Hajj, Umrah & EidFrom the masjid's own video, Apr 4, 2026.
Hajj puts devotion before worldly comfort
In one sentence
Complete devotion to Allah through sincere worship, disciplined Hajj, remembrance, forgiveness, and taqwa brings inner peace, purification, and lasting success beyond this temporary world.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Calls believers to enter Islam completely rather than obey selectively.
- Emphasizes that prayer and Hajj must take priority over work, comfort, and social pressure.
- Presents Hajj as sincere worship that purifies the believer and focuses the heart on Allah.
- Applies Hajj’s restrictions to daily conduct: avoid sin, distractions, arguments, revenge, and inappropriate behavior.
- Defines taqwa as resisting sin, remembering Allah, and remaining grateful.
- Concludes that worldly wealth and relationships fade, while faith and good deeds lead to Paradise.
Try this week
Make the intention to perform Hajj if financially and physically able, solely for Allah’s sake.
During Hajj, avoid sexual misconduct, sin, arguing, revenge, inappropriate media, and filming or taking pictures during tawaf.
Speak politely, maintain relationships, give to those who withhold, pray for those who abuse you, and forgive oppressors.
Remember Allah through prayer and dhikr, resist sin when unobserved, and remain grateful.
Attend both khutbahs by arriving before 2:15, straighten prayer rows, fill gaps, turn off phones, and keep children with you.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“So that's why I just request my brothers and sisters, those not perform Hajj yet, so they should make this intention.”
“and if anybody cause harm for you so not take revenge and just forgive because our deen teach us”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminds us that Islam asks us to follow Allah wholeheartedly, not only when a command is convenient. Hajj should be performed for Allah alone, with self-control, focused worship, and no arguing, wrongdoing, or distractions. The same spirit should shape daily life: remember Allah, resist sin even when unseen, speak gently, forgive harm, and remain grateful. Worldly wealth, status, and relationships do not last forever, but faith and good deeds do. We can ask Allah to make our worship sincere and our Hajj accepted.
- What is one way we can obey Allah more completely this week?
- What distracts us during worship, and how can we protect our focus?
- How can we practice forgiveness when someone hurts us?
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