6:26 you can't love Allah…6:50 Allah subhanahu wa…8:20 Allah subhanahu wa…
GratitudeFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Allah’s appreciation inspires gratitude and good deeds

American Imams Academy

“You can't love Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala unless you understand His names and His attributes.”

The khateeb, at 6:26

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In one sentence

Knowing Allah as al-Shakur, the Appreciative, nurtures love, hope, gratitude, and motivation to respond to His gifts through worship, good deeds, charity, and trust.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Frames the journey to Allah as a bird whose head is love and whose wings are fear and hope.
  2. Explains that knowing Allah’s names and attributes is essential to loving Him, focusing on al-Shakur and al-Halim.
  3. Uses Qur’anic examples to show that Allah appreciates, multiplies, and forgives acts of worship, charity, and goodness.
  4. Reassures listeners that Allah loves them, opens doors to good deeds, and grants every blessing.
  5. Concludes with exhortations to taqwa, prayers for Gaza, dhikr, and congregational prayer.
Try this week
Learn and reflect on Allah’s names and attributes.
Continue praying even when worship feels difficult.
Give charity from the wealth Allah has provided.
Perform additional good deeds and voluntary worship.
Remember Allah frequently and practice gratitude for blessings.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 7Used Allah’s beautiful names as the basis for invoking and knowing Him.
Surah 35Used believers’ spending and worship to illustrate Allah’s reward, increase, forgiveness, and appreciation.
Surah 42Used the promise of increased goodness to show how Allah appreciates even difficult good deeds.
Surah 64Used the goodly loan to encourage charity by promising multiplication and forgiveness.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“you can't love Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala unless you understand His names and His attributes”
American Imams Academy · Sachse, TX
Play from 6:26
“Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala loves you do not think that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala hate you”
American Imams Academy · Sachse, TX
Play from 6:50
“Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala appreciate it and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reward you and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala forgive you”
American Imams Academy · Sachse, TX
Play from 8:20
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah reminded us that Allah is al-Shakur, the One who appreciates even small acts of goodness. Our journey toward Allah needs love, fear, and hope working together. When worship feels difficult, Allah can still reward our effort, forgive our shortcomings, and open more doors to goodness. Every blessing we have is ultimately from Allah, so we should respond with humility, prayer, charity, and gratitude. The khutbah ended by reminding us to remember Allah and pray for those suffering in Gaza.

  1. What is one blessing you usually credit to yourself that you could thank Allah for today?
  2. When doing the right thing feels hard, what small good deed could you still choose?
  3. How can we show love for Allah through something we do this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

American Imams Academy (AIA Masjid)5206 Ben Davis Rd, Sachse, TX 75048Jumu'ah "Jumuah", "1:30 PM, 2:30 PM".ArchiveAll khutbahs at American Imams Academy38 khutbahs
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