | Khutbah by Dr Omar Suleiman

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Was It Really Worth It? Re-evaluating What We Fight Over | Khutbah by Dr Omar Suleiman

Was It Really Worth It? Re-evaluating What We Fight Over | Khutbah by Dr Omar Suleiman

Are You A Helper of Allah? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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How Much Du’a Do You Make for Others? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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A Unique Way Of Holding Yourself Accountable | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Let Allah See Your Energy and Effort | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Let Allah See Your Energy and Effort | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

From Enemies to Brothers: The Miracle of Unity | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

From Enemies to Brothers: The Miracle of Unity | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When Allah Hits You With A Wall | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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You Can Be Punished With Comfort | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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You're Being Tested AND Trained | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

You're Being Tested AND Trained | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Win Your Quiet Battles Against Your Enemies | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Win Your Quiet Battles Against Your Enemies | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What’s Your Personal Brand? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What’s Your Personal Brand? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Is New-age Spirituality Harming Us? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Is New-age Spirituality Harming Us? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Training Your Nafs in Sha'ban | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Training Your Nafs in Sha'ban | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Surround Yourself With Truth | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Surround Yourself With Truth | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Signs That Allah Is At War With You | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Signs That Allah Is At War With You | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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What It Means to Endure | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What It Means to Endure | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

If You Really Cared About Ramadan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

If You Really Cared About Ramadan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Has Allah Chosen You This Ramadan? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Ramadan Prep 2026: A Complete Guide | Special Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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The Math of Allah's Mercy | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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How to Build Your Laylatul Qadr Du'a List | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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The Secret to Allah’s Forgiveness | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Khutbahs

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

In this khutbah, Dr. Omar Suleiman talks about the sin of using people. When we stand to benefit from someone, then dispose of them when we have no need for them, we fall into a specific form of ingratitude that the Prophet ﷺ abhorred.

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We begin by praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, by 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 and we ask Allah to make us amongst them. Allahuma ameen.
Dear brothers and sisters, last week as we spoke about this idea of being self-centered rather than having Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala at the centre of your life, and as I said I want you to be introspective and not to think about other people but to think about
some of these traits as they may exist within ourselves. There was one point that we came to towards the end of the khutbah which I think is very important inshallah ta'ala for
us to pick up on, which is this idea of a person who becomes engulfed with their selves, sees everything and everyone around them as either a threat or a tool. And I mentioned
that when we talk about Fir'aun for example, you know, Fir'aun murdering children, it might not have really been about the children but it was more about at the end of the day they are a threat to his power, they are no longer of use to him. And many people may not be
able to relate to such an extreme example. And so I wanted to pick up but with a very specific angle that we can take from this bi'idh Allahi ta'ala and it starts with the
foundation of shukr, gratitude. And it's important for us to recognise that whether we're talking about the negative or the positive, we start with the foundation that's laid out for us in the Quran and the sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as inherent good
qualities that keep, continue to bear fruit or negative qualities that are unchecked that continue to cause a person trouble. And when it comes to shukr, when it comes to gratitude
of course we know that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala always starts off with gratitude to him because no one has ever done more for you than him, no one has ever given more to you than him, no one deserves more praise and more thanks than him and then immediately
goes to the parents. That is the methodology of the Quran over and over and over again. That you'll never be able to repay Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala no matter what you do. And you will
never be able to repay your parents and even if you can't remember the moments that your parents held you, Allah is reminding you to play back the tape that your mother held you
in pain, she bore you in pain and then she gave birth to you and then she went through all of that trouble and the father went through all of that trouble and even if you can't see it now, your existence, they were the sabab for your existence, the means by which
you exist and so much in your life and so much of their life went into solely investing in you. You can't repay them. And then everything else follows. That's how this always goes
within the Quran. Now when it comes to shukr, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also distinguishes between the beginning of shukr and the long term manifestation of shukr. The beginning
of gratitude is that you try to pay someone back and you thank them. You say alhamdulillah. The long term of shukr is al-wafa, is loyalty, is to remember without having to constantly
be reminded what someone has done for you. And again that starts off with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has taught us through his messenger salallahu alayhi wa sallam that whoever does not thank the people does not thank Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala. Therefore the opposite of that, whoever forgets the favors of Allah upon them will always forget the favors of the people upon them. If you forget Allah's blessings
upon you, you're going to naturally forget what people have done for you. And the most insulting thing in the world is to use the favors and the blessings that someone has
given to you against them. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala creates you and you worship other than him with what he created you with. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala descends his blessings
upon you and you ascend your disobedience back to him. Allah gives you faculties, wasa'il, means by which you can know him and you use those faculties to disobey him, to know other
than him and then to spread that which is displeasing to him subhanahu wa ta'ala. Then it goes to your parents. Your parents provide for you, they give you a means by which you
can rise up and become what you become and then to use that to disobey them, to use that to hurt them. You know, subhanallah, it's something very simple but you know, it was a father was just complaining to me about a text messaging conversation he was having
with his daughter. And you know, there are limits of course and bounds and you always have to speak to the general not to the specific circumstances or to the exceptions. And he's just showing me subhanallah, it's like this text messaging conversation with his daughter.
And his daughter says all these horrific things to him and it's very unprovoked and it's just the times that we live in. And he responds and says, by the way, I'm going to cut the service to your cell phone because the phone that you just texted me that insult with,
I just paid the bill this morning for it. So it's like, what's going on here, right? So it's insulting, it's extra insulting, compounded insult when you use the means by which someone
bestows a favor upon you to actually hurt them. And of course with Allah Azza wa Jal, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has given us everything. So how do we disobey Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala with things that he has given to us? And then it comes to the relationships in life and
the people that we have in our lives. When we abandon people, when we no longer feel like we have anything to gain from them. And this is what I want to talk about today. It's
a profound hadith from the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam that speaks to an attitude. Remember the Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam speaks to symptoms and outcomes so that we
can be more introspective about qualities and attitudes and traits that we might have. Abdullah ibn Umar radiyaAllahu ta'ala reports that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said in an authentic hadith, من أعظم الذنوب عند الله من أعظم الذنوب
from the worst of sins to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. So the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam would not share with us these traits if they weren't significant. When he says من أعظم الذنوب from the worst of sins, the most heinous of sins in the sight
of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. رجل تزوج امرأة فلما قضى حاجته منها طلقها وذهب بمهرها. Profound. The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
a man who marries a woman and then once he gets what he wants out of her, once he gets what he wants out of her and he already realizes he got what he wanted out of her, then he
immediately leaves her and then he doesn't even fulfill her mahr because he no longer has anything to gain from her. Had his fun. That was it. It was over. Now this is an attitude. Now obviously a very specific situation here, the haqq of the mahr, right, which is a dain
and it's a debt and those types of things. But it's an attitude the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is speaking to as well. How many times have we seen in our community someone
who takes advantage, especially of a convert sister, a new sister, because he wants papers, doesn't tell her the entire time, gets his citizenship and that's it. That's low. That's
low. You enter and you ruin someone's life and you don't even think about what you're doing to that person. It's that person's psychology. A person who gets into a relationship and then speeds up everything and becomes intimate and then once he's done having fun,
sends a text message, I'm done. What? You just entered into someone's life and went that far and then a text message, I'm done. I'm seeing it more and more and more. You
know, that's it. No longer of any use. No longer of any benefit. A person has, you know, this whole glamorous outpouring with the wedding and then once you're no longer looking good
on my Instagram, you're out. I need to upgrade my Instagram partner. You're done. Right? When you go into someone's life like that and especially taking advantage, using the
most precious of what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has made precious between two people and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam says, He got what he wanted and then bye and forget
about your mahr. It's an attitude. And of course this even becomes worse when it becomes the long term. When people who have shared a significant amount of life together, husband
and a wife, don't forget the good times between you and suddenly you're trying to destroy that person because they no longer are an asset to you in every single way because you're
no longer benefiting from that person. They're no longer of use to you. What are we, insurance companies? What's happening here? It's low. It's not manly. It's not womanly. It's not
Muslimy. It's not human even. It's just not honorable and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is saying this attitude is a problematic attitude and it's always important when the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam gives multiple examples because you can find the common denominator.
He said Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, a person who employs someone, you know, gets everything out of that person, works them hard, takes their best years, takes their best talent,
makes them all sorts of promises and then once the job is done, they're not answering the phone anymore. It's low. Very low. Right? You got what you wanted out of the person.
They got the job done for you. MashaAllah, they could find you in a second and you could find them in a second when you needed them. Now that they've done what you wanted them to do for you, suddenly they can't get an answer out of you. Suddenly you start to dodge
them. Suddenly you start to delay the payment. Fear Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala with your money, dear brothers and sisters. It's the tongue and the money that's going to mess a lot of people up on the day of judgment. Fear Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala with the way that you deal with people. You know, the opposite of that, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
saying, pay a man before a sweat even dries. But we see it all the time in smaller capacities, right? You just disappear from someone when you no longer have a financial benefit from
them. They can't find you anymore. It's low. It's not from the character of a Muslim. It's not from the character of an honorable person. It's not from the, it's not befitting to a believer. It's a great sin in the sight of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. And the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam even connected it to how we would deal with the environment around us, with animals. Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, someone who kills animals
for fun. Yeah, we have that in our deen too. Allah did not leave anything around us except that he assigned rights to it. Because if you disregard human beings, then you're going
to disregard animals, you're going to disregard your environment as well. Isn't that what we're witnessing right now? In this radical individualism? That we have no problem harming
everyone and everything around us because, at least in my circle, I'm not seeing the immediate harm. So I'm going to use as much of it as I can. Subhanallah, imagine if the
Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam says that a person who harms an animal for fun, what then of a person who harms a human being for fun? What then of a person who actually starts
to hurt people in their livelihoods, in their reputation, in their ird, and even in their very being for fun, to get a kick out of it? If this is the crime in the sight of Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for an animal, if an animal shows up on the Day of Judgment, complaining to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala about their rights. You know, Subhanallah, there was one brother
who Alhamdulillah had embraced Islam after this past Ramadan. And he said it was the Judgment Day series where we're talking about Yawm al-Qiyamah. And I'm sitting here thinking
he's going to talk about this time of standing before Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and how that meant something to him and how he thought about his salah and his prayer. I'm thinking something grand. And he said, no, it was actually this part where you talked about a bird showing
up on the Day of Judgment and saying, Ya Allah, qatarani abathan. He killed me for no reason. He had no right to kill me. He killed me for absolutely no reason. And he said, while I was watching that, this bird landed right on my window sill and stared at me. And I
said, khalas, that's it. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is sending me a message. But if the deen even assigned rights to that, what about your human being? What about your brother
or sister in Islam? You don't just use people and then dispose of them. And in a world of consumerism, people become just as disposable as products. Parents, spouses, children, community,
siblings. People become disposable. And you're always looking for your upgrades and your new features and all these different types of things. That's not how we're meant to function as human beings. Not with products and especially not with human beings, with other people.
And with family and with community and friends and brothers and sisters and neighbors and people that have rights upon us that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has given to them. And
when you look at the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, whether you're talking about family or community, stranger or tribesman, one thing about the Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
is he made it a point to let you know that he will never forget what you did for him. Ever. Even after you die. One of the greatest proofs of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam's
character, right? And you think about his marriage to Khadija radiAllahu ta'ala anha. When did the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam stop mentioning the favors of Khadija upon him? Did the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam used to get upset after she passed away and
miss her just because it was great days of marriage and he misses her scent and he misses her smell? All of that is true. He missed her company. But what did the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam make it a point to say? That woman believed in me when no one else would.
That woman spent on me when no one else would. With Abu Bakr as-Siddiq radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. Later on, Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu was not the physically, he wasn't the strongest person physically. He wasn't the greatest warrior in the battlefield. He wasn't
the most useful person in Medina in terms of status and society and things of that sort. But you knew from the moment the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam received wahi to the moment
that he died, do not mess with Abu Bakr radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. Even if you're Umar radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, don't mess with Abu Bakr. Because no, everyone gave me a hard time except for
that man, as-Siddiq radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. Every single person except for that man. He responded and he gave me his all. I'll never forget him. The gate of Abu Bakr will never
be closed to the masjid because Abu Bakr radiAllahu anhu deserves that status. Not because there's a use that I get out of talking him up right now. No, it means something. And on the other side, did the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam forget the Bilal's and the Khabab's of the
world radiAllahu ta'ala anhuma when he got back to Mecca when he was a powerful man now? Did he forget the lower class people that supported him when no one else would? Or did he put Bilal radiAllahu anhu on top of the Kaaba to give the adhan? He's not going to
turn his back on Bilal and Khabab like thank you for your service, it was great when no one else would listen to me. No. There is a constant honoring of Sayyidina Bilal radiAllahu ta'ala anhu and Sayyidina Khabab radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. And when the Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam got back to Mecca and the Ansar thought, naturally, the man is home. Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. I mean we served him, we gave him what he needed, right? Maybe
he misses home. Maybe he's going to come back to Mecca now, the place of the Kaaba. And the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam gathers the Ansar and says to them that not only am
I coming back with you, but if the Ansar took a valley and everybody else took a valley or direction, I would go where the Ansar would go. If I could be an Ansari, I would be an
Ansari. I am with you for the rest of my existence. Beautiful. He didn't forget them. He could have sent them back home and said, jazakumAllahu khaira. And they may have understood. He's
back home now and he's in Mecca where it all started. But no, I'm going to be with the Ansar forever now. That's our messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And that's his individual
shukr and how he didn't use you when he needed you and then disappear when he no longer needed you. Always, his heart was with you, his thoughts, even if you didn't mention your favors to him, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam will mention your favors and remind you of
what you did for him when no one else was there for him Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. Now there's a community dynamic to this too. This isn't just an individual level and improve
our akhlaq and make sure we're not using people or only there for people when we have something to benefit from them. There's a community dynamic to this too. SubhanAllah, I was thinking
about this moment with Umar bin Khattab radiAllahu ta'ala anhu where he walks by an old Jewish
man who was begging in his khilafah. An old Jewish man who he saw begging in his khilafah.
And Umar radiAllahu ta'ala anhu says about this old Jewish man in his khilafah who he sees begging, he says, Wallahi we didn't do right by you. And he said, Akhazna minka shababan
waday'anaka shaykhan. We took from you when you were young and then we forgot about you when you got old. Talk about an ethic, subhanAllah. Umar radiAllahu ta'ala anhu makes you proud
when he talks about this stuff. An ethic. You mean we took from you when you were young, you paid your taxes, you paid your kharaj, you paid your taxes and now that you're old
you have to beg under my rule? And suddenly we forgot about you? And Umar radiAllahu ta'ala anhu takes this man himself to baytul mal, apologizes to him, to the treasury, gives
him everything that he needs to live in comfort. Because it's not right. You paid us when you were young and now when you're old you have to beg in the same city where you paid the
government? SubhanAllah. That's the mindset of Umar radiAllahu anhu. Now, dear brothers and sisters, the community element of this. And I'm going to, I'm going to go there. Where
are the pioneers of the da'wah, the people that built masajid, the people that volunteered and gave themselves to this community in North America, to the Muslim community in North America and can't pay their health bills now and die homeless now? And I can name names
but I'm not going to do that out of their dignity. Where, where are we asking about those old imams and those old dua'at and those old community volunteers and those people
that volunteered and gave so much before YouTube was a thing, before the da'wah spread online? Akhadhna minka shababan, waday'na kashaykha. We take from you when you're young and then
you're gone. When you're old we forget these people. That's a stain on us as a community. The elders and the people that volunteer and the people that invest themselves in this
community. Whether it is young or old, people that have been giving and giving and giving of their lives. And subhanAllah, we forget about them when they get older because they're
no longer of use to us. That's a stain on us. You ask about your volunteers. You ask about the elders in the community. You ask about those imams that educated your children
and now can't pay for the education of their own children. You ask about those imams that
counseled you and those that taught you. You ask about those leaders and those community volunteers that counseled you when you needed help that visited your parents in the hospital and now they can't pay their hospital bills.
You ask about those people that built Masajid, that fundraised for Masajid for years and years of their lives and now can't pay their house bill. That's a stain on the community and that's a responsibility on all of us. And you know what it means for each and every single one of us?
It means that you don't take from the volunteers and the people that give in this Masjid and in this community. You don't run them through the ground and burn them out and take every bit of their energy and then don't even ask about them when they're no longer coming to the Masjid.
Those brothers and sisters in Ramadan, those brothers and sisters in Juma, those brothers and sisters working around the clock in the Masajid and they're not thanked properly and then they get burnt out and they don't want to come anymore.
We don't take from you when you're young and then lose you when you're old. We don't take from your energy and then forget you when you become deflated.
You're still useful to us. You still mean something to us. I'm charging myself first. We need to do a better job asking about people and checking in on people.
Even when we no longer have use, whatever that means, of those people. Their dua, wallahi, is enough for us if they continue.
The solution, dear brothers and sisters, is you frequently, on an individual level, frequently remember the people who are there for you and reach out to them and thank you. Number two, visit people and check in on them with no agenda whatsoever.
The Prophet ﷺ mentioned a man who went out to visit another man for the sake of Allah ﷻ and Allah sent him an angel. And the angel came to him and said to him, where are you going? He said, I'm going to visit this brother of mine.
The angel responds with what? What's the ulterior motive? Do you owe him something? Does he owe you something? Are you going there like salam, just want to say salam?
No, you don't just want to say salam. Is there something underneath that visit? He said, no, no, I just love him for Allah. Then he said, no, that Allah sent me to tell you that he loves you as you loved your brother.
Number three, don't throw away long-term relationships because of short-term ruptures. Accustom yourself to not letting the ruptures throw away everything before. وَلَا تَنْسَوْا الْفَطْلَ بَيْنَكُمْ
Don't forget those long-term relationships over short-term ruptures. Number four, accustom yourself to charity with no benefits. لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا To giving to people without wanting anything in return from them.
Number five, as a community, we take care of our elders who gave us so much and we do better to make sure our volunteers don't burn out. Not just with an iftar at the end of it all or a celebration or a bowling alley.
No, it's more than that. People that give to the community should have a community that cares about them as well. Even if they're doing it for Allah and we hope that they're always doing it for Allah. That starts with my own responsibility to those people. جزاكم الله خيرا
Those people that volunteer even on the day of Jum'ah so that you can sit here and you can benefit and you can park your car and you can come in and you can enjoy the khutbah and learn from it. May Allah reward you all and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reward all of those who give and give and give for the sake of Allah.
Keep them sincere and steadfast and rewarded. اللهم آمين أقول قولي هذا
واستغفر الله لكم ورساله المسلمين فاستغفروا إنه الوفور الرحيم
الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه ومن ولاه ربنا لا تؤخذنا إن نسينا أو أخطأنا ربنا ولا تحمل علينا إسرا كما حملته على الذين من قبلنا ربنا ولا تحملنا ما لا طاقة لنا به
واعفوا عنا واخذر لنا وارحمنا أنت مولانا فانصرنا على القوم الكافرين وصل اللهم وسلم على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أدمعين
وأقيم الصلاة