First Khutbah – Main Points
الله الذي خلق السموت والأرض وأنزل من السماء ماء فأخرج به من الثمرت رزقا لكم – وسخرلكم الفلك لتجرى في البحر بأمره – و سخرلكم الأنهر
وسخر لكم الشمس والقمر دائبين – وسخرلكم الليل والنهار
وءاتكم من كل ما سألتموه – وإن تعدوا نعمت الله لاتحصوها – إن الإنسن لظلوم كفار

“God is the [...]

First Khutbah – Main Points
What do we want from Islam? We seldom ask this question. What does Allah want us to get from Islam? And in the negotiation of these two questions, how do we go about making this a reality?
Piety, to a large extent, has been replaced by such plastic words as “tradition”. This [...]

First Khutbah – Main Points
Opening from the Qur’ān:
والذين يذكرون الله قياما وقعودا وعلى جنوبهم ويتفكرون في خلق السماوات والأرض – ربنا ما خلقت هذا باطلا سبحانك فقنا عذاب النار
“And those who remember God, either standing, sitting, as well as sitting on their sides and is given to frequent contemplation about the creation of the heavens [...]

First Khutbah – Main Points
Certainty doesn’t relate to just an isolated, distant notion of asserting the existence of God. This would be akin to agnosticism. Rather, it means to have that realization impact your actions - to have a genuine purpose. Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the cousin of the Prophet [not nephew!], says:
قال علي, كرم [...]

First Khutbah – Main Points
اقترب للناس حسابهم و هم في غفلة معرضون
“The Reckoning is ever drawing closer to Mankind, yet they are woefully heedless of it, turning away.” [Q: 21: 1]
The Hour is upon us all.  At least that is the way we Muslims should always be perceiving the Hour. None of us knows when [...]