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Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah
Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

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

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

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

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

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

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

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

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

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

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

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

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

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

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

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

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

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

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

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

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

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

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

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

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

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

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

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

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

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

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

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

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

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

What Makes You Cry |  Khutbah

What Makes You Cry | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

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

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

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

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

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

Let's Let Go of Our Ego  | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right  | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield  | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence  | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr  | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted?  | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted? | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues  | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah  | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna  | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna | Khutbah

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

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

Do Not Compromise Your Deen  | Khutbah

Do Not Compromise Your Deen | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back  | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

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

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

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah
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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

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Khutbahs

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

In this khutbah, Dr. Omar Suleiman addresses the idea that no one likes to feel used, abused, and unappreciated. But reframing how we approach these situations can lead to the realization of a significant reward that makes it all worth it when it counts most.

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We begin by praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him. And 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, I wanted to approach in today's khutbah briefly the topic of ihsan, the topic of
doing good when you don't feel good as you do good. And what I mean by that is that there's always this sentiment that the more corrupt the world becomes,
the more our interpersonal relationships decay, the more our relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala collectively as mankind starts to decrease,
the more those who seek to insist upon a higher way are going to be taken advantage of and are going to get what they call the short end of the stick. They're not going to get the
benefits that most people get in this life by cheating, by being petty, by insisting upon matters of this world, by seeking to consume as much as they can of this world without any sense of conscience,
not of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala nor of anything else. And subhanAllah, when you look at the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, I want to start off with what this khutbah is not about. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
despite being a person who we can all agree was taken advantage of on multiple occasions, despite being the person who would be mobbed for sadaqah, mobbed for charity,
asked questions in a harsh manner, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, despite giving in every relationship of his more than what he received, both to those that rejected him and to those that accepted him.
No one can say that they were a better sahib, that they were a better companion to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, than he was a sahib to them. None of the family members of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam could say they were a better family member to him than he was to them, alayhi salatu was salam.
And of course his enemies who never even acknowledged his goodness towards him. Despite all of that, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was a man who knew how to set boundaries for himself, despite his boundless compassion.
He knew how to say no sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when it was necessary to not enable a greater harm. That's why Surat Al-Hujurat was revealed, because the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when he went home, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was giving the haqq of his family upon him.
And so no matter how loud you screamed at him or how much you banged on his door, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam at that time was engaged in the haqq of those people inside his household upon him. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
despite being the most merciful person, and a person who was a mercy to mankind, he did not allow the harm that was shown to him to shut him down sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Despite la'allaka baakhi'un nafsaka ala atharihim. It is as if you would harm yourself. Not that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would actually self-harm, but that you're hurting yourself over your love for them.
The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did not have any lack of zeal towards the message that he was actually spreading. He didn't cry all day and night sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to where he could not work the way that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala taught him to work.
Despite the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam himself having endured so much hardship from the people. Alladhi yukhalitu'un naas wa yaswiru'u ala athahum. No one fits the description of someone who mixed with the people and tolerated their hardship more than Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Despite that, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam did not tolerate a climate of abuse. And he didn't tolerate a climate of wrongdoing and did not allow for that to happen to people that were around him. You can't force ihsan on somebody else.
You should force ihsan on the one who is dealing with someone else with cruelty. Not on the one who's on the receiving end. You can encourage ihsan to that person, but you cannot tolerate the opposite of excellence and cruelty.
And put all of the burden on the other person. But when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam himself was on the receiving end, he always sallallahu alayhi wa sallam opted for a higher ideal, for a higher level.
Now the question becomes, why is it that we often feel like maybe we're not getting anything in return for the goodness that we are doing towards others?
First and foremost, you first start with those who have done goodness to you and perhaps you did not repay them. And the perpetual prototype of that is the parent.
There is no person at the default who's taken advantage of more than a parent by their child.
There is no person who fits the prototype more than that person, than the parent, because the child cannot repay the parent. It's impossible. So you think about everyone that you have to repay.
You know, oftentimes when we feel like we're taken advantage of, or we feel like we did more for someone than what was done for us, that should cause us to reflect on those who did more for us than we did for them.
And see how we can then be reminded, and that's the beauty of the child growing up and then recognizing, as they get into the age that their parents were at when their parents struggled with them, wow, this is what it's like.
So they become activated towards a greater level of shukr to their parents, gratitude towards their parents.
But there's often this undertone when we show ihsan towards people that all of that was for nothing. All of that was for nothing. And indeed, subhanAllah, sometimes when it comes to worldly relationships,
a person invests in a relationship and does and does and does and gets very little in return. And that can feel very harsh to a person,
whether it's a relationship or a marriage or a friendship or a colleague or whatever it may be. It can feel that way. But I wanted to subhanAllah underline how Allah azza wa jalla addresses this in the Quran with something very interesting.
Allah subhanAllah says, إِنَّا لَذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاعْمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُوا أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا One ayah Allah subhanAllah says, those who do good and those who believe and do good,
we do not let the good deeds of those good doers go to waste. The ayah is actually repetitive. Where Allah azza wa jalla does not have to be repetitive from a linguistic perspective
to emphasize here that no person will ever do good in this life and it will not be rewarded by something better. And this is a theme throughout the Quran. Now, there's a difference, I think we can all agree,
towards doing better to someone who's also doing good towards you. What does that mean? The ulema say there's the level of when someone does ihsan towards you
or does the basic, you know, or fulfills a basic requirement of gratitude towards you in a give and take relationship, and you always try to do better. Because there's no harm that's really embedded in that.
So you count on the gap and that's the most beautiful of relationships. When there are two people who are both competing for Allah's pleasure, and so they're trying to out ihsan one another, and you want to make sure that you're on the upper hand of that.
And so Allah will fill the gap. إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَةٌ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلًا But then the ulema say, subhanAllah, that that's usually not the case. And that's why Allah azza wa jalla says, وَاصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَةٌ مُحْسَنِينَ
Be patient because Allah does not let the goodness of the good doers go to waste. وَاصْبِرْ as Imam al-Tabari rahimahullah says, indicates that usually people of ihsan are going to be harmed.
It is the norm of the world throughout all periods of history that usually people that are generous will be taken advantage of. Generous not with their wealth per se, generous with their spirit, generous with their energy,
generous with their time, generous with their emotions. That usually people that do good and that have this as a mantra and a model in life, they're going to be harmed in the process. Because most people will devour that.
And so he commented, he said, يَقُولُ تَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ وَاصْبِرْ يَا مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى مَا تَلْقَى مِنْ مُشْرِكِ قَوْمِكَ مِنَ الْأَذَى فِي اللَّهِ وَالْمَكْرُوهِ
رَجَاءَ جَزِيلَ ثَوَابِ اللَّهِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ Be patient, O Muhammad ﷺ, for the harm that you endure from your people as you try to give them Jannah. What is the Prophet ﷺ trying to get these people to do?
He's trying to get them to go to Jannah. He's trying to take them to Jannah and they're throwing garbage in his face. So be patient, O Muhammad ﷺ. No one of us is trying to give or is in a position with anyone else in our lives
that the Prophet ﷺ was with his people. He's trying to give them Jannah, not trying to give them a gift, not trying to give them some kindness only. He's trying to give them Jannah. He's serving them Jannah ﷺ and they're throwing garbage at him
and kicking him and abusing him in the process. There's no greater discrepancy from a human to human perspective than the discrepancy between a messenger and his people who are rejecting him.
But, فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ ثَوَابَ مَنْ عَمِلَ فَأَطَاعَ اللَّهَ وَاتَّبَعَ أَمْرَهُ فَيَذْهَبَ بِهِ بَلْ يُوَفِّرُهُ أَحْوَجُ مَا يَكُونُ إِلَيْهِ This is so beautiful.
At-Tabari says, commenting on this ayah, Allah will not let the goodness that you do towards anyone else go to waste, especially in the capacity of da'wah. Rather, Allah will repay you with something that you will need
more in a time where you will need it more. With something that you will need more in a time where you will need it more. What does that mean? When someone says, all of that was for nothing, Allah says,
فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ Allah does not let the payment, the أجر, the reward of the good doers go to waste. Not the efforts, the reward. Meaning, count on my أجر
to fulfill what wasn't given back to you. And it will be given to you in a time when you will need it more and it will be better than what the other person could have given back to you. It would be so much better, so much more powerful.
There's a beautiful, subtle difference in how Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala talks about, for example, how we respond to people in da'wah with that which is better. So the very famous ayah, اِتْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ
فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ We all know this ayah. Allah Azzawajal says, respond to that which is evil with that which is better. It might be, it might be
that the one that is your enemy becomes your protective friend. Does that always happen in da'wah? That's a worldly reward, right? A worldly gift. Does it always happen that when we respond with kindness to evil, that the evil doer
instead turns and becomes a person who is kind towards you and relinquishes their hostility? No. But Allah Azzawajal says in another ayah, speaking very similarly,
وَالَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاةِ وَأَنْفَقُوا مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيًّا وَيَدْرَأُونَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ السَيِّئَةِ أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عُقْبَ الدَّارِ
The ulema say look at the difference in surah al-Ra'd between fussilat. Allah says those who are patient and they establish the prayer, they worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and they give charity in private and in public,
and they respond to that which is evil with that which is better, Allah will certainly grant them the best ending. There is no doubt about the Jannah part. Meaning it's bonus, it's bonus,
if your goodness towards these people results in them becoming good, that's a bonus. But the thing you can bank on is uqbadar, is that the ending that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will give you will be so much more worth it than anything
that they could have given you in the process. And that's where the true nature of the believer is, that's where you shine. The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam says, لَيْسَ الْوَاصِلُ بِالْمُكَافِلِ
That the one who is considered as someone who is establishing the ties of kinship is not the one who's responding, reciprocating kindness. That's not who wasilul rahim is, the one who establishes the ties of kinship is, the one who's just reciprocating good.
The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam says, وَلَكِنَّ الْوَاصِلُ الَّذِي إِذَا قُطِعَتْ رَحِمُهُ وَصَلَهَا He said the one who Allah azza wa jal is talking about when he talks about the reward of establishing the ties of kinship,
is the one who when he is cut off, he goes and he reconciles. When you're cut off, you make the effort and you still go and you reconcile. You be that person who swallows the ego, not because of the person that you're going to reconcile with,
but because of the reward of the one who put you on this earth with rights of that person upon you and rights of you upon that person. He said salallahu alayhi wa sallam in another narration also authentic,
صِلْ مَنْ قَطَعَكْ وَأَعْتِ مَنْ حَرَمَكْ وَاعْفُ عَمَّنْ ظَلَمَكْ He said salallahu alayhi wa sallam, establish the ties with those who would cut you off
and give to those who withheld from you and forgive those who wronged you. Meaning that's where Ihsan truly shows. Again, he salallahu alayhi wa sallam did not tolerate a climate of abuse
and despite his boundless compassion, he had his boundaries salallahu alayhi wa sallam. But at some point that person who says, you know what, I will lower and lower and lower because anything I decrease in this world for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is going to be increased from him in a time where I will need it more and in a way that's better than I could have got it in this world. And it's not just money we're talking about. You know subhanAllah, if you read this hadith in its entirety,
where he said salallahu alayhi wa sallam in the hadith of Abu Huraira radiallahu anhu, ma naqasat sadaqatun min maal, wa ma zadallahu abdan bi'afwin illa'izzah wa ma tawad'a ahadun lillahi illa'rafa'ahu.
When you take it all together, the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said, charity does not decrease wealth. Charity will never lead to a decrease in your wealth. What scares you when you're about to give charity? You start making calculations, but there's a decrease here.
I'm going to lose out on something if I give. And he said salallahu alayhi wa sallam in that same vein, wa ma zadallahu abdan bi'afwin illa'izzah. Allah will not increase you in the quality of al-afw, the quality of being forgiving and pardoning,
except that Allah will actually honor you in the process. Think about the people in our congregation and the people that we know in our lives who are forgiving and merciful people. In the moment, it might look like they're being humiliated, but they gain a place of honor like mashaAllah, that's such a well-composed person,
such high character. Was willing to put out the fire. Allah will increase you in honor, but in the moment you feel like you're getting humiliated. And so you think you're going to decrease in honor by being forgiving. And the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said,
and no one humbles themselves for the sake of Allah, except that Allah azza wa jal exalts them. I'm going to end on this note inshaAllah ta'ala because I think it's very powerful when you take these three themes together.
We know the hadith because we've been to a million fundraisers in the Muslim community, that when you're about to give sadaqa, 70,000 shayateen, right, open their mouths and warn you of faqr,
warn you of decrease, warn you of poverty. Don't decrease your wealth for sadaqa or else. Now Allah knows best, but for some of us,
to do sadaqa bil irb, with your honor and with your dignity, is harder than sadaqa with maal, is harder than charity with your money. And so if 70,000 shayateen open their mouths
when you're about to give from your money for the sake of Allah, imagine when you're about to give from your ego for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Might even be 70,000 more shayateen, because the voice and the lure is so much more.
Do not give from your ego for the sake of Allah. Do not give from your honor to this person. And your response has to be, just like every time I give charity, it's not decreasing my wealth.
When I humble myself for Allah and I give sadaqa of my ego for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, it's not decreasing me in anything. All that paranoia, all that fear of the shaytan to try to stop you from reconciling.
And we don't learn from these lessons. How many times do we feel a weight off of our chests when we humble ourselves to our brothers and our sisters and we reconcile? Why did you wait so long? Because those 70,000 mouths were open. Sometimes the human beings too.
Don't do it, it will decrease you. It will decrease you. It will decrease you. It will humiliate you. It will lower you. They don't deserve it. You're right, they don't deserve it. But maybe you deserve it from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And so dear brothers and sisters,
to feel like you've given up too much to an ungrateful one is natural. But to feel like you've given it up for the sake of the most grateful, al shakur, is empowering.
Because your life is a journey between you and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and everyone, everyone that is placed in the path is a part of that journey between you and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to always be willing to give for his sake. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to give of our ego, to give of our wealth, to give of whatever it may be, to seek his higher reward.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala never make us amongst those who act in ways that are fruitless or reckless. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala purify our intentions and reward us for our deeds. Allahuma ameen.
I say this and ask Allah for forgiveness and the message of the Muslims.
May Allah forgive us and have mercy on us.
May Allah forgive our parents. May Allah have mercy on them as they raised us when we were young. May Allah make us from our wives and children, a source of comfort for our eyes. May Allah make us a leader for those who are righteous. May Allah help our oppressed brothers in the east and west. May Allah destroy the oppressors by the oppressors
and bring us out of them as brothers. O servants of Allah, may Allah command justice, kindness and giving to the close ones and forbid immorality, evil and transgression. He warns you that you may remember. So remember Allah, He will remember you. And be grateful for the blessings that increase for you. And the remembrance of Allah is greater.
May Allah help you. May Allah forgive us.