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Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah 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
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Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Allah is not subject to the laws of nature. He commands them. From the Red Sea splitting into two massive walls for Musa (as), to the earth erupting with water for Nuh (as), to the fire cooling for Ibrahim (as)—Ashura is the day when divine will overrides every earthly limit. Allah does not need your logic. He only needs your trust.

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We begin by praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and by bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him. And we bear witness that Muhammad (ﷺ) is his final messenger.
We ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him, the prophets and messengers that came before him, his family and companions that served alongside him,
and those that follow his example until the day of judgment. We ask Allah to make us amongst them. Allahumma ameen. Dear brothers and sisters, we all know that we are in the weekend of Ashura.
And insha'Allah ta'ala tomorrow is a day of fasting. It is a day of emphasized voluntary fasting. You are not sinful if you miss it.
But the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned that the reward of fasting the day of Ashura is an expiation bi'idhnillahi ta'ala for a year of previous sins.
And we are in the new year of Muharram and therefore everything that you have committed over the year up until Muharram bi'idhnillahi ta'ala we pray that it will be a day of forgiveness.
And that is of course a great manifestation of the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
But just like Ramadan is connected to the revelation of the Quran, and just like Arafah is connected to the initial covenant that we took with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,
Ashura has a historical significance. It's based in something historic.
And that is of course that the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned that this was the day, or rather he found people commemorating this day, the Jewish tribes of Medina,
because this was the day that Musa alayhi as-salam was given victory over the Fir'aun. نحن أولى بموسى منكم And we are closer to Musa alayhi as-salam than the people of the book.
We love him, we're attached to him alayhi as-salam, we celebrate his victory, we are connected to him in triumph and we are connected to him in tragedy.
And of course there are other narrations that this is the day of the arrival of the Ark of Nuh alayhi as-salam, where Allah azza wa jal delivered him from safety.
And we know that afterwards this is the day in which Imam Hussain (رضي الله عنه) was massacred and martyred in the battlefield of Karbala,
attaining victory in a different way with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the victory of istishad, the victory of martyrdom.
But I want to actually connect it back to how the Prophet (ﷺ) and the companions would have felt as they entered into Al-Madinah al-Munawwara,
and as they came into interaction with this day for what it represented historically. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) migrated in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, the month that he was born.
And so he did not actually arrive in Madinah, even though it's a Hijri calendar, we base our calendar from the Hijri New Year, he did not arrive in the first month of the Hijri calendar.
Rather the Prophet (ﷺ) arrived in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal.
And therefore Muharram would have shown up after the Prophet (ﷺ) would have spent almost a year settling in Al-Madinah al-Munawwara with his companions,
the first time that they would fast Ashura in connection with the victory of Musa alayhi as-salam over the Fir'aun.
It would only be a few months after that fast of Ashura that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala would grant the Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions victory
in the month of Ramadan that same year in the Battle of Badr.
Pay attention, you come into interaction with this day, you fast this day as a form of gratitude to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for the victory that Allah gave to Musa alayhi as-salam over Fir'aun.
A few months later you are granted victory over the Fir'aun of this Ummah, Abu Jahl.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) mounts, gets on top of Abu Jahl as he is breathing his last breaths and looks down at him.
Victory is for Allah, O enemy of Allah. The Fir'aun of this Ummah is gone.
The improbable victory has been realized that would give the Muslims a certain psychology, a certain type of attitude towards everything that would follow.
And so you have the fasting in gratitude for Musa's victory over the Fir'aun. A few months later, your victory over your Fir'aun.
And then a year later in Shawwal of the third year after Hijrah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tests you with the Battle of Uhud.
Where instead of standing on top of your Pharaoh, your enemies gloat over your dead bodies and chant a day for a day, victory for victory, our dead for your dead.
And that's only the second year you're fasting Ashura. And there is a connection here. What happened here that was different. And so the very first thing that I want us to appreciate is actually the title of the khutbah.
That Ashura is not some sort of nostalgia. It's not some sort of memory that you pull out and you say, oh, once upon a time there was this big bad man named Pharaoh. And there was this great man named Moses.
And Musa alayhi as-salam overcame Fir'aun. And we should celebrate that out of gratitude. That's not how this works.
The companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) to the messenger of Allah (ﷺ) himself, this was so situated in the presence. We are facing a Fir'aun who has run us out of our homes. We've already left Mecca to Medina.
And they are coming to finish the job. And we are for all purposes like Musa alayhi as-salam standing with our backs against the wall because there is nowhere to go forward.
And there is an army behind us that's ready to massacre us. It is very present to the Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions.
And it is so much more than fasting with a distant memory of a victory that Allah azza wa jal once upon a time granted. So that's the first thing I want us to understand.
And then Uhud causes you to reflect in an entirely different way. You have to learn to come to terms with a different outcome than what happened in Badr.
You have to learn to come to terms with bloody bodies, dismembered bodies of the greatest people in your midst in your hands. And burying them and having the gloating of your enemy. What went wrong?
Did the divine scheme change? Or did something change for us? Did something change for us? The divine scheme remains. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says,
إِن تَنصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنصُرُكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ When you support Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, Allah azza wa jal will support you. And He will make your feet firm. The divine scheme remains intact.
But we know that Uhud, technically, technically, is the disobedience of 40 people who came down from the mountain prematurely before the Prophet (ﷺ) allowed them to do so.
And everybody had to pay the price. The consequence was felt by everybody. Now here's the beauty of the divine scheme. If you were talking to Hamza (رضي الله عنه) right now, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said,
I saw Hamza (رضي الله عنه) reclining on a couch in al-Jannah. If you were to talk to Hamza (رضي الله عنه), do you think Hamza (رضي الله عنه) would be saying, if I could get my hands on those 40 people? They lost it for us.
We were so close. Victory was within reach. Those 40 people messed it up for us. You think that's what Hamza (رضي الله عنه) is saying? You think that's what the shuhada of Uhud are saying? Or are they, as Allah said,
فَرِحِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ Pleased with what Allah azza wa jal gave to them. Assured in their own victory. Enjoying the fruits of their labor.
Pleased with the divine scheme in the holistic sense as it encompasses the dunya and the akhira. They're pleased. Alhamdulillah, Allah azza wa jal had a different plan that had to continue to unfold
for those that were left on this earth. But as far as we're concerned, we've already achieved victory. We've already achieved victory. We've submitted ourselves to those outcomes. We've submitted ourselves to those outcomes.
Therefore, we're not mad at the 40. We're pleased with Allah. And we are fully satisfied with the outcome. Now here's what I want us to pay attention to, bi-idhnillahi ta'ala.
I want to give you four incidents, and I want you to pay attention to them, insha'Allah ta'ala. The first one is Musa alayhi as-salam, when he defeats the pharaoh. And how Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala can break every single law of nature as he sees fit
because Allah is the author of those laws. Not you. And when we put our logic over his miracles, and when we place our odds over his qadr, over his divine decree,
we've already lost the plot before it even started. Case of Musa alayhi as-salam. Musa alayhi as-salam is in front of the water with his companions on that day of Ashura. And what's happening here?
Right? Allah azza wa jal tells Musa alayhi as-salam to strike the sea. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala parts the sea. But pay attention to the details because Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does not give you details unless they are relevant.
كالطود العظيم There's a visual here. Imagine the sea parting, and then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala turning each side of the sea into a mountain. It was like a mountain.
Can you imagine the visual? Musa alayhi as-salam standing with his people, and his people saying to him, إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ We've been caught. We're done. Give it up. The odds are against us.
كَلَّا إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ No, no. Allah is with me. He's going to guide me. And Musa alayhi as-salam strikes the sea, and Allah azza wa jal turns the seas into two mountains,
frozen in space. And they just walk through. Suddenly it's a completely dry earth in front of them, and you have two mountains of water. Here's the thing.
Allah azza wa jal controls the laws of nature. Musa alayhi as-salam is not surprised by this. This is how his relationship with Allah azza wa jal is.
Notice that Musa alayhi as-salam has gone through many trials and tribulations in the past, and he doesn't turn back to Allah and say, Oh Allah, if you could have done this the whole time, then why couldn't this have happened just back then, and it'd be over with.
Musa alayhi as-salam proceeds. Fir'aun is a materialist. Fir'aun, as Imam al-Tabari rahimahu Allah says, he thinks, well whatever just froze these two bodies of water on the side,
if the laws of nature bent for him, they bent for me too. So Fir'aun willingly walks into it because he says, well clearly whatever scheme is out there, and whatever nature is out there,
it works for him, it's going to work for me as well. So he willingly enters into that path, like the fool that he is. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala breaks down that water and drowns him and his people
in that moment with that same water. Pay attention to the elements. There's an obstacle ahead, there's an enemy behind, there are naysayers present.
This is actually the case of every single one of these stories by the way. And by the way, if your political commentary on Gaza sounds like, we're done,
then how are you fasting in solidarity or in gratitude with Musa alayhi as-salam who's saying, if your heart is actually there, then you need to be reprogrammed.
You need to be reprogrammed. So there are naysayers, there's an enemy behind, there's an obstacle in front, and there are doubters, naysayers that are present. And Allah azza wa jal takes care of all of those elements.
And what happens? The law of nature. The water is frozen into mountains. Now come to Nuh alayhi as-salam. Another incident.
Nuh alayhi as-salam was building his ark on dry land. There are no elements of a flood. The people are walking by him and mocking him. Like, what are you doing over there?
Building the ark like Allah azza wa jal commanded me to. Can you imagine someone in the middle of a desert building an ark, preparing for a big flood? What flood are you talking about? Not only that, Imam al-Qurtubi rahimahullah says,
there was not a cloud in the sky when the flood actually happened. So the enemies are walking by, mocking Nuh alayhi as-salam, he's building his ark. You can imagine that his followers are not all of the same quality.
Some of them are probably like, what's happening here? We're building this ark for a flood. Where is the flood? No clouds in the sky. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says what?
فَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا Subhanallah. The flood came from under. Allah cracked the earth and the flood actually came from under. So it didn't even come from above. They're looking above and they're saying,
no clouds in the sky, we're not really worried about this. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala brought it from the place that they did not actually anticipate. Because we've never heard of a flood from below. But it happens that way.
Connect to Ibrahim alayhi as-salam. And we're just coming out of Dhul Hijjah. When Ibrahim alayhi as-salam is being thrown into the fire, the fire remained. It still burned.
It was still a hardship. It was still very difficult. There's still the humiliation. And we're coming out of Ibrahim alayhi as-salam. And Ibrahim alayhi as-salam is thrown into the fire. And Allah did not extinguish the fire, He just changed its nature.
يَا نَارُ كُونِي بَرْدًا وَسَلَامًا عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ Fire, be cool and peaceful upon Ibrahim alayhi as-salam. Don't burn. Be cool and peaceful. So it still burned as far as the visual was concerned.
But Ibrahim alayhi as-salam did not feel the pain of it at all. And he walked out of that fire unharmed. And then you come to finally the fourth incident. So you got the people, subhanAllah, the people mocking in every single one of these incidents.
There are the naysayers, Ibrahim alayhi as-salam. Imagine the whole crowd is against you. And no one is with you. Except for your wife, Sabah. Fourth incident is Al-Husayn (رضي الله عنه), who historically was martyred on this day.
He goes out there, and yes, he made a plan. He strategically had something in place. The plan came apart. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tested him with shahada.
People let him down, betrayed him, did not come out to fight alongside him. But guess what? The sword actually cut. Struck his neck. The same way that it cut Hamza (رضي الله عنه).
Husayn (رضي الله عنه) was martyred. استشهد. Allah did not change the law of nature. There were people, there is an obstacle ahead, an obstacle behind.
Now I want to make this practical and I need to start wrapping up my khutbah and I understand that. The first thing, the du'a of the Prophet (ﷺ).
وَاحْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ شِمَالِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي One of the morning and evening remembrances of the Prophet (ﷺ) is,
Oh Allah, protect me from ahead of me, from behind me, from my right, from my left, from above me, and I seek refuge in you from being pulled from beneath me. The reality is that you need Allah azza wa jal's protection from all directions.
The ones that you know and the ones that you don't know. So make those types of du'a even when things become very, very difficult. The second thing, dear brothers and sisters, and it's extremely important,
that if when you make du'a, you are functionally an atheist in your du'a. What do I mean by that? You've subjected yourself entirely to the odds and to the logic of the situation,
so when you're making your du'a, unless you can logically believe it, you don't even bother making that du'a. You don't ask Allah to change what seems to be an impossible situation,
and even if you do, you do it mechanically, like as a formality, because the odds are too large. The laws of nature are there. By the way, there's a difference between الأخذ بالأسباب
to take the means for victory and to do what you need to do while you make your du'a and put your trust in Allah, and actually worshipping the means, and being subjected to the means. And if you can't see the means changing in your favor,
then your du'a is weak or non-existent as a whole. That's not the way the believer makes his du'a. It's not the way the believer calls upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. That's not just for overcoming a large enemy.
That's for overcoming a disease. That is for overcoming an impossible situation. That's for seeing yourself through what appears to be an inevitably broken marriage. That's what you do
when you find yourself being oppressed at a micro level by someone, and you feel like, no one's gonna believe me, I have no way to actually overcome this oppressor. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not subjected to those means. Allah is not subjected to those odds.
So when you make those du'as, don't make those du'as with those calculations of the odds, and say it just went from 60% to 80% to 90%, and your du'a is proportional to the logic and to the odds.
That's problematic. Believe in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Believe in Allah azza wa jal's power. Believe in His ability to change what's a quote-unquote impossible situation. This isn't nostalgia, that's why you're fasting.
That's why you're connecting to these incidents. And whether that's your grand political analysis, or on a deeply personal level, renew that tawakkul in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.
But then there is a last element to this as well. There's a difference between submitting yourself to the outcome and being defeated by what you think the outcome is going to be. There's a huge difference in our deen
between defeat and submission. Submission is like al-Imam al-Husayn (رضي الله عنه) in the battlefield, that if Allah azza wa jal has destined for me martyrdom, الحمد لله.
And if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sees a purpose for me on this earth, past this battlefield, الحمد لله. Because I'm not living for myself, I'm living for Allah. It goes back to the nature of the purpose of your life. If I'm here to worship Allah,
so long as Allah sees a function for me on this earth to worship Him and to do something, الحمد لله. And if Allah azza wa jal has destined another outcome, الحمد لله. Then roll back.
Ibrahim alayhi as-salam, when he was being thrown into that fire, was fully prepared to accept the idea that he was going to burn in that fire and die. He'd already come to terms with that reality.
It's not like Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told him what was going to happen. But there was more to his story on this earth. And we see what happened after him now.
Musa alayhi as-salam, when he was standing in front of the Red Sea, you know what's amazing? Is that you would think, like when you look at the seerah of the Prophet (ﷺ),
like Badr was in preparation for what's going to come for Uhud. Uhud prepared them for the eventual Fath of Mecca, the conquest of Mecca, right? There's something to be built on it. There's this grand episode that exists after you come through this incredible miracle.
What happened with Musa alayhi as-salam and his people once they made it through the Red Sea? You know what happened? His people disobeyed him and they ended up living, wandering in the desert.
Until Musa alayhi as-salam died outside of Jerusalem. Not able to enter because of what his people had done. What was the point of what unfolded after? Allah knows best.
Musa alayhi as-salam submitted himself to the outcome. Nuh alayhi as-salam, Ya Allah, am I going to get more followers after this? No. You told me build an ark, dry land, rain or shine, I'm going to do it.
And I submit myself to the outcome. Submission to the outcome is not being defeated by the outcome, dear brothers and sisters. I'm pleased with what Allah is going to choose for me after this.
But I call upon Him trusting His power and His wisdom in every single one of these situations. And the power of the naysayer's voice,
the other people in the room, the inna lamudraqun, we're done for, the people mocking Nuh alayhi as-salam, the people jeering when Ibrahim alayhi as-salam is about to be thrown into the fire.
Those people that are around, the power of their function is that there is no voice that causes you to have doubt more so than a voice that sounds like yours. It's a mighty test.
The human voice, right? That tells you, are you sure about this? You're not going to get through this. You're done. And we have to see through the laughter of the devil,
whether that's Benjamin Netanyahu or otherwise, and the gloating, we have to see through the laughter. And we have to see through the naysayers and the traitors and the doubters
and make sure that our hearts are as full of faith as Musa alayhi as-salam, as Nuh alayhi as-salam, as Ibrahim alayhi as-salam, as Muhammad (ﷺ), as all of the righteous ones that came before us.
May Allah azza wa jal renew our tawakkul in these days and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us and our ummah victory over the supposedly impossible barriers that lie ahead.
اللهم آمين. أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم ولسائر المسلمين فاستغفروه إنه هو الغفور الرحيم.
Alhamdulillah, wa as-salatu was-salamu 'ala rasulillah wa 'ala alihi wa sahbihi wa man walah. Rabbana la tu'akhidhna in naseena aw akhta'na.
Rabbana wa la tahmil 'alayna isran kama hamaltahu 'ala allatheena min qablina. Rabbana wa la tuhamilna ma la taqata lana bih. Wa'fu 'anna waghfir lana warhamna. Anta mawlana fansurna 'ala al-qawmi al-kafireen. Wa sallallahu wa sallama 'ala nabiyyina Muhammad wa 'ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'een.
Wa aqimu salaam. Thank you.