How to resist Satan's five attacks
“One of the major mistakes that the Shaitan made was that he gave reasoning to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to justify his wrong as right.”
After Ramadan, believers must recognize Shaytan's attacks and resist them through humility, repentance, religious knowledge, practice, dhikr, and salah.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Frames the nafs and Shaytan as two enemies believers face after Ramadan.
- Uses Iblis's refusal to bow to Adam to explain public disobedience, arrogance, and justifying sin.
- Identifies five attacks: beautifying haram, misguiding actions and beliefs, causing ingratitude, threatening poverty, and encouraging indecency.
- Explains that ignorance and lack of religious practice make believers more vulnerable.
- Prescribes acquiring religious knowledge, practicing Islam, making dhikr during temptation, and maintaining salah.
- Closes with invitations to weekly Quran, prophet stories, and hadith programs at the masjid.
In the khateeb's words
“the reason why Allah brings these stories in the quran is not so that we just listen to them and we enjoy them”
“what one of the major mistakes that the shaitan made was that he gave reasoning to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to justify his wrong as right”
For the dinner table
After Ramadan, the khutbah says we must watch both our nafs and Shaytan. It teaches from Iblis that public disobedience, arrogance, and defending a wrong as right can damage faith; ordinary sin should instead lead to shame and repentance. Shaytan attacks by making haram attractive, weakening good actions and beliefs, creating ingratitude, frightening us with poverty, and pulling us toward indecency. We can resist by learning basic deen, practicing it, maintaining the five daily prayers, and turning to dhikr when temptation appears. The speaker also encouraged attending the masjid's weekly prophets and hadith programs.
- When do you notice something wrong being made to look attractive, and what could help?
- What is one area where learning or practicing deen could make you less vulnerable?
- How can our family turn to dhikr when temptation or worry appears?
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