20161202 -2nd Khutba - Shaykh Arsalan

Opening Praises and Supplications

Inna alhamdulillah, nahmaduhu wa nastaeenuhu wa nastaghfiruhu wa nastahdeeh. Wa na'udhu billahi ta'ala min shururi anfusina wa min sayyi'ati a'malina. Man yahdihi Allahu ta'ala fa laa mudhilla lah. Wa man yudhil fa laa hadiya lah.

Wa ash'hadu an laa ilaha illa Allahu wahdahu laa sharika lah. Wa ash'hadu anna sayyidina Muhammadan sallallahu alayhi wa sallama abduhu wa rasuluhu. Wa safiyuhu wa khaliluh. Ballaghal risalah. Wa adda al-amanah. Wa nasahal ummah. Wa jahada fee sabeelillahi haqqa jihadihi hatta atahul yaqeen.

Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barik ala sayyidina Muhammad. Wa ala alihi al-tayyibin al-tahireen. Wa sahabatihi as-saliheen al-ghurri al-mayameen. Wa man tabi'ahum bi ihsanin ila yawm al-deen.

Amma ba'd. Fa inna asdaqa al-hadithi kitabullah. Wa khayra al-hadi sayyidina Muhammadan sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Wa sharra al-umuri muhdathatuha. Wa kulla muhdathathin bid'ah. Wa kulla bid'atin dalalah. Wa kulla dalalahin finnaar.

The Most Praised Man

Brothers and sisters, I want to talk to you about a man today. A man who we praise every time we say his name. Because his name itself means the praised one. A man who Allah himself praised by saying about him in his book:

That indeed you are upon a most exalted form of character.

A man who Allah chose out of all humanity to be his khalil, his most intimate friend. And to be his final prophet and messenger to humanity. A man whose name Allah has attached to his own name, so that every time we profess the oneness of Allah and mention his name, we also mention the name of this man:

Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barik ala sayyidina Muhammad wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in.

Loving the Prophet is Part of Our Faith

Brothers and sisters, it is part of our deen. It is part of our iman to love Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. None of us can truly believe until we love Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam more than anything else in this world. None of us can truly believe until the words and commands of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam take precedence over our own wishes and desires.