16:03 So it's important for…23:55 The Messenger of Allah…28:31 If we don't stand up…36:24 This is how we are…
Death & the hereafterFrom the masjid's own video, Nov 21, 2025.

Seven paths to Allah's shade

Masjid Ul Haqq

“The Messenger of Allah teaches us the importance of staying away from acts of immorality even when we have the opportunity.”

The khateeb, at 23:55

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In one sentence

By cultivating justice, sincere worship, mosque attachment, God-centered brotherhood, self-restraint, hidden charity, and private remembrance, Muslims can hope for Allah’s shade on the Day of Judgment.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Introduces the hadith of seven people Allah will shade on the Day of Judgment.
  2. Explains justice as a trust for leaders and anyone responsible for others.
  3. Urges parents to teach Islam patiently and youth to grow up in worship.
  4. Connects attachment to the masjid with regular prayer, service, and maintenance.
  5. Defines loving believers for Allah’s sake and encourages expressing that brotherhood.
  6. Calls listeners to resist temptation, give charity privately, and remember Allah with tears.
  7. Applies the themes to the local masjid and closes with prayer and congregational worship.
Try this week
Learn, practice, and patiently teach the religion within the family.
Raise young people upon worship, the Qur’an, and the authentic Sunnah.
Attend the masjid regularly and remain connected through prayer, classes, and service.
Express love for fellow believers for Allah’s sake.
Resist immoral temptations, including when the opportunity is present.
Give charity secretly and sincerely for Allah.
Remember Allah privately, including through Qur’an recitation and personal dhikr.
Help maintain and support the local masjid.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih al-BukhariThe central hadith identifies seven categories whom Allah will shade on the Day of Judgment.
Sahih MuslimA related narration reinforces the elevated status of those who judge fairly.
Surah 1Used to emphasize asking Allah for the straight path.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“So it's important for the parents, firstly and foremost, to learn the religion, to practice the religion, and to teach the religion to their children”
Masjid Ul Haqq · Upton, MD
Play from 16:03
“The Messenger of Allah teaches us the importance of staying away from acts of immorality even when we have the opportunity.”
Masjid Ul Haqq · Upton, MD
Play from 23:55
“If we don't stand up and practice our religion, then what chance do the other people have?”
Masjid Ul Haqq · Upton, MD
Play from 28:31
“This is how we are supposed to be, to maintain the house of Allah sincerely and solely for the sake of Allah, that we might be from amongst those.”
Masjid Ul Haqq · Upton, MD
Play from 36:24
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Ul Haqq514 Islamic Way, Baltimore, MD 21217Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:15 PM; iqamah 1:45 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Ul Haqq48 khutbahs
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