Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Jul 25, 2026.
How to earn Allah's love
“When Allah loves a servant, He guides them, He protects them, He forgives them.”
In one sentence
The greatest success is attaining the love of Allah, which is earned by following the Sunnah, fulfilling obligations, adding voluntary worship, repenting, being patient, and living with ihsan, justice, trust, and purity.
The khutbah in 8 steps
- Opening: success in this life and the next; the highest rank is being loved by Allah
- Way 1: follow the Sunnah of the Prophet (Qul in kuntum tuhibbun Allah...)
- Way 2: perform the obligatory acts, salah, zakat, fasting Ramadan, honoring parents, fulfilling covenants; avoiding sin takes priority over extra deeds
- Way 3: voluntary worship (nawafil), sunnah prayers, night prayer, daily Quran, dhikr
- Way 4: repentance and purification; none of us is free of sin
- Way 5: patience with Allah's qadr, illustrated by Nuh's ~1000 years of dawah and Ya'qub's loss of Yusuf and Binyamin
- Second half: ihsan (serving people), establishing justice even against oneself and parents (Surah An-Nisa), tawakkul, purity of heart from envy and arrogance
- Close: when Allah loves a servant He calls Jibreel and acceptance is placed for him on earth; final duas
Try this week
Pray the five daily prayers on time and build your schedule around salah
Pay the obligatory zakat (2.5% of wealth)
Fast the month of Ramadan
Honor and show mercy to aging parents
Fulfill covenants and other people's rights
Prioritize staying away from sin before adding extra good deeds
Perform voluntary prayers before/after the obligatory ones and the night prayer
Read Quran daily and keep dhikr on your tongue
Repent and ask Allah's forgiveness every day
Be patient and accept Allah's qadr in good and bad times
Serve the community: help the poor and needy, forgive others
Be just and testify truthfully even against yourself, parents, and relatives
Place trust in Allah alone
Purify the heart from envy, hatred, and arrogance
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“When Allah loves a servant, He guides them, He protects them, He forgives them, He accepts his amal salih, He accepts his good deeds and admits him into His paradise.”
“If His messenger says turn left, we turn left, if He says go march forward, we march forward, if He tells us to be quiet, we be quiet”
“My servant does not come close to me with anything more beloved to me than what I have made obligatory for.”
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