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Patience & trialsFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Patience means hope in hard times

DarusSalam · Minhajuddin Ahmed

“We should never fall into yaas, into despondency, into losing hope in the mercy of Allah.”

The khateeb, at 6:05

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In one sentence

In times of trial, Muslims should practice sabr as active submission to Allah by maintaining hope, seeking help through prayer, improving society, and persevering despite opposition.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Defines sabr as submission to Allah’s decree without complacency or despair.
  2. Explains the Qur’anic command to outlast opposition through greater steadfastness.
  3. Connects divine help with patience and consistent salah during hardship.
  4. Uses Luqman’s advice to promote worship, enjoining good, forbidding evil, and patient perseverance.
  5. Illustrates perseverance through the Prophet’s trustworthiness and later opposition in Makkah.
  6. Closes by drawing inspiration from the patience of Gaza’s people.
Try this week
Practice sabr without despair or complacency while still taking steps to improve difficult conditions.
Seek Allah’s help through patience and consistency in salah.
When tragedy strikes, turn to prayer, including two nafl rak‘ahs as described from the Salaf.
Establish salah, enjoin good, and forbid evil in the surrounding community while patiently enduring opposition.
Seek advice from people who are both loving and intelligent.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:153Used to teach seeking Allah’s help through patience and prayer.
Quran 31:17Luqman’s counsel frames prayer, enjoining good, forbidding evil, and patient perseverance.
Quran 36:6Used to describe Quraysh’s heedlessness before the Prophet’s mission.
Quran 38:5Illustrates opposition to the Prophet’s call to worship one God.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“But we are talking about the fact that we should never fall into yaas, into despondency, into losing hope in the mercy of Allah .”
DarusSalam · Lombard, IL
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“If you are doing good yourself and you are avoiding evil yourself, then that is not sufficient.”
DarusSalam · Lombard, IL
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“So may Allah give us opportunity to be inspired by them over the little trials that we are facing.”
DarusSalam · Lombard, IL
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that sabr means staying patient, hopeful, and connected to Allah during difficult times. Patience does not mean giving up or becoming passive; we should still work to improve ourselves and our communities. We should seek Allah’s help through salah and turn to prayer when hardship arrives. Luqman’s advice reminds us to worship, encourage good, discourage wrong, and endure the opposition that may come. The patience of people in Gaza can inspire us to face our own smaller trials with courage and trust in Allah.

  1. When has prayer helped you handle something difficult?
  2. What is one good change you could help make in our family or community?
  3. What does patience look like when we are still trying to solve a problem?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid DarusSalam21W525 North Avenue, Lombard, IL 60148KhateebMinhajuddin AhmedMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at DarusSalam150 khutbahs
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