Remembering Allah brings comfort and mercy
“The dhikr of Allah azzawajal is very powerful but very few of us are from the people who remember Allah.”
Consistent remembrance of Allah brings comfort through hardship, strengthens daily worship, and helps believers seek Allah’s mercy and Paradise.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Pauses the afterlife series to emphasize dhikr as a beloved, status-raising deed.
- Explains dhikr as comfort for sadness, anxiety, helplessness, laziness, cowardice, stinginess, and debt.
- Shares Abu Umamah’s supplication for relief from emotional and financial distress.
- Presents bedtime tasbih, tahmid, and takbir taught to Fatimah and Ali.
- Connects dhikr with daily routines, Yunus’s supplication, and morning and evening remembrance.
- Concludes by urging gratitude and regular dhikr while emphasizing Allah’s mercy as the path to Paradise.
In the khateeb's words
“the dhikr of Allah azzawajal is very powerful but very few of us are from the people who remember Allah”
“we don't enter jannah based off of our deeds we enter jannah from the rahmah of Allah but we increase our deeds out of love to Allah and out of following the nabi”
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that remembering Allah, or dhikr, can steady us during sadness, anxiety, and hardship. The speaker encourages listeners to use the Prophet’s supplication for protection from worry, helplessness, laziness, cowardice, stinginess, debt, and people’s domination. He also recommends regular morning and evening remembrance and the bedtime practice of saying Subhanallah 33 times, Alhamdulillah 33 times, and Allahu Akbar 34 times. The stories of Abu Umamah, Fatimah, Ali, Yunus, and the Prophet’s wife show remembrance as a practice for both crisis and ordinary routines. We should turn to dhikr with love and gratitude, while remembering that entry into Paradise is by Allah’s mercy.
- When do you most need calm, and which dhikr from the khutbah could you try?
- What morning or bedtime remembrance could our family practice together?
- How can we remember Allah with gratitude during an ordinary day?
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