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Patience & trialsFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 5, 2026.

Turn to Allah in ease and hardship

Ash-Shaheed

“Take your problems to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.”

The khateeb, at 21:58

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In one sentence

Believers should turn to Allah in ease and hardship, reject resentment and superiority, cultivate gratitude and forgiveness, and seek useful knowledge to benefit the ummah.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Uses the Year of the Elephant to illustrate Allah’s protection and the believer’s need to call on Him in every circumstance.
  2. Urges listeners to use youth and free time for prayer, reading, and learning.
  3. Reflects on prophetic perseverance through grief, rejection, and difficult life circumstances.
  4. Calls for forgiveness, rejection of racism and tribal superiority, and reliance on Allah with personal worries.
  5. Explains canood as dwelling on hardships while overlooking blessings, urging believers to move beyond complaint.
  6. Concludes that beneficial wisdom and skills are a believer’s lost property and should serve the ummah.
Try this week
Increase prayer and salah during good times, not only during hardship.
Use free time and youth for reading, learning, and mentally rigorous study.
Continue inviting others toward Islam without despair when they reject the message.
Emulate Yusuf and Muhammad by forgiving rather than seeking revenge.
Take worries, grief, and complaints to Allah, asking for strength and softened hearts.
Seek beneficial knowledge and skills, including from non-Muslims, and use them to benefit the ummah.
Make dua for the sick and needy, pay zakat, and give sadaqah to families in need.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 105Used the elephant army’s defeat to illustrate Allah’s protection and power.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Take your problems to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. Take your worry to Allah.”
Ash-Shaheed · Sugar Creek, NC
Play from 21:58
“We go to Allah. with our complaints. We go to Allah with our grief.”
Ash-Shaheed · Sugar Creek, NC
Play from 31:05
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today's khutbah reminded us to turn to Allah in good times as well as hard times, and to use our time for prayer and learning. The khateeb encouraged us to notice our blessings instead of letting our hardships fill our whole view. He pointed to the prophets as examples of forgiveness and reminded us that being hurt does not give us permission to hurt others. He also encouraged us to bring our grief to Allah and seek strength to take useful action. Calling wisdom the believer's lost property, he urged us to learn beneficial skills from others and use them to serve the community.

  1. What is one blessing you noticed today that you sometimes forget?
  2. When something bothers you, what is one helpful step you could take along with making dua?
  3. What skill would you like to learn that could help someone else?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Ash-Shaheed400 W. Sugar Creek Road, Charlotte, NC 28213Jumu'ah 1:30 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at Ash-Shaheed45 khutbahs
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