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GratitudeFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 5, 2025.

Gratitude means contentment with Allah’s provision

PGMA · Youssef Slitine

“I'm happy with what Allah gave me.”

The khateeb, at 34:46

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In one sentence

The khutbah teaches that gratitude for the Prophet's guidance requires reflective worship, humility before Allah's blessings, resistance to comparison and social-media showmanship, and contentment with Allah's provision.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Urges worshippers to turn off phones and observe Jumu'ah etiquette.
  2. Presents the Prophet Muhammad's guidance and compassion as Allah's greatest blessing to believers.
  3. Recommends reading Surah al-Kahf on Friday with reflection for spiritual light throughout the week.
  4. Uses the story of the two gardens to warn against arrogance, material enslavement, comparison, and social-media showmanship.
  5. Calls listeners to gratitude, humility, contentment, and sincere prayer for what benefits them.
  6. Closes with supplication and Qur'anic recitation.
Try this week
Turn off phones before the khutbah and keep them out of use.
Read Surah al-Kahf on Friday with pondering and reflection.
Say ma sha Allah la quwata illa billah when recognizing Allah's blessings.
Use social media in ways that bring you closer to Allah, avoiding showmanship and comparison.
Ask Allah for desired things while seeking distance from anything harmful and asking for contentment.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 18The two-gardens story warns that wealth can produce arrogance and forgetfulness.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“the danger of the blessing the danger of a blessing is what it makes us slave to the blessing”
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“I'm happy with what Allah gave me maybe Allah has given me the best”
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For the dinner table

The khateeb began by reminding us that Jumu'ah deserves our full attention, so phones should be turned off. He described the Prophet Muhammad as Allah's greatest blessing to believers and urged us to remember him through worship. He explained that reading Surah al-Kahf on Friday with reflection can guide us through the week. The story of the two gardens warned that wealth, social media, and comparison can make us arrogant or forget Allah. We should respond to blessings with gratitude, humility, and contentment.

  1. What blessing are you most thankful for this week?
  2. How can you use your phone in a way that brings you closer to Allah?
  3. What does contentment look like when someone else has more than you?
Where it was given

The masjid

Prince George's Muslim Association9150 Lanham-Severn Rd, Lanham, MD 20706Jumu'ah 11:15 AM · 12:30 PM · 1:45 PMKhateebYoussef SlitineMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at PGMA65 khutbahs
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