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Seeking knowledgeFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 31, 2025.

Follow Allah’s guidance instead of making rules

Masjid Al-Salaam

“Allah gave us these eyes and these ears and this chest to see the truth and to follow it.”

The khateeb, at 16:20

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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that believers must receive halal and tayyib guidance from Allah rather than inventing religious rules, and must use their hearing, sight, and understanding to follow truth and seek the Hereafter.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces Allah’s command to consume what is halal and tayyib and avoid Satan’s footsteps.
  2. Warns against inventing dietary laws or speaking about Allah without knowledge.
  3. Explains how people may be worldly intelligent yet refuse to understand revelation.
  4. Connects hearing, sight, understanding, and gratitude with recognizing and following truth.
  5. Applies the teaching to believers’ food, gratitude, and revealed exceptions.
  6. Closes with prayers for guidance, the Hereafter, and suffering communities, followed by Qur’anic recitation.
Try this week
Consume food that is halal and tayyib according to Allah’s revealed guidance.
Avoid inventing halal or haram rulings without knowledge.
Use hearing, sight, and understanding to recognize and follow truth.
Show gratitude for Allah’s provision and seek the Hereafter.
Pray for people suffering in the named regions and around the world.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:168Used to define halal and tayyib consumption and warn against Satan’s footsteps.
Quran 2:170-171Used to criticize following forefathers when revelation is presented.
Quran 2:172-173Used to address believers’ food, gratitude, dietary prohibitions, and necessary exceptions.
Surah 88Recited near the close, describing punishment and the rewards of Paradise.
Surah 1Recited as part of the closing prayer.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“the halal and tayyib Allah Azza wa Jal already told us what it is therefore there is no reason to make it up”
Masjid Al-Salaam · Northland, MO
Play from 6:04
“that same brain when it came down to follow what Allah revealed they no longer understood”
Masjid Al-Salaam · Northland, MO
Play from 12:10
“Allah gave us these eyes and these ears and this chest to see the truth and to follow it”
Masjid Al-Salaam · Northland, MO
Play from 16:20
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah reminded us that guidance comes from Allah and that we should eat what is halal and tayyib, permissible and pure, rather than inventing religious rules. It warned that people can be clever in worldly matters yet refuse to understand revelation when it challenges their habits. Allah gave us hearing, sight, and understanding so we can recognize truth, follow it, and show gratitude. It closed with a prayer for people suffering in the places named in the sermon and around the world.

  1. What is one way we can check whether something is truly good before following it?
  2. How can we use our eyes, ears, and minds to notice truth this week?
  3. Who could we remember in our dua when people are suffering?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Al-Salaam / Islamic Center of North Kansas City4342 NE Antioch Road, Kansas City, MO 64117Jumu'ah First prayer 1:00 PM · Second prayer 2:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Al-Salaam33 khutbahs
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