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Fasting is a Shield  | Khutbah
Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, Numbness, and Burnout - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, Numbness, and Burnout - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

What Do You “Smell” Like? - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

What Do You “Smell” Like? - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

Don't Forget Your Mistakes, Learn From Them | Khutbah

Don't Forget Your Mistakes, Learn From Them | Khutbah

Repentance Delayed and Denied: Learning from a Dying Pharoah | Khutbah

Repentance Delayed and Denied: Learning from a Dying Pharoah | Khutbah

“There is no refuge or escape from you, except to you...” | Khutbah

“There is no refuge or escape from you, except to you...” | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

Don't Minimize Your Pain, Seek its Reward | Khutbah

Don't Minimize Your Pain, Seek its Reward | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

Stop Trying To Escape Death. Just Make The Most of Life | Khutbah

Stop Trying To Escape Death. Just Make The Most of Life | Khutbah

You Will Never Be As Alone Or Desperate As Yunus (as) | Khutbah

You Will Never Be As Alone Or Desperate As Yunus (as) | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

“Indeed, Your Enemy is The One Cut Off” | Khutbah

“Indeed, Your Enemy is The One Cut Off” | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Allah Spared Me, Why Would I Dip my Tongue in it?  | Khutbah

Allah Spared Me, Why Would I Dip my Tongue in it? | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Black Friday: Fear of Missing Out on Good Deals or Deeds | Khutbah

Black Friday: Fear of Missing Out on Good Deals or Deeds | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Do Not Curse Time: What A New Year Really Means | Khutbah

Do Not Curse Time: What A New Year Really Means | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Wash Our Hearts With Water, Snow, and Hail | Khutbah

Wash Our Hearts With Water, Snow, and Hail | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan | Khutbah

The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan | Khutbah

From Bad To Better & Good To Great | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

From Bad To Better & Good To Great | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

What Are You Willing To Give Up For Allah? | Khutbah

What Are You Willing To Give Up For Allah? | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Sins We Commit When We’re Scared and Vulnerable | Khutbah

Sins We Commit When We’re Scared and Vulnerable | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

The First Footstep Of Shaytan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The First Footstep Of Shaytan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

Friends That Hold You Back | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Friends That Hold You Back | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When People Keep Letting You Down | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When People Keep Letting You Down | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

'I guarantee Jannah for the one who…' | Khutbah

'I guarantee Jannah for the one who…' | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

What Makes You Cry |  Khutbah

What Makes You Cry | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Name: At Tawwab - The One Who Accepts Repentance | Khutbah

Allah’s Name: At Tawwab - The One Who Accepts Repentance | Khutbah

Gems from the Miracles and Manners of Jesus (as) | Khutbah

Gems from the Miracles and Manners of Jesus (as) | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Don’t be Hasty | Khutbah by Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

Don’t be Hasty | Khutbah by Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

The Day of Judgement as if You Can See it | Khutbah

The Day of Judgement as if You Can See it | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego  | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right  | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield  | Khutbah
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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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Khutbahs

Fasting is a Shield | Khutbah

The Prophet ﷺ described fasting as both a shield and a means by which desire is diminished. What are the meanings of these ahadith?

This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings.
We begin by praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and bearing witness that none has the right
to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for Him. We bear witness that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam 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 in his blessed path until the Day of Judgment and we ask Allah to make us amongst them. Allahumma ameen. Dear brothers and sisters, in the analogies that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam
uses to describe this exercise of fasting that we have right now is a very interesting one. He called as-siyam sallallahu alayhi wasallam, he called it a shield. Fasting is
a shield. As-sawmu junna. Fasting is a shield. Which is very interesting and I'll come back to this at the end of this khutbah inshallah ta'ala because taqwa also comes from a similar
word. Kutiba alaykum al-siyam kama kutiba ala ladheena min qablikum la'allakum tattaqun. Fasting was prescribed on you as it was prescribed on those who came before you so that you may
gain taqwa. Taqwa is a protective barrier. Fasting is a shield. And what beautifies this even further is when you start to read about the ways in which the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wasallam elaborated on it being a shield. In one authentic narration the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said as-sawmu junna ma lam yakhriqha. He said sallallahu alayhi wasallam
fasting is a shield so do not damage your own shield. Do not crack your own shield. As if to say that no one else would be able to crack through this shield. Don't crack
your own shield. Don't do anything that would compromise the potency, the strength of that armor that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given to you. And what the scholars mention
here is of course this is the one who cracks their own shield of fasting with their own sins. Where the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam says in many similar narrations that Allah has no need of the fasting of a person who gives up their food and drink but does not
give up idle speech and foul speech. What's the point? Right? So a person who penetrates their own shield, breaks their own shield in places. And so I want you to imagine your
fasting as a junna. That's the first thing. Don't crack your shield. He teaches us sallallahu alayhi wasallam. The second way in which it is a junna, in which it is a shield, is where
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam says as-siyamu junna fa idha kana yawmu sawmi ahadikum fala yarfuth yawma idhin wala yaskhab. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said fasting
is a shield. So when anyone of you is fasting, let them neither indulge in any type of obscene language nor raise their voices. Okay? La yaskhab. Don't raise your voices at one another.
Meaning don't get into arguments. Don't get into fights. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said fa insabahu ahad aw qatalahu falyakul inni sa'im inni sa'im. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said so if anyone tries to argue with you, tries to fight with
you, then simply respond, I am fasting, I am fasting. Now by the way the ulama here say very beautiful things about this. Is this, you know, a way to win an argument? Like sometimes
you use may Allah forgive you, not to actually make dua for someone's forgiveness, you use it to win an argument. Right? Or you say salama, like wa idha khatabahumul jahilun qalu salama
when the ignorant start to address you, then say salama. So you say salama as a means of actually insulting that person, not as a means of actually saying peace, but as a means of suggesting or implying that they are ignorant. So there's actually quite a bit of writing
on whether or not you should verbalize your inni sa'im. You should actually say I am fasting, I am fasting. And so the scholars actually have a difference of opinion on this. And
the most balanced opinion Allah knows best is that when it comes to the obligatory fasts like Ramadan where it should be known that everyone is fasting, then say I am fasting. Because it's also a means of reminding the other person if they are Muslim to fast as
well. So you set the tone and it's not like anyone is trying to hide this good deed. If anything, everyone is supposed to be encouraging this virtue of fasting. But they say that
if you are doing a voluntary fast, then say it to yourself. Right? Like inni sa'im, like remind yourself I'm fasting, I'm fasting. Inni sa'im, inni sa'im. Okay? I'm not going
to compromise the shield that I have on today by getting into the silly argument and potentially losing this fast. So inni sa'im, I'm fasting. In any case, it's a means of affirming oneself,
reminding yourself, and in some situations even reminding the other person. But the function of the shield here is that fasting is a shield from ignorance that provokes your arrogance.
Al-jahl in the Arabic language does not simply refer to the loss of knowledge or information.
It actually refers to anger. Okay? It refers to people that lose their temper frequently. So you protect yourself from an ignorance that provokes your own arrogance. Why? You're
supposed to be curbing the nafs. You're supposed to be curbing the nafs. And just like how Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la sometimes allows you to accidentally take a bite of food or
a sip of water, you know in Ramadan, and it's a gift from Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la, right? In the same way, it's a gift to your nafs sometimes that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
humbles the nafs. Allah Azawajal humbles the nafs through the encounter with someone else. So the first one once again, assawmu junna ma lam yakhriqha, fasting is a shield from
your own sins. Don't crack your shield with your own sins. The second one, fasting is a shield from ignorance that provokes your arrogance. If someone is ignorant towards you, belligerent towards you, remind yourself, inni sa'im, inni sa'im. And if it is the day
of Ramadan, inni sa'im, inni sa'im. Not as a way of shouting the person down or being arrogant with the person, but as a way of, look, let's put this aside. Let's recalibrate and focus on the season that is at hand. The last one, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
says in another authentic hadith from Uthman ibn Abi Al-As, radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, qala alayhi salatu wasalam, as-siyamu junna minannar kajunnati ahadikum minal qital. He said, Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam, that fasting is a shield from the fire. The same way that you have a shield in battle. And so the ulama here mentioned that in this way, fasting is a shield
from the punishment in the afterlife. So subhanAllah, look at the ways in which the shield is so comprehensive. A shield from your sins, a shield from your arrogance, and from the ignorance
of others provoking your arrogance, and a shield from the punishment in the hereafter. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala protect us from the fire. Allahumma ameen. In another hadith, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said very famously, as Ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu ta'ala
anhu narrates, he said, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, ya ma'shar ash-shabaab, oh young man min istata'a minkumul ba'ah, fal yatazawwaj. Whoever amongst you can get married, then
let them get married, fa innahu aghadhu lil-basari, wa ahsanu lil-farj. He said, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, that lowers the gaze and it guards a person's chastity, it guards their modesty.
And he said, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, wa man nam yastata'a fa alayhi bil-sawm, fa innahu lahu wija'a. He said, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, that if you cannot get married, then practice
fasting frequently because it is wija'a. Wija'a means it diminishes the desires. It diminishes
the desires. Now subhanAllah, there is a very beautiful statement from Imam al-Ghazali rahim Allah ta'ala in this regard, that there are secular ways to diminish desires, right? You
diet to diminish your appetite for food and drink, right? You could endure other types of methods to diminish your desires, to control your appetite, right? But when you pair the
diminishing of desires with quwwat al-irada, with willpower, strengthening that desire for Allah's pleasure, which is what we do in the act of fasting, then it's far more rewardable because then it has benefits in the worldly sense as well as in the hereafter
sense. So you're pairing off the diminishing of desires, you're weakening the desires, and strengthening the desire for Allah subhanAllah ta'ala's pleasure. And that's what makes
this exercise of fasting so comprehensive and so beautiful. So what's the relationship between taqwa and sawm in this regard? Taqwa comes from the word wija'a. Wija'a. Now wija'a
could be any protective barrier that you wear, any protective barrier. So wija'a is a very general term in this regard. Not necessarily for al-qital, you could have for fighting
or for battle, you could have wija'a because it's cold outside, okay? Wija'a is a protective barrier. And the ulema say it could be something very thin or very thick, because not everyone
has the same level of taqwa, right? May Allah subhanAllah grant us high levels of taqwa. Nakhayr az-zad. It's the best provision. May Allah grant us much taqwa. Allahumma ameen. So some people have a little bit of taqwa, a lot of taqwa, right? But it's a protective
barrier. But ultimately it is to put a barrier between you and the prohibitions, the ma'asi, the disobedience of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala. So taqwa is the protective barrier that you
put between yourself and haram, yourself and the disobedience of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala. Jannah is an added layer of protection. So imagine you've got the armour of taqwa and
you put on top of it the armour of fasting. Now what is beautiful about that is that the scholars say that jannah is a barrier between you and your shahawat. This shield of fasting
is a barrier between you and your desires. And taqwa, which is what it is meant to generate, is a barrier between you and the disobedience of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala. As if to say
that if a person puts a proper barrier between them and their shahawat and their desires, then they will naturally have a stronger barrier between themselves and the disobedience of
Allah. Because ultimately we disobey Allah subhanAllah ta'ala once we allow our appetites, once we allow our desires to overcome the higher pursuits of the pleasure of Allah subhanAllah
ta'ala. And what is more beautiful than all of this in the sense of the comprehensive nature of Islam. So taqwa is the body armour, fasting is the jannah, is the shield, what
you put on top of the armour is what the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam said about dhikr Allah ta'ala, the remembrance of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala. He didn't describe sallAllahu alayhi
wa sallam dhikr as merely something that you wear or something that you hold. He described dhikr sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam like a fortress. It's a fortress, subhanAllah, a fortress.
Because the shayateen, the devils cannot penetrate a place of dhikr. Whether that is the heart, whether that is the body involved in the remembrance of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala, whether that
is a home of dhikr, the shayateen are not able to penetrate the fortress of dhikr. That's why the Prophet sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam mentioned that if you were to remember
Allah at all times, you'd be like what? You'd be like the angels who have no desire nor disobedience of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala. Because the state of dhikr removes the lure
of desire and it removes the pull towards disobedience. And one of the things that we beautify our fast with of course and what will remain with us once we go back to eating and drinking at a regular pace is the remembrance of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala to keep ourselves
busy with dhikr of Allah subhanAllah ta'ala. May Allah make us amongst dhakirin.
Innaka samee'un qareebun mujeebu da'wat. Allahumma khafir lana warhamna wa a'fu anna wa la tu'adhibna. Rabbana dhalamna anfusana wa in lam takhfir lana wa tarhamna. Lanakoon anna minal khasireen. Allahumma innaka a'fuun kareemun tuhibbu al'afwa fa'afu anna. Allahumma
khafir liwalidina. Rabbir hamdu wa maa kama rabbauna sigara. Rabbana hamalana min azwajina wa dhurriyatina qurra ta'ayun. Wa ja'anna lilmuttaqina imama. Allahumma nsir ikhwan al-mustad'afina fee mashariki al-ardi wa magharibiha. Allahumma izzal al-islam wa al-muslimin
wa athilla al-shirka wa al-kathibin wa damr al-a'da al-deen. Allahumma ahliki al-dhalimeen wa al-dhalimeen wa akhrijna wa ikhwanan min baynihim salimeen. Ibadullah anna Allah ya'mur bil'alli wa al-ihsan wa ita'ilil qurba wa yanha'an al-fahsha'i wa al-munkari wa al-baghi.
Ya'idukum la'al lakum tathakkarun. Fathkuru Allahi yathkurukum. Washkuruhu a'la ni'ma yazid lakum. Wala dhikru Allahi akbar. Wallahu ya'nima ma fasna'oon wa aqeema as-salam.