Fearing The Day Of Return To Allah

By Mufti Hassan Shaikh | 2026-06-29T18:11:36.612939+00:00 | Topic: Community

Closing Remarks of the First Khutbah

...eventual success in this world and the life hereafter. May Allah give us all the tawfeeq. I say this and ask Allah to forgive me and you and all Muslims. So ask Him to forgive — He is the Forgiver.

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Du'a Requests

There is a request for du'a for Hajira Rahim — du'a for shifa' to recover from cancer.

اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ مَرْضَانَا وَمَرْضَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ

There is also a du'a for maghfirah for the mother of Colonel Mazhar. She passed away in Pakistan.

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهَا وَارْحَمْهَا وَوَسِّعْ قَبْرَهَا وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهَا عِنْدَهُ

There is also a request for du'a for Brother Asif for a speedy and complete recovery, inshallah. He has had open heart surgery.

اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ مَرْضَانَا وَمَرْضَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ

Adhan

اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ، حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ

Second Khutbah — Opening Praise and Salawat

All praise be to Allah, the Creator of existence from non-existence, the One who brought forth light from darkness, and who extracted patience from hardship. We thank Him for calamities just as we thank Him for blessings. We send salutations upon His most noble Messenger — the one of magnificent character and complete light, the seal of the Prophets and the bearer of the firm Scripture, the master of the children of Adam, whom Isa ibn Maryam gave glad tidings of, and for whose advent Ibrahim, peace be upon him, supplicated while raising the foundations of the sacred House of Allah. The One through whom Allah blessed all of mankind — the Arabs and the non-Arabs alike. Glory be to the One who has not taken a son, and who has no partner in His dominion, and who has no protector out of weakness — and magnify Him with all magnificence.

O people, Allah says in His Book — after seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan:

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًۭا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ
(Quran 2:281)

And the Prophet ﷺ said:

اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ، وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا، وَخَالِقِ النَّاسَ بِخُلُقٍ حَسَنٍ

(Jami' al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1987)

"Fear Allah wherever you are, and follow a bad deed with a good one and it will erase it, and treat people with good character."

May Allah bless us and you in the Noble Qur'an and benefit us and you with what is in it of verses and wise remembrance. Indeed He is the Most Generous, the Most Noble, the King, the Most Beneficent, the Most Kind, the Most Merciful.

All praise is due to Allah alone, and may prayers and peace be upon the one after whom there is no Prophet.

O people, indeed Allah, blessed and exalted, has commanded you with a great command — He began it Himself, and then His angels who glorify His holiness joined in, and He made you — O believers — from among His creation of jinn and men the third, as He said:

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ ۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا
(Quran 33:56)
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ، وَصَلِّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَزْوَاجِهِ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ مِنْهُ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ وَعَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللهِ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ
اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنَّا عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ

O servants of Allah, may Allah have mercy on you — fear Allah. Indeed Allah commands justice, the doing of good, and giving to kinsfolk, and forbids all evil deeds, and al-munkar, and oppression. He admonishes you, that you may take heed.

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ وَإِيتَآئِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَٱلْمُنكَرِ وَٱلْبَغْىِ ۚ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ
(Quran 16:90)

Establish the prayer.

Iqamah

اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ، قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ

Please make sure the lines are straight. Leave no gaps in between.

Salah — Recitation

First Rak'ah — Surah Al-Fatihah

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
(Quran 1:1–7)
(Quran 1:2-7)

First Rak'ah — Surah Al-Jumu'ah (62:9–11)

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا نُودِىَ لِلصَّلَوٰةِ مِن يَوْمِ ٱلْجُمُعَةِ فَٱسْعَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَذَرُوا۟ ٱلْبَيْعَ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةُ فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ تِجَٰرَةً أَوْ لَهْوًا ٱنفَضُّوٓا۟ إِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَآئِمًۭا ۚ قُلْ مَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهْوِ وَمِنَ ٱلتِّجَٰرَةِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ
(Quran 62:9–11)
(Quran 62:9-11)

Second Rak'ah — Surah Al-Fatihah

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ
(Quran 1:1–7)
(Quran 1:2-7)

Second Rak'ah — Surah Al-Munafiqun (63:9–11)

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ وَأَنفِقُوا۟ مِن مَّا رَزَقْنَٰكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوْلَآ أَخَّرْتَنِىٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ قَرِيبٍۢ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ
(Quran 63:9–11)
(Quran 63:9-11)

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullah. Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullah.