8:03 These are the moments…10:43 There is khayr in the…
Patience & trialsFrom the masjid's own video, Nov 22, 2025.

Find Allah's wisdom in life's discomfort

At-Thohir · Ahmad Honest Qashidi

“There is khayr in the person right to you.”

The khateeb, at 10:43

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In one sentence

By seeing changing weather as a sign of Allah's wisdom, Muslims should accept life's discomfort, remain steady with Allah, recognize goodness and responsibility in themselves and others, and benefit their communities.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Opens with praise, reminders of taqwa and salawat, and prayers for oppressed communities.
  2. Uses Southern California's rain and seasonal changes as metaphors for reflection, rest, growth, and renewal.
  3. Connects rain to prophetic teachings about accepted supplication and Muslims benefiting others wherever they are.
  4. Emphasizes unseen goodness in the diverse ummah and Allah's control over authority, honor, health, and blessings.
  5. Calls listeners to remain stable with Allah amid instability, recognize blessings, and respond responsibly as a community.
  6. Concludes with three takeaways: accept discomfort, do your best where Allah placed you, and know your value.
Try this week
Make du'a during rainfall, treating it as a particularly hopeful moment for answered supplication.
Practice taqwa from one Jumu'ah to the next and examine whether daily actions draw you closer to Allah.
Accept discomfort while looking for khayr in family members, neighbors, and fellow Muslims.
Do your best in the role and place Allah has given you at work, home, and in the community.
Know your own value and actively recognize goodness in your children, parents, and community members.
Keep prayer lines straight and make space for people entering the prayer.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 3The cited passage argues that Allah gives and removes authority and honor, while all good is in His hand.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“These are the moments for you to make du'a. It's not just these moments to pass by and not gain anything from out of it.”
At-Thohir · Koreatown, CA
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“There is khayr in the person right to you. There is khayr in the person left of you. And perhaps we don't even see it.”
At-Thohir · Koreatown, CA
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah used Southern California's changing weather, especially rain, to remind us that life also moves through seasons of rest, growth, and renewal. It taught that Muslims should be like rain: wherever they are, they should bring benefit, and we should look for goodness in every person. When blessings, authority, health, or comfort change, we should remain steady with Allah, respond responsibly, and use moments of rain or difficulty for gratitude and du'a. This week, we can accept discomfort, do our best where Allah has placed us, and remember our worth and the worth of our family and community. The speaker also urged us to care about people facing oppression, displacement, food insecurity, and hardship.

  1. What difficult situation might contain hidden khayr for us?
  2. Where has Allah placed you, and how can you serve there this week?
  3. Who in our family or community might need us to notice their goodness?
  4. What could we ask Allah for the next time it rains?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid At-Thohir Los Angeles1200 S Kenmore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90006Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:00 PM · Prayer 1:30 PMKhateebAhmad Honest QashidiMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at At-Thohir57 khutbahs
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