The Prophets & seerahFrom the masjid's own video, May 3, 2026.

Love the Prophet through daily action

“With every single movement that you take in your life, following the footsteps of Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, you are responding to an active call.”

The khateeb, at 5:11

In one sentence

Love for Prophet Muhammad should become a daily source of guidance, moral urgency, and purposeful action in response to personal and communal problems.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Connects believers to the Prophet through his continuing guidance and teachings.
  2. Urges listeners to study the Prophet as a beloved father-like guide, not merely as historical biography.
  3. Encourages daily salawat, remembrance, and memorization to shape behavior and decisions.
  4. Argues that love for the Prophet should create moral discomfort with injustice and wrongdoing.
  5. Calls believers to initiative, prayer, and productive action rather than passivity.
  6. Concludes by highlighting support for Darul Qasim's Islamic high school for girls.
Try this week
Say Allahumma salli ala Muhammad throughout the day and during dua.
Memorize and repeat daily contentment with Allah, Islam, and Muhammad as one's guide.
Use the Prophet's example when navigating marriage, parenting, business, anger, and personal needs.
Wake before Fajr for tahajjud and avoid missing Fajr.
Take initiative to address problems facing the ummah.
Consider donating $250 to the Darul Qasim high school project for girls.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 57Used to call believers toward humbled hearts, repentance, and renewed urgency.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“With every single movement that you take in your life, following the footsteps of Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, you are responding to an active call.”
OPPC · Orland Park, IL
Play from 5:11
“If you would love to love Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam then study him as if he was your father.”
OPPC · Orland Park, IL
Play from 8:42
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that Muslims are connected to Prophet Muhammad through his living guidance, not only through historical study. It encourages daily salawat and remembrance so his example shapes decisions, feelings, and relationships. Loving him should create moral discomfort with injustice and turn into purposeful initiative rather than passivity, including waking for Fajr and tahajjud and seeking ways to serve the ummah. The imam also points listeners toward supporting Islamic education through the Darul Qasim high school project for girls.

  1. What is one quality of the Prophet you would like to practice this week?
  2. When have you seen a short reminder change the way you acted?
  3. What good opportunity could our family take initiative on together?