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The Prophets & seerahFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 7, 2024.

Loving the Prophet requires daily effort

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In one sentence

Love for the Prophet Muhammad is essential to loving Allah and should be cultivated through learning his life, keeping righteous company, practicing his Sunnah, and sending salawat.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Prays for Palestinians, victims of oppression, and the wider ummah.
  2. Introduces Rabi' al-Awwal and asks how love for the Prophet can be measured.
  3. Uses Qur'an 3:31, hadith, and examples from Umar and the companions to establish the necessity of prophetic love.
  4. Presents practical steps: build a seerah environment, study his life daily, practice his routine, and send salawat.
  5. Uses stories of Shaykh Muhammad Patel and Zayd ibn Haritha to show how knowledge of the Prophet inspires devotion.
  6. Recaps the message, offers prayers for the community, completes the congregational prayer, and gives announcements.
Try this week
Keep company with people who love and study the Prophet, including through seerah classes or podcasts.
Set aside daily time to learn about the Prophet's life.
Incorporate aspects of the Prophet's daily routine and Sunnah into personal life.
Send salawat regularly, including whenever the Prophet's name is mentioned.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 3Links loving Allah with following the Prophet and receiving Allah's love and forgiveness.
Sahih al-BukhariArgues that faith is incomplete until the Prophet is loved more than parents, children, and all people.
Surah 9Warns against loving family, wealth, business, and homes more than Allah and His Messenger.
Surah 33Explains why Zayd retained his original family name after adoption.
Jami` at-TirmidhiEncourages abundant salawat as a means of easing anxiety and receiving forgiveness.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Abundance of salawat on the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam will bring ease to the heart.”
ICSJ · Palmyra, NJ
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“The second step was having a daily strive into learning about the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam's life.”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah asks us to think honestly about how we measure love. It teaches that loving Allah is tied to following and loving the Prophet Muhammad, even though we live many centuries after him. We can grow that love by spending time with people who study him, learning his life every day, practicing his Sunnah, and sending salawat. The speaker says these practices can bring ease to a worried heart and forgiveness from Allah. We can begin with one small habit and help one another keep it.

  1. What is one thing you would like to learn about the Prophet's life?
  2. Who helps you become a better Muslim?
  3. What small salawat habit could our family start this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of South Jersey612 Garfield Ave, Palmyra, NJ 08065Jumu'ah 1:15 PM to 1:45 PM
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