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What It Means to Endure | Lecture by 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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What It Means to Endure | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The sincerity of arriving first is the sincerity of enthusiasm. The sincerity of leaving last is the sincerity of endurance. But it is steady, patient endurance that keeps you grounded when everyone else has left.

Watch this lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman on cultivating endurance in your faith and carrying it beyond moments of motivation.

This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings.
What I wanted to talk about today relates to three ahadith that start off almost entirely the same,
but they end very different. And it connects to a theme over the last few nights that we've been
talking about. Yesterday, I spoke about those that anchor one another in truth. The good type of
friends that reinforce you and re-anchor you and surrounding yourself with those people who give
you tathbit, thabat, firmness. And today, I want to build on that concept just a little bit by
looking at these ahadith. First hadith is usually the first hadith that you find in a collection
of 40. Some of the famous collections of hadith, the Prophet (ﷺ) saying in the very beginning,
that verily actions are but by intentions. Intentions are in the beginning. Intentions are in the beginning. The Prophet (ﷺ) also mentioned that
that actions are judged by their endings. So the beginning and the end. And he also taught us (ﷺ) that
the most beloved of deeds to Allah are the most consistent ones, even if they're small. Think about these three ahadith, insha'Allah ta'ala. And then I'm going to give you an image that I want
you to, insha'Allah ta'ala, take with you tonight to project for the rest of the year, bi-idhnillahi ta'ala. The first one, intentions in the beginning. The second one,
the ending defining the course. The third one, consistency between the two. And all three of them are authentic narrations from the Prophet (ﷺ). So which one is it? Is it
the beginning? Or is it the end? What defines whether or not an action is accepted by Allah or not an action is accepted by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And there's something extremely
important here. That if sincerity drove you in the beginning, then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
the turner of hearts, will make your heart firm on it and make sure that it returns to it in the end. I'm going to say this again because there's a hadith about a man or the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioning
that a person will be doing the actions of the people of Jannah until they're right there and then they do one of the actions of the people of hellfire and so they end up in the hellfire.
And the opposite is true as well that a person is doing the actions of a person of hellfire until they're right about to get there and then they do one of the actions of the people of Jannah and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala enters them into Jannah instead. And the Prophet (ﷺ) explained as
he saw it. Meaning what? That person who was doing the deeds of the people of paradise was not doing it from a place of sincerity. So actions are but by intentions.
Therefore Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made their ending bad because their bad ending matched the bad intention at the beginning. The bad ending was a result of the bad intention at the beginning.
Okay. So sincerity in the beginning will bring you back at the end. You might slip and fall off course along the way but if you were sincere when you started Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will bring
you back to it at the end so long as you intend to stay the course. You do the things that are necessary to maintain and cultivate sincerity. Here's what I've been thinking about over the
last few days and especially last night where we were blessed to have with us Clive Smith the lawyer for Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala free her. Allahumma ameen.
There is a type of sincerity and listen very carefully. There's a type of sincerity that gets you there in the beginning. And then there's another type of sincerity
that holds you there in the end. If there was an image that I could give you it's last man standing
the last person standing. Last man standing. And what do I mean by that? If you took the ahadith
of the Prophet (ﷺ) and even before that the ayat of the Qur'an about as-sibaq means getting there first. Getting there first. You would find that there are many
narrations in every single facet of good deeds. Rush towards good deeds.
So many different verses talk about getting there first. So when it comes to salah, when it comes to prayer, the Prophet (ﷺ) said that verily Allah and the angels
they send their prayers upon who? The people of the first row. People of the first row by the way doesn't mean that you get in there late into the salah and then you fight your way through and then
you get your place in the first row. Right? Because the sisters are like well what does that mean for me? You know fight yourself to the first row. No. It's talking about how early you got to the masjid
and the Prophet (ﷺ) explained this in regards to salatul jumu'ah. Right? The earlier you come to jumu'ah the greater your reward is until the moment that the imam says assalamu alaykum
and then the angels close the record book. The one who comes an hour before that is not like the one who came an hour prior and that one is not like the one who came an hour prior. So it's a sibaq,
getting to the masjid first, getting into as-saff al-awwal. There is an image there. There's something
very practical here. When it comes to sadaqah, la yastawee minkum man anfaqa min qabli al-fathi wa qatal
Ulaika a'adhamu daraja min al-ladhina anfaqu min ba'd wa qatalu. Allah 'azza wa jal is giving us a time
factor here that those who spent before are not like those who spent and sacrificed after. They're
of a greater degree. As-sabiqun al-awwalun, the firsts from the muhajirun and the ansar. Right? There's a reason why I called the series the firsts by the way. Because they got there
first. If you realize all of al-'asharah mubashsharun bil-jannah, the ten that are promised paradise, they're from the firsts. They're from the muhajirun. The muhajirun are a greater category
than the ansar, generally speaking. And the ansar are a greater category than those who came after Hudaybiyyah and those that came after Hudaybiyyah are a greater category than those that came after
the fath. There's a time factor here. Kullan wa'adallahu al-husna. Allah 'azza wa jal has exceptions to the rule. But getting there first means something. Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه)
embraced Islam without any taraddud, without any hesitation. Immediate. Right? The first man, Abu Bakr. The first boy, Ali. The first woman, Khadijah. They're of a different caliber. You just
can't, you can't supplant that. That's something that is special and unique to them. So getting somewhere first, getting to the masjid first, spending first. When people would look around
in the room and wonder who's going to give first when there's a fundraiser. You know when there's a fundraiser everyone looks around when the fundraiser calls the number they're like who's
going to be that guy? Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه) was always that guy. Right? He was first to it. When you looked for the Prophet (ﷺ) like there's the hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (رضي الله عنه)
where he mentions that the Prophet (ﷺ) was missing one day. Right? Like people didn't find him in his usual spots. Then he found the Prophet (ﷺ)
dangling his legs in Bi'r Aris, in this well. What a sight by the way. Like I went to that that place and it's so special. Just what a sight. Like picture it with me. The Prophet (ﷺ)
kind of on the outskirts of Medina sitting in a well dangling his feet ('alayhi salatu wassalam) remembering Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Abu Musa says I'm going to protect his peace. I'm going to take
guard to the Prophet (ﷺ). Basically appoint myself so anyone who wants permission I'll ask the Prophet (ﷺ) if they can come sit with him or not. Who found him first?
Abu Bakr found him first. Like when you say that the hearts are connected Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه) naturally found him first. Who found him second? Umar (رضي الله عنه) found him second. Who found him
third? Uthman (رضي الله عنه) found him third. It just always seemed to happen that way. They were aligned. The first one to understand the Prophet (ﷺ)'s thinking
was Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه). Always right? So first. First to the punch. First to the masjid. First to the charity. The first one to show up to volunteer. The first one to answer the call.
Right? That is al-sibaq. Sabiq. Run. Get there first. But pay very close attention to this.
The sincerity of getting there first is the sincerity of enthusiasm. Sibaq.
The sincerity of leaving last is the sincerity of endurance. Sumud. There are actually two different concepts in tazkiyah and spirituality. I'm going to say this again.
The sincerity of getting there first is the sincerity of sibaq. It's driven by enthusiasm.
Or it manifests in enthusiasm. I'm there right away. The sincerity of leaving last
is the sincerity of sumud. Of endurance. And it's a different spiritual muscle. We focus so much on the first that we don't pay attention to the second.
I would argue that the second is harder because it's longer. Put it to you this way. And I bring it up in the capacity of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui for a particular reason.
When the case first happens, everybody jumps on board. There's a huge enthusiasm.
But as time goes on, the numbers start to dwindle. When Gaza first happens, I'm not questioning the sincerity of those that took to the streets and of those that took to the cause and of those that
put their careers on the line and spent of their money. I'm not questioning your sincerity at all.
But the numbers dwindle. It was sincerity driven enthusiasm. No doubt for many people
that got them there in the first place. But it's sumud, endurance, sincerity that keeps you there when everybody is gone. You know when they talk about a great athlete, they always say
he was always the first one to practice and the last one to leave. Both of those things are important. And in the hadith of the Prophet (ﷺ),
They all match. It's the same thing the Prophet (ﷺ) is saying that actions are but by intentions
and actions are judged by their endings. And the most beloved of actions to Allah are the consistent ones, even if they're small. The last one to leave. SubhanAllah, take the example
of salah that I just gave. That verily Allah and his angels send their prayers upon the people of
as-saff al-awwal, the people of the first row. But the Prophet (ﷺ) also said in an authentic hadith
that the angels continue to send their prayers and peace upon the musalli, upon the person
who is praying as long as that person sits in his musalla, in the place of his prayer.
SubhanAllah, so they prayed on you for getting there first and they pray on you for leaving last. It's the person who got there enthusiastically and the person who sat and remembered Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala consistently afterwards. The last person to leave the masjid.
The last person to get up from their dhikr. The last person to say salam to the angels
after their salah. This is enthusiasm. This is endurance. When it comes to as-sadaqah, you know what's so powerful and so profound that I think we underestimate it.
I really do believe we underestimate it. Every single person the Prophet (ﷺ) left Mecca with,
who was not martyred or did not die, came back to Mecca with the Prophet (ﷺ)
only further honored and with a broader resume than the one that they had when they left.
And he honored every single one of those muhajirun (ﷺ) with a special distinction. Because it was one thing to convert to Islam, to embrace Islam and to undergo that persecution.
But it wasn't like, khalas enough, like we already endured hijrah. We already had to get pushed out of our homes and we went to Medina. Where was Abu Bakr throughout the process? Where
was Umar, Uthman and Ali? Where were they throughout the process? Where was Talhah and Zubayr throughout the process? Where was Bilal (رضي الله عنه) throughout the process? Every single
one of them came back to Mecca just as dedicated as when they were run out of Mecca.
Something that we learn that from the hadi, from the guidance of Ahl al-Bayt an-Nabi (ﷺ), from the family of the Prophet (ﷺ), when they did an action, atbatu,
they did it with firmness. Al-mudawama 'alayhi. They did it with consistency with those actions. The Prophet (ﷺ) did not start something without finishing it. And so I want to bring this to like
a very practical level for us. When you think about Ramadan, because Ramadan is coming up, sincerity driven enthusiasm to get there in the beginning.
The masjids are full, the people are there. I don't question the sincerity of the people. We make all these goals for ourselves and we mean it. Like I really want to do this. I'm really
going to read this much Qur'an. I'm really going to give this much sadaqah. I'm really going to do this. I'm really going to do that. But what happens throughout the month? Tapers off.
I want you to ask yourself, who do you think is more impressive in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? The one who was excited before Ramadan or the one who came to the masjid the day after Ramadan for
salatul fajr. The one who continued to show up after Ramadan was over. Who do you think was more beloved and more blessed in the sight of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? And when you think
about your brother or your sister in need, as Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa (رضي الله عنه) describes the Prophet (ﷺ) that he was not too proud.
To walk with the orphan, to walk with the widow.
Until he finished the job (ﷺ). The Prophet (ﷺ) did not show up in the very beginning and give condolences and then move on. The Prophet (ﷺ) would take your hand and he would
walk with you to the finish line. That's the part that was impressive. When someone passes away and everyone shows up to the funeral, it says, may Allah (ﷺ) make it easy for you. Let me know if you
need anything. You know what the hardest time is for a grieving person? You know, subhanAllah, studies will show this and I've seen it. It's not necessarily the immediacy after death because
a person is surrounded by people when someone dies. It's when the first year passes and everybody else has moved on and expects you to move on but you haven't.
And it's only the two, three people that remember you at that point and those are the special people. It's the people that stay the course when everyone has moved on. When someone embraces Islam,
takbir, Allahu Akbar, everybody comes around to give that person a hug and to celebrate them. And all those people said, here, let me give you my number and let me take, you know, what can I do
for you and things of that sort. They're nowhere to be found a few months later. Who was the person that won? The person that said, hey, you want me to teach you how to pray? You want me to teach you
how to read Surah Al-Fatihah? Hey, let's meet once a week until we get this down. Hey, let me know if you need anything. Calls them in a month or two, says, hey brother, do you need anything? Is there
anything I can still do for you? That's the special person and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sees that too because that's a greater level of sincerity. The last one to leave,
not necessarily the first one to get there. When it comes to Gaza, it's the last one to leave. You think the people of Gaza can't tell that your social media, our social media has died down
in regards to spreading awareness about them. You think the people of Gaza can't tell that we've resumed life as business as usual. You think they can't tell that our hearts have
turned away from them, that our eyes are no longer watching them. You think they don't know that the numbers of the protests have dwindled. You think they don't know that Muslims are getting a little bit lazy once again with the boycotts. You think they don't see you with your Starbucks and your
Coke cans. You think they don't see it. Of course they see it. They feel that neglect settling in. They feel that return to normalcy while they are enduring the coldest days of the year
in makeshift tents while the Zionists still bomb them routinely and just kill them a little bit
slower. They are the symbol of sumud, staying the course. Dear brothers and sisters, there are people
that were memorizing the Qur'an and they were on juz 23 or 24 when the genocide started and they still finished the Qur'an and they're doing their hifz celebrations now. There are people that were
doing their masters and PhDs when the genocide started and Dr. Farhan Abdul Aziz, may Allah bless him and all the doctors that went, he was telling me the story of one of the washers of the bodies
that somehow managed to finish his doctoral studies while washing dead bodies in a genocide.
Didn't pause his research and his studies. If that's not sumud, an endurance, I don't know what is. You've got to take from that. So here's my challenge to each and every single one of us.
Be the last person to leave the masjid. Be the last person to cut the donations.
Be the last person to move on from the cause. Be the last person to stop checking up on somebody.
Be the last person by the side of a convert or a grieving person. Be the last person to remember what other people have forgotten and on a very practical level,
never stop something good that you were doing because you can't keep up with the pace anymore. What do I mean by this? And wallahi, this life advice, subhanAllah, or afterlife advice
changed my life. I hope it changes my afterlife and each and every single one of you, bismillah. You set a Qur'an goal and you realize that Qur'an goal came out of enthusiasm and it's not reasonable
anymore. Don't stop reading the Qur'an. Adjust the amount of Qur'an that you were going to read. Change it. It's better to say, you know what, I can't do a juz every month. I'm from now on,
I'm going to do a juz every two months or, you know, or I can't finish a khatm. I'm sorry, every month. I'm not going to do a khatm every two months or, you know what, I'll do it every
six months. Then to not do it at all, to say, you know what, I came out of Ramadan. I was really enthusiastic. I said from now on, I will never abandon the Qur'an again and then you missed a few days. You missed your wird and you said, oh well, maybe next Ramadan I'll get that spark again.
It doesn't work that way. Never forsake. Never relinquish. Readjust. Recalibrate. But don't relinquish. Don't be that person that starts an effort, an amazing effort for the sake of Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala. You get into something for the deen and you get really really really excited about it and then as you start it and then you deal with the Muslims and Muslims, we don't make
life easy for each other. Or, you know, career or you're one of those people and I'm looking at a lot of you who gets married and then disappears from Islamic work, right, because now you're on
your honeymoon phase for the next four years apparently, right. Don't be that person that
relinquishes altogether. Adjust. Recalibrate. Make it more reasonable. But the Prophet (ﷺ) taught us to
see things through. That's true for our personal 'ibadat. That's true for our projects. That's true
for our solidarity. That's true for our advocacy. That's true for our spirituality. You know, it occurred to me, subhanAllah,
as I was talking to my father, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless him and preserve him and preserve all of our living parents and have mercy on our deceased ones. Allahumma ameen. You know, subhanAllah, I realized and I didn't pay attention to this
until later on in life, that some of the things he's doing now, he set the intention for them 60-70 years ago.
I didn't forget them. And I thought, what an incredible testimony to niyyah, to intention. Allah 'azza wa jal says,
Why do you say that which you don't do? That's hypocrisy. But there is a step that's right above that, not below it, a step that's right above that.
Why do you say what you know you don't actually have the intention to follow through with? Don't say you're going to do something for your community. You're going to do something for the
sake of Allah. And you already know you got this taraddud, this hesitation, like, I don't think I'm really going to be able to do this. It's like, you know, in the Arab world, not to pick on the
Arab world, but I figured it out. You know, like, after salatul jumu'ah you meet someone, they say, meet someone in the masjid, come on over. Nobody actually means come on over. If you say, all right,
let's go. They're gonna be like, wait, I wasn't serious. When you tell your brother, when you
tell your sister, I've got your back, I'm here for you if you need me. Be truthful, be truthful.
When you say, I'm going to stay the course on Gaza, I'm going to stay the course on this, I'm going to stay the course on that, mean it. When you say, hey, if you need anything,
let me know. Don't ghost people. And may Allah forgive us when we do. Sometimes over commitment with the lack of intention to actually bind yourself to those commitments
is just a step removed from hypocrisy, dear brothers and sisters. And I'm not accusing you of being hypocrites, and I'm not removing myself from hypocrisy.
Allah knows that I myself have been guilty of this at times. I'm saying this so that we can challenge ourselves and charge ourselves, especially in a moment like Gaza.
To stay the course, stay the course. And that is the definition of thabat, firmness. Endure, be firm.
Istaqim, fastaqim kama umirt. Hold on the way you've been commanded. As Imam Siraj Wahhaj would always say, and I end with this quote because it never left me.
He would say this as a convert, and Imam Siraj is a man who has done incredible things for this ummah, incredible things for this community. I love him dearly, and it stings me a bit when I meet young Muslims who don't know who Imam Siraj Wahhaj is.
One of the pioneers of da'wah in the West and just community service who did so many good things. I remember him saying this, he said, you know, when people remind me of this and this and that, I tell them it's not about how you start the race, it's about how you finish.
It's not about how you start the race, it's about how you finish. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala let us be sincere from everything we start. May Allah 'azza wa jal preserve us upon those deeds with sincerity,
and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to die while sincerely practicing those very same deeds. And may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us a good ending,
and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to meet him while he is pleased with us, and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to stand with our brothers and sisters in Palestine,
in Sudan, and all over the world, so long as they remain in the condition that turned our attention to them in the first place. Allahumma ameen, jazakum Allahu khayran,
wassalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.