5:57 Our good situation…7:54 if you are grateful…
GratitudeFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 17, 2026.

Gratitude preserves blessings and benefits others

Masjid al-Mu'min · Na'eem Abdullah

“Our good situation won't change to a bad situation unless we change.”

The khateeb, at 5:57

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In one sentence

Gratitude preserves and increases Allah's blessings, while sincere faith should produce progress and good that benefits the wider community.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Reframes Surah ar-Ra'd as teaching that gratitude preserves existing blessings.
  2. Explains how complaining reflects ingratitude and how shukr can bring increase.
  3. Compares modern embarrassment over public worship with the companions' persecution.
  4. Recounts Bilal's steadfastness and Hamza's conversion after defending the Prophet.
  5. Narrates Umar's conversion after hearing Surah Taha and the Prophet's supplication.
  6. Shows how Umar's conversion, migration, and leadership benefited the Muslim community.
  7. Calls listeners to make their Islam and good deeds benefit others.
Try this week
Maintain gratitude for existing blessings.
Replace complaining with conscious appreciation.
Practice Islam openly despite ordinary social pressure.
Make good deeds benefit people beyond yourself.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 13:11Used to discuss personal change, gratitude, and preserving blessings.
Surah 20The Qur'an Umar heard before embracing Islam.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Our good situation Won't change to a bad situation Unless we change We become ungrateful”
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“if you are grateful for it then Allah will increase it Allah will give you more of it”
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For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that gratitude protects the blessings Allah has already given us and can lead to increase. It reminds us that complaining can make us forget what we have, while shukr helps us notice and care for it. The stories of Bilal, Hamza, and Umar show courage and faith under pressure, especially Umar's conversion, which helped Muslims worship more openly. The main challenge is to make our Islam useful to other people, not only to ourselves. This week, we can practice gratitude and choose one good deed that makes life easier for someone around us.

  1. What blessing do you sometimes complain about, and what would gratitude for it look like?
  2. When have you felt pressure to hide something important about your faith?
  3. What is one good deed you could do this week that benefits someone else?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid al-Mu'min of Pittsburgh537 Paulson Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206KhateebNa'eem AbdullahMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid al-Mu'min33 khutbahs
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