6:18 But to choose Islam…20:25 If you're not pushing…23:08 Shaytan's number one…23:45 Because the believer…
Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, May 30, 2026.

Choose Islam daily and resist shaytan

Highland Masjid · Tariq Musleh

“Shaytan's number one goal is to make you hopeless and helpless.”

The khateeb, at 23:08

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In one sentence

Faith requires actively choosing Islam each day and resisting shaytan’s persistent whispers through patience, worship, and hope in Allah.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Gratitude for Allah’s blessings and the favor of being people of iman
  2. Islam is an active daily choice, not merely inherited identity
  3. Hajj and stoning symbolize recognizing and resisting shaytan’s repeated attacks
  4. Shaytan exploits vulnerable points and gradually drains morals, worship, and values
  5. Patience, seeking Allah’s protection, and resisting whispers preserve faith
  6. Believers must remain hopeful and take meaningful action until the end of life
Try this week
Choose Islam consciously in daily decisions, including purchases, speech, marriage, and advocacy.
Notice shaytan’s whispers in the home, workplace, phone, and private life, then resist them.
Practice patience in prayer, waking for fajr, family life, and religious commitments.
Seek Allah’s protection from shaytan every day.
Keep returning to the Qur’an, masjid, worship, and moral repair instead of giving up.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“But to choose Islam every single day. To live Islam every single day. To wear Islam every single day. To walk Islam every day.”
Highland Masjid · Highland, IN
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“If you're not pushing back on shaytan. You're folding to shaytan. If you're not resisting the urges of shaytan. Then you are compromising.”
Highland Masjid · Highland, IN
Play from 20:25
“Shaytan's number one goal is to make you hopeless and helpless. And this is the opposite of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.”
Highland Masjid · Highland, IN
Play from 23:08
“Because the believer is never hopeless. The believer is never helpless. The believer does their part like Ibrahim Alaihi Wasallam.”
Highland Masjid · Highland, IN
Play from 23:45
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminded us that being born Muslim is not the end of faith; we choose Islam through our daily actions. Hajj shows us that shaytan repeatedly tests us in vulnerable places, including work, marriage, private habits, and our phones. Resisting those whispers takes patience, just as prayer, fasting, modesty, and waking for fajr take patience. We should ask Allah for protection and keep returning to worship, the Qur’an, and the masjid. Most importantly, believers should never become hopeless, because even a small good action can change our dunya and akhirah.

  1. What is one everyday choice that can show we are choosing Islam?
  2. Where might a tempting whisper appear in your week, and how could you respond?
  3. What small good deed can you do even when you feel discouraged?
Where it was given

The masjid

Illiana Islamic Association9608 Spring St, Highland, IN 46322Jumu'ah 12:00 PM & 1:00 PMKhateebTariq MuslehMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Highland Masjid11 khutbahs
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