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OUR KHUTBAH TODAY IS ABOUT SEEKING GUIDANCE OF ALLAH AZZAWAJAL ALL THE TIME

 DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDER. Yawmul Jumuat, 17th day of Dhul-Hijjah 1446AH, Friday, 13th June 2025. 

*_OUR KHUTBAH TODAY IS ABOUT SEEKING GUIDANCE OF ALLAH AZZAWAJAL ALL THE TIME_*. BismilLah. 


Alhamdulillah, for blessing us to be part of this blessed day. We pray that as the hujjaaj complete their hajj rituals, may ALLAH Azzawajal brings them safely home and accepts their acts of worship. Aameen. May ALLAH Azzawajal make us among those who perform Hajj next year Aameen. 


As Muslims,  we often forget that ALLAH Azzawajal alone can help us overcome the many problems we encounter in our daily lives. The secret is to keep ALLAH Azzawajal in mind, constantly, so that when any difficulty arises, we can address it confidently in the knowledge that ALLAH Azzawajal is aware of our situation. We should never face any problem on our own; ALLAH Azzawajal is with us and HE inspires and authorises the solution.


I remember reading a story about a young man who was keen to be a spiritual leader. But his Shaykh said to him, “Before you can hope to be a leader, you must answer this correctly. Imagine you are walking through the fields when suddenly you are attacked by several sheepdogs at once. What will you do?” The man replied, “I will grab a stick or some stones to throw at them and defend myself. His teacher smiled and said, “That’s not the answer. You may hold off one or two dogs, but the others will get you. You cannot defend yourself against so many attacking you all at once. The wise answer is to call on the shepherd, call the dogs’ master, and ask him for help. He’ll call the dogs away and they will leave you unharmed.”


Brothers and Sisters, this is of course a deeply philosophical story with many layers of meaning. The dogs are the problems we face in life, every day. The Shepherd is ALLAH Azzawajal. Don’t try to defend yourself without ALLAH Azzawajal. You cannot win. Take ALLAH Azzawajal into your confidence. Make HIM part of your life, part of every waking and sleeping moment. ALLAH loves it when we seek HIS help in big and small matters. This is another dimension of Taqwa, being constantly mindful of ALLAH Azzawajal, filling our hearts with a sense of love fear and hope. We love ALLAH Azzawajal and hope for Paradise through HIS MERCY, we fear HIS punishment and we are ever hopeful of HIS forgiveness and Mercy. But we must do so with sincerity. Repent sincerely from the haraam job, haraam relationship, stealing, cheating etc. We can't succeed with disobedience to HIS rules and regulations in life. Please remember today is Friday. 

*_May ALLAH (Al-Hayyu, Al-Qayyuum, The Living, The Maintainer of Life) aid us in our efforts to rely only on HIM alone_*. Aameen.

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