Love Allah by leaving hatred behind
“You can't walk on the earth and have enmity and hatred in your heart and say you love Allah and His messenger.”
Muslims must follow the Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah as the authoritative lived explanation of the Quran, expressing it through obedience, mercy, humility, and kindness.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Surat al-Tawbah introduces the seriousness of honoring Allah’s Messenger and protecting the faith.
- The Quran and Sunnah are inseparable, with the Prophet’s life demonstrating how to practice revelation.
- Believers must obey Allah and His Messenger, return disagreements to them, and follow human authorities only within those boundaries.
- Muslims should avoid spiritual gatekeeping and respond to struggling believers with mercy, patience, and encouragement.
- Tawakkul means walking Allah’s path while trusting Him with the outcomes rather than chasing worldly guarantees.
- The Sunnah includes everyday virtues such as prayer, kindness to parents and neighbors, generosity, smiling, and holding one’s tongue.
- The khutbah closes by calling everyone to practice the Sunnah and abandon gang identity or competing loyalties.
In the khateeb's words
“You cannot claim obedience to Allah and the Quran, and disobedience and lack of adherence to the one who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala revealed the Quran to.”
“when you find your brother in these positions you still have to practice the sunnah”
“you can't walk on the earth and have enmity and hatred in your heart and say you love Allah and His messenger”
For the dinner table
The khutbah taught that Muslims should follow the Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah because it shows us how to live the Quran. The speaker urged us to let the Sunnah shape our worship, speech, relationships, and response to disagreement. He reminded us to trust Allah, avoid judging struggling believers, and replace harshness with mercy, patience, and encouragement. He named simple practices such as prayer, smiling, honoring parents, helping neighbors, generosity, and holding our tongues. The takeaway was to choose these basics intentionally, beginning today.
- What is one Sunnah kindness you can practice before the next Jumu'ah?
- How can we help someone who is struggling without shaming them?
- What does trusting Allah look like when we do not get what we wanted?
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