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Patience & trialsFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 26, 2026.

Calamities can deepen your faith

Sunatul Jamaat of · Masood Karim

“Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will reward you for your effort and the input that you give towards passing these tests.”

The khateeb, at 28:08

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In one sentence

Calamities and blessings are tests that should draw believers toward consistent worship, perseverance, advocacy, and trust in Allah's ultimate judgment rather than away from faith.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Hardship and blessing test believers and can either deepen or weaken their religious commitment.
  2. Believers should use calamity to strengthen prayer, tawbah, dua, and consistent good deeds.
  3. Passing a test depends on faithful effort, not whether the illness or difficulty disappears.
  4. The Day of Judgment offers comfort that oppression and injustice will ultimately face accountability.
  5. The phrase about returning to Allah should be said with sincere awareness of mortality and belonging to Him.
Try this week
Pray on time, including during periods of hardship.
Increase voluntary worship, tawbah, dua, and Qur'an recitation.
Continue consistent good deeds even when the calamity remains.
Advocate for brothers and sisters suffering around the world.
When saying the phrase about returning to Allah, reflect sincerely on its meaning and your mortality.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“You want to allow those problems to allow you to become a better Muslim than you were the day before that problem came.”
Sunatul Jamaat of · Toronto, ON
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“Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will reward you for your effort and the input that you give towards passing these tests.”
Sunatul Jamaat of · Toronto, ON
Play from 28:08
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that both good times and difficult times can be tests from Allah. Hardship should lead us toward prayer, repentance, dua, Qur'an, and steady good deeds. Passing a test does not always mean that the problem disappears; it can mean remaining faithful while the problem continues. We can also find comfort in knowing that every injustice will be judged on the Day of Judgment. When we say that we belong to Allah and will return to Him, we should say it with sincere understanding.

  1. What is one good habit hardship can help us build?
  2. How can we support people who are suffering?
  3. What does it mean to truly feel that we belong to Allah?
Where it was given

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Sunatul Jamaat of Ontario Canada347 Danforth Rd, Scarborough, ON M1L 3X8Jumu'ah "Khutbah 1:30 PM, Iqamah 2:00 PM Khutbah 2:45 PM, Iqamah 3:15 PM"KhateebMasood KarimMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Sunatul Jamaat of8 khutbahs
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