8:51 Allah subhanahu wa…9:45 The nawafi is the sign…11:04 The only thing I need…
Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 8, 2025.

Voluntary prayers bring Allah's love

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“The nawafi is the sign that you love the ibadah, you love the salah.”

The khateeb, at 9:45

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In one sentence

Voluntary prayers deepen a believer’s love and closeness to Allah, protect faith, repair shortcomings in obligatory prayer, and lead toward forgiveness and Paradise.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Defines nafl as prayer beyond the obligatory salah.
  2. Explains that extra worship brings Allah’s love, protection, and answered supplication.
  3. Presents nawafil as compensation for deficiencies in obligatory prayer and a sign of loving worship.
  4. Uses Rabi'ah ibn Ka'b’s desire for companionship with the Prophet in Paradise to encourage abundant prostration.
  5. Details the twelve daily rawatib and their reward of a house in Paradise.
Try this week
Perform the twelve daily rawatib: two before Fajr, four before Dhuhr, two after Dhuhr, two after Maghrib, and two after Isha.
Pray two voluntary rak'ahs between the Maghrib adhan and prayer.
Increase voluntary prayer and prostration, including tahiyyat al-masjid when entering the mosque.
Apply learned guidance consistently instead of merely reading about it.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih MuslimConnects frequent prostration with forgiveness and a higher rank in Paradise.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will love you and when Allah love you, Allah will protect your iman and your faith away from the shaytan.”
ICG · Greensboro, NC
Play from 8:51
“The nawafi is the sign that you love the ibadah, you love the salah. And therefore that you want to do even more than what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala command you to do.”
ICG · Greensboro, NC
Play from 9:45
“The only thing I need from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is to be with you, with the Prophet sallallahu alayhiya salatu wa salam.”
ICG · Greensboro, NC
Play from 11:04
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that voluntary prayers are extra opportunities to grow closer to Allah beyond the five obligatory prayers. They show that we love worship and can help repair shortcomings in our required prayers. The speaker especially recommends twelve daily prayers connected to Fajr, Dhuhr, Maghrib, and Isha, along with other voluntary prayers. He also reminds us that sincere goals should include Paradise and closeness to the Prophet. The family challenge is to choose one extra act of prayer and practice it consistently.

  1. Which extra prayer would you like to make part of your routine, and why?
  2. What did Rabi'ah’s wish for Paradise teach you about setting goals?
  3. How can we help one another apply one piece of Islamic knowledge this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of Greensboro2023 Sixteenth St, Greensboro, NC 27405Jumu'ah Khutbahs 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM & 2:00 PM
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