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The Prophets & seerahFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 5, 2025.

Love the Prophet by living his Sunnah

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“We must become people who develop true love for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and true love for the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.”

The khateeb, at 14:18

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In one sentence

True love for Allah and the Prophet Muhammad is proven by learning, obeying, and practicing the Prophet's Sunnah in every area of life.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. The khutbah begins with gratitude for Rabi al-Awwal and the blessings associated with the Prophet Muhammad.
  2. Listeners are urged to love Allah and the Prophet above family, wealth, and worldly attachments.
  3. Stories of the Sahaba illustrate their profound love, loyalty, sacrifice, and yearning for the Prophet.
  4. The speaker connects love of the Prophet with following his Sunnah and attaining Allah's love, forgiveness, and guidance.
  5. Mosque announcements cover classes, a seerah program, parking, donations, smoking, and filling prayer rows.
  6. The second khutbah emphasizes that hearing religious teachings must lead to obedience and practice.
  7. Practical Sunnahs include seeking knowledge, bedtime recitations, sleeping in wudu, greeting Muslims, helping others, and nurturing young people's iman.
Try this week
Learn the Prophet's seerah and Sunnah through sustained personal study, then implement them daily.
Evaluate family life, marriage, learning, livelihood, and character against the Sunnah; maintain salah and give zakat.
Before bed, make wudu and recite Surah Al-Ikhlaas, Surah Al-Falaq, and Surah Al-Nas three times, then blow and rub the body.
Give salam to Muslims you know and do not know, make dua for others, avoid hatred, and help fulfill people's needs.
Build young people's iman through beautiful examples and personal character rather than only scolding them.
Register children for mosque programs, attend the seerah program, leave front parking for the elderly, follow parking directions, avoid smoking on mosque premises, and help fill prayer rows.
Sources the khateeb cited
Jami` at-TirmidhiCited to encourage reviving the Sunnah when it becomes strange or neglected.
Sahih al-BukhariCited for bedtime recitations, sleeping in wudu, and spreading salam to known and unknown Muslims.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“we must become people who develop true love for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and true love for the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam”
MMA · Manassas, VA
Play from 14:18
“the most precious thing to them was the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam”
MMA · Manassas, VA
Play from 23:36
“instead of barking at them right tell them the beautiful examples of Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and the deen of Islam build their iman”
MMA · Manassas, VA
Play from 93:52
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

This khutbah asks us to make love for the Prophet Muhammad a real priority, not just a feeling. The speaker says love is shown by learning his life, following his Sunnah, obeying Allah, and practicing good character with family and neighbors. He recommends simple habits such as bedtime recitations, sleeping in wudu, greeting Muslims with salam, making dua for others, and helping people with their needs. He also encourages adults to build young people's faith through beautiful examples and patient modeling, while remembering Muslims suffering around the world.

  1. What is one Sunnah you could try tonight before bed?
  2. How can we show love for the Prophet through how we treat family or neighbors?
  3. What beautiful example could help someone younger build iman?
Where it was given

The masjid

Manassas Muslim Association9059 Euclid Ave, Manassas, VA 20110Jumu'ah 1:30 PM, 2:20 PM & 3:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at MMA19 khutbahs
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