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Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | 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
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Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

Is All Knowledge Good? | Khutbah

Is All Knowledge Good? | Khutbah

What Causes Du‘as to Be Unheard? | Khutbah

What Causes Du‘as to Be Unheard? | Khutbah

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

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

Negative Speaking and Belittling Blessings | Khutbah

Negative Speaking and Belittling Blessings | Khutbah

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

When Parents Beg Their Kids To Believe | Khutbah

When Parents Beg Their Kids To Believe | Khutbah

Why Allah Allows Earthquakes and Suffering | Khutbah

Why Allah Allows Earthquakes and Suffering | Khutbah

Would You Pass This Test | Khutbah

Would You Pass This Test | Khutbah

Your Time to Shine #Sha'ban | Khutbah

Your Time to Shine #Sha'ban | Khutbah

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

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

A Jannah Worth Chasing | Khutbah

A Jannah Worth Chasing | Khutbah

Your Ramadan Uniform | Khutbah

Your Ramadan Uniform | Khutbah

Your Greatest Motivation | Khutbah

Your Greatest Motivation | Khutbah

Getting Past the Mid-Ramadan Dip | Khutbah

Getting Past the Mid-Ramadan Dip | Khutbah

When Allah Gifts You With Tranquility | Khutbah

When Allah Gifts You With Tranquility | Khutbah

The New You | Eid Khutbah

The New You | Eid Khutbah

AI and ChatGPT: Spiritual Resilience and Ethics | Khutbah

AI and ChatGPT: Spiritual Resilience and Ethics | Khutbah

Feeling Paralyzed by Stress and Fitna? | Khutbah

Feeling Paralyzed by Stress and Fitna? | Khutbah

The Qur’an and Intellectual Humility | Khutbah

The Qur’an and Intellectual Humility | Khutbah

Wasted Potential | Khutbah

Wasted Potential | Khutbah

Your Lord Doesn’t Forget | Khutbah

Your Lord Doesn’t Forget | Khutbah

Who Should You Really Care About? | Khutbah

Who Should You Really Care About? | Khutbah

Where Has Your Tongue Taken You? | Khutbah

Where Has Your Tongue Taken You? | Khutbah

Why Would A Man Sacrifice His Son? | Khutbah

Why Would A Man Sacrifice His Son? | Khutbah

How To Make Du'a For Barakah | Khutbah

How To Make Du'a For Barakah | Khutbah

Do You Love To Argue? | Khutbah

Do You Love To Argue? | Khutbah

Missed Opportunities | Khutbah

Missed Opportunities | Khutbah

When Allah Guides Through You | Khutbah

When Allah Guides Through You | Khutbah

The Ashura Within | Khutbah

The Ashura Within | Khutbah

Allah Appreciates Your Smallest Deeds | Khutbah

Allah Appreciates Your Smallest Deeds | Khutbah

Islam's Cure for Depression | Khutbah

Islam's Cure for Depression | Khutbah

Conquering Your Insecurities | Khutbah

Conquering Your Insecurities | Khutbah

Allah Will Honor You | Khutbah

Allah Will Honor You | Khutbah

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

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

When Love Makes You Crazy | Khutbah

When Love Makes You Crazy | Khutbah

Natural Disasters & The Day of Judgment | Khutbah

Natural Disasters & The Day of Judgment | Khutbah

What Are Your Real Intentions? | Khutbah

What Are Your Real Intentions? | Khutbah

How to Make The Most of your Salah | Khutbah

How to Make The Most of your Salah | Khutbah

Palestine Khutbah Outside the White House | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Palestine Khutbah Outside the White House | Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What's the Point?" | Khutbah

"What's the Point?" | Khutbah

How Palestine Exposes Hypocrisy | Khutbah

How Palestine Exposes Hypocrisy | Khutbah

Feeling Helpless While Watching Oppression | Khutbah

Feeling Helpless While Watching Oppression | Khutbah

Palestine Awakens the Ummah | Khutbah

Palestine Awakens the Ummah | Khutbah

What Does Islam Say About War and Justice? | Khutbah

What Does Islam Say About War and Justice? | Khutbah

Your Leg is Already in Paradise | Khutbah

Your Leg is Already in Paradise | Khutbah

The Value of Just One Righteous Life | Khutbah

The Value of Just One Righteous Life | Khutbah

Media Martyrs and Symbolic Resistance | Khutbah

Media Martyrs and Symbolic Resistance | Khutbah

Staying Sincere for the Cause | Khutbah

Staying Sincere for the Cause | Khutbah

Do You Doubt the Return? | Khutbah

Do You Doubt the Return? | Khutbah

When Laws are Held Hostage | Khutbah

When Laws are Held Hostage | Khutbah

It Actually Starts with Tahajjud | Khutbah

It Actually Starts with Tahajjud | Khutbah

The Most Underestimated Major Sin | Khutbah

The Most Underestimated Major Sin | Khutbah

How Allah will Mock Them | Khutbah

How Allah will Mock Them | Khutbah

Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah

Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah

Why this Sha'aban is so Important | Khutbah

Why this Sha'aban is so Important | Khutbah

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

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

Ramadan Joy and Gaza Depression | Khutbah

Ramadan Joy and Gaza Depression | Khutbah

How to Make this Your Best Ramadan | Khutbah

How to Make this Your Best Ramadan | Khutbah

Setting Character Goals in Ramadan | Khutbah

Setting Character Goals in Ramadan | Khutbah

When Your Heart is On Empty | Khutbah

When Your Heart is On Empty | Khutbah

Those Who are Deprived on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Those Who are Deprived on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

When the Decree Shocks Everyone on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

When the Decree Shocks Everyone on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

A Night Even Better than Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

A Night Even Better than Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Is the End Near? | Khutbah

Is the End Near? | Khutbah

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

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

Act and Allah Will Unlock Success | Khutbah

Act and Allah Will Unlock Success | Khutbah

Overcoming Despair When We See Mutilated Bodies | Khutbah

Overcoming Despair When We See Mutilated Bodies | Khutbah

Resistance in Exile: from Hijra to Nakba | Khutbah

Resistance in Exile: from Hijra to Nakba | Khutbah

The Inner Strength to Keep Fighting | Khutbah

The Inner Strength to Keep Fighting | Khutbah

Will Gaza be Israel's Downfall? | Khutbah

Will Gaza be Israel's Downfall? | Khutbah

When Allah Tests You with the Truth | Khutbah

When Allah Tests You with the Truth | Khutbah

Hidden Causes of Disconnect from Allah | Khutbah

Hidden Causes of Disconnect from Allah | Khutbah

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

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

The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah

The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah

Is Allah Really with Us? | Khutbah

Is Allah Really with Us? | Khutbah

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

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

The One Child Pharoah Didn't Kill | Khutbah

The One Child Pharoah Didn't Kill | Khutbah

The Art of Finding Closure | Khutbah

The Art of Finding Closure | Khutbah

Don't Let them Steal your Revolution | Khutbah

Don't Let them Steal your Revolution | Khutbah

Thank God We're Not Them | Khutbah

Thank God We're Not Them | Khutbah

What If I Can't Look Anymore? | Khutbah

What If I Can't Look Anymore? | Khutbah

Wounds That Aren't Meant To Heal | Khutbah

Wounds That Aren't Meant To Heal | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

When It’s Hard to say Alhamdulilah | Khutbah

When It’s Hard to say Alhamdulilah | Khutbah

Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself? | Khutbah

Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself? | Khutbah

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

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

Earning Jannah While Watching a Genocide | Khutbah

Earning Jannah While Watching a Genocide | Khutbah

What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah

What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah

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

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

What are Your True Intentions? Goodwill VS Ego | Khutbah

What are Your True Intentions? Goodwill VS Ego | Khutbah

Allah Will Surprise You - Embracing the Unknown | Khutbah

Allah Will Surprise You - Embracing the Unknown | Khutbah

Allah WILL Test You With Your Words | Khutbah

Allah WILL Test You With Your Words | Khutbah

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

People imagine Allah in different ways. Some perceive Him as loving and kind. Others perceive Him as as distant and punishing. Many sources influence our perceptions of Allah, including our education and parents. Ultimately, having a benevolent image of Allah is key to having a healthy relationship with Him.

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We thank Allah, we praise Him, we ask for His help, we ask for His forgiveness, we believe in Him, and we put our trust in Him. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our souls and from the evil of our actions.
I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. He is alone and has no partner. I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. Allah says in His book,
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ We begin by praising Allah, we seek His guidance and His blessings and His nearness, and we put our complete trust and reliance in Him.
I bear witness there is nothing in this universe worthy of serving, of vowing before, of submitting to, of absolutely loving except for Allah. And I bear witness that Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is His last and His final Messenger.
O you who believe, be mindful of Allah, be conscious of Allah, and be in awe of Allah in a way Allah has a right that we be in awe of Him. And do not die, do not allow yourself to leave this life unless you leave in a state of submission, in a state of Iman and Islam.
My dearest brothers and sisters, a few days ago, many of us in the world were treated to some of the most stunning images of the universe that we've ever seen.
With the launch of the James Webb Telescope that sent back the images, we saw some of those images of nebulae and galaxies that previously were impossible for us to see.
And so for those who saw the images, you remember seeing maybe an image, looked like it had these beautiful mountains and stars glittering in the background.
And the whole world, the Muslim and the non-Muslim, was marveling at the stunning beauty of the stars, of the galaxies, of the nebulae, of the gas, of the dust in this world that Allah has created.
Now what's fascinating is that we were only able to see those images because the telescope was using, it was an infrared telescope that allowed it to see wavelengths that our eyes cannot see.
So you all have a remote control at home probably, right? When you shoot the remote control and press it, it sends infrared signals. And we don't see those with our eyes, but those, there actually is something that's being transmitted there.
And so we were able to only see this because we were able to capture the infrared and then convert it to the colors of the visible spectrum.
So we know, even with our simple eyes, that the universe is beautiful. We can see the moon, we can see the star, we can see the sun, the other stars in the night sky if it's clear.
But we know that what we cannot see is probably even more beautiful than that which we can see. And this is why Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la said this in the Qur'an. He said in the Qur'an,
That indeed we have adorned and beautified the skies of this world with beautiful stars.
But just the same way that we cannot fully appreciate and witness with our eyesight the intense beauty of this universe,
we are similarly unable to capture the complete beauty and perfection of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. He is the creator of this universe. If the universe is beautiful, how beautiful must he be?
If the universe is in harmony, how much harmony are his attributes in? He is merciful, he is kind, he is loving, he is forgiving, he is the creator, he is the one, he is the fashioner.
And the names, they go on and on and on. But unfortunately, for the human being, as a test of this life, we cannot observe that beauty every single day in its totality.
We can capture glimpses of it. We cannot capture his mercy in its totality. We only feel bits of it. And this leads the human being to struggling, to ultimately having to answer two questions in this life.
Every single one of us, whether you're 10, 20, or 75 years old, you will grapple to answer these questions, which is number one, although I cannot see Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, how do I imagine him to be?
That's why Allah said in the Qur'an, That vision cannot perceive Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, although he perceives everything.
So number one, again, although we cannot see Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, how do we imagine him to be?
And number two is, we know Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la can see us, so how do we imagine Allah thinks us to be? What does Allah think about us? And these are two deep questions that have major ramifications for our lives.
They're going to influence your connection with Islam, your relationship with Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, your relationship with your spouse, with your children, with your friends, and even your relationship with yourself.
Today, my brothers and sisters, I'm here to speak about a topic, which is what is your image of God? What is my image of God? What is our image of Allah? And how does that affect our lives?
And what I'm going to speak about today is something that many of, you know, one of the brothers involved in this project, Dr. Hassan Alwan and I have been researching for a number of years, and some really startling insights we've come to, which is why we want to share this message of today.
And so we begin with this notion that if someone was to ask you today, what do you think about Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la? There are likely two sources of information that you are drawing from to explain how you imagine your creator to be.
Number one is an intellectual aspect of it. You all were taught by your parents, by your Sunday school teacher, by the imam,
by some religious authority, who Allah is. Your parents might have told you as a child, Allah, He created the universe. Allah sees everything. Allah, He hears everything. Allah is infinitely powerful.
And these superlatives and adjectives that describe Allah, we begin to internalize them. So if you ask, and I do this regularly, I'll go and ask kids when we're together, what do you think of Allah? Describe Allah?
And they will say, He's one, He's powerful, He's vast, He's supreme. And you get these descriptions. But the second source of our knowledge is not intellectual, it's actually emotional,
which means that we have these experiences every single day in our life that we attach some divine meaning towards.
So we learn about Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la and we form an image of Allah based on the emotions we feel in religious experiences.
We base our beliefs about Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la on how religious figures have interacted with us, how our parents have interacted with us.
And so these two sources, the intellectual domain and the emotional domain, work together to create an image of God in our minds, which is why some people, they'll say, if you ask them, tell me about Allah, they will say,
I feel He's very near to me, He's close to me, He's personal, He's merciful, He's loving. And you ask somebody else and they'll say, I don't know, I don't really feel Allah in my life.
He's distant. I feel disconnected. He's cold. And these terms, they come out. And oftentimes the disconnect between what we're taught about Allah in terms of the schooling and the books and how we experience and we feel Allah.
So people will say things like, I know He is merciful, but I don't feel His mercy. I know He's near, like I believe He's near, but I don't feel His nearness.
And so we want to unpack today, why do we have these beliefs? Where do they come from? And Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la was aware that every human being would have a different image of Him.
That's why he said in a Hadith Qudsi, he said, He says, I am as my servant perceives me to be. Meaning no two people in this room will have the same image of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
Because we've all lived a different life experience. We all had different parents, with different teachers, with different feelings and emotions. And so we all can construct some image in our minds.
Now that image may be accurate. It may be accurate. If it comes from proper teachings, comes from proper emotional development, proper relationships in life.
Or it might be incredibly distorted and skewed. And just to provide some numbers behind this, in a study that Dr. Hassan and I did of almost 300 Muslims in North America.
We found that about 25% of Muslims had a really unhealthy image of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, which is non-trivial. One in four Muslims viewed Allah as not being very benevolent.
They felt Him either as being distant, not very merciful, like a cop who's just watching over them, looking to punish them. And so we know that there's a diversity of experiences in our community. And we need to treat this.
Because there is no way for one to draw near and want to worship Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, and want to get close to Him if they perceive Him inaccurately. This is why Allah said in the Qur'an, مَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ
That people have mis-estimated Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. How far is their estimation from the true estimation of Allah? So when Allah says, وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ Allah says, when people, the servant asks,
But then people say, I don't feel Allah's nearness. There's a disconnect between what Allah says He is, and the truth of His nearness to us, and our experience. And so where does this come from? Again, we spoke about the two sources.
Let's unpack it for a few minutes. The first and foremost source of our God image will be our parents, my dear brothers and sisters.
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la has not created the child with the capacity to perceive the abstract. So if you ask your three-year-old or your four-year-old to explain Allah in theological terms, they don't really understand. They can repeat what you've said to them.
But because Allah is abstract, they cannot understand it. They don't have the developmental capacity to think about a perspective of the Creator. So Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, in His infinite wisdom,
put in the parents the means, and the drive, and the attributes that would make the child internalize who Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la is. So Allah made the parents loving.
He instilled with the parents a desire to nourish their children and to care for their children. And that's why many parents naturally show love and affection towards their children, especially when they're infants. But what ends up happening is as we get older,
our parents then begin to explicitly tell us about Allah. And sometimes this is where problems can happen. So depending on how the parent was raised, they might say things that, well, Allah is one, Allah is powerful, Allah is the Creator,
and they use all the right terminology. But then they also use expressions like, if you do that, Allah is going to punish you. If you do that, you're going to go to hell. And what this does in the child is it distorts an image in their mind.
And also what they do, so number one is you can have a distorted image because of wrong information. But number two, and probably more importantly, the parents act as a godly figure. They act as a Rabb.
That's why Allah said in the Qur'an in Surah Al-Isra, when we're talking about how to treat our parents, وَاخْفِضَّهُ مَا جَنَاحُ ذُلِّ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ that lower yourself in humility to your parents. And then say what? And then say to your parents, you say to Allah,
that have mercy on my parents. كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرَ That, oh Allah, have mercy on my parents, the way they raised me when I was young. So you as a mother and father in this room today, or as an aspiring mother or father,
you will act like a default godly figure for your children before they understand who Allah is. Now what that ends up doing is how do you treat your child?
If you treat your child with kindness, compassion, with empathy, with forgiveness, with mercy, with gentleness, just by doing that when your child is old enough to understand
that there is a creator, and they're wondering who their creator is and what their God image is like, and this is empirically been shown, that they will say, I perceive God to be kind and loving and merciful and forgiving,
because they had a working model from their parents. And if the parent is cold and is harsh and is demanding, then they will internalize, well, God must be cold and harsh and demanding.
And the question that we have to ask is who wants to worship a God that is cold and harsh and demanding? Likely nobody. In fact, about a month ago, for those of you who are savvy on social media,
please make room in the masala for those who are trying to enter. Somebody invited a brother from Saudi Arabia. He tweeted to Elon Musk telling him, Elon, you're so brilliant. What do you think about your creator?
Have you thought about your creator? And his response was startling, but probably something many people think. He said, I'm okay. He said, thank you for the blessing, but I'm okay going to hell
if that is where God has destined me to be, because almost everybody that God has created will end up in hellfire. So his message captures the essence of human motivation.
No one wants to work hard for something unattainable. If I was to tell you all, go back to your years as a student in college if you've graduated or if you're still in school, think about it. I said, there's a course you can take.
It's a really, really good course. It's going to be really, really good for you. But the professor fails 99% of every student, every student, except for one will fail in this class pretty much. How many of you would enroll in a class with a 99% fail rate?
Like, you know what? I'm good. I know the class sounds amazing and the professor is really good, but I don't want to feel like failing this class. So what Ilan is saying in this tweet is what many people, they believe, but they don't have the audacity to express this,
that I do not want to worship a God who's impossible to please, that is incredibly demanding, who is not very forgiving, because that's just too costly for me to engage with.
So inshallah, in the second part of the khutbah, let's talk about how did the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam rehabilitate the image of God in the hearts and the minds of his companions? وَأَسْتَغْفِرَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَكُمْ فَاسْتَغْفِرُهُ إِنَّهُ وَلَهُ الرَّحِيمُ أَتَّائِبُ مِنَ ذَنْبِهِ كَمَا لَذَنْبَ لَهِ
فَدَعُوا اللَّهِ The one who repents from his sins is like the one who is sinless. So ask Allah to forgive us of all of our shortcomings and our mistakes.
الحمد لله وكفاه وصلاة وسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه ومن ولا هو الذي أرسل رسوله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله وكفاه بالله شهيدا
My dearest brothers and sisters, we are here to speak about our image of God and our attachment to Him. And so what we have found in our research, before I get to the prophetic guidance, was that individuals who believe,
who create an image of Allah in their mind, that is inaccurate, that is skewed and flawed, and who believe Allah as not being incredibly kind and merciful and near and helping,
these individuals are highly likely to have two styles of attaching to Allah. One is they have anger towards Allah. And number two is they feel incredibly anxious in their relationship with Allah.
And what that leads to is a lot of problems in life. It leads to religious doubts. It leads to objecting to Allah's commands. It leads to objecting to Allah's qadr, what He has decreed for us that we are angry at.
And it leads to self-doubt and shame and guilt. So the consequence of a distorted God image is quite severe. And so the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he lived amongst the people who had a distorted God image.
The companions did not grow up thinking nothing about Allah because they lived in a pagan society. And they experienced the cultural norms around having multiple gods
and having to satisfy gods and superstitious norms about sacrificing to appease the gods from getting angry. And so he understood that there was a lot of anxiety and fear about who is this God that we're being asked to worship.
So he began one by one over the years to rehabilitate and show, and heavily show that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala was incredibly merciful,
kind, loving, forgiving, and seeking nearness to His creation. And this is why in the Hadith Qudsi, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, He says that My servant does not draw nearer to Me
than by doing that which I love the most, which are the obligatory acts. And then He gets closer and closer to Me by doing the nawafil until I love Him. Now what's beautiful about this
is that the human being typically doesn't like to do things they're commanded to do. If I was to... Imagine that you're about to go into your room, and you're about to vacuum your room because it's dirty.
And then your spouse or your parent says, your room is a mess, go and clean it. Do you want to vacuum it anymore? Like, you know what, I was about to vacuum it, but now that you told me, I don't want to vacuum it. That's how we are as human beings.
I will do things I want to do, not what you tell me to do. So people often think, well, you know what, God is telling me to do this and God is telling me to do that. Why do I have to do all these things God wants me to do? God doesn't want you to do this because He's trying to... He tells you why He wants you to do it.
He says in the Hadith Qudsi, the things that bring the servant closest to Me, I'm telling him to do. I want to be near to you. I want to have a close intimate relationship with you.
I want to have a deeper loving relationship with you. Do these things because that's how you will find a connection with Me. And again, it's not... You will find the connection with Allah. Allah is already connected to us.
Allah is already incredibly connected to us. Whether we perceive it or not. Just like if you look in the sky, there are galaxies out there you cannot see, but they're there. Allah is very, very near to you, but it's up to you that do I want...
How can you get close to anybody if you don't speak to them? Imagine you have a wife or a husband. You're like, I love my wife, but I don't really talk to them. And when they ask me to do things, I don't like to do things they ask me to do. I just want them to leave me alone, but I love them. What kind of love is this?
There's no love. So Allah is telling you, these are the things that you will find love with. You will fall in love with Me, and I will get closer to you with. So when Allah tells us to do it, it's for our own benefit. It's not because He's demanding it, because He needs it.
And so the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam then came to undo these shackles that were on people's minds when they had the false God image. And so he goes and he says stories that really shocked people. We have a story of a prostitute
that we've all heard, but to repeat it, a woman who does some of the worst immoral things in society. But she sees a dog that is on the verge of death because of thirst.
And because of her compassion for a dog, she takes off a sock, puts it into a well, and gives that to the dog. And so all of her sins are forgiven. Does it sound like a God that is demanding and vengeful and seeking to punish?
You've done a life of sinning, and you gave water to the lowest of creation, and all your sins are forgiven. Then a beautiful gem to pull from this is asking the question, is that where did that dog come from in the first place?
Allah sent this dog dying of thirst to this prostitute to offer her a chance at forgiveness and redemption. He didn't need to send that dog to that lady. He could have said, go and seek forgiveness and redemption.
This is why Allah sent the Qur'an. الله يحول الناس إلى التغفير لذلك يمكنهم أن يحولوا إليه في التغفير مجدداً، رجل قتل 99 شخص نحن سمعنا هذا القصة مرة أخرى ويذهب إلى عبده ويقول قتلت 99 شخص لدي شعور غفور هل يمكن الله أن يغفرني؟
الآن، إذا كنت مجرد قاتل في القرى هل يمكنك أن تغفر شخص قتل 99 شخص؟ لن يفعل ورجل يقول له 99 شخص أنت مغفر أنت مغفر الرجل يقول حسناً قتله أيضاً
إذا كنت مغفر، فلن يفعل الآن، رجل قتل 100 شخص لكنه يشعر بالغفور يذهب إلى شخص آخر وهو علماء العلماء يقول بالطبع
كيف يمكنك أن تتخيل أن الله لن يغفرك ولكن عليك الخروج من هنا هذه المدينة مغفرة لديك أصدقاء سيئون هنا اذهب إلى مدينة أخرى وتجد أصدقاء جديدين وعلى الرحيل يموت ويأتون الأنبياء الأنبياء الذين يحرقون أرواح المرحلة
لأنه في الوسط، ويقول الله أن يتقفل الأرض لجعله أقرب من أرض الرحيم ومن ثم يتقفل الأنبياء لأنهم يتنافسون ويقولون إنه أقرب من أرض الرحيم سنأخذه مع الرحيم
أقرب من أرض الرحيم سنأخذه مع الرحيم وذلك، الله جعل الأرض تتقفل قليلاً في تلك المجموعة لذلك، سيكون أقرب من أرض 100 شخص قتل هل هذا الله المغفور أو هو الله المغفور يبحث عن تقديم ومن ثم يكون هناك رجل
الذي كان مغفوراً بشكل مذهل أيضاً في حديث كان مغفوراً بشكل مذهل وعلم أنه شخص مريع لذلك، عندما كان على موته قال لأطفاله عندما أموت، احترمني ودعي أشجاري في كل مكان في البحر
لأنني لا أريد أن أتعامل مع الله في الآخرة وذلك، سيقوم الله بإنعاذ هذا الرجل وسيسأله ماذا فعلت؟ لماذا فعلت هذا؟ وسيقول لأنني كنت خائفاً جداً وخائفاً جداً منك
الله قال لك أنت مغفوراً وسيغلق النبي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم بهذا عندما رأى فتاة كانت في حدث محارب وكانت تبني طفل
وكان ينظر إلى أصدقائه وقال هل تعتقد أن هذه الفتاة تريد أن ترسل طفلها إلى النار؟ والأصدقاء قال بالطبع لا يا رسول الله لا فتاة تريد أن ترسل طفلها إلى النار قال الله
يحبك أكثر، الله يهتم بك أكثر الله أكثر مهتم وإذا لم يسمح لك بالرحيل فهذه الفتاة تريد طفلها وهكذا أصبح النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أن يغلق حقاً الترامة التي كانت تتعاون بها
على أصدقائه منذ تلك الجاهلية أو أي حالة قبلية لتعاون ورؤية الله سبحانه وتعالى في هذه الضوء المبارك في هذه الضوء المبارك الذي أعطاهم الوصول إلى أقرب وقرب
وإبحث عن حبه وإبحث عن حبه لأنهم قالوا نحن نريد أن نقترب من الله المرحب ونجدهم يتطلبون أن يتعاون بإسلام
وليس يتجاوزون أو يجعلون لذلك نطلب من الله سبحانه وتعالى أن يجعلنا من أولئك الذين يملكون صورة صحية من الله وموارد صحية له ومن خلالها نجد نجاحنا في هذه الحياة
ونحن نتعاون بإسلام
وزينه في قلوبنا وقره إلينا الكفر والفسوق والإسيان وجعلنا من الراشدين أسأل الله أن يغفرنا عن نقاطنا والخطأاتنا أسأل الله أن يجعلنا أن نرى أنفسنا ومعناها
لذلك نطلب من الله أن يجعلنا من أولئك من خلال حبنا ومن أجل أن نكون قريبين أسأل الله أن يحمينا من لا تزال لدينا أثناء أن نحبك وأن يحمينا من أننا لا نصرف على أنفسنا أو أن نحمينا من أننا
لسنا عايزون ليلاحبك to be near to you. We ask you to forgive us of all of our shortcomings we've made and how we've taught our children about you. And O Allah, the way you've gathered us here today, we ask you to gather us in the highest gardens of paradise with the prophets and with the martyrs and the righteous. وقيم الصلاة إن الصلاة تنهى البحشاء والمنكر ولا ذكر
الله أكبر والله يعلم ما تصنعون وقيم الصلاة إن الصلاة تنهى البحشاء والمنكر ولا ذكر الله أكبر والله يعلم ما تصنعون وقيم الصلاة إن الصلاة تنهى البحشاء والمنكر ولا ذكر
الله أكبر والله يعلم ما تصنعون