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Khutba

Hasten To Receive His Forgiveness

“And hasten to receive forgiveness from your Lord, and to win [eternal dwellings in the comfort of] paradise, which breadth extends across the entire heavens and the earth, and that is prepared for the pious ones”. (Quran 3:133) وَسَارِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday January 27th, 2017 C.E. at Annoor Mosque, the 1st of Jamadul Ulaa 1438 Hijri. Also listen to “Hasten To Receive Your Lord’s Forgiveness“, Khutba-Sermon delivered on May 6th, 2016.

Sufficient is Your Lord for Guide

Say: “What! Are you there to instruct Allah about your religion when Allah knows everything in the heavens and on earth!”. (Quran 49:16) قُلْ أَتُعَلِّمُونَ اللَّـهَ بِدِينِكُمْ وَاللَّـهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ وَاللَّـهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday January 6th, 2017 C.E. at Annoor Mosque, the 8th of Rabi’u Thani 1438 Hijri.

Read Your Records, Be Your Own Judge

“And We placed for each person the garland of his [ultimate] fate around his neck, and on the Day of Resurrection, We will bring forth the book of [his] records which he will find spread open. [Then it will be said to him:] Read your records for yourself. It is sufficient that you reckon your own actions today”. (Quran 17:14-15) وَكُلَّ إِنسَانٍ أَلْزَمْنَاهُ طَائِرَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ ۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كِتَابًا يَلْقَاهُ مَنشُورًا • اقْرَأْ كِتَابَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًا Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday December 30th, 2016 C.E. at Annoor Mosque, the 1st of Rabi’u Thani 1438 Hijri.

Worship at Times of Turmoil

“Allah brightens and make shine [the face of] someone who hears what I say and understand it correctly, then delivers and conveys what I said to someone who did not hear it, for perhaps a recipient may have better understanding than a listener.(Prophetic Saying) نضَّرَ الله امْرَأً سَمِع مقالتي فَوَعَاهَا، فبَلَّغها مَن لَم يَسْمَعْهَا، فَرُبَّ مُبَلَّغٍ أَوْعَى لَهُ مِنْ سَامِعٍ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday December 23rd, 2016 C.E. at Annoor Mosque, the 24th of Rabi’ul Awwal 1438 Hijri.

Heed and Follow the Best of Guidance

“Announce the good news to My servants. Such ones, when they listen to the admonition, they heed and follow what is best in its guidance. Those are the ones whom Allah has guided, and they are the ones who can benefit from their good understanding.” (Quran 39:17-18) فَبَشِّرْ عِبَادِ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُ ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَاهُمُ اللَّـهُ ۖ وَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمْ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ Friday Khutba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday December 16th, 2016 C.E. at Annoor Mosque, the 17th of Rabi’ul Awwal 1438 Hijri. You may also listen to “Spread the Good News” Suhba discourse delivered on Friday May 20th, 2016.

Rituals In Our Lives

“And when you are greeted with good regards, return the greeting with better regards, or return the same. Surely Allah takes into account everything [you do].” (Quran 4:86) وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُم بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيُّوا بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا أَوْ رُدُّوهَا ۗ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَسِيبًا “Friday Suhba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday December 9th, 2016 C.E. at Annoor Mosque, the 10th of Rabi’ul  Awwal 1438 Hijri.

The Best of Accounts

“Allah is the One Who made the best accounts come down [to you]; in a Book wherein some verses may resemble others, yet, uncovering two opposite pathways. The skins of those who fear [to displease] their Lord contract and shudder involuntarily when they hear it; their skins and hearts then become calm and are soothed by listening to the admonition of the Divine Sovereign Lord. ” (Quran 39:23) اللَّـهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابًا مُّتَشَابِهًا مَّثَانِيَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ اللَّـهِ “Friday Suhba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday December 2nd, 2016 C.E. at Annoor Mosque, the 3rd of Rabi’ul  Awwal 1438 Hijri.

Love of the Companions

“Some of you desire the pleasures of this world, and others seek the reward of the hereafter. ” (Quran 3:152) – Are you merely seeking temporal gains of this down world, when Allah wants the hereafter [for you], surely Allah is Supreme in Power and All-Wise. (Quran 8:67) مِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ الدُّنْيَا وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ – وَاللَّـهُ يُرِيدُ الْآخِرَةَ Friday Suhba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday October 28th, 2016 C.E. at Annoor Mosque, the 27th of Muharram 1438 Hijri.

Ranks of the Believers

“Look how We favor some of them [in worldly ranks] over one another [in this life]. Thus, the favors of the hereafter have more elevated ranks and more abounding grace. ” (Quran 17:21) انظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۚ وَلَلْآخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَاتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلًا Friday Suhba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday October 14th, 2016 C.E. at Annoor Mosque, the 13th of Muharram 1438 Hijri.

Truth Comes From Your Lord

“I swear by the Lord of the heavens and the earth that this is as true as your ability to speak.” (Quran 51:23) فَوَرَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَا أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ Friday Suhba by Shaykh Al-Akili on Friday September 9th, 2016 C.E. at Annoor Mosque, the 8th of Zul-Hijja 1437 Hijri.