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Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 3, 2025.

The Prophet's Sunnah is lived daily

Daar-ul-Ehsaan

“What would Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam do?”

The khateeb, at 19:47

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In one sentence

The best way to commemorate the Prophet Muhammad's birth is to learn, practice, and embody his Sunnah and character rather than focusing only on outward celebration.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Frames the Prophet's birth as a special event and addresses disagreements about commemorating it.
  2. Argues that meaningful commemoration centers on the Prophet's Sunnah, character, and example rather than decorations or sweets.
  3. Uses Quranic descriptions of the Prophet as Allah's favor, light, and mercy for believers.
  4. Challenges listeners to ask what the Prophet would do before acting and to examine their deeds.
  5. Distinguishes outward Sunnah clothing from the deeper Sunnah of compassion, forgiveness, generosity, and good manners.
  6. Calls listeners to abandon harmful habits and sincerely struggle to emulate the Prophet in daily life.
Try this week
Study and remind yourself of the Prophet's Sunnah, character, and manners.
Ask, "What would Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam do?" before acting in difficult situations.
Examine whether your deeds, worship, family relationships, and treatment of neighbors would be presentable to the Prophet.
Abandon greed, selfishness, backbiting, envy, anger, harming people, and taking others' rights.
Practice the Prophet's compassion, mercy, forgiveness, generosity, selflessness, and forbearance.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 19Uses the birth passages about Yahya and Isa to argue that a prophet's birth can be a day of peace and mercy.
Surah 10Uses the passage describing the Messenger as deeply concerned for believers and compassionate toward them.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“For us, Muslims, we should also say, what would Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam do?”
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“We're not in control of the result, but we are rewarded just for the struggle.”
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Play from 25:36
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today's sermon taught that the Prophet Muhammad's birth should be remembered with gratitude and love. The strongest way to honor him is not only through decorations or gatherings, but by learning his Sunnah and practicing his mercy, kindness, forgiveness, and good manners. We were encouraged to ask what the Prophet would do before acting, especially when our selfish desires conflict with his example. We should work to leave behind greed, backbiting, envy, anger, and harming people's rights. Even when change is difficult, Allah values our sincere effort to follow the Prophet.

  1. What is one kind or merciful action the Prophet's example inspires us to do this week?
  2. When is it hardest to ask, "What would the Prophet do?"
  3. Which bad habit would you like to replace with a better one?
Where it was given

The masjid

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