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A Love Story In The Year of Grief | Khutbah by Sh. Elshinawy
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

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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Many of us know about Khadijah (RA), but do we really know what made her exceptional? Even after her death, the Prophet ﷺ spoke of her constantly, sent meat to her old friends, and grew emotional at the sound of her sister's voice. Listen to the khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy to gain a new perspective on the Prophet (SAWS) and his relationship with Khadijah (RA).

This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings.
We begin in the name of Allah always, and we praise Him and we thank Him and we seek His help and His guidance and His forgiveness. And we testify to His unique oneness and to the finality
of the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ. And reminding myself and you with the taqwa of Allah, to be conscious of Allah at all times and places as best as we can. Brothers and sisters, there was nobody
and there will be nobody ever like Khadijah. Not just because she was the only woman to be
married to our Prophet ﷺ and have him all to herself for 25 years. Not only because she was
in fact the very first person to ever believe in his message on the face of the earth. Not just because she was the only mother of his surviving children. Not only because she was the greatest
woman of the greatest generation ever brought out to humanity. But because she may have actually been the greatest woman of all time. In Sahih al-Bukhari, the Prophet ﷺ said,
Khayru nisa'iha Maryam wa khayru nisa'iha Khadijah. The best of her women, the women of her respective time, was Maryam, mother of Jesus, peace be upon them both. And the best
of her women, her contemporaries, was Khadijah. As Imam al-Nawawi said, and then he stopped ﷺ. He didn't referee between them, so the verdict may in fact be out.
In another hadith, he said ﷺ, Khayru nisa'i ahl al-jannah. The best of all the women of paradise are Maryam bint Imran. May Allah be pleased with her. And Asiyah bint Muzahim, the wife of the
tyrant pharaoh who believed in Moses. Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, the woman of the hour today.
And Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad ﷺ. And he said, wa fadlu Aisha ala sa'iri nisa'ika fadli
thareedi ala sa'iri ta'am. And the distinction of Aisha over the other women beyond these four is like the virtue of the most prized food we have over any other food.
What made her so amazing? First of all, don't be surprised that she might be the greatest woman of all time because it would be perfectly suitable that Allah set up the greatest human being of all time with the greatest, most supportive, most righteous woman of all time.
And that is the first lesson today. That especially when it comes to spouses, life partners, they are far more often than we think reflections of each other.
Oftentimes we like to think that our spouse or our spouse-to-be is so different from us, but they're actually not. And so the exception is rare. The rule of thumb is Allah sets you
up with a person to keep your pace or close to it. And that is why the Salaf, the early Muslims, would say, if you want Fatimah, you need to be Ali. May Allah be pleased with them both.
And if you want Ali, you need to be Fatimah. To keep projecting blame that no one's good enough or my spouse is so bad, it's actually the wrong way to look at it. You may want to look in the
mirror. But what made her so great? Some glimpses of her greatness, though we will for sure fail in this khutbah to communicate her greatness. Take this one hadith for example. In Sahih al-Bukhari,
the Prophet ﷺ told us that Jibrail said to me once, Khadijah is turning the corner right now,
with her is some food and some drink. When she comes, tell her, tell her, her Lord is extending to her salams, greeting her, and extend to her salams from me as
well. And the hadith continues, but Khadijah comes and he says, Jibrail just told me to tell you that Allah relays you his salams and Jibrail as well relays you his salams.
How does she respond? It's actually an indication, a testament to her greatness. She said, Allah is the source of all peace and upon you and upon Gabriel be peace.
I want you to realize this is early Islam. She didn't need to be told you don't say peace be upon God. God is where peace flows from. There is no peace, no harmony, no tranquility, except
that it comes from God. And if it doesn't come from God, it doesn't come. So she said, Allah is as-Salam and upon you and upon Gabriel be as-Salam. You know, even some of the senior Companions
made this mistake, by the way. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, just to contrast, he said, we used to say
when we were first saying Tashahhud in prayer, peace be upon God, peace be upon Gabriel, peace be upon Michael. And the Prophet ﷺ would correct us and say,
don't say peace be upon God, say all salutations, all honorings belong to God and peace be upon the righteous. Khadijah didn't need to be told that. She instinctively, intuitively had such a clear
conceptualization, image, if you will, of God in her heart. God is as-Salam. And then the Prophet continued to tell her, after the greetings from God and Gabriel, he said to her and he told me
to tell you glad tidings of a home in paradise. A home that is made out of a pearl. It's not
pearl tiles. It is a pearl, a massive pearl, 60 miles in the sky, carved out. That's your home. And in it, there is no loud noise. And in it, there is no exhaustion.
Peace, tranquility, quiet, comfort. Why did he call it a home and not a palace when clearly it's a palace? Because she was the home of the Prophet ﷺ.
You know, in English, we say the difference between a house and a home is that home is where the love is. She was his sanctuary where he would go back to. You know, she raised his kids for him,
even if it's the most righteous house. Kids are kids. Humans are humans. It can get loud. Life is never an Instagram moment, as they say, right? It's not picturesque. It's work. It's labor. Life
is strife, as they say. She was his home. And so Allah picked for her a perfect prize. She gets a home where there will be no more noise and no more exhaustion. And this is a lesson for
us as well, that Allah picks for every deed its most perfect prize. When we learn in Islam that Ibrahim alayhis-salam is sitting at al-Bayt al-Ma'mur, the Kaaba of the heavens, awaiting
there until the day of judgment. Why did Allah have his soul there? Because he built the Kaaba of the earth or rebuilt it. Why in Islam are we told that Bilal, the Prophet said, in a vision,
in a dream, revelation from Allah, I heard your footsteps ahead of me in paradise, O Bilal. Why? No way he's better than the Prophet ﷺ. Nobody is. Then why ahead?
It's because Bilal was always walking ahead of the Prophet ﷺ to the masjid to call the adhan to which the Prophet would respond.
Why is it that Zaid ibn Harithah is the only Companion whose name is in the Qur'an? Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali cannot be compared among the Companions. None of them are
spelled out in the Qur'an by name. Only Zaid gets that honor. Why? Because Zaid accepted losing his name, his last name. He used to be called Zaid ibn Muhammad, Zaid the son of Muhammad.
Then the revelation came down and said adoption shouldn't happen in this way. It's taking care of orphans, yes, but not in the way that erases your biological ancestry. There's rights dependent on this. So you are no longer Zaid the son of Muhammad, which is the most
honorific name. You are Zaid the son of Harithah. He accepted that. So how did Allah reward him? By putting his first name in the Qur'an and nobody else's. You see how it matches the prize?
Why is it that of all those martyred in the lifetime of the Prophet, we are told that Ja'far in particular was given two wings to fly in paradise wherever he wanted because Ja'far was the
one that lost his two arms holding up the flag of the Muslims at Mu'tah. And so when you remember Khadijah and her home, right, where there is no noise and no exhaustion, remember it's because
that's what she put forward for the Deen of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. She was the emotional anchor of his home. She exerted so much of her protective nurturance, grounding. She reminded him when
he came back shivering from the cave, right? It wasn't just his kids. She reassured him. You know, I'll tell you something, brothers and sisters, in light of, you know, the gender wars that are force-fed to us in modern times, a woman will hardly ever find tranquility
without leaning into that strength of hers, that even desire of hers, hardwired inside of them
to exert, to exhibit protective nurturance. And men as well, men will hardly ever find tranquility in their lives without having at home someone that can offer them that protective nurturance.
And the Prophet ﷺ actually spoke to this. In Bukhari and Muslim, he said, the best women to ever ride camels, meaning the best women on earth,
are the righteous women of Quraysh. Of course, Khadijah is among them, actually atop them. Then he describes why. He says,
because they are most tender to children in their youngest years, and they are most protective, protective nurturance, most protective of their husbands with regards to
that which belongs to them. But you know, in this day and age, when a woman parrots, I don't need no men, and then men go their own way, that's actually the name of a movement,
men go their own way. They both suffer. But you know who suffers the most? The children suffer the most, for a lifetime as adults, because the parents couldn't stop acting like children, with this bickering.
You know, 46% of single-parent homes, and they're a lot, as of 2012, one of three kids in this country is born out of wedlock, let alone divorce rates.
46% of single-parent homes grow up with financial instability.
But let me ask you a question, do you think the other, the remaining 54% actually got away scot-free?
The other 54%, so many of them were able to secure, even through a single parent, financial security at the expense of emotional security.
And that is why you see these harrowing, horrific numbers of single-parent homes and delinquency rates, juvenile detention rates, poor academic performance, gang membership,
suicide rates, negative mental health outcomes, all of that, because the emotional security, you know, if a woman has to work, that's called being a superhero. Like, working mother is a redundant statement, it's two full-time jobs and more.
But to volunteer for this, nobody wins, especially the kids. Khadijah radiallahu anha provided our Prophet ﷺ with all of that and more.
So much so, that our mother Aisha radiallahu anha, who is the most virtuous of women on the planet, but she was still human,
so she says, I was never jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ the way I was jealous of Khadijah, and I never once met her, but it's because of how much he would speak of her.
He would always talk about her and praise her.
She said, when her sister Hala would knock on the door and ask permission to enter, to ask some question or otherwise, he would become cheerful and say, Allahumma Hala, O Allah, let it be Hala.
Because he said, because of how much she used to sound like Khadijah, like the register of her voice, how much she used to speak like Khadijah, she would use similar phrases.
Then he would let her in, he would welcome her, and he would say, Kaifa antum ba'dana, how are you guys after us, meaning after the families went their separate ways naturally, right, with the death of Khadijah radiallahu anha. Then he would slaughter a lamb, she says, and he'll say, where are the friends of Khadijah?
And he would send them meat and say, they used to like my wife, they used to like Khadijah radiallahu anha. She said, he would speak about her so much that I lost my temper once, and I said, Khadijah, Khadijah, ka laysa fid-dunya illa Khadijah.
He always talked about Khadijah this and Khadijah that, as if there's no one on earth but Khadijah. And so he said to me, Inni ruziqtu hubbaha, I was provided, you know, who's the provider? Allah.
And Allah provides, you know, like sustenance, food and drink. He's saying, Allah nourished me, if you will, with loving her. And then he said, Kanat wa kanat, then he went on, she said, to say even more things. You know what else she was like? You know what else she was like?
Aisha radiallahu anha said, one time I lost my temper, and I said something that I spent a month asking Allah
to cause the Prophet to become pleased with me, and I promised him that if he does, I'll never speak negatively of Khadijah again. What did she say? She said, one time I spoke, and I said,
Ajuzun hamrau shidqayni halakat fid-dahr, abdalakallahu khayran minha, like I don't understand. This is a senior elderly woman with red gums, you know, red gums means teeth had fallen out.
She's trying to say like nothing's there but red gums, right? Red gums that had died of old age, Allah has replaced you with someone better. She's referring to who? To herself?
And the Prophet ﷺ stopped her there, and he said, Ma abdalani khayran, I swear to you, Allah never gave me anyone better. And we all know what Aisha meant to him. He's saying no one ever
gave me anyone, Allah never gave me anyone like Khadijah. And then he said, she believed in me when the world rejected me and called me a liar. And she spent on me from her wealth when the world
withheld their resources from me. And Allah provided me with children through her and did not provide me with children through any other woman. This is also why, brothers and sisters,
it is incredibly difficult to imagine how difficult it was, how hard on him it was to watch her die in front of him after the starvation of the three
years of boycott. You know, the Muslims were forced between two mountains and those who were not physically capable, they slowly deteriorated. He saw her falling apart in front of him
and was powerless in the worldly sense to do anything for the one that kept him together from falling apart herself. So much so that when she died, it was called the year of grief.
And this is another important lesson. Whenever life lies to you and tells you things aren't going your way, God hates you or something. Did God hate the Prophet? No,
he gave him the most difficult of tests and only he is able to give him the patience to go through those tests. And you're the same in that regard. He wishes to elevate you, gives you tests that
you can handle if you just turn to him the right way. You know, as the poet said about all of the trials he gave him, he said, you never saw your father's face and hardly felt the warmth of your
mother's embrace. And then your grandfather who adopts you now, his heart would burn with concern and then death would come to him in turn with no one to look up to. You're still a child at this
point. You set your gaze to the sky and when you live for truth, it hurts. It cuts deeper when they say that you lie, the poet says. He says, doesn't it? And yet you move on. You take it all in stride.
The honest Prophet who by his own people is belied. Then he has only two pillars of support, an uncle and a perfect wife. And in the same year, the year of grief, both would lose their life.
Gabriel came, gave Khadijah his salams, gave her news of a house in Paradise. But then another, another angel had to come to your house to collect the price, the angel of death. He said, then you
went to Taif seeking support for the mission you have to spread. They taunted you, they stoned you, they sent their kids after you until they stoned you until you bled. And then at Uhud,
you're struck with vicious blows. And then your wife Aisha, she is accused with rumors, accusations that caused pain. Allah only knows. And then he says, and then Ja'far, your dear
cousin Ja'far, his absence ends. He would, and from Abyssinia, he would come. And on the same day, he is martyred. Ja'far, along with Zayd, your adopted son. And then Ruqayyah would pass away.
And Zaynab, and Umm Kulthum as well, his own daughters. And then you carry Ibrahim in your arms with a heart that bursts and eyes that swell. Death will take permission from you, O Muhammad, Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, to take your soul, but not the souls of those you love.
And yet you never objected, Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, to the tests that came from up above. The trials made you stronger. And for Allah's perfect company, you would yearn
for to Allah we belong, and to Him we return. This was the greatest man ever, because of the greatest trials ever, because he had from Allah the greatest love ever.
Brothers and sisters, there is one more hadith I wish to include here for a profound lesson behind it. After the Battle of Badr, the husband of the Prophet's daughter, Zaynab, his eldest daughter,
was among the captives who had enlisted and joined to wage war on the Prophet, Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. Zaynab was still in Mecca. He let her stay in Mecca because her husband was a good man,
but then he joined. He was captured. People were sending packages, offerings, as ransom, to the Muslims in Medina to release their captives. Among what shows up in Medina is a
package from Zaynab. And they bring the Prophet, Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, and he sees the necklace of Zaynab. The narrator says, فَرَقَّ لَهَا رِقَّةً شَدِيدًا
He became intensely, extremely emotional seeing this necklace. Because this was actually the necklace of Khadijah, who had given it to her eldest daughter, Zaynab, on her wedding night.
She's paying it to get her husband back. And so the Prophet, Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, turns to the Sahaba and says, إِن شِئتُمْ أَطْلَقْتُمْ لَهَا أَسِيرَهَا If you're okay with it, you can release her captive for her. وَتَرُدُّ عَلَيْهَا مَالَهَا
And you can give back to her her wealth, her property. Why is this so profound? He's telling them, even though I'm the Prophet of Allah, even if I'm emotionally charged right now, I still cannot impose against the laws of Allah my own rules.
I know my boundaries. And this is what a Muslim is. This is what a religious person is. Everyone's pious, brothers and sisters. Always remember that. When your feelings and the religion happen to coincide.
And it happens a lot because this religion is a natural religion and lots of good feel from Allah's way. But the test, the discernment happens when your feelings are one way and the religion is committing you for justice or otherwise to go another way.
The religious person takes his feelings by the neck, if you will, and forces them to fold, forces them to conform to the way of Allah. And the superficially religious, the weak in their religion,
takes the religion and bends it at the neck, discards it or distorts it, Allah forbid, to align with their feelings. At the end of the day, being Muslim means to submit. And he showed us, Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, right then and there,
what submission looks like in its most pristine, beautiful form. May Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala grant us an opportunity in Jannah to meet our mother Khadijah, Radiyallahu Anha, and to kiss her hands and her feet for all that she has done for our Prophet, Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam, and by extension for us all.
Allahumma ameen. Allahumma ghfir lana warhamna wa ila ghayrika la takilna, a'izzal Islam wa anzul Muslimeen wa idh illal zalama wal mu'tadeen harril Masjid al-Aqsa aseer ya Dhal Jalali wal Ikram ya Qawiyu ya Mateen Allahumma a'fi mubtalayna mubtala Muslimeen
warham mawtana mawta al-Muslimeen washfi mardana wa marudana al-Muslimeen wa Sallallahu wa Sallam wa Baraka ala Nabiyyina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa Sahbihi Wasallam