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

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

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

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

What happens when your dreams don’t come true? You find contentment, because your dreams are not greater than Allah’s decree. Tune in to Dr. Omar Suleiman deliver a powerful message about manifesting your story while trusting in Allah’s plan.

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The Master Plan How many of you have ever had the situation where you were in a Google Doc and you were working on something and someone else was simultaneously working on that doc?
No, I'm serious, serious question. Not many of you. You don't use Google. I understand. If you found yourself in a situation where you were working on something
and someone else was working simultaneously on it, it can be one of the most frustrating experiences in regards to your own output that you will ever encounter.
I want you to imagine that you're typing up something and then someone comes in there and just deletes a chunk of your work, or someone takes it in a direction that you never anticipated.
I actually use this example to start off this talk for a very specific reason. A lot of times when I'm handed the title for a session at any conference, it's,
What do you dream of being? What do you want to become? How do you see this all playing out for yourself? It's always the same words of empowerment, leadership, and they all kind of circle around
one another. But what I want you to actually appreciate as we talk about the subject of what you dream of being is that there are two parallel tracks that are side by side.
You are the author of your deeds. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the author of your decree. Therefore, you have your dreams, but your dreams will ultimately every single time be overtaken by
His decree. And so while you're authoring your own story, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala may have an entirely different story written for you, but you're still told that you have to write.
So the Google Doc is there, you're writing what you can, and then a chunk gets deleted and it goes this way, a chunk gets deleted and it goes this way. And to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala belongs
the highest example. But if I was to ask you about Yusuf (عليه السلام), we all know the story of Yusuf (عليه السلام), and we all know where Yusuf (عليه السلام) ended up. He ended up on the
throne. He ended up not just as a noble prophet, but as an example of forgiveness, as an example
of grace, as an example of perseverance, immortalized in the Quran as this prophet from Bani Israel that is not immortalized because of his da'wah, but is immortalized because of his
example in the face of his own tribulation. And da'wah of course emanated from that. I want you to imagine if you were having a conversation with Yusuf (عليه السلام)
before Yusuf (عليه السلام) was thrown into the well. And the Prophet (ﷺ)
said, there is no lineage more noble than the lineage of Yusuf (عليه السلام). A prophet,
the son of a prophet, the son of a prophet, the son of a prophet. He is Yusuf ibn Ya'qub ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim. When you talk about someone that's destined for greatness,
Joseph the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Talk about a legendary lineage. Talk about destined for greatness. Talk about having it all quote unquote handed to you as far
as the spiritual hall of fame is concerned. You are the example of all of those examples that
came before you. It culminates in you. Think about the pressure on Yusuf (عليه السلام) and imagine what you would have thought his trajectory would have been if you met him
before he was thrown into the well. Like you all are familiar with LeBron and Bronny, right? As far as basketball analogies are concerned. The pressure on being the son of
LeBron James and having to try to live up to that and you're never going to be great enough nor will you be bad enough. You're always kind of stuck in between or you're the brother of
Steph Curry. You're Seth Curry. I feel bad for the guy. You are always in the shadow of someone greater than you. You either take what has been gained and become greater
or you disappear into that shadow and you're always going to be deemed insufficient because you haven't lived up to the example of the one that came before you.
When you look at Yusuf (عليه السلام), Yusuf (عليه السلام) is not a disappointment. In fact, out of all of the children of Ya'qub (عليه السلام), Yusuf (عليه السلام) is the one who clearly
is destined for greatness. He's clearly the chosen child. He's clearly the one that's going to carry the torch and that's going to gather all of what has come before him.
And when Zakariya (عليه السلام) made du'a for a child, he said,
"Let my son inherit me and inherit from the family of Ya'qub and make him to You, O my Lord,
pleasing." The idea was that if You give me a son, O Allah, You give me a child, I don't just want him to have my greatness or what I have attained. I actually want him to be
able to gather a greater spectrum of knowledge and piety, the legacy of the prophets that came before me as well. I want him to have the wisdom of Bani Israel. I want him to have knowledge of
all of that which came before. When they say the parent wishes that their child would surpass them, and this is not true of any other human relationship, at least at the natural level,
there are exceptions to that rule, but the parents are different. This is culminated in the du'a of Zakariya for his son Yahya that I want him not just to gain what I have, but to gain what all of
the prophets of Bani Israel have had. And Yahya (عليه السلام) did not disappoint. He had the knowledge of the Torah. He was the scholar of all scholars as far as the prophets were concerned
in terms of the prophets of Bani Israel. So he used Ya'qub as a starting point. What then when Ya'qub looks at a son of his, or when he looks at the son of his, his eye gleams with such love and
such promise that the brothers of Yusuf (عليه السلام) look at him with envy, not because of the unfair treatment of Ya'qub, but just because the distinction of greatness was so obvious.
Imagine if Yusuf (عليه السلام) was having an interview as a young man before he was taken into this trial of his. What do you want to become? How do you see your life playing out?
Not only by the way are you the son of a prophet, the son of a prophet, the son of a prophet, the father of prophets Ibrahim (عليه السلام), you also are the most beautiful human being we've ever seen.
Half of the beauty has been put in Yusuf (عليه السلام). Like imagine what it was like to see him, this kid, and to think about what his life was going to be. And Yusuf had a dream.
The way that Yusuf (عليه السلام) saw that dream playing out perhaps was different, or certainly different to how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala was going to plan it out for him.
But at the end of the day, if Yusuf was to share that dream with you and you don't know what's going to become of the story of Yusuf (عليه السلام), that I saw the sun, the moon, the stars
prostrating to me, you would have said it sounds about right. This is the dream of Yusuf (عليه السلام). This is the work of Yusuf (عليه السلام). This is the natural bestowal of greatness upon
Yusuf (عليه السلام). The trajectory seems to match the dream. But look what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
decreed for him. Suddenly he finds himself in a well. Suddenly he finds himself as a slave.
Suddenly he finds himself as a slandered slave. Suddenly he finds himself as a prisoner, slandered slave. And then all of that switches and he becomes a minister.
And not only does he rise towards the greatness that was charted out for him as a natural trajectory, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave him things that he never would have dreamt about,
but after trials that he would have never anticipated. Allah gave him so much more. Imagine if Yusuf (عليه السلام) did not go through all of that. What would his story have been like?
What would his story have been like in the Quran? How fewer would the pages have been?
Would he have been mentioned simply as Ya'qub is mentioned? Ishaq, who undoubtedly is a great prophet, an answer to a prayer. But do you have the story of Ishaq (عليه السلام) in the Quran?
Would Yusuf (عليه السلام) have been just that? Which is still a lot? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala had in store for him to be so much more. His story expanded
as a direct result of his trials expanding and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does not test without purpose. Therefore, when you recognize that everything that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
is putting in front of me, every single obstacle that I am encountering is part of the reason of my greatness, then you're able to bear the trials with grace.
That all of this has the potential to take me from being a few ayat in the metaphorical sense
to being an entire chapter. Then you'll bear the trials with grace. You'll bear the things
that come your way with grace. It started off with a dream but it didn't just go from Yusuf having this dream to the sudden celebration, the sudden manifestation of that dream. Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala put Yusuf (عليه السلام) through a nightmare before he actually arrived at that dream. Then the dream made sense. Then the nightmare was put in perspective.
Then it all came together. Likewise, our Messenger (ﷺ). Imagine what it was like to be him at the age of 39 years old and for six months the Prophet
(ﷺ) sees dreams about what tomorrow is going to be. He sees exactly what's going to play out the next day (ﷺ). He can capture it (عليه الصلاة والسلام).
Like think about that. Imagine seeing a conversation in a dream and then waking up the next morning and that conversation happens in front of you in the exact same setting. Imagine seeing a dream that someone died and then waking up in the morning to the announcement of that person's death.
This was happening to the Prophet (ﷺ) for six months. That is what partly drove him to the cave in Hira to try to make sense of
whatever was communicating with him and he believed in Allah, he believed in God. However, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala was communicating with him what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala destined him for.
He went to Hira, (ﷺ), and the story was being built up for him. The dreams were there highlighting clear prophecy. The character and the reputation were intact.
The positioning was perfect. Khadijah (رضي الله تعالى عنها) is his wife. He is a Hashimi (ﷺ) of the most noble lineage. It all seems to be coming perfectly together.
But two decades of a nightmare. Not all of it but some of it. Ta'if,
the persecution of the family of Yasir, the loss of his uncle Abu Talib, the humiliation at the hands of those that were supposed to be closest to him. Hijrah, forced migration, exile,
there's a lot that had to happen for him to reach what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala had destined him for (ﷺ). But it started off with true dreams that manifested in something so much
more expansive. See I gave you the example of Yusuf (عليه السلام). Had Yusuf not gone through that trial he might have been a few ayat in the Quran but now he's a chapter. Had the Prophet (ﷺ)
stood up on Safa after seeing those dreams and being affirmed by Khadijah (رضي الله تعالى عنها) and being affirmed by Jibril (عليه السلام). Had he stood up on Safa and they said to him
we believe in you, we are pleased with you. Then the story of the Prophet (ﷺ), the seerah of the Prophet (ﷺ) would have been shorter and the gems would have been less
and the position would not have been to the extent that it is now as Allah always decreed ashraf al-khalq (ﷺ), the most honorable of Allah's creation
(ﷺ). So the point that I start off with before I talk about you crafting your own dreams is that there are two simultaneous stories being written. The one that you think
you're writing and the one that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has written for you and there are deletions and directions that are going to happen in the authoring of that story that you can't anticipate
but you're still commanded to write. What you're not allowed to do is to sit back and wait for that document to fill itself. What you're not allowed to do is to fill your scrolls with evil
and hope for some miraculous grace to come and to redirect you towards good. It might happen, but if you intend to sin waiting for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to suddenly guide you aright,
then you're no different than those who said, if Allah wanted us to be righteous, we would have been righteous. If Allah wanted to guide us, we would have been guided. Abdicating your own responsibility,
abdicating your own sense of accountability, abdicating your own God-given authorship in the name of belief doesn't make sense.
This is not the way that we approach our Lord. This is not the way that we approach the ultimate author of our story subhanahu wa ta'ala. So where do we start? Where am I right now?
Am I three pages in? Am I 30 pages in? When does the conclusion actually come in? Because almost everyone in here knows someone that was your age
that died an untimely death, that suddenly was diagnosed with something, or suddenly was in a car accident. And as we're talking about the world, watching Gaza,
and watching people of all ages and circumstances, each and every single one of us can see ourselves in some of the people of Gaza right now. Someone that's your age,
someone that had similar ambitions to you, someone that had similar interests to you, and had everything taken away from them,
except for their faith and their dignity. Every single one of us can see someone right now. So where's the conclusion of that document? When does it take a turn?
So here's what I want you to walk away with, bismillah ta'ala. Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (رحمه الله تعالى), he mentioned that when young people seek knowledge,
it's like engraving into a stone. That the difference between someone seeking knowledge in their youth, and someone seeking knowledge later on in life, is like engraving into a stone, versus writing onto a paper.
As you start to form yourself, and author your story, and decide what your intervention in this world is going to be.
What you are actually consuming right now is building the default of who you are. Whether Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will give you 20 years on earth, or Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will give you 60 years on earth.
You are engraving into the stone right now, and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, who is the provider of all provisions, who is the reason for all reasons,
who is the means for all means, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala could certainly, as a result of your sincere repentance, erase what is engraved in the stone of evil, and fill it with something good.
But you don't know if you're going to live to see that happen. So what are you engraving into the stone right now? What are you putting deep into yourself? Here's what I want you to think about, and I want you to think about deeply.
Mahmoud Khalil, right now, who's in a prison in Jena, Louisiana, student protester,
chose to go out there and protest for Palestine, recognizing his own vulnerability in the situation, that he is not an American citizen,
and that by doing so, he's exposing himself to a certain type of harm. I doubt that he thought what would happen to him is this.
I seriously doubt it. But I can guarantee you that he was preparing himself for even far worse outcomes in the process
than the one that actually happened to him. When you think about the juxtaposition that you see right now on our college campuses,
it's actually an indication of a broader trend in society. When most people are confronted with Gaza right now, as far as the American public is concerned, they actually don't care that much.
The overwhelming sentiment that cannot be captured in a statistic is actually indifference. Like, yeah, that's probably terrible, and I hope they figure it out, but it has nothing to do with me.
So I'm going to live my life and pursue my career and pursue my goals. And yeah, it's terrible, and I hate seeing children die, but at the end of the day,
that's not enough to activate meaningful sacrifice in my life or alter my own trajectory because of something terrible that's happening thousands of miles away. There is actually a similarity here
to how a lot of young Muslims approach Islam, approach the cause of Palestine, approach all of that which has been given to us of divine importance. Yeah, Islam's important to me.
It's important for me to have some sort of a loose connection to the Muslim community. I feel bad about what's happening right now in the world, but at the end of the day,
it doesn't really affect my day-to-day that much. And so I can proceed. I can share a few things online. I can say a few things here and there.
But overall, I can proceed with a level of indifference because it's not immediately consequential to my life. That actually indicates a broader attitude
that you can choose to make yourself uncomfortable for something great or you can choose to wait for something to confront you that is of greatness that might catch you without a foundation
and might take your trajectory to a place that you actually don't want to go. When you think about these young students, may Allah bless them, that have taken a stand for Palestine
and that are paying a price today. They made a choice, and I'm only using that as one example. And they understood and they understand
that things might take a turn for them that they weren't necessarily preparing for. I use for you the example of Ibtihal Abu Sa'ad. May Allah bless her.
The young Moroccan sister that came from Morocco. Can you imagine her parents sending her from Morocco, coming to the United States of America, going to Harvard University, getting hired at Microsoft,
wearing hijab. Like you must be thinking the trajectory of Ibtihal is great. How much da'wah are you going to do? How many colleagues are going to see this young, bright, brilliant Muslim woman engineer?
Mashallah, you're going to have a co-worker that might embrace Islam. You're going to have a co-worker that's going to say, I met this young woman of integrity. If she just stayed quiet and did her thing, she still would have a great trajectory.
But she chose to do something greater. Despite that entire build-up, she goes out there, and she takes a risk. Alhamdulillah Rabbil 'Alamin.
She stands right in the face of the oppressor who happens to be her employer. Knowing that she's going to be pushed out of that gathering,
and that this is going to mean that everything that she has built for the last few years, that her family invested in her for, is potentially going to be thrown into the garbage.
But she did it. And she became a global icon. And you know what? Alhamdulillah Rabbil 'Alamin. Look at where she is today. Ibtihal lost her job,
lost her job at Microsoft. But Alhamdulillah Rabbil 'Alamin, in the process, inspired millions of people around the world. And a side note, today she works at Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research.
Alhamdulillah Rabbil 'Alamin. So I'm proud of her as well. And I hope inshallah ta'ala that as her story has expanded, it expands to something more beautiful.
But what I want you to think about, is that I believe she's only 23 years old. I don't know, and forgive me if I got that wrong. But I want you to think about where you are right now.
If I am sincere for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, then maybe there is a major rupture that's going to come into my story. Maybe that decree is going to hit me with something I wasn't prepared for.
Maybe it will be devastation. Sudden death of a family member. A car accident. Some sort of a disease that I wasn't prepared for. Something terrible happening out of nowhere. Maybe that's the rupture.
Or maybe the rupture is the consequence of something that I chose to do for His sake. That suddenly sends my story completely out of whack. But you know what?
So long as you are sincere for the sake of Allah, so long as you are engaging for the sake of Allah, so long as you are resisting for the sake of Allah,
so long as you are pushing for the sake of Allah, then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will not let you fall in a place in your story that is to your detriment. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala instead will destine you for greatness
perhaps that you could not even capture with your imagination before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala brought you to that moment. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala may have something else in sight for you.
That's so much more. But you've got to broaden your heart. And so something really practical here, dear brothers and sisters. You could start thinking about your trajectory later on and crafting out your dream.
Sometimes Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will take someone who is on a wrong trajectory and suddenly right their trajectory. Write it and make it right.
But most of the time, when you aim to do things for the sake of Allah, even if you don't end up in the exact position or with the exact domain that you thought you would end up at,
it's never random. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will still place you within that same genre of good work. And so you might think that, you know what, I'm going to aim to do this and I'm going to aim to be this
for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Something happens that doesn't allow that. But Allah 'azza wa jalla will still reward you with something better and your story will only expand, it will not diminish.
But just like with the choices that we make every moment with a good deed or a sin, do I choose to take this temporary moment of pleasure that is followed by a lifetime of regret?
Or do I choose to engage this temporary moment of struggle that is followed by a lifetime of reward? And bi-idhnillahi ta'ala, greater than that, an afterlife of reward.
May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala place us upon the trajectories that are most pleasing to Him. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala expand our stories by putting barakah in our efforts. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala make us amongst those
that work and worship in accordance with that which He has sent. And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to be joined with our beloved Prophet (ﷺ) and all of the great young people, the Sahabah,
that were around our Messenger (ﷺ) in the highest level of Firdaws al-A'la. Allahumma ameen. Jazakum Allahu khayran. Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.