Love the Prophet by following his Sunnah
“When it comes to eating, eat with your right hand; when it comes to wearing your shoes, wear your shoes with your right foot first.”
The khutbah argues that genuine love of Allah and the Prophet Muhammad requires making the Prophet’s guidance one’s highest priority, embodying his character, and practicing his Sunnah and salawat.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Establishes that the Prophet’s love must surpass love for family and all people.
- Explains the Prophet’s status through the change of the qibla and the significance of al-Masjid al-Aqsa.
- Links love of Allah to following the Prophet through Surah Aal Imran.
- Urges Muslims to embody the Prophet’s character in cleanliness, speech, behavior, and reactions.
- Gives practical steps: follow daily Sunnahs, recite salat and salam regularly, and increase love for the Prophet.
- Closes with prayers for intercession, forgiveness, relief for the oppressed, peace, and unity.
In the khateeb's words
“What your heart wishes We are changing the Qibla According to your heart's wishes”
“In everything we have to be The epitome of the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam”
“When it comes to eating, eat with your right hand When it comes to wearing your shoes, wear your shoes with your right foot first”
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that loving the Prophet Muhammad means giving his guidance priority and following his example. The speaker connects this message to the change of the qibla and to the Quranic call to follow the Messenger so Allah will love us. He asks us to carry that love into cleanliness, manners, speech, reactions, and small Sunnahs such as eating with the right hand. He also encourages regular salat and salam upon the Prophet as a way of drawing closer to him. The khutbah closes with prayers for forgiveness, peace, relief for suffering people, unity, and Jannatul Firdaus.
- What is one Sunnah you would like to practice more often this week?
- How can our behavior show love for the Prophet at home and at school?
- What could help us remember to send salawat regularly?
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