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GratitudeFrom the masjid's own video, Nov 29, 2025.

Gratitude should shape daily life

Mosque Foundation

“Gratitude is a way of living.”

The khateeb, at 18:24

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In one sentence

Gratitude to Allah should be a daily way of life in which believers recognize overlooked blessings, use them for worship and service, and avoid comparison, waste, and ingratitude.

The khutbah in 8 steps

  1. Recognizes security, health, food, and Islam as often-overlooked blessings.
  2. Connects safety with worship, family stability, neighborly conduct, and spreading peace.
  3. Urges reflection on bodily health and recommends remembrance and two Duha rak'ahs.
  4. Calls for appreciating daily food, feeding others, charity, and avoiding waste.
  5. Defines gratitude as heartfelt recognition, constant remembrance, bodily service, and avoiding harm.
  6. Explains how to find blessings in calamity through perspective, preserved faith, and patience.
  7. Applies gratitude to social comparison, consumerism, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and teaching children.
  8. Concludes that patience and gratitude together represent the believer's faith.
Try this week
Notice and name everyday blessings such as safety, health, food, and family.
Recite remembrance regularly and make the morning and evening supplication for well-being.
Pray two rak'ahs of Duha.
Spread salam, protect neighbors from harm, and replace gossip and slander with remembrance.
Feed others and give charity throughout the year, not only in Ramadan.
Compare yourself with people facing hardship rather than only with social-media highlight reels.
Use health and free time for prayer, service, and good deeds, and teach children gratitude.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Gratitude is an attitude Gratitude is a way of living”
Mosque Foundation · Bridgeview, IL
Play from 18:24
“Health and free time And that's why Abdullah ibn Mas'ud He said I don't regret Anything The way that I regret Another sunset Another day”
Mosque Foundation · Bridgeview, IL
Play from 21:02
“we have really To understand And teach our children What is the real meaning Of being thankful”
Mosque Foundation · Bridgeview, IL
Play from 24:55
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Allah gives us blessings we often stop noticing: safety, health, food, family, and the ability to worship. The khutbah teaches that gratitude is not just a feeling or one special day; it is a daily way of living that remembers Allah and uses blessings well. We can protect gratitude by looking humbly at people facing hardship, sharing food and charity, speaking kindly, and avoiding harm, gossip, waste, and excess. Health and free time are precious opportunities, so we should use them for prayer, remembrance, service, and good deeds. Patience and gratitude together shape a believer's faith, even during hardship.

  1. What blessing did you notice today that you usually take for granted?
  2. How can our family show gratitude through an action this week?
  3. What could you do with your health or free time that helps someone else?
Where it was given

The masjid

Mosque Foundation7360 W 93rd St, Bridgeview, IL 60455Jumu'ah 12:30 PM & 2:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at Mosque Foundation52 khutbahs
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