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The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah
Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, Numbness, and Burnout - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, Numbness, and Burnout - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

What Do You “Smell” Like? - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

What Do You “Smell” Like? - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

Don't Forget Your Mistakes, Learn From Them | Khutbah

Don't Forget Your Mistakes, Learn From Them | Khutbah

Repentance Delayed and Denied: Learning from a Dying Pharoah | Khutbah

Repentance Delayed and Denied: Learning from a Dying Pharoah | Khutbah

“There is no refuge or escape from you, except to you...” | Khutbah

“There is no refuge or escape from you, except to you...” | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

Don't Minimize Your Pain, Seek its Reward | Khutbah

Don't Minimize Your Pain, Seek its Reward | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

Stop Trying To Escape Death. Just Make The Most of Life | Khutbah

Stop Trying To Escape Death. Just Make The Most of Life | Khutbah

You Will Never Be As Alone Or Desperate As Yunus (as) | Khutbah

You Will Never Be As Alone Or Desperate As Yunus (as) | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

“Indeed, Your Enemy is The One Cut Off” | Khutbah

“Indeed, Your Enemy is The One Cut Off” | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Allah Spared Me, Why Would I Dip my Tongue in it?  | Khutbah

Allah Spared Me, Why Would I Dip my Tongue in it? | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Black Friday: Fear of Missing Out on Good Deals or Deeds | Khutbah

Black Friday: Fear of Missing Out on Good Deals or Deeds | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Do Not Curse Time: What A New Year Really Means | Khutbah

Do Not Curse Time: What A New Year Really Means | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Wash Our Hearts With Water, Snow, and Hail | Khutbah

Wash Our Hearts With Water, Snow, and Hail | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan | Khutbah

The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan | Khutbah

From Bad To Better & Good To Great | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

From Bad To Better & Good To Great | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

What Are You Willing To Give Up For Allah? | Khutbah

What Are You Willing To Give Up For Allah? | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Sins We Commit When We’re Scared and Vulnerable | Khutbah

Sins We Commit When We’re Scared and Vulnerable | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

The First Footstep Of Shaytan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The First Footstep Of Shaytan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

Friends That Hold You Back | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Friends That Hold You Back | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When People Keep Letting You Down | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When People Keep Letting You Down | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

'I guarantee Jannah for the one who…' | Khutbah

'I guarantee Jannah for the one who…' | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

What Makes You Cry |  Khutbah

What Makes You Cry | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Name: At Tawwab - The One Who Accepts Repentance | Khutbah

Allah’s Name: At Tawwab - The One Who Accepts Repentance | Khutbah

Gems from the Miracles and Manners of Jesus (as) | Khutbah

Gems from the Miracles and Manners of Jesus (as) | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Don’t be Hasty | Khutbah by Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

Don’t be Hasty | Khutbah by Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

The Day of Judgement as if You Can See it | Khutbah

The Day of Judgement as if You Can See it | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego  | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right  | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield  | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence  | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr  | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted?  | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted? | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues  | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah  | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna  | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna | Khutbah

Social Media, Misinformation, And The Assassination of Uthman (ra)  | Khutbah

Social Media, Misinformation, And The Assassination of Uthman (ra) | Khutbah

Do Not Compromise Your Deen  | Khutbah

Do Not Compromise Your Deen | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back  | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

Our Father Ibrahim (as) Still Cares About Us | Khutbah

Our Father Ibrahim (as) Still Cares About Us | Khutbah

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

O Allah, I Love You Even Though I Disobey You | Khutbah

O Allah, I Love You Even Though I Disobey You | Khutbah

Why Don't We All Have the Same Blessings? | Khutbah

Why Don't We All Have the Same Blessings? | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

Is All Knowledge Good? | Khutbah

Is All Knowledge Good? | Khutbah

What Causes Du‘as to Be Unheard? | Khutbah

What Causes Du‘as to Be Unheard? | Khutbah

What the Prophet ﷺ Wished He Hadn't Asked | Khutbah

What the Prophet ﷺ Wished He Hadn't Asked | Khutbah

Negative Speaking and Belittling Blessings | Khutbah

Negative Speaking and Belittling Blessings | Khutbah

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

When Parents Beg Their Kids To Believe | Khutbah

When Parents Beg Their Kids To Believe | Khutbah

Why Allah Allows Earthquakes and Suffering | Khutbah

Why Allah Allows Earthquakes and Suffering | Khutbah

Would You Pass This Test | Khutbah

Would You Pass This Test | Khutbah

Your Time to Shine #Sha'ban | Khutbah

Your Time to Shine #Sha'ban | Khutbah

Your Heart Isn’t Ready for Ramadan Unless… | Khutbah

Your Heart Isn’t Ready for Ramadan Unless… | Khutbah

A Jannah Worth Chasing | Khutbah

A Jannah Worth Chasing | Khutbah

Your Ramadan Uniform | Khutbah

Your Ramadan Uniform | Khutbah

Your Greatest Motivation | Khutbah

Your Greatest Motivation | Khutbah

Getting Past the Mid-Ramadan Dip | Khutbah

Getting Past the Mid-Ramadan Dip | Khutbah

When Allah Gifts You With Tranquility | Khutbah

When Allah Gifts You With Tranquility | Khutbah

The New You | Eid Khutbah

The New You | Eid Khutbah

AI and ChatGPT: Spiritual Resilience and Ethics | Khutbah

AI and ChatGPT: Spiritual Resilience and Ethics | Khutbah

Feeling Paralyzed by Stress and Fitna? | Khutbah

Feeling Paralyzed by Stress and Fitna? | Khutbah

The Qur’an and Intellectual Humility | Khutbah

The Qur’an and Intellectual Humility | Khutbah

Wasted Potential | Khutbah

Wasted Potential | Khutbah

Your Lord Doesn’t Forget | Khutbah

Your Lord Doesn’t Forget | Khutbah

Who Should You Really Care About? | Khutbah

Who Should You Really Care About? | Khutbah

Where Has Your Tongue Taken You? | Khutbah

Where Has Your Tongue Taken You? | Khutbah

Why Would A Man Sacrifice His Son? | Khutbah

Why Would A Man Sacrifice His Son? | Khutbah

How To Make Du'a For Barakah | Khutbah

How To Make Du'a For Barakah | Khutbah

Do You Love To Argue? | Khutbah

Do You Love To Argue? | Khutbah

Missed Opportunities | Khutbah

Missed Opportunities | Khutbah

When Allah Guides Through You | Khutbah

When Allah Guides Through You | Khutbah

The Ashura Within | Khutbah

The Ashura Within | Khutbah

Allah Appreciates Your Smallest Deeds | Khutbah

Allah Appreciates Your Smallest Deeds | Khutbah

Islam's Cure for Depression | Khutbah

Islam's Cure for Depression | Khutbah

Conquering Your Insecurities | Khutbah

Conquering Your Insecurities | Khutbah

Allah Will Honor You | Khutbah

Allah Will Honor You | Khutbah

How Allah Uses “Tomorrow” in the Qur’an | Khutbah

How Allah Uses “Tomorrow” in the Qur’an | Khutbah

When Love Makes You Crazy | Khutbah

When Love Makes You Crazy | Khutbah

Natural Disasters & The Day of Judgment | Khutbah

Natural Disasters & The Day of Judgment | Khutbah

What Are Your Real Intentions? | Khutbah

What Are Your Real Intentions? | Khutbah

How to Make The Most of your Salah | Khutbah

How to Make The Most of your Salah | Khutbah

Palestine Khutbah Outside the White House | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Palestine Khutbah Outside the White House | Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What's the Point?" | Khutbah

"What's the Point?" | Khutbah

How Palestine Exposes Hypocrisy | Khutbah

How Palestine Exposes Hypocrisy | Khutbah

Feeling Helpless While Watching Oppression | Khutbah

Feeling Helpless While Watching Oppression | Khutbah

Palestine Awakens the Ummah | Khutbah

Palestine Awakens the Ummah | Khutbah

What Does Islam Say About War and Justice? | Khutbah

What Does Islam Say About War and Justice? | Khutbah

Your Leg is Already in Paradise | Khutbah

Your Leg is Already in Paradise | Khutbah

The Value of Just One Righteous Life | Khutbah

The Value of Just One Righteous Life | Khutbah

Media Martyrs and Symbolic Resistance | Khutbah

Media Martyrs and Symbolic Resistance | Khutbah

Staying Sincere for the Cause | Khutbah

Staying Sincere for the Cause | Khutbah

Do You Doubt the Return? | Khutbah

Do You Doubt the Return? | Khutbah

When Laws are Held Hostage | Khutbah

When Laws are Held Hostage | Khutbah

It Actually Starts with Tahajjud | Khutbah

It Actually Starts with Tahajjud | Khutbah

The Most Underestimated Major Sin | Khutbah

The Most Underestimated Major Sin | Khutbah

How Allah will Mock Them | Khutbah

How Allah will Mock Them | Khutbah

Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah

Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah

Why this Sha'aban is so Important | Khutbah

Why this Sha'aban is so Important | Khutbah

What Happens on the 15th of Sha'aban? | Khutbah

What Happens on the 15th of Sha'aban? | Khutbah

Ramadan Joy and Gaza Depression | Khutbah

Ramadan Joy and Gaza Depression | Khutbah

How to Make this Your Best Ramadan | Khutbah

How to Make this Your Best Ramadan | Khutbah

Setting Character Goals in Ramadan | Khutbah

Setting Character Goals in Ramadan | Khutbah

When Your Heart is On Empty | Khutbah

When Your Heart is On Empty | Khutbah

Those Who are Deprived on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Those Who are Deprived on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

When the Decree Shocks Everyone on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

When the Decree Shocks Everyone on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

A Night Even Better than Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

A Night Even Better than Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Is the End Near? | Khutbah

Is the End Near? | Khutbah

"Don't Move!" - Gaza Encampment at Northwestern University | Khutbah

"Don't Move!" - Gaza Encampment at Northwestern University | Khutbah

Act and Allah Will Unlock Success | Khutbah

Act and Allah Will Unlock Success | Khutbah

Overcoming Despair When We See Mutilated Bodies | Khutbah

Overcoming Despair When We See Mutilated Bodies | Khutbah

Resistance in Exile: from Hijra to Nakba | Khutbah

Resistance in Exile: from Hijra to Nakba | Khutbah

The Inner Strength to Keep Fighting | Khutbah

The Inner Strength to Keep Fighting | Khutbah

Will Gaza be Israel's Downfall? | Khutbah

Will Gaza be Israel's Downfall? | Khutbah

When Allah Tests You with the Truth | Khutbah

When Allah Tests You with the Truth | Khutbah

Hidden Causes of Disconnect from Allah | Khutbah

Hidden Causes of Disconnect from Allah | Khutbah

How Close Are You to the Prophet (as)? | Khutbah

How Close Are You to the Prophet (as)? | Khutbah

The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah
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The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah

Is Allah Really with Us? | Khutbah

Is Allah Really with Us? | Khutbah

The Real History of Palestine in the Qur'an | Khutbah

The Real History of Palestine in the Qur'an | Khutbah

The One Child Pharoah Didn't Kill | Khutbah

The One Child Pharoah Didn't Kill | Khutbah

The Art of Finding Closure | Khutbah

The Art of Finding Closure | Khutbah

Don't Let them Steal your Revolution | Khutbah

Don't Let them Steal your Revolution | Khutbah

Thank God We're Not Them | Khutbah

Thank God We're Not Them | Khutbah

What If I Can't Look Anymore? | Khutbah

What If I Can't Look Anymore? | Khutbah

Wounds That Aren't Meant To Heal | Khutbah

Wounds That Aren't Meant To Heal | Khutbah

Your False Sense of Security: From Gaza and Beyond | Khutbah

Your False Sense of Security: From Gaza and Beyond | Khutbah

Hind Rajab to Aafia Siddiqui: Re-humanizing the De-humanized | Khutbah

Hind Rajab to Aafia Siddiqui: Re-humanizing the De-humanized | Khutbah

When It’s Hard to say Alhamdulilah | Khutbah

When It’s Hard to say Alhamdulilah | Khutbah

Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself? | Khutbah

Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself? | Khutbah

Is Revenge Worth it? It Hurts You More Than You Think | Khutbah

Is Revenge Worth it? It Hurts You More Than You Think | Khutbah

Earning Jannah While Watching a Genocide | Khutbah

Earning Jannah While Watching a Genocide | Khutbah

What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah

What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah

Who Do I Vote For? A message to American Muslims | Khutbah

Who Do I Vote For? A message to American Muslims | Khutbah

What are Your True Intentions? Goodwill VS Ego | Khutbah

What are Your True Intentions? Goodwill VS Ego | Khutbah

Allah Will Surprise You - Embracing the Unknown | Khutbah

Allah Will Surprise You - Embracing the Unknown | Khutbah

Allah WILL Test You With Your Words | Khutbah

Allah WILL Test You With Your Words | Khutbah

Just When You Thought It Was Over | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Just When You Thought It Was Over | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

You Need to Love Allah More | Ramadan Prep Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

You Need to Love Allah More | Ramadan Prep Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Beyond Halal & Haram: Are You Numbing Your Heart? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Beyond Halal & Haram: Are You Numbing Your Heart? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Who are the human devils amongst us? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Who are the human devils amongst us? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Amazing Connections Between Jumah and Laylatul Qadr | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Amazing Connections Between Jumah and Laylatul Qadr | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do Not Abandon the Masjid After Ramadan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do Not Abandon the Masjid After Ramadan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What is your biggest fear? A wake up call amidst collapse | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What is your biggest fear? A wake up call amidst collapse | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Your Future Self Is Not Who You Think It Is | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Your Future Self Is Not Who You Think It Is | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How to Deal With Angry People | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

How to Deal With Angry People | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

"If Only I Had the Strength…" | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"If Only I Had the Strength…" | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Allah Defends Those Who Believe | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Allah Defends Those Who Believe | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

India VS Pakistan: The Deadly Cost of Nationalism | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

India VS Pakistan: The Deadly Cost of Nationalism | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How the Plot of Israel Will Backfire | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How the Plot of Israel Will Backfire | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Waiting to Become a Victim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Waiting to Become a Victim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Why is the World Falling Apart? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Why is the World Falling Apart? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What I Saw in Bosnia." 30 Years After the Genocide | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What I Saw in Bosnia." 30 Years After the Genocide | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Willing to Truly Sacrifice for Allah? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Willing to Truly Sacrifice for Allah? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Practicing Detachment: A Daily Guide to Freeing Your Heart for Allah | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Practicing Detachment: A Daily Guide to Freeing Your Heart for Allah | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Don’t Just Exist—Live for What Allah Created You For | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Don’t Just Exist—Live for What Allah Created You For | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Gaza Is Starving — But Allah’s Promise Has Not Failed | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

Gaza Is Starving — But Allah’s Promise Has Not Failed | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

The Qur’an They Can’t Bomb: Stories from Gaza | Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Qur’an They Can’t Bomb: Stories from Gaza | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do People Have Hope In You? | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do People Have Hope In You? | Dr. Omar Suleiman

How You Should Eat While Gaza Starves | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How You Should Eat While Gaza Starves | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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On Ashura, we commemorate the victories of the servants of Allah SWT. But victory does not always manifest as visible triumph in this world. From Musa (as) defeating Firaun, to the grandson of the Prophet ﷺ being martyred, to Nuh (as) being saved on the Ark, how is true victory defined? Are the people of Gaza winning?

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We begin by praising Allah, and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for Him. And we bear witness that Muhammad (ﷺ) is His final messenger.
We ask Allah to send His peace and blessings upon him, upon the prophets and messengers that came before him, upon his family and companions that served alongside him, and those that follow in
his blessed path until the Day of Judgment. And we ask Allah to make us amongst them. Allahumma ameen. Dear brothers and sisters, as the day of Ashura is on the horizon, I want to start from a place
where a conversation was being had in a battlefield. And it wasn't a conversation
between Musa (عليه السلام) and Fir'aun, but it was a conversation between an oppressed believer
and Fir'aun of this Ummah, as the Prophet (ﷺ) called him, and he is Abu Jahl, 'Amr ibn Hisham. And the conversation takes place in the battlefield of Badr.
The dust has still not settled. And Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه),
who represented the epitome of the oppressed man. He was small in his physical stature.
He was unknown in his lineage. He belonged to the lowest of economic classes. And he was a follower
of Muhammad (ﷺ), which made him the most vulnerable class or of the most vulnerable class in Mecca.
And one day, he was the first man to recite the Quran in front of the Ka'bah. And just left the month of Dhul Hijjah and the scenes of Hajj, where you saw the people in the millions around the
Ka'bah reciting the dhikr of Allah (ﷻ). Once upon a time, he was the only man who stood in front of
the Ka'bah and recited the Quran out loud. Until that same man, the Pharaoh of this Ummah,
stomped him and broke his collarbone and left him unconscious and almost dead. And now he's in the battlefield of Badr.
The days go by and the days go by and they are switched. A day for you and a day that is hard
upon you. A day of hardship and a day of ease. A day of defeat and a day of victory. And this time, Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه), stands on the chest of that Pharaoh of this Ummah.
And the Pharaoh of this Ummah says, You have climbed the difficult climb, O shepherd of sheep. And he asked him,
Who is winning the battle? Give me your commentary. Who's winning this battle?
Between the believers and the disbelievers. Between the kuffar of Quraysh and the believing men and women that fled their persecution. The followers of Muhammad (ﷺ).
Who's winning this battle? And the last words that Abu Jahl heard before he left this world was Abdullah ibn Mas'ud saying,
Al-ghalabatu lillah wa li-Rasulillah ya 'aduwallah. Victory belongs to Allah and belongs to the Messenger of Allah, O enemy of Allah. Those were the last words that he heard before his soul left
his body. And after he was killed, the Prophet (ﷺ) speaking to those dead ones who persecuted and saying to them,
We have found what our Lord has promised us to be true. Have you found what your Lord has promised you to be true? And so Abu Jahl heard the words of defeat before he was killed and he heard the
words of defeat after he was killed. A Fir'aun who left this world humiliated and Allah (ﷻ) will surely humiliate all of the Fir'auns, all of the Pharaohs. Allahumma ameen. Now we go back to
Ashura. It is not an exaggeration to say that perhaps this is the most important time in our recent lifetime to reflect upon the lessons of Ashura with what is happening to our brothers
and sisters in Gaza. There may be no more important time to really absorb ourselves in the lessons of Ashura and the reflection of Ashura than this particular Ashura, the first
Ashura since this genocide in Gaza has begun. And I want to take you to the moment where the Prophet (ﷺ)
came into Madinah and he asked (ﷺ) about what their fast was about.
And the Jewish tribes of Madinah were fasting to honor the victory of Musa (عليه السلام) over Fir'aun. And the Prophet (ﷺ) said,
we are closer to Musa (عليه السلام) than you. We have a greater right. So we too will observe this fast
out of gratitude of the day that Musa (عليه السلام) was given victory over the Fir'aun. The day that the Fir'aun
drowned in the sea while Musa (عليه السلام) and his followers had the sea parted for them. The way that this
story started was the mother of Musa (عليه السلام) throwing him into a river to protect him from the brutality
of this Pharaoh. And the way the story ended was this young man now walking between the parted seas and then the sea engulfing and drowning the Fir'aun with the same punishment, the same terror
and tremor that the mother of Musa (عليه السلام) once feared for him as a baby. Allah (ﷻ) has days like this and days like that. And what I want you to appreciate before we get into all of the lessons
of Ashura is that when the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered the Muslims to fast this day in Al-Madinah, Mecca was still under the occupation of the disbelievers. They were technically still a
people in exile. They were still fresh in the taste of the oppression of Mecca. They had not yet experienced Fath Mecca. They had not yet experienced the promise of Allah (ﷻ). The followers
of Muhammad (ﷺ) were still a few people. But they fasted that day out of gratitude to Allah
(ﷻ) for the victory that he gave to Musa (عليه السلام). And with an understanding that Allah (ﷻ) gives victory to the believers. It is only a matter of when and it is only a matter of how.
It is never a matter of if. Allah (ﷻ) gives victory to the believers. But perhaps not in the way that you want and not at the time that you want. But victory is promised.
Wa'dallah, la yukhlifullahu wa'dah. The promise of Allah (ﷻ). He does not betray His promise. Wa lakinna aktharan-nasi la ya'lamun.
Most people can't think. Most people can't grasp. They can't see past the circumstance that's immediately in front of them. They can't see past the dunya that they are living in at this moment.
Now subhanAllah, as we look at this day of Ashura, what I want you to realize is that it is not only that the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered the believers to fast that day in gratitude to the victory of Musa (عليه السلام).
Even though the Prophet (ﷺ) had not yet been given victory. But I want you to think about the decades of oppression that Fir'aun wreaked on this earth
before the moment that he was drowned. What happened to the hundreds of thousands perhaps
of shuhada, of martyrs that Fir'aun massacred? What about them? Did Allah (ﷻ) not too give them
victory? Did Allah (ﷻ) not give them what was promised to them? Were there not vulnerable mothers and children that begged to Allah (ﷻ) while Fir'aun wreaked his tyranny on earth?
A core collection of the catalog of atrocity we see happening in Gaza right now with the Pharaoh of this day. Were there not women and children that begged Allah (ﷻ) for a year
and people that waited for the destruction of Fir'aun? Did Allah (ﷻ) let them down? Absolutely not. They had no doubt when they made their du'a that the day would come that the Fir'aun
would drown in this life and that victory would be achieved. But they also understood It is either victory in this world or it is martyrdom and that too is victory.
You see as Ibn Mas'ud stood on the chest of Abu Jahl and said,
victory is for Allah. There are also other companions who had a spear put right through them
and they say, I have succeeded by the Lord of the Ka'bah. That was their personal victory that Allah (ﷻ) granted them of shahada. Because the moment that they left this world,
they knew that the promise of Allah was true before their soul even left this body. Because the Prophet (ﷺ) says that the martyr sees their place in Jannah at the first strike.
The first strike before Asiya (رضي الله عنها) could feel the full thrust of that boulder hitting her.
And this was a woman of perfect iman, perfect faith. Did Allah not hear her du'a when she said, Oh Allah build for me with you a palace in paradise.
Did Allah not hear the du'a of a woman with perfect iman, strong as the boulder was falling on top of her? If you were an onlooker maybe you would think her du'a was in vain because you would
have seen her body shred to pieces the way that we see our brothers and sisters in Gaza literally shred to pieces. But before her soul even left her body, before she could even feel the pain
of that boulder, she already experienced the pleasure of her paradise. Asiya had victory over the Fir'aun. Asiya had victory over the Fir'aun. Even if the witnesses saw
a defeat, Asiya was victorious. Musa was victorious. We know that on this day as well that the beloved grandson of our Prophet (ﷺ), Al-Husayn (رضي الله عنه),
marched forth against the tyrants of his day because the tyrants existed every time. And Allah (ﷻ) granted him victory, but not like the victory of Musa over Fir'aun,
like the victory of Asiya over Fir'aun. Allah (ﷻ) granted him shahada. Al-Husayn (رضي الله عنه)'s body was also dismembered. But Allah (ﷻ) rewards the souls.
The believer has a different way of thinking about things. We don't believe that victory is relegated or limited to worldly circumstances of victory. We believe that victory is being
pleasing to Allah (ﷻ). In fact, if Allah (ﷻ) grants you victory over a Fir'aun in this world, but that victory was granted to you despite your disobedience, despite your evil,
and you had the name Muslim on you, and you said la ilaha illallah, but everything about your actions represented the opposite of la ilaha illallah, but you have material victory in this
world, you've still failed because you were displeasing to Allah (ﷻ). Victory is not in the worldly circumstance of victory. Victory is in the soul being in a place that is pleasing to
Allah (ﷻ). Ashura is a collection of this. And the days of Allah (ﷻ) are not random, dear brothers and sisters. It's not just what happened in history after on the day of Ashura,
after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ) with Al-Husayn (رضي الله عنه). It's even before. As Imam Ahmad (رحمه الله), there's a narration from him that this was the day that the
Safina of Nuh (عليه السلام), the ship of Noah, the Ark of Noah arrived at its landing place. And subhanAllah, on that day, people drowned. And on that day, the only people that were saved
were those on the Safina of Nuh (عليه السلام). I ask you to reflect, dear brothers and sisters, and I come to you from the United States of America. And in Europe, they say that there's
been a 400% increase in people embracing Islam since Gaza. And I tell you that there is not a khutbah that I give in my masjid, except that there's someone who embraces Islam. And that
since the people of Gaza have undergone this atrocity with beautiful patience, through the ugliness of the genocide, through the ugliness of this atrocity, people have seen the beauty of Islam.
They've seen the beauty of the faith of those people. That should not make us want any less to bring victory to the people of Gaza in the material sense and victory to the people of
Palestine. But that should allow us to reflect that more people have boarded the Safina of Nuh (عليه السلام), the Ark of Noah, in this time than any other time in our lives. More people are coming on board
where true salvation and safety and victory is found. The day of Ashura is a day to reflect on the victory of Nuh (عليه السلام) and the people who found safety on that ship.
And to want to be on that ship ourselves and to bring as many people as possible onto that ship. The day of Ashura is a day to reflect on what true victory means. Whether it is the victory like the
one of Nuh (عليه السلام) over Fir'aun or like the one of Asiya (رضي الله عنها) over Fir'aun. What victory truly means and every incident that has happened through Ashura is for us to go back to them and to reflect.
Now when we fast, dear brothers and sisters, our siyam, Shahru Ramadan, alladhi unzila fihi al-Quran, the month of Ramadan came down to honor the Quran. The fasting of
Ramadan is a celebration of the Quran. The day of Arafah which we have fasted is a day that honors the moment of our original covenants. The day of Ashura is to honor victory and to show gratitude
and to show gratitude to Allah (ﷻ). And someone might say, but in this day and age,
what are we thanking Allah (ﷻ) for in terms of the victory of Gaza? First and foremost, we thank Allah (ﷻ) for the blessing of iman. Alhamdulillah 'ala ni'mat al-iman. Alhamdulillah
'ala ni'mat al-Islam. All praise is due to Allah for the blessing of faith, for the blessing of truth, and being on the side of truth and justice. I don't care what the odds are against the people
of Palestine, against the people of faith. I ask Allah that all of us be on the side of faith and the side of truth and the side of justice. And may Allah not let us incline towards the oppressors in
any way whatsoever. I don't care what they have. I care what we have. And so gratitude to Allah that we have the content that brings victory in this life and the next, that we have the substance.
As the Prophet (ﷺ) and his desperate followers in Medina started to fast this day, knowing that one day Allah would give the Prophet (ﷺ) victory like he gave his brother Moses, his brother Musa (عليه السلام) victory.
So we have the content and we thank Allah for that. We reflect upon that. Secondly, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, How wonderful is the affair of the believer.
And nothing or no one has this except for the believer. Everything that happens to the believer is good.
No one has this except for a believer. When good comes to him. When good comes to him, he says, Alhamdulillah, he's grateful.
And that's better for him. And when hardship strikes him. He's patient. And that's better for him. No one has this except for the believer.
No one has this mindset that whatever happens to me, Alhamdulillah. That whatever happens to us, Alhamdulillah. So long as you are not able to take away my deen and that I attain true victory,
Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. The shahid in Gaza does not feel sorry for himself or herself.
The tyrant, the Zionist tyrant that murders our people in Gaza will certainly feel sorry when they encounter what they have been promised and stuff. And I give you this, dear brothers and sisters.
On this day of Ashura and in fact, on every day, the true defeat of Fir'aun was not the day that he drowned. It's what Allah (ﷻ) says,
That An-Nar, the fire, Allah states, starts this verse with, it is the fire that they are presented to every morning and every night. The Fir'aun is presented to the fire every single morning and
every night and the fire of hell is far worse than drowning in the sea. Every day he is dipped into that fire, morning and evening. Until Allah (ﷻ) says,
Enter, O people of Fir'aun, into the worst of punishment. And you know what, dear brothers and sisters? Fir'aun had no children. Fir'aun had no kids. So who is Allah (ﷻ) referring to
when he says, some of the scholars, they say the people of Fir'aun are the people surrounding Fir'aun, his generals and those that participated in the tyranny. And some of them said,
Those that were on his way, his religion, his methodology, his way of oppression, all of these people are Al-Fir'aun. They're all the people of Fir'aun.
The question that we ask ourselves, are we the people of Musa (عليه السلام)? Are we the people of Muhammad (ﷺ)? Are we the people of Ibrahim (عليه السلام)? Are we the people of Nuh (عليه السلام)? If we are,
these people that have been killed are in Jannah. Our dead are in paradise, your dead are in hellfire. Look at Fir'aun now and look at all
of the mothers and children that we have never heard of and what they achieved right now. In fact, the Prophet (ﷺ) even saw the hairdresser of the daughter of Fir'aun and her children on the night of Isra wal-Mi'raj. How many mothers and children that are unnamed
casualties of Fir'aun are in Jannah eating from its fruits in joy. And every day Fir'aun, even when the world has moved on from his policies and his tyranny, every day he is
dipped in the fire two times until the greater punishment will come to him. So why do we fast?
It's not about circumstance. The one who eats and is grateful is like the one who fasts and
is patient. It's not about your circumstances. It's about your gratitude to Allah. The one who's given worldly victory and thanks Allah (ﷻ) is like the one who is killed and thanks
Allah (ﷻ). The one who loses limbs but doesn't lose their life is like the one who loses their life if they are patient for the sake of Allah (ﷻ). The one who has a
heart and an intention to support the oppressed, to support the truth, to support the people of the truth, no matter what the circumstances are, are like those people because their hearts are there.
Allah knows who you are. Allah knows what's in your heart. Allah knows what's in your du'a. Victory is promised to the believers. Ashura is a celebration of victory. We celebrate the
victory of the past and we anticipate the victory of the future and we thank Allah (ﷻ) for the victory of the present which is the victory of being upon la ilaha illallah.
Alhamdulillah.