12:20 You accommodate…12:20 Haram is haram. Haram…20:20 Wallahi you are. You…27:24 Please remember them…
Patience & trialsFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 16, 2025.

Allah tests us in hardship and ease

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In one sentence

Islam requires believers to accept divine obligations and life's tests with patience, align themselves with Allah's guidance rather than personal convenience, and use their blessings to support the oppressed.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Islam cannot be reshaped into a cost-free religion of convenience.
  2. Believers must accept Allah's laws rather than seek permissive alternatives.
  3. Hardship and prosperity are both tests requiring patience and gratitude.
  4. Family conflict should be understood as a test requiring tolerance and self-reflection.
  5. Believers should treat wealth as Allah's trust and support oppressed communities.
  6. The khutbah closes with prayers, adhan, and congregational worship.
Try this week
Align personal choices with the Quran and Sunnah instead of seeking convenient rulings.
Guard the obligatory prayers, including Fajr.
Practice patience and tolerance during family disagreements.
Draw closer to Allah while healthy and prosperous, not only during hardship.
Treat wealth as a trust and support oppressed communities through giving and sharing their stories.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 2Used to explain that believers are tested through fear, loss, hardship, and difficulty.
Surah 21Used to argue that both good and evil, prosperity and hardship, are tests.
Surah 39Used to emphasize that the patient receive an immeasurable reward.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“You accommodate yourself to Islam. I cannot shame or mess around with Islam.”
ICNM · Albuquerque, NM
Play from 12:20
“Haram is haram. Haram is haram. Illegal is illegal. Unlawful is unlawful.”
ICNM · Albuquerque, NM
Play from 12:20
“Wallahi you are. You are tested. If you are wealthy, if you are healthy, mashaAllah, 100%, you don't have any issues, you don't have any problems”
ICNM · Albuquerque, NM
Play from 20:20
“Please remember them day and night. Share their stories. Share their sufferings.”
ICNM · Albuquerque, NM
Play from 27:24
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminded us that Islam is not meant to be reshaped around whatever feels easiest. Allah tests us through difficulty, but also through health, wealth, and comfort. We should respond with patience, gratitude, and obedience, especially in family disagreements. Our blessings are trusts from Allah, so we should use them responsibly and remember people who are suffering. The speaker encouraged us to support oppressed communities, share their stories, and keep them in our prayers.

  1. When has something comfortable or successful in your life also required responsibility?
  2. How can patience change the way we handle an argument at home?
  3. What is one respectful way we can support people who are suffering?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of New Mexico1100 Yale Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106Jumu'ah 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICNM8 khutbahs
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