Submit fully to Allah's commands
“It's the deen of submission: we submit our will to Allah's will.”
As the Hijri year 1447 ends, the khateeb reflects on the verse revealed on the Day of Arafah, 'This day I have perfected your religion for you' (Surah al-Ma'idah 5:3), as Allah's greatest glad tidings, calling believers to submit fully to Allah's commands and fulfill their contracts with Him so they meet Him with His pleasure.
The khutbah in 8 steps
- Farewell to Hijri year 1447: deeds of the past year are deposited with Allah, good stored for reward and sins hoped to be forgiven
- The Day of Judgment scene: the servant reads his book of records, and Allah, al-Hayiyy al-Sattar, covers and forgives
- The revelation of part of Surah al-Ma'idah 5:3 on the Day of Arafah during the Farewell Hajj before 120,000 companions, the Sahaba rejoiced while Umar wept and Abu Bakr mourned
- Breaking down 5:3 phrase by phrase: despair of the disbelievers, 'fear them not but fear Me', perfection of the deen, completion of favor, and Allah's approval of Islam
- Surah al-Ma'idah as the surah of contracts and halal/haram: fulfilling obligations, the ruling on food of the People of the Book, and chaste marriage
- Isa (Jesus) standing before Allah at the surah's end, disavowing those who worshipped him, and the day when the truthful benefit from their truthfulness
- Allah as the true Owner: life and wealth are a loan ('ariyyah) to be returned; Islam will prevail despite opposition
- Closing exhortation: full submission defines the real Muslim, daily self-review, dhikr, investing in children's Islamic education, and duas for the oppressed worldwide
In the khateeb's words
“it's the deen of submission we submit our will to Allah's will to Allah's command when we fail we don't consider ourselves as Muslims”
“there is your resolution it's every minute in our life every single day every single night we sit down with ourselves and review what I have done the whole entire day”
For the dinner table
This khutbah was given on the last Friday of the Hijri year, so the imam asked us to say goodbye to a year we will never see again, the only thing that remains of it is what we did, and our good deeds are stored with Allah while we hope He forgives the rest. He told the story of the Day of Arafah, when Allah revealed the verse saying He has perfected our religion and is pleased with Islam as our way of life, and the companions rejoiced while Umar cried, sensing the Prophet's mission was complete. The imam explained that this verse is full of good news: Islam is complete, protected, and will prevail no matter what opponents do. He reminded us that everything we have is only a loan from Allah, and that a real Muslim is someone who fully submits to what Allah asks, not someone who just carries the title. Finally, he asked us to review our deeds every single night, make dhikr whenever we feel it, and spend time teaching our children Quran and their deen instead of letting summer slip away.
- If everything you own is just a loan from Allah, what would you take better care of?
- What is one thing you could check about yourself every night before bed?
- What is one thing about your deen you would like to learn this summer?
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