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GratitudeFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 9, 2025.

Food is a trust, not a luxury

Masjid Ibrahim · Yousuf Ahmad; Motahar Qaadri

“Food is supposed to be a nourishment for the body so that we can worship Allah.”

The khateeb, at 44:17

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In one sentence

Believers should treat food as Allah’s entrusted provision, respond compassionately to hunger, and use their limited time through faith, righteous action, truth, and patience.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Jumu'ah builds community, while food connects everyday blessings to global hunger and oppression.
  2. The seerah recounts Quraysh’s starvation boycott of the Muslims and Allah’s promise that evil plots backfire.
  3. Prophetic warnings about starving animals and modern food obsession call listeners to face suffering rather than scroll past it.
  4. Food is rizq and a blessing for which people will be accountable; gratitude requires sharing with neighbors.
  5. Listeners are urged to say Bismillah, avoid waste and excess, refrain from criticizing food, and eat to support worship.
  6. Faith requires communal encouragement, active patience, renewed intentions, righteous companionship, and measuring success by the afterlife.
Try this week
Stop scrolling and reflect when encountering images of people suffering from hunger.
Recognize food as rizq, begin eating with Bismillah, and end with a supplication.
Share food with neighbors and add water to broth when preparing it.
Avoid wasting food, eating excessively, or criticizing and rating food harshly.
Eat moderately, aiming for one-third food, one-third drink, and one-third breathing space.
Guard time, renew intentions daily, seek righteous companions, encourage truth and patience, and measure success by the afterlife.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 103Presents faith, righteous deeds, truth, and patience as protection from ultimate loss.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“food is supposed to be a nourishment for the body so that we can worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala”
Masjid Ibrahim · Spring, TX
Play from 44:17
“It teaches us that faith in Islam is not an individual journey alone. It's not an individual matter.”
Masjid Ibrahim · Spring, TX
Play from 89:44
“guard your hours like a merchant guards his gold. For every moment is a chance for reward or loss.”
Masjid Ibrahim · Spring, TX
Play from 92:32
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that food is a blessing from Allah and that many people suffer because they do not have enough of it. We should notice that suffering, feel compassion, and respond by sharing, avoiding waste, and eating with gratitude and moderation. The second khutbah teaches that time is also a precious trust that cannot be recovered. Success comes through faith, good deeds, truth, patience, and helping one another stay on that path. As a family, we can practice gratitude, protect our time, and look for ways to support people in need.

  1. What is one way we can share food or reduce waste this week?
  2. When did someone help you stay patient or do the right thing?
  3. What is one part of your time you would like to use more wisely?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Ibrahim5500 Farm to Market 2920, Spring, TX 77388Jumu'ah “1:30 PM”, “Jumu'ah”; “2:30 PM”, “Jumu'ah”ArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Ibrahim67 khutbahs
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