Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.
True success comes through worship and Sunnah
“They held the Deen in their hearts and the dunya in their hands.”
In one sentence
True success and influence come from drawing close to Allah through obligatory worship, additional devotion, and love for the Prophet's Sunnah.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Invites listeners to define personal success and imagine the skills needed to serve family and community.
- Uses a Hadith Qudsi to present obligatory worship and voluntary devotion as the path to Allah's love and spiritual strength.
- Contrasts earlier Muslims' love of the Sunnah with a modern tendency to prioritize dunya over deen.
- Calls listeners to make love of the Prophet's Sunnah, truthful intention, dua, and return to Allah their guiding practice.
- Extends the call from personal growth to nurturing families, influencing communities, sharing Islam, and helping oppressed Muslims.
- Closes with an open-house invitation and prayers for guidance, suffering Muslims, and deceased relatives.
Try this week
Perform the obligatory acts of worship.
Add voluntary worship, dhikr, dua, Quran recitation, kindness, and generosity.
Check your purpose and influence each day.
Follow the Prophet's Sunnah and return to Allah during difficulties.
Set a nurturing example for family and community members.
Invite friends, neighbors, and coworkers to the mosque's open house.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 3:102Used in the opening exhortation to fear Allah and die as Muslims.
Quran 4:1Connects God-consciousness with human origin and protecting family ties.
Quran 33:70-71Supports truthful speech, obedience, forgiveness, and ultimate success.
Quran 33:56Recited in the prayer invoking blessings upon the Prophet.
Quran 66:8Used in a prayer asking Allah to complete believers' light and forgive them.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“And every act that we do Allah rewards it tremendously based on our intentions.”
“It was a time when they held the Deen in their hearts. and the dunya in their hands. And any troubled pain, they dropped the dunya, but they held on to their deen.”
“I can set the right example. I can have the right words to come out of my mouth. I can be a nurturing person. I can be a superhero.”
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