16:23 If we get hidayah,…18:59 Hidayah is striving…24:17 we have to be people…28:05 we should never be…
General remindersFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 10, 2026.

Hidayah requires lifelong striving

Idris · Adnan Khalid

“Hidayah is striving your entire life to increase your amal salih.”

The khateeb, at 18:59

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In one sentence

Hidayah is Allah's greatest gift and an ongoing journey that Muslims must continually seek through the straight path, the Prophet's sunnah, truthfulness, worship, service, and learning.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Faith in Allah and the central gift of iman
  2. Hidayah as guidance through creation, belief, and spiritual growth
  3. Surah al-Fatihah's prayer for continual guidance to the straight path
  4. Following the Prophet's sunnah through everyday practices
  5. Truthfulness, integrity, obedience, and organized conduct as signs of guidance
  6. Piety through worship, service, learning, and lifelong striving
Try this week
Ask Allah continually for hidayah and the straight path in prayer.
Adopt everyday sunnahs such as smiling, using the miswak, and improving one's wudu.
Practice truthfulness and integrity in speech, actions, and obedience to legitimate rules.
Increase prayer, fasting, charity, dhikr, Quran reflection, and hadith study.
Serve people in need and participate in circles of faith and learning.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 1Presented as the comprehensive prayer for Allah's guidance to the straight path.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“If we get hidayah, then we get Allah SWT and the life of ours becomes in accordance to how Allah SWT wants it to be.”
Idris · Northgate, WA
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“Hidayah is striving your entire life to increase your amal salih.”
Idris · Northgate, WA
Play from 18:59
“we have to be people of integrity we have to be people who not only are we truthful in our words but we're truthful in our actions”
Idris · Northgate, WA
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“we should never be contempt at where we're at and we should always be unsatisfied that I have done everything for Allah”
Idris · Northgate, WA
Play from 28:05
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah teaches that hidayah, or Allah’s guidance, is the greatest gift and the greatest thing we should keep asking for. The speaker explained that guidance is not a one-time achievement: it grows when we follow the Prophet’s sunnah, tell the truth, worship, serve people, and keep learning. He encouraged us not to become satisfied with our current level of faith, but to keep striving for better actions. Small practices such as smiling, using the miswak, improving our wudu, obeying rules, and helping someone in need can all become paths of guidance. We can ask Allah for the straight path and try to live it with sincerity every day.

  1. How can we show truthfulness through our actions at home or school?
  2. Who could we serve or help as a family this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

Idris Mosque1420 NE Northgate Way, Seattle, WA 98125KhateebAdnan KhalidMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Idris12 khutbahs
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