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Knowing Allah should change how we live

As-Habul Yameen

“Come to salah, come to success.”

The khateeb, at 28:23

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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that truly knowing Allah through Ayat al-Kursi, recognizing His absolute ownership, power, knowledge, and mercy, should replace complacent ritual with humble, repentant, grateful change.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. The khateeb warns that religious knowledge and ritual can become mindless when they no longer transform the heart.
  2. He introduces Ayat al-Kursi as a framework for understanding Allah’s attributes.
  3. He explains Allah as ever-living and self-sustaining, owner of creation, sleepless, all-knowing, and supreme.
  4. He applies those attributes to wealth, knowledge, prayer, hidden deeds, and human dependence.
  5. He presents Allah’s repeated call to prayer and a story of forgiveness to emphasize divine mercy.
  6. He closes by urging sincere repentance, gratitude, and becoming better people, families, and communities.
Try this week
Remember Allah as Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim when standing in prayer five times a day.
Repent sincerely, ask Allah for forgiveness, and return to Him after sinning.
Treat wealth, knowledge, health, and possessions as Allah’s blessings rather than reasons for boasting.
Use wealth for the afterlife and for doing good while enjoying lawful blessings.
Strive to become better spouses, siblings, parents, children, and community members.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:255Provides the central framework for understanding Allah’s ownership, sustaining power, knowledge, and greatness.
Surah 28Warns against attributing wealth to personal achievement and encourages using blessings for the afterlife and good.
Surah 17Shows that human knowledge is only a small portion of knowledge.
Surah 35Uses Allah’s restraint from immediately punishing sinners as evidence of His mercy.
Surah 39Encourages sinners not to despair of Allah’s mercy and to repent sincerely.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Not a leaf moves without His permission. Not a raindrop falls without His will. Yet, He manages all of this simultaneously with perfection.”
As-Habul Yameen · East Orange, NJ
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“You can celebrate your wins, but there's a line between celebrating and then boasting.”
As-Habul Yameen · East Orange, NJ
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“Every single day, five times a day, He calls us. He says, Come to salah, come to success.”
As-Habul Yameen · East Orange, NJ
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“Start to be better. Be better husbands, be better sisters, wives, sons, daughters, whatever type of relation you can imagine.”
As-Habul Yameen · East Orange, NJ
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah asks us to move beyond simply knowing religious words and let worship change our hearts. Ayat al-Kursi teaches that Allah owns everything, needs nothing, knows everything, and sustains all creation. Our wealth, abilities, bodies, and knowledge are blessings, so we should be grateful without boasting and use what we have for good. Allah’s mercy remains open even after serious mistakes when we sincerely repent. Remembering that mercy should help us return to prayer, become better in our relationships, and keep trying after we fall.

  1. What is one blessing we have that we should thank Allah for without boasting?
  2. When have you had to try again after making a mistake?
  3. How can we show mercy and forgiveness to someone in our family?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid As-Habul Yameen224 N 18th St, East Orange, NJ 07017Jumu'ah 1:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at As-Habul Yameen37 khutbahs
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