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Patience & trialsFrom the masjid's own video, Nov 3, 2025.

Think well of Allah in hardship

CVIC · Zuhair Shaath

“Good and bad is not based on our happiness and our ease.”

The khateeb, at 9:03

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In one sentence

Believers should think well of Allah through life's tests, trusting His mercy and wisdom while expressing that trust through gratitude, patience, worship, repentance, and righteous deeds.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Death and testing are certain, and remembering the afterlife clarifies life's priorities.
  2. The Prophet's final advice was to die while thinking well of Allah.
  3. Blessings and hardships are both good for believers when met with gratitude and patience.
  4. Hadith and companion examples illustrate Allah's mercy, nearness, and generosity.
  5. Allah's definition of good may differ from human preferences, so believers should trust His wisdom.
  6. Hope in Allah should lead to obedience, forgiveness-seeking, and righteous action.
Try this week
Remember death and the return to Allah to clarify priorities.
Think well of Allah during blessings and hardships.
Respond to blessings with gratitude and difficulties with patience.
Remember Allah and actively initiate movement toward Him through worship.
Follow the Prophet's path, perform righteous deeds, and ask Allah's forgiveness.
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In the khateeb's words

“Allah is more kind to His slave than this woman is to her child.”
CVIC · Chino, CA
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For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that every life contains tests and that every person will one day return to Allah. Remembering death can help us clear our minds and choose what matters most. Thinking well of Allah does not mean assuming life will always feel easy; it means trusting His wisdom, mercy, and care even when we do not understand a hardship. We can live that trust by being grateful for blessings, patient in difficulty, remembering Allah, following the Prophet’s path, and asking forgiveness. Hope in Allah should move us toward good deeds, not away from responsibility.

  1. What is one difficult thing that might still contain hidden good?
  2. How can our family show gratitude this week?
  3. What is one small step we can take closer to Allah?
Where it was given

The masjid

Chino Valley Islamic Center4711 Chino Ave, Chino, CA 91710Jumu'ah First Jummah 1:10 PM · Second Jummah 2:10 PMKhateebZuhair ShaathMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at CVIC59 khutbahs
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