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Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Dec 12, 2025.

Fix yourself before correcting others

As-Habul Yameen · Abdul Aziz

“You cannot even fix your own self but you're trying to fix others.”

The khateeb, at 35:55

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In one sentence

A true believer's jihad is the daily struggle to restrain the soul's outward and inward desires, fulfill responsibilities, and keep returning to Allah despite repeated failures.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces four definitions from the Prophet's farewell sermon: Muslim, believer, emigrant, and fighter.
  2. Reframes jihad as the daily struggle against one's own evil desires for Allah's sake.
  3. Urges persistence after repeated failure while fulfilling duties to Allah, family, neighbors, and community.
  4. Warns against making worldly concerns or other people's faults more important than reforming oneself.
  5. Explains visible and hidden desires, including pride and retaliation, and stresses discipline over the soul.
  6. Concludes with hope, a shura application reminder, and Salat al-Ghaib for Imam Jamil al-Amin.
Try this week
Guard your tongue and hands from harming other Muslims.
Protect people's lives and wealth; do not cause harm or steal.
Abandon what Allah has forbidden and resist visible and hidden desires.
Make Allah's pleasure primary while fulfilling duties to parents, family, neighbors, and community.
Reflect deeply on the Prophet's teachings and keep fighting after setbacks instead of giving up.
If interested in serving, submit a shura application and biography by the 15th.
Attend the announced Salat al-Ghaib after Jumu'ah for Imam Jamil al-Amin.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 53Uses Allah's oath by the star to argue that the Prophet does not speak from personal desire.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“A real Muslim. Is the one who avoid harming Muslims. A real Muslim. Is the one who avoid harming other Muslims. with his tongue and with his hand.”
As-Habul Yameen · East Orange, NJ
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“you cannot even fix your own self but you're trying to fix others and this is our problems”
As-Habul Yameen · East Orange, NJ
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah taught that a real Muslim makes others safe from his words and actions, and a real believer protects their lives and property. It described hijrah as leaving what Allah forbids and true struggle as resisting the evil within ourselves. This struggle includes visible desires as well as hidden pride, anger, and the wish to retaliate. We should keep returning to Allah after mistakes while caring for our families, neighbors, parents, and community. The message was hopeful: victory begins with honesty about our weaknesses and refusing to give up.

  1. What is one way our words or hands can hurt someone, and how can we choose safety instead?
  2. What desire or habit would you like Allah to help you resist this week?
  3. How can our family balance caring for ourselves with serving others?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid As-Habul Yameen224 N 18th St, East Orange, NJ 07017Jumu'ah 1:00 PMKhateebAbdul AzizMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at As-Habul Yameen37 khutbahs
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