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Patience & trialsFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 15, 2025.

True faith grows through hardship and self-control

As-Habul Yameen

“The strong one is not the one who can fight, but is the one who can hold his anger.”

The khateeb, at 44:34

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In one sentence

True iman is proven and strengthened by choosing obedience, patience, sincerity, and self-control during temptation and hardship rather than only in comfortable religious settings.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Iman fluctuates and is strengthened through hardship rather than ease.
  2. Faith is tested outside the masjid when temptations and social pressure are absent.
  3. Fasting, tahajjud, hidden charity, and the example of al-Nu'aiman illustrate sincerity and struggle.
  4. Battle-tested iman requires practice, patience, and resisting sin without making religion unnecessarily difficult.
  5. Believers should recognize personal weaknesses, align private and public behavior, and control anger.
  6. The khutbah closes with prayers for stronger iman, justice, and Palestine.
Try this week
Fear Allah wherever you are, follow bad deeds with good deeds, and maintain good character.
Practice resisting temptations when no one is watching.
Maintain private worship such as tahajjud, fasting, and hidden charity.
Be patient at the first moment of calamity.
Choose permissible ease instead of creating unnecessary religious hardship.
Strengthen iman through repeated practice and control anger.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 32Secret night prayer is presented as a sign of sincere iman.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Iman is not built During times of ease Iman is built During times of difficulty And hardship”
As-Habul Yameen · East Orange, NJ
Play from 5:22
“When you can do the right thing When it's the hard thing to do When it's the unpopular thing to do”
As-Habul Yameen · East Orange, NJ
Play from 31:54
“The strong one is not the one who can fight But is the one who can hold his anger”
As-Habul Yameen · East Orange, NJ
Play from 44:34
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that iman rises and falls, and that difficult moments reveal and strengthen it. Real faith means obeying Allah even when no one is watching or when temptation is strong. Private worship, patience, good character, and controlling anger are important signs of sincere iman. The speaker also reminded us not to make Islam unnecessarily difficult, since Allah allows ease where He has permitted it. We can all improve gradually by recognizing our weaknesses and practicing better choices.

  1. What is one private good deed you could do this week?
  2. How can you tell when a difficult moment is testing your iman?
  3. What helps you control anger before reacting?
Where it was given

The masjid

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