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Qur'an & tafsirFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

The Quran calls us to follow Sunnah

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“If we obey Rasulullah, we will be rightly guided, gain the pleasure of Allah and be admitted into paradise.”

The khateeb, at 11:47

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In one sentence

Because the Quran repeatedly commands obedience to Allah’s Messenger, Muslims must treat the Prophet’s Sunnah as binding guidance even when personal desires or contemporary norms make it difficult.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Frames following the Sunnah as essential amid secular pressures and hostility toward Islam.
  2. Introduces Surah An-Nur’s opening as a reminder that its commands are divinely sent and binding.
  3. Contrasts hypocritical refusal with believers’ response of hearing and obeying Allah and His Messenger.
  4. Connects obedience to the Prophet with guidance, Allah’s pleasure, security, and mercy.
  5. Uses the closing verses of Surah An-Nur and hadith to portray disobedience as refusing Paradise.
  6. Calls listeners to reject worldly distractions, follow the Sunnah, and seek truth from Allah.
Try this week
Reflect on whether personal opinions or desires are overriding the Quran and Sunnah.
Follow the Prophet’s Sunnah even when doing so feels socially unpopular.
Ask Allah to show truth as truth and falsehood as falsehood, then follow or avoid accordingly.
Prioritize the hereafter over worldly attractions and distractions.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 24Used to emphasize that the surah’s commands are divinely revealed and meant to be followed.
Surah 24Used to contrast hypocritical refusal with believers’ obedience and to connect obedience with guidance and security.
Surah 24Used to define true belief through respect for the Messenger and warn against opposing his commands.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“If you obey him, you shall be admitted into Jannah. Disobey him and you are refusing that invitation.”
Pillars · University City, NC
Play from 10:41
“We have to look within ourselves and take a moment to decide whether we accept the invitation of Rasulullah and of Allah.”
Pillars · University City, NC
Play from 17:39
“The ultimate prize awaits us in the hereafter. So do not wait until it's too late to accept the truth and to follow the sunnah of Rasulullah s.a.w.”
Pillars · University City, NC
Play from 18:11
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that following the Quran includes following the Prophet Muhammad’s example, or Sunnah. It says Surah An-Nur reminds believers that Allah’s commands remain guidance even when society or our own feelings find them difficult. True faith is shown by listening, obeying, and letting Allah and His Messenger guide our choices rather than putting personal preference first. The speaker encourages us to examine ourselves, learn the Sunnah, and keep the hereafter more important than worldly distractions. Following the Prophet is presented as a path to guidance, mercy, and Paradise.

  1. What kinds of things can distract us from remembering the hereafter?
  2. What does “we hear and we obey” mean in everyday family life?
Where it was given

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