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Let remembrance guide your daily choices

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“Make sure that your tongue is always wet and moist with the remembrance of Allah.”

The khateeb, at 8:09

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In one sentence

Frequent, humble remembrance of Allah through dhikr, Qur'an, worshipful actions, and prophetic supplications should anchor believers' spiritual lives and worldly decisions.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Opens with Qur'anic commands to remember Allah frequently, humbly, and avoid heedlessness.
  2. Uses hadith to present dhikr and Qur'an recitation as accessible practices surpassing worldly wealth.
  3. Reviews verbal and action-based forms of remembrance and distinguishes dua al-ibadah from dua al-mas'alah.
  4. Presents prophetic supplications for grief, weakness, debt, enemies, and beneficial rain.
  5. Explains istikhara through two voluntary prayer units and asking Allah to facilitate good and remove harm.
  6. Closes with exhortations to continue remembering Allah, further supplications, and instructions to straighten prayer rows.
  7. Includes a community event announcement and shahada ceremonies for two new Muslims.
Try this week
Keep the tongue busy with humble remembrance, especially in the morning and afternoon.
Read Qur'an regularly, remembering that even one ayah carries great value.
Recite the taught post-prayer remembrance: Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar 33 times each, completing the hundredth with the declaration of Allah's oneness.
Use prophetic supplications for grief, weakness, laziness, cowardice, stinginess, debt, and other needs.
Before an important decision, pray two non-obligatory raka'at and make the istikhara supplication.
Ask Allah directly for worldly needs while preferring the comprehensive duas taught by the Qur'an and Prophet.
Straighten prayer rows, fill gaps, and align shoulders and feet.
Sources the khateeb cited
Jami` at-TirmidhiSupports keeping the tongue continuously occupied with remembrance of Allah.
Jami` at-TirmidhiTeaches that each Qur'an letter earns multiplied reward.
Sahih al-BukhariProvides supplications for distress, laziness, cowardice, stinginess, debt, and being overpowered.
Sahih al-BukhariTeaches istikhara: ask Allah to facilitate what is good and remove what is harmful.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Make sure that your tongue is always wet and moist with the remembrance of Allah.”
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“Then distance it from me and distance me from it and make for me any form of good.”
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“And thank Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for what He has given you.”
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For the dinner table

Today's khutbah reminded us that remembering Allah should be part of ordinary life, not something saved for special moments. We can keep our tongues busy with dhikr, read even a small amount of Qur'an, and use the prayers taught by the Prophet. The speaker explained istikhara as asking Allah to make a matter easy if it is good and turn it away if it is harmful. We should ask Allah for what we need while trusting His wisdom and using comprehensive prophetic supplications. As a family, we can choose one dhikr or dua to practice together this week.

  1. What is one dhikr or dua you would like to remember this week?
  2. How can we show trust in Allah when an answer is different from what we hoped?
  3. Why might one ayah be worth more than something expensive?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of America215 N Oraton Pkwy, East Orange, NJ 07017ArchiveAll khutbahs at ICA East Orange54 khutbahs
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