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Friday Sermon

A Shepherd and his flock

“Each one of you is a shepherd, and every shepherd is responsible for his flock. The Imam is a shepherd, and he is responsible for his community, the husband is a shepherd, and he is responsible for his family, the wife is a shepherd and she is responsible for her family and children, and the worker is a shepherd, and is responsible for the property of his employer… Surely, you are all shepherds and you are responsible for your flock.” (Prophetic Hadith) كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ Friday Khutbah by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday, June 17th, 2022 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 18th of Dhul Qa’dah 1443 Hijri.

Forgive Me My Lord

“Also [mention] Thu-Noon, when he left off in anger and thought that We cannot control him. He then cried out from the deep layers of darkness [inside the belly of the whale]: “Surely there is no Absolute Sovereign Lord except You, most Exalted are Your praises, I was certainly of the unjust ones.” (Qur’an 21:87) لَّا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ Friday Khutbah by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday, June 10th, 2022 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 11th of Dhul Qa’dah 1443 Hijri.

Noor Allah

“Allah thus guides to His Light whoever He wants, and Allah gives people parables [to understand], and Allah knows everything“. (Qur’an 24:35) يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ  Friday Khutbah by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday, June 3rd, 2022 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 4th of Dhul Qa’dah 1443 Hijri.

Religion Is Ethics

“Help each other to do what is good and beneficial and to uphold piety, but do not cooperate in support of sins and aggression towards others, and beware of Allah, for Allah is most strict in punishment“. (Qur’an 5:2)  أَعِينُونِي عَلٰى أَنْفُسِكُمْ بِكَثْرَةِ السُّجُودِ Friday Khutbah by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday, May 20th, 2022 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 19th of Shawwal 1443 Hijri.

Good And Blessed Life

“Whoever does good deeds having faith, whether a male or a female, We will grant him a good life, and We will compensate them later with better rewards than what they did”. (Qur’an 16:97) مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ Friday Khutbah by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday, May 20th, 2022 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 19th of Shawwal 1443 Hijri.

Follow My Sunnah

ِ”After I am gone, you will see great conflict. I urge you to adhere to my Sunnah and the Sunnah path of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs. Cling stubbornly to it, and beware of newly-invented matters, for every innovation is a going astray“. (Prophetic Hadith) سَتَرَوْنَ مِنْ بَعْدِي اخْتِلاَفًا شَدِيدًا فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday May 13th, 2022 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 12th of Shawwal 1443 Hijri.

Humbleness Is the Winner

ِAllah’s Prophet (uwbp) said: “Allah, the Most High has revealed to me that you (people) should be humble, so that no one transgresses against another, or boasts himself towards the other“. (Hadith) إِنَّ اَللَّهَ أَوْحَىٰ إِلَيَّ أَنْ تَوَاضَعُوا، حَتَّى لَا يَبْغِيَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ، وَلَا يَفْخَرَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday May 6th, 2022 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 5th of Shawwal 1443 Hijri.

A blessed new Crescent

Allah’s Messenger, sal-uwbp says: “One who fasted the holy month of Ramadan enjoys two types of happiness: One joy when he breaks his fast at Eid, and another joy when he meets his Lord “. (Hadith) لِلصَّائِمِ فَرْحَتَيْنِ فَرْحَةً عِنْدَ إِفْطَارِهِ، وَفَرْحَةً يَوْمَ يَلْقَى رَبَّهُ   Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Monday  May 2nd, 2022 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 2nd of Shawwal 1443 Hijri.

Taming the Self

“By the soul and He Who assigned its due purpose, and Who made known to it [what amounts to] immorality and [what constitutes] piety, whoever purifies it [by following the Divine admonition] will achieve success, and whoever corrupts it [by indulging in what is impermissible,] will surely grieve with sorrow.) “. (Qur’an 91:7-10) وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا ‏فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا  Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday April 29th, 2022 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 28th of Ramadan 1443 Hijri.

The Night of Destiny

“That this is indeed a most gracious Quran, which is kept in a safeguarded Book, that only the sanctified ones do carry it.  A Revelation from the Divine Lord of all creations” “. (Qur’an 56:77-80)  إِنَّهُ لَقُرْآنٌ كَرِيمٌ  ‎فِي كِتَابٍ مَّكْنُونٍ‏ لَّا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَالَمِي  Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday April 22nd, 2022 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 21nd of Ramadan 1443 Hijri.