The Prophets & seerahFrom the masjid's own video, Jul 18, 2026.
Love the Prophet through his Sunnah
Masjid Aqsa · Eiad Soudan
“What's more difficult is when you have the power to hurt.”
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Opening praise, salawat, and recitation of Surah At-Tawbah 128-129 on the Prophet's mercy
- Allah never calls the Prophet by name in the Quran, He honors him with titles like Ya Ayyuhar-Rasul and Ya Ayyuhan-Nabi
- The sunnah is more than optional prayers, it is the sunnah of mu'amalat, how we treat each other
- Uhud: the companions' sacrifices, Abu Ubaid losing his teeth, Talha's 80 arrows and paralyzed hand, Umm Umara shielding the Prophet
- The Prophet's forgiveness: his dua for his enemies at Uhud, freeing the people of Makkah at the conquest, enduring the camel-filth attack
- The Prophet's final days: visiting Uhud's martyrs, missing his future 'brothers', dying on Aisha's lap, Fatima's whispers, Bilal's broken adhan
- Call to action: say salawat, pray with proper wudu, forgive and reconcile, love your family as he did
Try this week
Say sallallahu alayhi wa sallam every time you hear the Prophet's name
Forgive those who wronged you and reconcile with brothers you have cut off, even making dua for their guidance
Pray the five daily prayers with proper wudu so the Prophet recognizes you on Judgment Day
Talk to people about the Prophet and clear up misconceptions spread against him
Kiss and hug your daughters and tell them you love them, as the Prophet did with Fatima
Treat your spouse with mercy and sakinah instead of cursing, modeling the Prophet's marriage
Keep making dua and trusting Allah's timing for the oppressed in Palestine and elsewhere
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 9:128-129Opened the khutbah to establish the Prophet's compassion and eagerness for his ummah's guidance
Quran 3:103Recited in the opening, holding fast to the rope of Allah and the blessing of brotherhood
Quran 48:29Allah's own testimony of the Prophet's messengership, immune to anyone's denial or insult
Surah 3Cited as Allah's account of the Prophet's injury at the battle of Uhud
Quran 3:144Companions repeated 'Muhammad is only a messenger; messengers before him passed away' after his death, used to ask if we have turned on our heels
Quran 16:90Closing verse commanding justice, ihsan, and forbidding immorality
Quran 33:56-59Recited before the salah, Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet
Jami` at-TirmidhiWhoever hears the Prophet's name without sending salawat is stingy, the khutbah's minimum call to action
Sahih al-BukhariThe Prophet's dua for his attackers at Uhud, presented as the difficult sunnah of forgiveness
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“he said you and your family are with me in Jannah”
“but what's more difficult is when you have the power to hurt”
“you're doing this just because he said my Lord is Allah”
“what happened to the sakinah and rahma which Allah talks about in the quran”
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