Build your lasting relationship with Allah
“Our relationship with Allah is a permanent and eternal relationship.”
Believers should make their relationship with Allah the central and lasting relationship of their lives, strengthening it through worship, Quran, remembrance, repentance, and striving against the self.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Prioritizes the relationship with Allah because it is foundational, eternal, necessary, and the purpose of existence.
- Explains that obligatory worship comes first, followed by voluntary worship as a path to Allah’s love.
- Urges commitment to the Quran and continual remembrance of Allah.
- Calls listeners to avoid sins, seek forgiveness, and struggle against laziness and the self.
- Describes the benefits of a strong relationship with Allah: tranquility, security, guidance, divine friendship, and Paradise.
- Concludes with Quranic recitation about inviting to Allah, righteous action, patience, and responding to evil with what is better.
In the khateeb's words
“our relationship with Allah is a permanent and eternal relationship. It doesn't end with death, unlike all other relationships which are temporal and all of them end with death.”
“Generally, we will strengthen our relationship with Allah by complying to all of His commands. Whatever He has asked us to do, we make sure we do that.”
“The Quran has everything that you need to strengthen the relationship with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Everything that you need, you'll find it in the book of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
“avoid sin, because sin veits your heart and deprives your heart from getting closer to Allah SWT, while he's tigfa all the time, he revives the souls.”
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that our relationship with Allah should come before every other relationship because Allah created us, sustains us, and is the One we will return to. We strengthen that relationship by fulfilling obligatory worship, adding voluntary worship, staying close to the Quran, remembering Allah, avoiding sin, seeking forgiveness, and struggling against laziness. A strong connection with Allah brings peace, security, guidance, and hope for Paradise. The message is to make this relationship the center of daily life so other parts of life can be set right.
- What is one act of worship you want to protect better this week?
- How can remembering Allah bring peace during a difficult moment?
- What helps you keep going when laziness makes worship harder?
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