1:37 Test Not necessarily…5:46 When you deal with it…
Patience & trialsFrom the masjid's own video, Jun 18, 2026.

Life’s hardships can be tests, not punishment

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“You are going to be rewarded.”

The khateeb, at 5:46

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In one sentence

Life is a divinely ordained test, so believers should accept its hardships, keep striving, and respond to adversity and blessing with patience and gratitude.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Explains Surah al-Baqarah 2:155 as a promise of tests involving fear, hunger, and loss.
  2. Reframes trials as part of life’s divinely intended test, not necessarily punishment.
  3. Argues that struggle is necessary for growth and builds experience and readiness.
  4. Teaches that patience in hardship and gratitude in good circumstances benefit the believer.
  5. Encourages positive reframing by remembering difficulties could be worse and may contain hidden good.
  6. Examines fear and hunger as foundational trials because security and food sustain human life.
Try this week
Keep working and striving toward goals instead of expecting results without effort.
Practice patience during obstacles and calamities.
Respond to good circumstances and blessings with thankfulness.
Reframe hardship by remembering it could be worse and looking for possible good in it.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:155Introduced the categories of fear, hunger, and loss, alongside glad tidings for the patient.
Quran 67:2Supported the idea that human life is created as a test.
Quran 106:3-4Presented food and security as essential blessings whose loss destabilizes life.
Quran 14:35Referred to Ibrahim’s prayer for a secure land and provision.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Test Not necessarily Is a sign of the wrath Of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala As many people think That is a punishment No it is a sunnah”
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“When you deal with it In the right way You are going to be rewarded”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that life includes tests such as fear, hunger, and loss. Hardship is not always a sign that Allah is angry; it is part of the nature of this life. Struggle can help us grow stronger, more experienced, and better prepared. We should be patient during difficulties and thankful when good things happen. It also helps to remember that a hardship could be worse and may contain some hidden good.

  1. What is one challenge that helped you grow?
  2. How can we show patience during a difficult week?
  3. What blessing are you thankful for today?
Where it was given

The masjid

London Muslim Mosque151 Oxford St W, London, ON N6H 1S3Jumu'ah First prayer 12:00 PM · second prayer 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at London Muslim Mosque193 khutbahs
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