Friday Sermon

“O people! A manifest proof has come to you from your Lord, and We have brought you down a manifest vivid Light [that cannot be denied]. As to those who now believe in the Divine Sovereign Lord, and hold firmly to Him, He will soon grant them His Mercy and Divine Grace, and He will guide them on Straight Path to Himself”. ﴾Quran 4:174-175﴿   يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ جَاءَكُم بُرْهَانٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَأَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ نُورًا مُّبِينًا ‎ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday November 12th, 2021 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 7th of Rabi’u Thani 1443 Hijri.

“O my people! Life in this down world is merely a passing burden-bearing comfort, and the hereafter is the true abode of permanency”. ﴾Quran 40:39﴿   إِنَّمَا هَٰذِهِ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا مَتَاعٌ وَإِنَّ الْآخِرَةَ هِيَ دَارُ الْقَرَارِ ‎ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday November 5th, 2021 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 30th of Rabi’ul Awwal 1443 Hijri.

Say: “My Salãt prayers, my devotion, my sacrifices, my life and my death are all dedicated to the Divine Sovereign Lord of all creation.”  “He has no associate [or partner]. This is what I was commanded to follow, and I am the first to submit [to Him].” ﴾Quran 7:162-163﴿   لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ ۖ وَبِذَٰلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ‎* قُلْ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ‎ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday October 29th, 2021 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 23rd of Rabi’ul Awwal 1443 Hijri.

“You see them bowing and prostrating themselves always soliciting the favors and pleasure of Allah. Their faces hold the marks of their prostration [before their Lord]”. رُكَّعًا سُجَّدًا يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانًا ۖ سِيمَاهُمْ فِي وُجُوهِهِم مِّنْ أَثَرِ السُّجُودِ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday September 30th, 2021 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 23th of Safar 1443 Hijri.

Ibn Mas’oud (ral) narrated: “Whoever wishes to be happy in a state of Islam the day he meets Allah , he should maintain offering his Salāt-prayers regularly where the call is sounded”. مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَلْقَى اللهَ غَدًا مُسْلِمًا فَلْيُحَافِظْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الصَّلَوَاتِ حَيْثُ يُنَادَى بِهِنَّ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday September 24th, 2021 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 17th of Safar 1443 Hijri.

The Prophet (SAL) said: “The believer sees in his sins as a mountain he fears may fall on him, while the profligate sees his sins like a fly which has passed over his nose and which he has brushed away with his hand”. إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَأَنَّهُ قَاعِدٌ تَحْتَ جَبَلٍ يَخَافُ أَنْ يَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنَّ الْفَاجِرَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَذُبَابٍ مَرَّ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ فَقَالَ بِهِ هَكَذَا Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday September 17th, 2021 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 10th of Safar 1443 Hijri.

The Prophet (SAL) said: “The Holy Spirit (Jibreel [ِAS]) has brought to my awareness [breather into my soul] that no soul will die until it has completed its appointed term and received its provision in full, so fear Allah and do not be desperate in seeking provision, and no one of you should be tempted to seek provision by means of committing sin if it is slow in coming to him, for that which is with Allah can only be reached by obeying Him”. إنَّ رُوحَ القدُسِ نفثَ في رُوْعي أنَّ نفسًا لنْ تموتَ حتَّى تستكملَ أجلَها وتستوعبَ رِزقها Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday September 10th, 2021 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 3rd of Safar 1443 Hijri.

“Surely, the well-beloveds of Allah shall have no fear, nor will they ever have regret [for leaving this down world]”. (Quran 10:62) أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ  Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday September 3rd, 2021 C.E. at Annoor Jami Mosque, the 26th of Muharram 1443 Hijri.