15:58 The Umrah can be…36:12 Let's put Jahiliyyah…
Hajj, Umrah & EidFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 15, 2025.

Hajj and Umrah call Muslims to unity

Masjid Ul Haqq

“The Umrah can be performed any time during the year.”

The khateeb, at 15:58

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In one sentence

Muslims should pursue Hajj and Umrah, follow the Qur'an and Sunnah faithfully, and cooperate across ethnic and national differences in righteousness.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Opens with standard khutbah invocations and calls believers to fear Allah and read the Qur'an.
  2. Encourages Hajj and Umrah, explaining their obligation, timing, rites, and spiritual rewards.
  3. Highlights the sanctity of the three mosques and the virtues of prayer there.
  4. Emphasizes following the Qur'an and Sunnah, rejecting invented religious practices, and seeking knowledgeable guidance.
  5. Urges Muslims to cooperate in righteousness and leave racism, nationalism, and tribalism behind.
  6. Concludes with supplications and a brief appeal to support the masjid.
Try this week
Visit the Kaaba and the Prophet's Mosque when financially and physically able.
Perform Hajj and Umrah according to the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Ask knowledgeable people when uncertain about religious practice.
Avoid invented religious practices.
Cooperate with others in righteousness and piety while rejecting racism, nationalism, and tribalism.
Support the masjid financially.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to identify the three mosques to which travel has special religious importance.
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to reject religious practices invented outside the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Surah 5Used to command cooperation in righteousness and piety, not sin and transgression.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The Umrah can be performed any time during the year.”
Masjid Ul Haqq · Upton, MD
Play from 15:58
“Let's put Jahiliyyah behind us. The days of ignorance and racism and nationalism and tribalism, let's put that behind us.”
Masjid Ul Haqq · Upton, MD
Play from 36:12
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb shared his recent visit to Makkah and encouraged us to visit Allah’s house for Hajj and Umrah, explaining that Hajj is an obligation for those who are able. He reminded us to worship sincerely for Allah and follow the Quran and the example of Prophet Muhammad. When we do not know something about our religion, he encouraged us to ask people of knowledge. He also called on Muslims to help one another do good and avoid helping one another do wrong. Our different languages, colors, and backgrounds are signs of Allah’s creation, and he urged us to leave prejudice behind and remember that nobility before Allah comes through piety.

  1. What would you hope to learn or experience on a visit to Makkah?
  2. What is one question about worship you would like us to learn about together?
  3. How could we help someone from a different background feel welcome in our masjid?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Ul Haqq514 Islamic Way, Baltimore, MD 21217Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:15 PM; iqamah 1:45 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Ul Haqq48 khutbahs
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