Barakah grows through gratitude and generosity
“You have it because Allah gave it to you.”
Barakah is Allah-given increase and goodness that is sought through taqwa, tawakkul, gratitude, charity, forgiveness, hospitality, and maintaining family ties.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Defines barakah as accomplishing much through seemingly little, including in wealth, knowledge, health, and relationships.
- Presents taqwa and tawakkul as foundational means of receiving Allah’s blessings.
- Explains five pillars of gratitude and applies gratitude to both blessings and calamities.
- Uses stories of illness, disability, and loss to show how hardship can reveal hidden blessings.
- Encourages charity, forgiveness, hospitality, sharing, and feeding others as sources of barakah.
- Concludes by urging strong kinship ties and offering prayers for the deceased, sick, and oppressed.
In the khateeb's words
“you don't have it because you did it you have it because Allah gave it to you”
“gratitude is a lifestyle one cannot leave the world being grateful to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala if their entire life they were dissatisfied or ungrateful to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala”
“your guests bring barakah your sharing and your offering and your feeding people will bring barakah to your lives it will increase you”
For the dinner table
Today’s khutbah taught that barakah is Allah’s blessing that lets a little produce much good. We seek it through taqwa and tawakkul, gratitude in ease and hardship, and by using our blessings in ways pleasing to Allah. The speaker encouraged us to give charity, forgive people who wrong us, welcome and feed guests, and keep family ties even when relationships are difficult. Hardship can still contain gifts, including patience, reward, and a deeper awareness of what we do have. This week, our family can name its blessings, thank Allah, and choose one act of generosity or reconciliation.
- Where have you seen a small blessing produce something much bigger?
- What is one difficult situation where you can look for a blessing or lesson?
- Who in our family or community could we support, forgive, welcome, or reconnect with this week?
More on Gratitude
ICI · Irving, TX · Oct 24, 2026Thank Allah in ease and hardship“Even in moments of difficulty, when it feels like there's nothing going your way, there is always something to be grateful for.”
Either we're receiving a blessing, which calls for shukr, or we're going through a hardship, which calls for sabr.13:29Al-Ittehad · Vista, CA · Sep 19, 2026Gratitude and patience carry believers through life
Real gratitude is not a feeling.16:14London Muslim Mosque · London, ON · Sep 11, 2026Gratitude means using blessings well