5:32 You can hide yourself…13:28 But the way they're…
Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 24, 2026.

Worship Allah alone and follow the Sunnah

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“You can hide yourself from the people, but you can hide yourself from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”

The khateeb, at 5:32

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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that sincere tawhid means worshipping and relying on Allah alone, while avoiding religious innovation by following the Qur'an and the Prophet's established guidance rather than intentions, popularity, or unsupported practices.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Calls believers to taqwa and awareness that Allah knows and sustains everything.
  2. Explains tawhid as worshipping, fearing, hoping in, and relying on Allah alone.
  3. Warns that religious innovation may appear righteous while destroying deeds and becoming difficult to abandon.
  4. Urges Muslims to follow Allah and His Messenger rather than popularity, preference, or unsupported customs.
  5. Uses the Day of Judgment and al-Hawd as warnings against introducing innovations into Islam.
  6. Closes with supplication, Qur'an recitation, community announcements, and prayer for an ill brother.
Try this week
Remember Allah's awareness when making private choices.
Worship, fear, hope in, and rely on Allah alone.
Ask what Allah and His Messenger taught before adopting a religious practice.
Investigate the evidence for religious practices and leave unsupported practices.
Do not judge religious truth by popularity, personal preference, or the number of followers.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 3:102Calls believers to fear Allah properly and remain Muslim until death.
Quran 5:3Supports the claim that Islam is complete and should not be supplemented with innovations.
Quran 88:17-21Encourages reflection on creation and presents the Prophet as a reminder.
Quran 30:40Argues that Allah alone creates, provides, gives death, and gives life.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“You can hide yourself from the people, but you can hide yourself from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
The Rayyan Center · Plymouth, MI
Play from 5:32
“But the way they're trying to do it is not the right way because that is the innovation in the deen.”
The Rayyan Center · Plymouth, MI
Play from 13:28
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah focused on tawhid, the belief that Allah alone deserves worship, hope, fear, and reliance. The speaker reminded us that Allah knows everything we do, including what people cannot see. He warned that a sincere intention does not make an invented religious practice correct. We should ask what Allah and His Messenger taught before adopting a religious practice. At home, we can practice Allah-consciousness and make evidence-based choices in our worship.

  1. What choice might change if you remembered that Allah always knows what you do?
  2. How can we respectfully check whether a religious practice has evidence?
  3. Why is popularity not enough to prove something is part of Islam?
Where it was given

The masjid

The Rayyan Center46441 Five Mile Rd Plymouth, MI 48170Jumu'ah "Starting March 21, 2023 Rayyan Center will be hosting two Friday Prayers 1st Jummah Prayer: Khutba: 12:30 PM 2nd Jummah Prayer: Khutba: 1:40 PM"ArchiveAll khutbahs at The Rayyan Center46 khutbahs
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