Gratitude means thanking Allah and honoring people
“We shouldn't look at how difficult that moment is, but rather we should think about those who are suffering more than us.”
The khutbah argues that gratitude is a central Islamic mindset: recognizing Allah’s countless gifts, remembering and thanking Him, and expressing gratitude through worship, care for parents, and appreciation of people.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Allah gives life, senses, health, and understanding so people will recognize Him and be grateful.
- Gratitude brings increased blessings, while remembering Allah leads to His remembrance, mercy, and protection.
- Believers should say Alhamdulillah in ease and difficulty while remembering those suffering elsewhere.
- Stories about eyesight, health, and bodily functions illustrate that Allah’s gifts cannot be repaid.
- Falling leaves and changing seasons teach dependence, humility, mortality, and return to Allah.
- Gratitude includes honoring parents, thanking others, and reciting a supplication after obligatory prayers.
In the khateeb's words
“The first thing we should say Upon waking up in the morning Is Alhamdulillah Bismillah”
“When things are a little bumpy In our life We shouldn't look at How difficult that moment is But rather We should think about Those who are suffering More than us”
“To honor them To love them To respect them To assist them To aid them To be by their side To support them To love them To show them That you are grateful”
For the dinner table
Today's khutbah was about having a gratitude mindset. Allah brought us into this world knowing nothing and then gave us hearing, sight and understanding so that we would be thankful, and He promises that if we are grateful, He will give us more. The khateeb told the story of a man who worshipped Allah for 500 years, but all of those deeds together could not equal the single blessing of his eyesight. He also told of an old man who cried after surgery, not because of the bill, but because Allah had kept his body working for 70 years without ever charging him. Even the autumn leaves remind us that Allah knows everything, that our lives have seasons, and that we all return to Him. Gratitude also means thanking the people around us, like our parents, teachers, neighbors and children, and making du'a for our parents after every prayer.
- What is one part of your body or one everyday thing you're thankful for that you usually never think about?
- Who is one person you could thank this week, and what would you say to them?
- If you were a leaf on a tree, what would you want to give to others before you fall?
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