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When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah
Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

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

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

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

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

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

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

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

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

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

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

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

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

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

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

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

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

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

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

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

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

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

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

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

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

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

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

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

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

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

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

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

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

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

What Makes You Cry |  Khutbah

What Makes You Cry | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

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

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

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

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

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

Let's Let Go of Our Ego  | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right  | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield  | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence  | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr  | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted?  | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted? | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues  | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah  | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna  | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna | Khutbah

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

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

Do Not Compromise Your Deen  | Khutbah

Do Not Compromise Your Deen | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back  | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

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

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

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

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

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Khutbahs

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

Forgiving can be really hard. For the Prophet ﷺ and the Sahaba, forgiveness sometimes meant navigating some of the most complex and devastating situations. In this khutbah, Dr. Omar Suleiman shares 3 strategies we can take from them to navigate those difficult moments in our own lives.

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were unconditionally obeyed except for him, and we bear witness that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam 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. We ask Allah to make us amongst them. Allahuma Ameen. Dear brothers and sisters, often when we talk about some of the more difficult verses in
the Qur'an that require a serious compromise on our part, especially when it comes to a relationship, when it comes to the issue of forgiveness, when it comes to the issue
of dealing with harm that has been done towards us, we quickly exceptionalize ourselves because we say well the Qur'an is speaking to a different situation. And I actually want to walk back
for a moment and think about this for a bit. Oftentimes it becomes very difficult to address some of the basic fundamentals of the deen when it comes to relationships, when it comes
to, for example, where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions the obedience to the parents. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala talks to us about the importance of forgiving people.
And not have someone say but what about my situation, what about my situation, what about my situation, my situation is exceptional, my situation is exceedingly difficult. And
sometimes it is indeed exceptional. The sharia treats cases in accordance with their unique circumstances. But I want us to appreciate for a moment that the most difficult generation,
or rather the generation that had the most difficult circumstances in relation to some of these verses that demand from us these types of compromises, was the generation of the companions of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. Think about what it meant for them
to read through the constant verses where Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions the treatment of the parents, where many of them saw their parents on the opposite side on the battlefield,
in the battle of Badr. Think about how difficult it was for them to read the verses about forgiveness of your brothers that have harmed you, when they now have at the helm Khalid ibn al-Walid
radiyallahu ta'ala anhu, who orchestrated the massacre of multiple companions of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam in the battle of Uhud, and now the children of some of those people, their siblings, have to stand behind Khalid radiyallahu ta'ala anhu in battlefield
and fight on one side. Think about how hard it was for them to hear these verses about forgiveness and of moving forward. Think about the difficulty of Aisha radiyallahu ta'ala
anhu, the prime victim of the slander that took place of Hadithatul Ifk, what her circumstances were like, and think about the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam himself, when the Prophet
salallahu alayhi wa sallam says that establishing the ties of kinship includes reconciling with those who have cut you off, and Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wa sallam, how he was dealt
with with many of his kin, and he still salallahu alayhi wa sallam tried to show a bigger heart to them, and still tried to extend his hand towards them. And so, let's just appreciate
for a moment that yes, forgiveness and some of these concepts can be very difficult, but there is no generation that would have been more challenged by these higher ideals and
these higher calls than the companions of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. And so while there may be exceptions, don't be so quick to exceptionalize yourself, and recognize
that the Qur'an wants to challenge us in the greatest way possible, to create a healthier community, but to also give us our individual pathways to the highest place that we can
possibly have in Al-Jannah. And I want to just, inshallah ta'ala, go through a few of these instances, and then talk about some of the ways that we can actually get past certain things. What are some of the strategies that we have from the companions of the Prophet
salallahu alayhi wa sallam, that are Qur'anic based, that are based on the Sunnah of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam, to get through complicated situations. And I wanted to actually mention some of these situations where forgiveness was very complicated with
the companions of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. And one of them involves the time of the fitna, when a war breaks out between two sides of the companions of the Messenger
salallahu alayhi wa sallam. And this civil war is instigated from the outside, people have infiltrated the community of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam, they have killed
the Khalifa Uthman radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu, and passions are very high. You have some companions that want to quickly avenge the loss of Uthman radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu, you have Ali radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu who is trying to settle things down, and ultimately a fight
breaks out that is not organic, that is instigated from the outside, but that sees some of the most blessed people, in fact the most blessed generation, radiyaAllahu anhum ajma'een, may
Allah be pleased with them all, end up on two sides of a battlefield. And I want you to think about the perspective of this one man, Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Aas radiyaAllahu
ta'ala anhuma. Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Aas felt very uncomfortable with his circumstances and had a very unique predicament. He heard the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam say
when he was speaking about two armies of believers breaking out and talking about where the signs of truth would be, he heard the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam say about Amr ibn Aas radiyaAllahu
anhu, taqtuluhu al-fi'atu al-baghiya. The army that is the transgressing army, when this fitna breaks out, you will know it because the transgressing army will be the one that
kills Amr ibn Aas radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu. When this fight breaks out amongst companions, the best people. And so Abdullah saw himself on the day of this battle, and on the other
side is Amr ibn Aas and Abdullah was a person who just wanted to focus on worship. He didn't want anything to do with any of this fighting. He wanted to stay out of everything. And as
he sees himself on that day and he does not want to get involved in any of the fitna, doesn't want to get involved in any of the hardship, any harming of anybody, his father reminds him as he wants to abandon the battlefield, that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam
said, aqla' abaka madumta hayya, obey your father as long as you live. That the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam told Abdullah, obey your father as long as you're alive.
So what did he do? He stayed, he held one of the flags, he put his head down, he cried, he did not throw a single arrow in the battle, nor did he lift the sword one time. He did
not participate, he simply obeyed his father and he held the banner, and in such pain to see this fallout happen. Such pain to see this fallout happen between the best of people
because even the best of people can have this happen to them. And afterwards, one of his close friends was al-Husayn ibn Ali radiyallahu anhuma. And al-Husayn radiyallahu anhuma was
very hurt. Your childhood friend is on the other side participating in this and it's very hurtful to him that this took place. And years pass and that relationship's never going to be the same again. And subhanAllah, this is a very human element and you can
see all the complexities of the situation. These people came back together and came back under one banner again and sorted themselves through the fitna. But the damage, the pain
that took place as a result of that, that was done. And for a lot of people, getting over that is not something that they could think of. And Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Anas radiyallahu anhuma, he knew how hurt al-Husayn radiyallahu anhuma was. So what would he do? Just look
at this, subhanAllah. When al-Husayn would walk into a gathering and say, as-salamu alaykum, everyone would say wa alaykum as-salam wa rahmatullah. He'd wait until the others finished so he could say wa alaykum as-salam wa rahmatullah separately so his voice could be heard separately.
Like I'm talking back to you, wa alaykum as-salam. I hope you notice we're still brothers. That we're still friends. And al-Husayn radiyallahu anhuma did not acknowledge it except for the basic salam. They said salam to each other but they never really went back to being tight
again. And Abdullah ibn Amr would cry and he would say, ma li wa li qital al-muslimin, what is it with me? How did I find myself in that predicament? How did I find myself in a battle between Muslims and believers? I never wanted to be involved in these situations
and he'd cry. And his old friend al-Husayn radiyallahu anhuma walks by and he tells some of his companions, he says, ala ukhbirukum bi ahabbi ahl al-ard ila ahl al-samaa. He
says to the people around him, he says you want me to tell you who the most beloved people or the most beloved of people on earth to the inhabitants of the heavens is? You want me to tell you who the best person right now amongst us is? He says it's that person al-Husayn.
But he said he hasn't spoken to me since the day of Safin. Ma kalamani mundu Safin. And he cried. I want it back. I want us to forgive each other and move on. I want him to hear me out. I know why he's upset with me. He saw me on the other side holding a banner
and he never maybe let that go. Maybe he's giving me the rights of a Muslim but he never let it go. So Abu Sa'id al-Khudri radiyallahu ta'ala anhu sees the situation. He comes to
Abdullah and he says let's go talk to him together. This is after some time has passed. And Abu Sa'id was very close to al-Husayn. So he brings Abdullah ibn Amr bin As to meet
al-Husayn. May Allah be pleased with them all. And al-Husayn radiyallahu ta'ala anhu sees him. Salamu alaykum wa alaykum as-salam. Again he gives him the rights of a brother but I really can't go past that with you right now. And Abu Sa'id tries to break the ice
between these two brothers. And al-Husayn asks him the question that has been burning inside of him for years. How did you fight against my father? How could you hold a banner
and an army against my father? How could you do that? And Abdullah says to him, wallahi nothing was more hated to me than being in the battlefield. And I wanted to abandon the
battlefield altogether and I never wanted to involve myself in fitna and hardship and tribulation. He said but one time my father complained about me to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. Not that I was disobedient to him but that I prayed too much and I fasted
too much and I read too much Quran. And the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam told me to moderate my recitation of the Quran, moderate my prayer, fast less because you're going to burn yourself out. And then he said, ya Abdullah, obey your father as long as he's
alive. And so he said I found myself in a predicament where I had to obey my father but he said to al-Husayn, I didn't throw an arrow, I didn't hold a sword, I just carried
the banner. And al-Husayn radiallahu anhu forgave him and they reconciled. Subhanallah, look how complicated forgiveness can be. This whole time, had this conversation happened
earlier, al-Husayn may have known about a circumstance from Abdullah that would have made his heart soften towards him. Had Abdullah gone to him and forced the conversation, maybe
it would have fought a little bit earlier. And there's the noble man of Abu Sa'id that sees two people that says, you know what, I'm going to take you and I'm going to make
you sit with this person and I'm going to end this now. Forgiveness can be complicated. It can be very complicated. And it was harder on them than anybody else in some of these
situations. Subhanallah, what harder than for Abu Bakr as-Siddiq radiallahu anhu to forgive the man who slandered his daughter and to continue to give him sadaqah. What harder
than that. A man who caused this much misery to you, to your daughter, to the most beloved person in the world, to Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. But look what happens. Now
what do we do in these situations and what's the balancing act? Because there is forgiveness and accountability, right? So what do we do when we find ourselves in some of these situations and recognize that sometimes it's not that simple. It's not simply just say salamu alaykum
and hug it out in the masjid and it's over. Sometimes there is a lot that's happening in the background. There are three things that you take from the companions of the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Number one is to try to find the redeeming factors of the person. What's redeeming in your relationship? When Allah azzawajal talks about divorce,
wa la tansu al-fadla baynakum, don't forget the good times between you. And what are the redeeming factors? So for example, what was it with Mistah who slandered Aisha radiallahu
ta'ala anha? He was one of the people of Badr. What was it with Hatib ibn Abi Balta'a? A very intriguing story radiallahu anhu. A man who was from the veterans of Badr and who
got caught in a weak moment and who wrote a letter when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam was going into Fatah Mecca, into the conquest of Mecca, wrote a letter to the Meccans in advance to inform them of the Prophet's plans sallallahu alayhi wasallam.
Not because he was a hypocrite, but because he didn't have any allies in Mecca, so if things didn't go right, he thought he was going to be apprehended and he was going to be the most vulnerable of the companions. So in a moment of weakness, he wrote a letter.
Jibreel alayhi wasallam came to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, told him about it. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam sent Ali and al-Zubayr and al-Muqdad to catch the person who was on her way with the letter and intercept it. And when it came back to
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam, imagine Hatib is in front of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam radiyallahu anhu, and look what you've done. You almost just compromised the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam and the companions. Why? And Umar radiyallahu
anhu says, he's a hypocrite, let me end him. And Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wasallam says, first of all, he's a person of Badr. He reminded Umar radiyallahu anhu that no, he's a veteran of Badr. So there's something to him because people didn't come out to
Badr that were hypocrites. They were good people, the best of people that came out to Badr. And he asked Hatib what happened and Hatib said, Ya Rasulullah, wallahi, I did not do so to put you in harm's way or anyone else, but all the other companions have people
in Mecca that could help them out if the battle doesn't go right, if things don't go right. They have allies, they have tribal connections. I have nobody, so if things were going to go wrong, I was going to be the most in trouble. So I got weak and I wanted to just establish
some sort of a link so that I wouldn't be vulnerable in that situation. He was held accountable, but he was also forgiven. So the first thing was thinking about something good about the person. What are the redeeming qualities of a person? When you have that
type of a harm that takes place between you, what's something redeeming that I can think of in terms of their iman, in terms of their salah, in terms of their salah, in terms of
their righteousness? Number two, number two, can I look at the circumstances of the situation
and not justify the person's wrongdoing with the circumstances, but still say the circumstances were difficult on that person and I can forgive them even though it's not an excuse. I'm not
excusing the behavior. Abdullah ibn Amr radiyallahu anhu and al-Husayn radiyallahu anhu, al-Husayn is not excusing Abdullah ibn Amr, but he understands now a little bit more about the circumstances that he was in that maybe led him to that predicament. The Prophet ﷺ saying we can
understand al-Hatib as bad of a decision he made, the mistake that he made, the circumstances, there's room there for some husn ad-dhan, for some good assumption, something to be
extrapolated, to give that person a means towards forgiveness. Number three, focusing on the greater reward. Number three, focusing on the greater reward. وَلْيَعْفُوا وَلْيَصْفَحُوا أَلَىٰ تُحِبُّونَ يَغْفِرَ
اللَّهُ لَكُمْ Let them forgive and let them pardon. Don't you want Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to forgive you? So the first thing is finding something redeeming about the other person. The second thing is finding an excuse due to the circumstances
without excusing their behavior in the circumstances. The third thing is وَلْيَعْفُوا وَلْيَصْفَحُوا أَلَىٰ تُحِبُّونَ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ Forgive and pardon. Don't you want Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to forgive and pardon you? Now here's the other side
of that. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is speaking to us about a situation in which a person is repentant, in which a person is seeking forgiveness. Allah is not speaking about the
unrepentant transgressor, nor is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala speaking about checking a harm that is still imminent to someone else. So you don't put someone in an abusive situation.
You don't say about someone who does not seek forgiveness that we should forgive them. You can remove yourself from the prison of a grudge without still forgiving a person
who hasn't sought forgiveness. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala still establishes an environment of accountability and this is actually the power of the Quran in this regard. As much as Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is pushing us to forgive and as much as Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala talks about the repentant having a way forward, Allah does not use kind language towards oppressors and transgressors in the Quran the way he uses it to a person who sins on their own and has their individual sins. The language that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
uses to oppressors is, don't think you're going to get away with this. Don't think that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is unaware. Don't think that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does not see your wrong. اتقوا الظلم فإن الظلم ظلمات يوم القيامة
Beware of wronging someone because it will be darkness for you on the Day of Judgment. So the language that Allah uses towards the person doing the oppressing and doing the wrongdoing is very harsh language. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala simply leaves a window
of tawbah without speaking lovingly to that person. This is something that some of the ulama mention. Allah speaks lovingly to the sinner in the Quran, calls them back to Allah. قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَا الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ لَا تَقْنَطُوا مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ
Say, oh my servant who has transgressed against themselves, don't despair from the mercy of Allah. But when Allah speaks to the oppressor, إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمٍ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ
Those who have harmed and put to trial the believing men and the believing women and they don't repent. They have a way to repentance as well. But the language is a lot harsher. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will put them into hellfire and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will
punish them severely. So there has to be an initiation. And if you are on the other side of that, do not let your arrogance and do not let your sense of immunity stop you from going and seeking forgiveness from someone that you've harmed. And do not depend on the
other person's taskiya to get you out of hell. That person might forgive you because they want a higher reward from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. But you still might be punished because you need to be forgiven by that person and by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And so there
is that balance of a higher incentive for a person to forgive and a higher sense of urgency to go seek forgiveness. وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّهَ غَافِرًا عَمَّ يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَ
Don't think Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is unaware. But dear brothers and sisters, it was complicated for the companions. None of these situations, none of these ayat that came down, none of these ahadith that came down ignored people's complexities. They just called us to the highest
version of ourselves. And the believers always strive to be in the best position. And I end with this thought, subhanallah. Was there ever anyone that could come to the Prophet
salallahu alayhi wasalam and say that he wronged them and did not provide them any recourse? One of the proofs of his prophethood, in fact, that the scholars mention, is that as many
of these things happen as natural as between human beings, not a single person could come to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam when he started his call and say, but remember you still owe me this and you still did this to me and you did that to me and you did this
to me. Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wasalam had no grievances against him. Even in the heat of the climate, no one could bring forth a personal grievance against the Prophet salallahu
alayhi wasalam. Think about that. Think about that. May Allah free us from being grieved on the Day of Judgment by our own sins and transgressions and may Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala allow us to get past our own grievances with a higher reward and may Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala
comfort us in a way that only He can comfort us. Allahumma ameen. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.