**Purpose Over Pleasure - The Believer's Path | Jumma Khutbah 20260710 — Transcript & Summary | SozAI**
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A Jumma Khutbah emphasizing the believer's purpose to live in submission to Allah, contrasting worldly distractions with spiritual commitment.

## Key Takeaways

- Believers must live in constant submission to Allah, as life has a divine purpose beyond worldly pleasures.
- Worldly distractions like sports can overshadow spiritual priorities, which needs correction.
- The Quran teaches that the universe and human life are purposeful, and believers are part of a spiritual battle.
- Muslims are called to actively carry and demonstrate the truth of Islam in their lives.
- Faith requires prioritizing Allah and family over entertainment and social distractions.

## What the video covers

- The khutbah stresses the importance of living a life of submission to Allah at all times, as no one knows the time of death.
- It reflects on the intense passion people have for worldly events like soccer matches, contrasting this with the lack of similar zeal for spiritual matters.
- The speaker highlights Quranic verses that declare the universe and human life have a divine purpose, not mere amusement or play.
- Allah’s truth is described as a powerful force battling falsehood, and believers are tasked with carrying and exemplifying this truth.
- The khutbah critiques how Muslims can become distracted by entertainment and neglect their spiritual responsibilities.
- It calls for believers to prioritize their faith and family over worldly distractions, using vivid imagery and rhetorical questions.
- The message includes a call to action for Muslims to demonstrate the power of truth and submission in their lives.
- The speaker references social and political issues affecting Muslims, urging awareness and commitment beyond superficial engagement.
- The khutbah encourages self-reflection on one’s relationship with Allah and the sincerity of their faith.
- It ends with a reminder of the importance of community, worship, and continuous dedication to the deen.

## Chapters

1. 00:00 Introduction and Opening Remarks
2. 02:46 Reflection on the Heart and Love
3. 06:13 World Cup and Societal Distractions
4. 07:28 Purpose of the Universe and Human Life
5. 10:21 The Battle Between Truth and Falsehood
6. 12:30 The Believer’s Role and Responsibility
7. 14:06 Critique of Prioritizing Entertainment Over Family
8. 15:16 Social Issues and Call to Awareness
9. 16:22 Faith, Worship, and Community Commitment
10. 19:03 Closing and Final Reflections

Answers

## Questions about this video

What is the main message of the khutbah?

The main message is that believers should live in a constant state of submission to Allah, recognizing their divine purpose and avoiding distractions from worldly pleasures.

How does the speaker view worldly entertainment like soccer?

The speaker acknowledges that such entertainment is permissible but warns against allowing it to overshadow spiritual duties and priorities.

What role do believers have according to this khutbah?

Believers are tasked with carrying and exemplifying the truth of Islam, serving as a light and example for others while prioritizing their faith and family.

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Another I Allah Alhamdulillah. For regime. Yeah. All you have believed or you have believed have thought of Allah that is according to his as according to his greatness.

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Allah all knowing all wise the creator of the heavens and the earth the creator of everything. Everything belongs to Allah.

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So our our tawa it needs to be according to his this is a request from Allah from his slaves. Allah is saying do not die except in a state of submission. Nobody here knows when they're going to die.

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So what that means is you live in a state of submission at all times. At all times.

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[sighs] Alhamdulillah. The heart does not get tired of what it loves. The heart does not get tired of what it loves.

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Rather, heart gets tired of things it doesn't love. I want you to really think about what's happening today.

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Yes. Now the other day I was actually at locals cafe in Missaga. I didn't realize the time for Egyptian soccer match. So they were I I haven't seen such a party for a very long time. So mah the

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everybody was there. It was a all you could say like the the seats are ready. It was jam-packed. People had the flags out and they stood up for the national anthem of Egypt. I I couldn't believe it. My god, like I haven't seen

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that the drums are playing for the for the Subhan Allah. And if the game just got started, I could literally feel the excitement in the room. I could feel the energy in the room.

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I didn't even see the goals. I I didn't even see the upset. If if I had stayed in that locals's cafe, I'm telling you that cafe probably had gone nuts when the goal was scored.

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And now you seen maybe you some of you or some of your friends, they're they're all like they caught up on the World Cup. Yo, Spain, Portugal, yo, what's going on with France? Is it's a talk of the town. It's

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a talk of the town. And people are spending hours watching it. I know people are, you know, they're waking up at 2:00 a.m. back home so they can watch that game.

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Look at that. How many people have woken up for? How many people have actually, you know, they felt, you know, when the salah the imam goes a bit long, your im starts, man, this guy's never going to finish.

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It feels so long, but our hearts and not only we're watching the games, we're actually engaging ourselves on social media. Yo, what's about that game, man? He should have won. That referee made the wrong call, man. What's going on here? You

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know what? We know this game. Like, look what happens. Trump calls and removes a red call. Red card from one of the American players. Nuts. Trump's being a gangster. What is FIFA? What is Europe?

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Hey yo, remove the red card. This is a game. When I think about it, you know, imagine the at the time of the Roman Empire. You got the gladiators coming up in the coliseums.

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They're fighting. They're fighting lions. They're fighting the beasts. Whatever they're doing, and people are entertained. Think about it. Have you seen some of those colians? Apparently, they had one of the biggest ones in the world ever that could have like hundreds

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of thousands of people watching horses racing. Subhan Allah. While I'm thinking about this, my heart is, you know, is like as if my heart dropped to my to my feet.

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I'm like, come on. You know, we are dying. Our people are dying. We're suffering. We're divided.

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We're fragmented. Well, our so excited about the the nationalistic soccer matches. I'm not here to say, you know, it's haram. It's permissible to watch the game. It's great to play the game. It's great for your health. Why not? Alhamdulillah. But

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I'm here shocked at the at the sight of our people. My people, your people, they're so excited about a game.

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Subhan Allah. So, this made me reflect upon some of the ayats in the Quran I want to share with you guys today. And this these ayat are in from 16 to 20 16 to 20 smaller.

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Allah says Allah is saying we did not create the heavens and the earth and everything that's between it as a mere play.

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Meaning the universe has a purpose. The planet Earth has a purpose. The animals have a purpose.

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And guess what? You got a purpose. I got a purpose. We as a human race have a purpose.

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Subhan Allah. And then Allah says, It says it says had we intended to take a divers and take amusement we could have taken in ourselves if that was our int if we were to do so meaning Allah is alhammed he's self-sufficient

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all praiseworthy. He doesn't need no amusement. Why do you need amusement? Because you're tired. Why do you need amusement? You're looking for fun.

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You're bored. You're looking for a escapism. You want to escape your reality. Let me just go watch some TV.

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Let me just go watch Let me just go smoke something. Let me go drink some alcohol. You want to escape the your life. Allah is above that.

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And look what Allah says afterwards. He says, Meaning Allah is saying rather rather we dash WE HURL WE HOLD the truth against boin. We hurl it and what happens?

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We smash the head mus the brains out. Look at the imagery. It's probably one of the most violent graphic imagery in the Quran.

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The huck smashing button. Subhan Allah. So what does Allah what does the ayah has to say that this I didn't create this for a play and fun and then Allah is speaking about the truth hurled toward b meaning Allah is saying no no no there

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is a battle there is a battle on planet earth there's a conflict on planet earth and there there are two actors there two actors The two opponents, one of the opponents is the opponent of Allah. Not the opponent, the one of the

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party is a party of Allah. The party of H. Allah calls him in the Quran, the party of Allah. And this party is carrying the truth. They're carrying the huck that Allah is a sovereign. Allah deserves supremacy. Allah is your Allah

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is your Allah is the one that demands complete utter submission and surrender from you and each one of you and your purpose in life that your purpose in life for humanity and what and jin is to be in a state of

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submission at all times to who to Allah. Allah defined the purpose and then Allah says you as a party you as people you got a goal when the battle is raging of the hawk versus your job is to carry the huck to

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humanity your job is to speak the huck to humanity so you become the example of n example of light for everybody else that's what it means to be a believer that's what it means to be a Muslim that's what it means to carry the banner

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of Subhan Allah. Today the B is smashing us in many ways. The B is taking advantage of us as Muslims.

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And what are we doing? Hey, let's go watch some more B more more soccer.

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Woohoo. Think about it. Imagine, imagine if your your family is being abducted and the guy says, "You know what? I need a million dollar in three weeks, in four weeks, and there's a World Cup happening at the same time, and your favorite team is

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playing. What would you do? What would you do? Would you, you know what? Hey, you know what? My family can wait. Let me watch that match. is very important. Let me speak about the referees a little bit more because we

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didn't have enough discussion on social media yet. Let me go and actually watch all the games, watch the semis, and then I may have some time. I may get my family.

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Who here would think like this? Let's be real. Let's be real. Come on. Come on. Let's be real. Look in your heart. Look in your face in the front of the mirror.

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Would you do that? WOULD YOU DO THAT? Would you go and dep prioritize your family because there's a soccer match?

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Well, let me tell you something. What did the messenger say? This um is one body.

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We have families, they're abducted. We have families, they don't have homes to live in. We have families, they don't they don't have food on their plate.

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Right now, the white supremacy, whites, they're raging. What happened yesterday in Ireland? They wanted to have a bonfire. Yes.

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And in in this bonfire, what did they do? They build this bonfire. Th

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and they want and they lit a fire. They lit fire on that. Obviously, cops got there. This happened yesterday. How many of these incidents are happening in the UK, in Ireland, in Canada?

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Well, it's not slowing down. We got trouble back home. We have trouble that's coming here.

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But you know what? Soccer is a great escape. It's a great escape. I'm not saying don't watch the games. I'm just saying, hey, it's all about putting life in perspective.

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And when you put it in perspective, like, oh my god, you know what? I think I can make better choices.

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And this is not just for yourself. It's for everyone in this ummah. Subhan Allah.

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So we we we the the mission and the purpose of Muslims is to showcase and demonstrate the power of Hak. And when Allah says, what does it mean? Zahik means something that vanishes, something that disappears because a B disappears. Today, guess

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what? Today you have a flavor of liberalism because they're the dominant power. Think about the time of the Quraysh.

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They had a flavor of idol worship. Go back in USSR. They had the flavor of communism.

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They're different flavors, man-made flavors. They're all bas. They're all transient. They're all temporary. What's going to happen? This is are everybody if everyone's going to realize this ideas don't make sense they're going to come with another idea and

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that's when I become the new flavor but what never changes the h is permanent it's permanent it never vanishes it never changes Allah is there all powerful all wise and there are people of Allah they worship him relentlessly

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they never They're tired. Subhan Allah. You know it says, "What do those people how they describe Allah?" Think about it. If you think Messi or Ronaldo or these guys are so amazing, what are they doing? They're just good

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at kicking the ball. They're just doing they're good at doing some headers. Think about Allah.

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IF YOU WERE TO ASK our young youth today, explain me, describe me Allah subhana wa ta'ala. They're probably going to talk for two seconds, 10, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds. You're going to run out. If I had asked them,

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hey, describe the players, the games, the rules, the changes, blah blah blah. Oh, Ronaldo was there, he was there, he did that, he blah blah blah. Is speaking for half an hour, 20 minutes, speaking about these people.

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Whose portfolio is greater? Allah who created the universe who created the gravity so you can play soccer. Who g who created the planet earth? Who created you? Who even create created you the abilities that you can even subhan Allah. But this requires

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reflection. But the way we describing Allah we don't we don't understand who Allah is. We don't understand his We've spoken about this in the past.

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People have not given the huck to Allah that he deserves. Then look what says afterwards. He says he says Allah says to him belongs the heavens and the earth.

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And those near him, those near Allah, they they're not arrogant. And they're not they're not arrogant to worship him nor they tire.

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So Allah is telling you there are two reasons why people have a hard time worshiping Allah, submitting to Allah, surrendering to Allah. One is arrogance.

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You're too good for it. You're too good for it. Why should I obey Allah's laws? Why should I obey Allah's hierarchy?

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If Allah said, you know what? He's giving you a certain position. What happened with Ell? Allah told, you're above Adam. He said, I reject this.

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Nope. And today when you look at the like the the ideology of feminism, when you look at this, no, no, I don't want to be below a man. I don't want to be below this.

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They they're not willing to accept the hierarchy that Allah has given to humanity. I don't want to be below this messenger.

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I don't want to be below this leader. I want to do my own thing.

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And secondly is the desires. When the when the when the hearts are attached to the duny, what happens?

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When the hearts are attached to they don't get tired from the dunya, but they get tired from Allah.

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Right? That's why you can watch the soccer match for hours. You can talk about it for because you love it. It's entertaining. It's fun.

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Because that's what your you your heart is invested in the dunya. So it loves the duny. It speaks about the dunya. The investments of the jobs, the monies, the hobbies, what not.

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But the conversation about Allah, they're short, they're few, they're not many. You speak of what you love. You talk about what you love. You think about what you love.

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If you all if you love Allah, what do you talk about? You want to talk about Allah. You want to speak about Allah.

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That's what you discuss. That's what you mention on your dinner tables, on your when you're having lunch, when you're having your breakfast. What are you speaking about? Allah and his people and his dean.

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Subhan Allah. And then it says, Speaking of what are the angels angels do they get tired of worshiping Allah? Do they get tired of doing Allah glorifying Allah? They don't. Now no the real slaves of Allah they don't get tired

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glorifying Allah. They don't get tired. They they can glorify Allah morning and evening and they'll do it again. Morning and evening and do it again. Morning and they do it again.

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It's continuous. Subhan Allah. And we don't by the way we don't realize living in the west that western world they have one disease.

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There are many diseases. One there's one big disease is a love of duny. The it's the love of Dun is enshrined. The love of Dun is worshiped. The love of Duny is is held sacred. It's all about the duny. They don't believe in the they

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don't believe in anything else. They live for the speak about the duny. They love the because your average person out there, he has no concept. He doesn't believe in the eternal. He doesn't believe in resurrection. Maybe, maybe the don

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whatever. But what we do, we have a different worldview. And because we live in a host nation that's all about the dunya, what happens? We adopt their ideas and we adopt their mindset.

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And if our hearts are reflecting, our hearts are reflecting their hearts more than they're reflecting the hearts of the great people of this ummah.

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So the question you want to ask yourself how come our hearts they don't tire when we speak about the duny stuff being one of the examples but they they get tired and they get bored when we speak about

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Allah. [snorts] Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. So now the question becomes what are my next steps? What should I do with this information?

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How do I disconnect my heart from the dunya and connect it to Allah? Yeah. And before I tell you, I want you to remind everybody here when the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam when he looked at our faces, he didn't

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say that you're losing because you don't have enough numbers. One out of four person on planet earth claims to be a Muslim. One out of four.

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That's a stragging number. So numbers is not the problem. Don't worry about the numbers. We don't necess need to bring more converts. Sure, they can come.

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They're more than welcome. But the issue is what he said he he pinpointed it. He said issue is he said what is wan is a love of the hate of death and they come together.

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Right? When you put your money and mean you put your life for the you want to stay in the duny because that's where your houses are. That's where your investments are. But if you put your investment for Allah in a what happens

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now you want you're looking forward to meeting Allah you want to meet your lord you want to meet your rob you want to meet your creator I invested MY TIME AND MY MONIES my energies I live for YOU

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ALLAH I DIED FOR YOU OH ALLAH EVERY BREATH WAS FOR YOU oh Allah I'm here I'm here for you oh Allah that's a person that wants to meet his lord that wants to meet his lord. The reason you don't want to meet your lord because

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you have not invested in that relationship because you're not invested for his sake. So how do we disconnect?

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Number one, number one, you need to be in the company of those people who live with Allah, who live for Allah.

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Meaning Allah says have with those people who are calling to Allah morning and evening. Think about your friends. What do they talk about? They talk about soccer or Allah. What do they live for?

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Allah's cause to make this dean triumph or for their own personal goals? You know better. If all your friends love the duny, guess what? You're just average of your friends.

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Number two is seeking and seeking knowledge of your dean. We had a halaka yesterday. Guess what? Right now we may have 250 people.

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We only had 12 people in the halaka engage in a conversation. We had a great time. We're discussing.

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We're meeting. We're talking. We're speaking about Allah. We're speaking about Allah's dean. We're reciting the ayats of in the Quran. Where were you?

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Where were you? You're busy with work. You're busy with life. You're busy with family. It's it's not a priority.

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How many flyers have you seen that you ignored? How many message that you see like, "Yeah, you know what? I'm too busy." And guess what? When you're too busy for Allah, Allah is too busy for you. When you're too busy for Allah,

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guess what? Jenna, the doors of Jenna are closed for you. Live for dun. Come on. Go. Go. Live for the duny. When you live for the duny, what you going to find on the day of judgment?

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The jahannam is waiting. There's a pathway to jannam because jahannam is real. IT'S REAL.

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IT'S NOT A JOKE. IT'S a reality. When you think about your life versus the life of the sahaba, HOW FAR ARE YOU?

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HOW FAR ARE YOU? HOW BIG IS THIS GAP? How big is this gap? And if you think, hey, you know what, we're 21st century. I pray four or five times, you know, I I come give some saddaka, I'm good to go. Allah, trust

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me. Trust me, you're not in a great position. That doesn't mean you can't change it, but at least I need to tell you what the reality is. I need to tell what the reality is. So you don't go on that day

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and say, you know what, my im did not tell me what the reality is. This guy gave a he lied to me. I'm not here to lie to you. I want to be honest with you and finally finally

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you need to build your life around you know Allah your morning recitation daily Quran recitation your like you're you're thinking about Allah you is is part of your schedule how many people here have Quran half an hour 20 minutes 10 minutes as your daily

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schedule. How many of you have the their the dailyar as part of the schedule? I'm pretty sure most of you don't.

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What makes you think that your heart is going to love Allah? How many people here are thinking about the Jenna every day? It comes to them on every action that they do. It's probably not.

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You're disconnected from the real life. It's 204. mail will reward you. There's a bake sale that's happening uh for a organization called MOA, Muslim Women Justice Association. For knowledge, I'm going to send you a Muslim blueprint as a program on the

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chat. Everybody here should take it. Everyone here should take it. Muslim blueprint. Many of you have not taken it. If you if money is an issue, let me know. We have scholarship inshallah available to understand your dean.

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Inshallah. So, I'll I'll send that out on the chat for on the on WhatsApp. Uh, perfect. Make sure you support the sisters here. Muslim Women Justice Association. It's a great work, great organization. What are they doing? Our sisters are leaving for feminism. They

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need to be coming here and working for justice. from my Islamic perspective, from my Islamic lens, this is a very much needed program, a a project, activism, inshallah, I believe is a game changer, not for just this community,

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for Canada, for the entire world. So, make sure you support the sisters. They're already growing a lot in the last 6 months. They're like over 10,000 followers. Many of these sisters are like having amazing content, alhamdulillah, online. So, we reward

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them. May bless them. Okay? So, do support them before you leave, inshallah. Perfect. May forgive us. May bless us. I mean, Come on.

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[snorts] [clears throat] All alhamdulillah. Amen. This one So, forch. for Allah Allahbar. Oh, what?

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I'm sorry. Alhamdulillah. for this one. Amen. for Allahbar. Allahbar. Allah ha Oh, look. What?

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Oh. That was suffer lost.

Topics: Jumma Khutbah Islamic purpose submission to Allah Quranic teachings spiritual priorities worldly distractions faith and family Islamic motivation truth vs falsehood Muslim responsibility


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