From ICPC Clifton's minbar
Khutbahs at Islamic Center of Passaic County, Clifton
76 khutbahs the masjid posted, from 7 speakers, newest first.
2026
Oct 31, 2026Control the urge to argue“Promise a house in the suburbs of Jannah for someone who abandons arguing.”Oct 24, 2026 · Farid FahmyHuman weakness teaches us to rely on Allah“Allah created us in a state of need for Him and in need of others.”Oct 17, 2026Building community is everyone's responsibility“Having community doesn't mean having numbers or having programs.”Oct 10, 2026Bring excellence to every responsibility“It's not about the size or the glamour of what you're doing; it's about the energy and the ambition that you bring to it.”Sep 25, 2026 · Farid FahmyJustice must shape every part of life“You cannot miss salah, and you cannot miss justice.”Sep 19, 2026 · Yasir FahmyTrue wellness begins with a nourished soul“The true pathway to real wellness is when our souls are fully nourished.”Sep 11, 2026Compete for the Akhirah, not the dunya“My competition, my mutanafisa, is not in the dunya, it's in the Akhirah.”Sep 11, 2026Truthfulness brings strength and salvation“Sidq gives a person a spiritual strength that compensates for physical weakness.”Sep 4, 2026 · Ismail HamdiTruthfulness brings peace and righteous action“Be truthful and being truthful leads to good actions and good actions lead to Jannah.”Aug 28, 2026Use your senses to strengthen faithAug 22, 2026Love for Allah must shape your actions“We're not an ummah that just speaks about grand things and cares about images and appearances.”Aug 22, 2026 · Ismail HamdiThe Prophet’s character can transform heartsAug 15, 2026Muslim identity means serving others“When I lose my principles I lose my identity.”Aug 15, 2026 · Ismail HamdiHold worldly life in your hand“Dunya is in your hand, not in your heart.”Aug 8, 2026Trials should draw us closer to Allah“Contentment with Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'ala is not that you don't feel the pain of calamity.”Aug 8, 2026Daily remembrance renews our righteousness“What Allah really needs from you and I is that our hearts submit to Him and that our hearts want Him.”Jul 25, 2026 · OsamahGratitude turns blessings into family duty“Someone who is a person of loyalty will continue to remember the favors of his parents long after they're gone.”Jul 25, 2026 · Ismail HamdiLove for Allah transforms the heart“To gain love for Allah you have to know Allah.”Jul 18, 2026Good character shapes how we experience life“Allah sees the text messages that are on the phones.”Jul 11, 2026Parents must teach children the Prophet's life“Seerah needs to be read in our homes, brothers and sisters.”Jul 11, 2026Love Allah above every other devotion“I swear by Allah I have never seen a group of people love their companion more than the companions of Muhammad love Muhammad.”Jun 27, 2026 · Yasir FahmyAllah is with us in hardship“Allah is with me and He will guide me.”Jun 19, 2026 · Munther El-AlamiTaqwa grows when worship shapes your day“Let's choose let's choose to plan our dhikr throughout our day.”Jun 19, 2026Make summer a season of purposeful growth“If my time is filled by honorable things, my life will be honorable.”Jun 12, 2026Tyranny begins with a diseased heart“Human beings only become corrupt when their hearts become corrupt.”Jun 5, 2026Why believers should not cling to this world“His money and his family follow him to the graveyard.”Jun 5, 2026 · Ismail HamdiTaqwa prepares believers for eternal bliss“Life is nothing without Allah, even if you have everything in this dunya.”May 29, 2026Tawakkul means trusting Allah and taking means“Don't think you're not going to get it.”May 22, 2026Hajj turns gratitude into sacrifice“The way I guard my blessings is by using them the right way.”May 22, 2026 · Ismail HamdiHajj calls us back to Allah“The one who goes and makes a proper Hajj, he comes back to his house; he returns like the day his mother gave birth to him.”May 8, 2026Act now before delay hardens your heart“What you delay today, you end up normalizing tomorrow.”May 8, 2026 · ZaiedGenerosity wins hearts and beautifies life“To actually be labeled as karim is to be someone who in your heart you just want to give.”May 1, 2026Following the prophets means serving society“The true leader of the people is the one who serves them.”May 1, 2026 · Ismail HamdiTrust Allah through life’s changesApr 24, 2026Hardship can draw us closer to Allah“Giving is not necessarily a blessing.”Apr 10, 2026Small acts can unlock more goodness“Allah makes you a key towards goodness.”Apr 3, 2026 · Mazooz SehwailRamadan should change how we live“Ramadan must be seen after Ramadan in the way we live our life.”Apr 3, 2026Faith should shape every part of life“Our path to spirituality is not by disavowing dunya.”Mar 27, 2026 · OsamahSteadfastness is Allah's greatest gift“Being an upright servant to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the greatest possible gift that Allah azza wa jal could give you.”Mar 6, 2026Prepare for Laylat al-Qadr from within“The only thing that's gonna remain for you is the time spent in this dunya truly pursuing amal salih.”Mar 6, 2026Allah gives strength beyond worldly advantages“What matters is who has Allah.”Feb 27, 2026Respond to the Ummah’s suffering with action“We need to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.”Feb 13, 2026Ramadan reorients the heart toward AllahFeb 6, 2026Let Ramadan transform how you live“Ramadan becomes our schedule and everything else fits in around it.”Feb 6, 2026 · Yasir FahmyRamadan teaches discipline over desire“When we fast for 30 days straight, Allah teaches us that we have the capacity to be disciplined.”Jan 30, 2026Ramadan should reorder your life around worship“We're limiting the nefs and the body so that the ruh could breathe.”Jan 23, 2026Use Ramadan to return to Allah“I am in my strongest state when I realize how poor my decisions have been.”Jan 23, 2026Shaaban prepares the heart for Ramadan“I want the forgiveness of Allah.”Jan 16, 2026Hardship can raise the believer“Difficulties in our lives are meant to bring us up.”Jan 9, 2026 · Yasir FahmyRemembering Judgment frees us from worldly anxiety“You want to have heavenly ascent where you're not so distressed and agitated and insecure and worried and anxious all the time.”Jan 9, 2026Ramadan calls us out of isolation“Living in isolation is not a way to live at all.”Jan 2, 2026Daily accountability leads to true renewal“Before you go to sleep you account for your misgivings.”Jan 2, 2026Worship should transform how we live“The greater objective of worship is nurturing morality.”
2025
Dec 26, 2025Use changing life to prepare for the Hereafter“My commitment to my deen needs to be assessed.”Dec 26, 2025 · Ismail HamdiJesus was a prophet, not divine“We believe as Muslims that Sayyidina Isa was not crucified.”Dec 19, 2025Faith grows through personal struggles“What's a struggle for me may not be a struggle for you.”Dec 5, 2025A masjid's legacy is the people it raises“I'm a servant of the Ummah and a follower of Muhammad seeking Allah's pleasure and His Jannah.”Nov 28, 2025Resist entitlement and serve for Allah“Don't ever see your status in this world through the lens of what you have or don't have.”Nov 21, 2025 · Yasir FahmyServe others with what Allah gave you“It's about what Allah has put in your hand and how you dispense of what you have.”Nov 21, 2025Selflessness frees believers from material attachment“True enslavement comes when I become attached to material things.”Nov 14, 2025Trust Allah through every trial“How did I deal with it?”Nov 7, 2025A brief life calls for selfless action“Belief in an afterlife makes me think twice about taking money that doesn't belong to me.”Oct 24, 2025Prepare for death through how you live“Death is not something that is fearful for one who prepares for it.”Oct 17, 2025Attach your heart to Allah, not dunya“The most liberated people sometimes are those who Allah Azza wa Jal has given layers of trials.”Oct 17, 2025True victory can come through apparent loss“Our belief is we are successful regardless of the material.”Oct 10, 2025True peace begins with truth and justice“Real peace cannot exist until there is a real commitment to justice for all sides.”Sep 26, 2025Regret can lead us back to AllahSep 19, 2025 · Ismail HamdiTrue wealth is contentment of the soul“You can have dunya in your hand but don't ever have dunya in your heart because it destroys you.”Sep 19, 2025Knowing Allah strengthens us through trials“When you see the interchange of day and night it's a sign from Allah.”Sep 12, 2025Verify the news before you act“When news comes to you, wait, verify, validate, and only after you validate should you then take action.”Sep 12, 2025The Prophet's character should shape our choices“You're saying the truth in a way that is so destructive that instead of it guiding a person to truth it pushes them away from truth.”Sep 5, 2025 · Ismail HamdiLove the Prophet by living his Sunnah“The more you learn about Muhammad, the more you will love him.”Aug 29, 2025Prepare for death by living with taqwa“When a word comes from a person's heart, it penetrates the other person's heart.”Aug 22, 2025Parents build taqwa through daily example“One of the greatest gifts that a father or mother could give their kids is building within their hearts this device, this mechanism called taqwa.”Aug 22, 2025 · Yasir FahmyLove for the Prophet changes how we live“The fundamental motivator for us to be and to exist and to act and to give and to sacrifice is love.”Aug 8, 2025Trust Allah through grief and hardship“Inna lillahi w'inna lihi rajion, Allahumma aajurni fi ffii musibeti, wachlwfni chyfairan minna.”