Khutbas

Jumua Khutba: Fasting is part of the Sharia (path) of all the Prophets (1) For the Dawn! (2) For ten nights! (3) By the odd and even! (4) At night when it passes! (5) Is not that an oath to one who has intellect? Delivered on Friday, August 18, 2018 by Imam Hajj Abdel Ghani Melara, at the musal-la of …

The beginning and end of Islam is purification. External purification and internal purification, since both go hand in hand. The goal of everything we do is the purification of the heart, and the sign of a pure heart is right action. Allah says in the Qur’an: The day when neither wealth nor children will be of any use. Only the …

Thanksgiving is one of the forms of worship, as we show our gratitude to Allah for that which He has not given and in this way He increases it for us. As Allah says in the Qur’an: If you are grateful, I will give you even more. (14:7) One way to show our gratitude is by being generous with what …

Jutba of Jumua: A light has come to you from Allah Allah says in the Surah of the Served Table: A light and a clear Book has come to you from Allah. With whom Allah guides those who seek His pleasure in the ways of salvation.And He brings them out of darkness into the light with His permission and leads …

Jutba of the Jumua: Three qualities to taste the sweetness of the Imam حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلاَوَةَ الإِيمَانِ أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لاَ يُحِبُّهُ إِلاَّ …

The life of this world constantly leads us to distraction. Allah says in the Qur’an: وَمَا هَٰذِهِ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَهْوٌ وَلَعِبٌ وَإِنَّ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ الْحَيَوَانُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ The life of the world is but play and distraction, the true life is the abode of the Last Life, if you knew. (The Spider, 29:64) It distracts us from …

Jumua Khutba: The Hadith of Jibreel: ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allaah be pleased with him, said: “We were sitting with the Messenger of Allaah one day when a man came to us in white robes and black hair; and there were no signs of travel in it and none of us knew it; he sat down in front of the …