Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, Jun 27, 2026.
Revive the Sunnah for Allah's love
“This beard kept me away from much haram.”
In one sentence
Following the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad, especially purifying the heart, marrying, using the miswak, and keeping the beard, is the path to Allah's love and salvation, and believers must revive these practices with sincere intention.
The khutbah in 8 steps
- Introduction: Quran and Sunnah are inseparable sources of guidance, and obedience to Allah requires obedience to His messenger
- The meaning and importance of Sunnah: every Sunnah is a means of success and nearness to Allah
- Simple overlooked Sunnahs: smiling, sleeping on the right side, eating with the right hand, not complaining about food, and kindness to children
- First Sunnah: the hadith of Anas ibn Malik on keeping the heart free of malice, deceit, and grudges
- Second Sunnah: marriage (nikah) as an established Sunnah
- Third Sunnah: using the miswak and rejecting common excuses for neglecting it
- Fourth and highlighted Sunnah: keeping the beard and trimming the mustache as a prophetic practice, a symbol of Islam, and an act of imitating the prophets
- Closing: intention matters more than appearance; a general call to revive every Sunnah and pray for Allah's assistance
Try this week
Smile at and compliment fellow Muslims
Sleep on your right side
Eat with your right hand and do not complain about food
Be gentle and merciful to children
Purge your heart of malice, deceit, and grudges toward others
Use the miswak regularly
Let the beard grow and trim the mustache according to the Sunnah
Sisters should encourage their sons, brothers, and husbands to keep the beard
Groom and clean the beard and hair regularly
Make sincere intention to follow every Sunnah
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“if you're able to spend the day and the evening in such a way that you don't hold any type of grudge any type of wrong feeling any type of malice”
“we are not trying to look down anyone we are not trying to point out anyone we are just bringing the fact that this is a beautiful sunnah and that the people should try to follow”
“Wallahi the one greatest benefit for me was that it kept me away from haram it kept me this beard kept me away from much haram”
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