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Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah
Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Becoming a Friend of Allah - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, Numbness, and Burnout - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Overcoming Compassion Fatigue, Numbness, and Burnout - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

What Do You “Smell” Like? - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

What Do You “Smell” Like? - Sh. Omar Suleiman | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

A Living Heart Under Siege | Khutbah

Don't Forget Your Mistakes, Learn From Them | Khutbah

Don't Forget Your Mistakes, Learn From Them | Khutbah

Repentance Delayed and Denied: Learning from a Dying Pharoah | Khutbah

Repentance Delayed and Denied: Learning from a Dying Pharoah | Khutbah

“There is no refuge or escape from you, except to you...” | Khutbah

“There is no refuge or escape from you, except to you...” | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

How Istighfar Clears the Fog | Khutbah

Don't Minimize Your Pain, Seek its Reward | Khutbah

Don't Minimize Your Pain, Seek its Reward | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

How Aisha (ra) Became a Doctor | Khutbah

Stop Trying To Escape Death. Just Make The Most of Life | Khutbah

Stop Trying To Escape Death. Just Make The Most of Life | Khutbah

You Will Never Be As Alone Or Desperate As Yunus (as) | Khutbah

You Will Never Be As Alone Or Desperate As Yunus (as) | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

Do You Think You Will Enter Jannah? | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

A Message Regarding the Muslims in France | Khutbah

“Indeed, Your Enemy is The One Cut Off” | Khutbah

“Indeed, Your Enemy is The One Cut Off” | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Maintaining Character in Chaos and Confusion | Khutbah

Allah Spared Me, Why Would I Dip my Tongue in it?  | Khutbah

Allah Spared Me, Why Would I Dip my Tongue in it? | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Allah Laughs at This Awkward Meeting | Khutbah

Black Friday: Fear of Missing Out on Good Deals or Deeds | Khutbah

Black Friday: Fear of Missing Out on Good Deals or Deeds | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Don’t Wait For Others To Ask | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Your Father: The Middle Gate to Jannah | Khutbah

Do Not Curse Time: What A New Year Really Means | Khutbah

Do Not Curse Time: What A New Year Really Means | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Three Moments That Lead to Paradise | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Owning Our Mistakes | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

Serving the “Undeserving” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

“A Life Cut Short...” | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Before Our Hearts Were Hardened | Khutbah

Wash Our Hearts With Water, Snow, and Hail | Khutbah

Wash Our Hearts With Water, Snow, and Hail | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

Let Your Water Flow To Your Neighbor | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

The Blessing You Won't Forget Next Time | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

"Am I Really Sincere?" | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Forbidden From Qiyam For Questioning His Sincerity | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Am I Accountable for My Thoughts? | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

Two Conditions For Forgiveness in Sha'aban | Khutbah

The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan | Khutbah

The Knots, Whispers, Sticks & Stones of Shaytan | Khutbah

From Bad To Better & Good To Great | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

From Bad To Better & Good To Great | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

The Best Forms Of Dhikr In Ramadan | Khutbah

What Are You Willing To Give Up For Allah? | Khutbah

What Are You Willing To Give Up For Allah? | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

5 Best Things To Do On Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

The Effect Of Laylatul Qadr On The Heart | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Al Aqsa Will Always Matter To Us | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

Learning Courage from Palestine & Our Predecessors | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

David and Goliath in Islam | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Dua to Overcome Feeling Helpless | Khutbah

Sins We Commit When We’re Scared and Vulnerable | Khutbah

Sins We Commit When We’re Scared and Vulnerable | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

How Paradise Keeps Us Patient | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

The Du’a Taught to Only 1 Prophet | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

How Allah sends Salah upon you | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

One Ummah, One Body | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

When Your True Colors Show | Khutbah

The First Footstep Of Shaytan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The First Footstep Of Shaytan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

Virtues of Ashura and How to Observe It | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

When You Hit Your Lowest Point | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

The Highest Degree of Love for Allah | Khutbah

Friends That Hold You Back | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Friends That Hold You Back | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When People Keep Letting You Down | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

When People Keep Letting You Down | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Tahajjud Removes Stress and Sins | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

How Would The Prophet ﷺ Advise You? | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

Inscribed on the Sword of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

A Believer Cannot Be A Liar | Khutbah

'I guarantee Jannah for the one who…' | Khutbah

'I guarantee Jannah for the one who…' | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

Quenching Our Humanity | Khutbah

What Makes You Cry |  Khutbah

What Makes You Cry | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

7 Ways To Increase Baraka In Your Time | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Do Not Aid an Oppressor | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Virtual Reality & the Fitna of Dajjal | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Seeing With The Light of Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Name: At Tawwab - The One Who Accepts Repentance | Khutbah

Allah’s Name: At Tawwab - The One Who Accepts Repentance | Khutbah

Gems from the Miracles and Manners of Jesus (as) | Khutbah

Gems from the Miracles and Manners of Jesus (as) | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

But You Want Something Else From Allah | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Allah’s Guidance | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Do Not Belittle the Efforts of Others | Khutbah

Don’t be Hasty | Khutbah by Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

Don’t be Hasty | Khutbah by Sh. Ibrahim Hindy

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Is Allah Punishing Me? | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

Turning Your "Waste" Into Rewards | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

New Beginnings with the Messenger ﷺ | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

To Truly be Free | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Dangerous Assumptions | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

Resting the Soul and Avoiding Burnout | Khutbah

The Day of Judgement as if You Can See it | Khutbah

The Day of Judgement as if You Can See it | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego  | Khutbah

Let's Let Go of Our Ego | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right  | Khutbah

How To Start Ramadan Right | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield  | Khutbah

Fasting is a Shield | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence  | Khutbah

Al-Aqsa, Indian Muslims and Ramadan Silence | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr  | Khutbah

What Allah Decides for you on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted?  | Khutbah

Was my Ramadan Accepted? | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues  | Khutbah

Fighting the Ramadan Blues | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah  | Khutbah

Our Priorities as an Ummah | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna  | Khutbah

3 Ways to Save Yourself from Fitna | Khutbah

Social Media, Misinformation, And The Assassination of Uthman (ra)  | Khutbah

Social Media, Misinformation, And The Assassination of Uthman (ra) | Khutbah

Do Not Compromise Your Deen  | Khutbah

Do Not Compromise Your Deen | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back  | Khutbah

Why the Shaheed would want to come back | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

The Benefits of Hasbunallahu Wa Ni'mal Wakeel | Khutbah

Our Father Ibrahim (as) Still Cares About Us | Khutbah

Our Father Ibrahim (as) Still Cares About Us | Khutbah

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

What to do on 'Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

The Du'as of the Salaf on Arafah | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Uniting Our Ummah When Politics Divide | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

Your Image of Allah and Attachment to Him | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

The 3 Keys to Human Excellence | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Life Only Starts When You Die | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Why Ashura is so important | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Will Anyone Remember Me? | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Learning to Trust Allah’s Timing | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Defining Masculinity Through Qur’an | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

Vocabulary of a Narcissist | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

The Sin of Using People | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

Think Well of Allah | Khutbah

O Allah, I Love You Even Though I Disobey You | Khutbah

O Allah, I Love You Even Though I Disobey You | Khutbah

Why Don't We All Have the Same Blessings? | Khutbah

Why Don't We All Have the Same Blessings? | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

A World Without Muhammad ﷺ | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Advice You Need to Hear | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Pursuit of Balance | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

The Good Deed That Ruins You | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

A Summary of Islam by the Prophet ﷺ | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Tired of Being Taken Advantage Of | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

Lost Without Allah | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

How To Diagnose Your Heart | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

The Fear of Living an “Ordinary” Life | Khutbah

How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

How To Change Your Desires | Khutbah

Is All Knowledge Good? | Khutbah

Is All Knowledge Good? | Khutbah

What Causes Du‘as to Be Unheard? | Khutbah

What Causes Du‘as to Be Unheard? | Khutbah

What the Prophet ﷺ Wished He Hadn't Asked | Khutbah

What the Prophet ﷺ Wished He Hadn't Asked | Khutbah

Negative Speaking and Belittling Blessings | Khutbah

Negative Speaking and Belittling Blessings | Khutbah

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

When Forgiving Is Complicated | Khutbah

When Parents Beg Their Kids To Believe | Khutbah

When Parents Beg Their Kids To Believe | Khutbah

Why Allah Allows Earthquakes and Suffering | Khutbah

Why Allah Allows Earthquakes and Suffering | Khutbah

Would You Pass This Test | Khutbah

Would You Pass This Test | Khutbah

Your Time to Shine #Sha'ban | Khutbah

Your Time to Shine #Sha'ban | Khutbah

Your Heart Isn’t Ready for Ramadan Unless… | Khutbah

Your Heart Isn’t Ready for Ramadan Unless… | Khutbah

A Jannah Worth Chasing | Khutbah

A Jannah Worth Chasing | Khutbah

Your Ramadan Uniform | Khutbah

Your Ramadan Uniform | Khutbah

Your Greatest Motivation | Khutbah

Your Greatest Motivation | Khutbah

Getting Past the Mid-Ramadan Dip | Khutbah

Getting Past the Mid-Ramadan Dip | Khutbah

When Allah Gifts You With Tranquility | Khutbah

When Allah Gifts You With Tranquility | Khutbah

The New You | Eid Khutbah

The New You | Eid Khutbah

AI and ChatGPT: Spiritual Resilience and Ethics | Khutbah

AI and ChatGPT: Spiritual Resilience and Ethics | Khutbah

Feeling Paralyzed by Stress and Fitna? | Khutbah

Feeling Paralyzed by Stress and Fitna? | Khutbah

The Qur’an and Intellectual Humility | Khutbah

The Qur’an and Intellectual Humility | Khutbah

Wasted Potential | Khutbah

Wasted Potential | Khutbah

Your Lord Doesn’t Forget | Khutbah

Your Lord Doesn’t Forget | Khutbah

Who Should You Really Care About? | Khutbah

Who Should You Really Care About? | Khutbah

Where Has Your Tongue Taken You? | Khutbah

Where Has Your Tongue Taken You? | Khutbah

Why Would A Man Sacrifice His Son? | Khutbah

Why Would A Man Sacrifice His Son? | Khutbah

How To Make Du'a For Barakah | Khutbah

How To Make Du'a For Barakah | Khutbah

Do You Love To Argue? | Khutbah

Do You Love To Argue? | Khutbah

Missed Opportunities | Khutbah

Missed Opportunities | Khutbah

When Allah Guides Through You | Khutbah

When Allah Guides Through You | Khutbah

The Ashura Within | Khutbah

The Ashura Within | Khutbah

Allah Appreciates Your Smallest Deeds | Khutbah

Allah Appreciates Your Smallest Deeds | Khutbah

Islam's Cure for Depression | Khutbah

Islam's Cure for Depression | Khutbah

Conquering Your Insecurities | Khutbah

Conquering Your Insecurities | Khutbah

Allah Will Honor You | Khutbah

Allah Will Honor You | Khutbah

How Allah Uses “Tomorrow” in the Qur’an | Khutbah

How Allah Uses “Tomorrow” in the Qur’an | Khutbah

When Love Makes You Crazy | Khutbah

When Love Makes You Crazy | Khutbah

Natural Disasters & The Day of Judgment | Khutbah

Natural Disasters & The Day of Judgment | Khutbah

What Are Your Real Intentions? | Khutbah

What Are Your Real Intentions? | Khutbah

How to Make The Most of your Salah | Khutbah

How to Make The Most of your Salah | Khutbah

Palestine Khutbah Outside the White House | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Palestine Khutbah Outside the White House | Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What's the Point?" | Khutbah

"What's the Point?" | Khutbah

How Palestine Exposes Hypocrisy | Khutbah

How Palestine Exposes Hypocrisy | Khutbah

Feeling Helpless While Watching Oppression | Khutbah

Feeling Helpless While Watching Oppression | Khutbah

Palestine Awakens the Ummah | Khutbah

Palestine Awakens the Ummah | Khutbah

What Does Islam Say About War and Justice? | Khutbah

What Does Islam Say About War and Justice? | Khutbah

Your Leg is Already in Paradise | Khutbah

Your Leg is Already in Paradise | Khutbah

The Value of Just One Righteous Life | Khutbah

The Value of Just One Righteous Life | Khutbah

Media Martyrs and Symbolic Resistance | Khutbah

Media Martyrs and Symbolic Resistance | Khutbah

Staying Sincere for the Cause | Khutbah

Staying Sincere for the Cause | Khutbah

Do You Doubt the Return? | Khutbah

Do You Doubt the Return? | Khutbah

When Laws are Held Hostage | Khutbah

When Laws are Held Hostage | Khutbah

It Actually Starts with Tahajjud | Khutbah

It Actually Starts with Tahajjud | Khutbah

The Most Underestimated Major Sin | Khutbah

The Most Underestimated Major Sin | Khutbah

How Allah will Mock Them | Khutbah

How Allah will Mock Them | Khutbah

Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah
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Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah

Why this Sha'aban is so Important | Khutbah

Why this Sha'aban is so Important | Khutbah

What Happens on the 15th of Sha'aban? | Khutbah

What Happens on the 15th of Sha'aban? | Khutbah

Ramadan Joy and Gaza Depression | Khutbah

Ramadan Joy and Gaza Depression | Khutbah

How to Make this Your Best Ramadan | Khutbah

How to Make this Your Best Ramadan | Khutbah

Setting Character Goals in Ramadan | Khutbah

Setting Character Goals in Ramadan | Khutbah

When Your Heart is On Empty | Khutbah

When Your Heart is On Empty | Khutbah

Those Who are Deprived on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Those Who are Deprived on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

When the Decree Shocks Everyone on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

When the Decree Shocks Everyone on Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

A Night Even Better than Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

A Night Even Better than Laylatul Qadr | Khutbah

Is the End Near? | Khutbah

Is the End Near? | Khutbah

"Don't Move!" - Gaza Encampment at Northwestern University | Khutbah

"Don't Move!" - Gaza Encampment at Northwestern University | Khutbah

Act and Allah Will Unlock Success | Khutbah

Act and Allah Will Unlock Success | Khutbah

Overcoming Despair When We See Mutilated Bodies | Khutbah

Overcoming Despair When We See Mutilated Bodies | Khutbah

Resistance in Exile: from Hijra to Nakba | Khutbah

Resistance in Exile: from Hijra to Nakba | Khutbah

The Inner Strength to Keep Fighting | Khutbah

The Inner Strength to Keep Fighting | Khutbah

Will Gaza be Israel's Downfall? | Khutbah

Will Gaza be Israel's Downfall? | Khutbah

When Allah Tests You with the Truth | Khutbah

When Allah Tests You with the Truth | Khutbah

Hidden Causes of Disconnect from Allah | Khutbah

Hidden Causes of Disconnect from Allah | Khutbah

How Close Are You to the Prophet (as)? | Khutbah

How Close Are You to the Prophet (as)? | Khutbah

The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah

The Most Important Ashura of Our Lives? | Khutbah

Is Allah Really with Us? | Khutbah

Is Allah Really with Us? | Khutbah

The Real History of Palestine in the Qur'an | Khutbah

The Real History of Palestine in the Qur'an | Khutbah

The One Child Pharoah Didn't Kill | Khutbah

The One Child Pharoah Didn't Kill | Khutbah

The Art of Finding Closure | Khutbah

The Art of Finding Closure | Khutbah

Don't Let them Steal your Revolution | Khutbah

Don't Let them Steal your Revolution | Khutbah

Thank God We're Not Them | Khutbah

Thank God We're Not Them | Khutbah

What If I Can't Look Anymore? | Khutbah

What If I Can't Look Anymore? | Khutbah

Wounds That Aren't Meant To Heal | Khutbah

Wounds That Aren't Meant To Heal | Khutbah

Your False Sense of Security: From Gaza and Beyond | Khutbah

Your False Sense of Security: From Gaza and Beyond | Khutbah

Hind Rajab to Aafia Siddiqui: Re-humanizing the De-humanized | Khutbah

Hind Rajab to Aafia Siddiqui: Re-humanizing the De-humanized | Khutbah

When It’s Hard to say Alhamdulilah | Khutbah

When It’s Hard to say Alhamdulilah | Khutbah

Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself? | Khutbah

Israel Has the Right to Defend Itself? | Khutbah

Is Revenge Worth it? It Hurts You More Than You Think | Khutbah

Is Revenge Worth it? It Hurts You More Than You Think | Khutbah

Earning Jannah While Watching a Genocide | Khutbah

Earning Jannah While Watching a Genocide | Khutbah

What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah

What if Oppression is Our Destiny? | Khutbah

Who Do I Vote For? A message to American Muslims | Khutbah

Who Do I Vote For? A message to American Muslims | Khutbah

What are Your True Intentions? Goodwill VS Ego | Khutbah

What are Your True Intentions? Goodwill VS Ego | Khutbah

Allah Will Surprise You - Embracing the Unknown | Khutbah

Allah Will Surprise You - Embracing the Unknown | Khutbah

Allah WILL Test You With Your Words | Khutbah

Allah WILL Test You With Your Words | Khutbah

Just When You Thought It Was Over | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Just When You Thought It Was Over | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

You Need to Love Allah More | Ramadan Prep Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

You Need to Love Allah More | Ramadan Prep Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Beyond Halal & Haram: Are You Numbing Your Heart? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Beyond Halal & Haram: Are You Numbing Your Heart? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Who are the human devils amongst us? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Who are the human devils amongst us? | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Amazing Connections Between Jumah and Laylatul Qadr | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Amazing Connections Between Jumah and Laylatul Qadr | Ramadan Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do Not Abandon the Masjid After Ramadan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do Not Abandon the Masjid After Ramadan | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What is your biggest fear? A wake up call amidst collapse | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

What is your biggest fear? A wake up call amidst collapse | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Your Future Self Is Not Who You Think It Is | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Your Future Self Is Not Who You Think It Is | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How to Deal With Angry People | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

How to Deal With Angry People | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

"If Only I Had the Strength…" | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"If Only I Had the Strength…" | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Allah Defends Those Who Believe | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How Allah Defends Those Who Believe | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

India VS Pakistan: The Deadly Cost of Nationalism | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

India VS Pakistan: The Deadly Cost of Nationalism | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How the Plot of Israel Will Backfire | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How the Plot of Israel Will Backfire | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Waiting to Become a Victim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Waiting to Become a Victim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Why is the World Falling Apart? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Why is the World Falling Apart? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Ashura is Not Nostalgia | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What I Saw in Bosnia." 30 Years After the Genocide | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

"What I Saw in Bosnia." 30 Years After the Genocide | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Willing to Truly Sacrifice for Allah? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You Willing to Truly Sacrifice for Allah? | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Practicing Detachment: A Daily Guide to Freeing Your Heart for Allah | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Practicing Detachment: A Daily Guide to Freeing Your Heart for Allah | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Crime of Hunger | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Don’t Just Exist—Live for What Allah Created You For | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Don’t Just Exist—Live for What Allah Created You For | Lecture by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Gaza Is Starving — But Allah’s Promise Has Not Failed | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

Gaza Is Starving — But Allah’s Promise Has Not Failed | Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

The Qur’an They Can’t Bomb: Stories from Gaza | Dr. Omar Suleiman

The Qur’an They Can’t Bomb: Stories from Gaza | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do People Have Hope In You? | Dr. Omar Suleiman

Do People Have Hope In You? | Dr. Omar Suleiman

How You Should Eat While Gaza Starves | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

How You Should Eat While Gaza Starves | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Are You a Mediocre Muslim? | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

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Is It All Our Fault? | Khutbah

How much are our leaders and circumstances a reflection of our flaws? Is Gaza suffering because of us? What does our righteousness, or lack of, produce?

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We begin by praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him. And we bear witness that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is his final messenger.
We ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him. The prophets and messengers that came before him, his family and companions that served alongside him, and those that follow in his blessed path until the day of judgment.
And we ask Allah to make us amongst them. Allahumma ameen. Dear brothers and sisters, when a person looks around at the state of the ummah today, specifically as it relates to our brothers and sisters in Palestine, our brothers and sisters in Gaza,
may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala alleviate their suffering and grant them victory. Allahumma ameen. And when a person looks at the difficulties around the ummah,
and the seemingly pathetic state that we are in where we feel like we have been granted circumstances that are beyond us. Leaders that we are either deserving of or not deserving of.
But a situation in which a person who is introspective will come back and ask themselves, Am I responsible?
Are these leaders, are these circumstances, are these difficulties merely an extension or reflection of the state of our ummah?
Or is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala testing us? Is what is happening to our brothers and sisters related to my day-to-day? Or is it completely disconnected?
Is the complaint that I have about those who I feel like should be doing more but are not doing more, who have leadership within our ummah,
are those complaints really just extensions of my own disobedience? Are they reflections of me? Or are they a test that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has put upon us?
And it comes back to an ayah from which we have the general rule in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرُ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ
That verily Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala does not change the condition of a people until they change the conditions of themselves. But what is within our power?
And subhanallah when you look at the ahadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam in this regard, you will notice that whether the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam is talking about the leadership of this ummah
or he's talking about the circumstances of the people, it's never entirely linear. Meaning it is not like we have righteous leadership that parallels righteous people,
that parallels righteous circumstances all the times. In many of those situations there is a disruption that happens along the way.
And in every single one of those situations there is a lesson that all of us can take. There is a famous statement that many people quote as a hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam,
but it is not a hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Many of you have heard it, many of you have maybe repeated it. كَمَا تَكُونُوا يُوَلَّى عَلَيْكُمْ As you are will be placed upon you.
But this statement, which is a wisdom that has been passed on between many generations, is not completely true to every single circumstance.
Meaning it is not always the case كَمَا تَكُونُوا يُوَلَّى عَلَيْكُمْ As you are will be placed upon you. Partially there is some wisdom and some value and benefit to that statement for us to look back at ourselves.
But it's not always the case. For example, the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wasallam says, خَيْرُ النَّاسِ قَرْنِي The best of my generation or the best of my ummah. خَيْرُ أُمَّةِ وَخَيْرُ النَّاسِ
The best of people is my generation. ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ And then those that come after them. And then those that come after them. Who we group as one and we call a salaf.
The pious predecessors. They are the best of all people. The first three generations of Islam. And after those generations there is a general decline that happens in terms of righteousness.
لَا يَسْتَوِي مِنْكُمْ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ مِنْ قَبْلِ الْفَتْحِ وَقَاتَلُ أُولَٰئِكَ أَعْظَمُ دَرَجَةً مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَنْفَقُوا مِنْ بَعْدُ وَقَاتَلُ وَكُلَّهُ وَعْدَ اللَّهُ الْحُسْنَةُ
And even in Islam, those that came first before the conquest are not like those that came after. But everyone has their promise from Allah.
So generally, every generation declines in righteousness but there are always these bright spots. فِي كُلِّ قَرْنٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي سَابِقُونَ In every generation of my ummah, there are these bright spots.
There are forerunners that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala chooses. But if you think about general righteousness, it is the sahaba, and then the tabi'een, and then the taba' tabi'een. Those first three generations of Islam.
But still with that, as Imam al-Qutayba rahimahullah points out, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tested the likes of Anas ibn Malik radiyallahu ta'ala anhu, and Imam Hassan al-Basri rahimahullah, with al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.
A brutal tyrant. And some people asked Hassan al-Basri, who's looked at as the greatest of the second generation of Islam, and if this is the second greatest generation that ever walked the face of the earth,
how is it that we have this tyrant that's been placed upon us? Then his response would be to look into the social ills that we have allowed to permeate amongst ourselves.
And to increase in our dua to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Because whether this is a tyrant that has been placed upon us due to something that we have done, or due to something that Allah wants to bring out of us,
the end result is the same, the output is the same. A turning back to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and a holistic seeking of islah, of rectification of the self and of society,
and leaving the rest of the qadr to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So sometimes, when we talk about our leaders, they are a reflection of us, or we are a reflection of them.
Sometimes the change comes from top down. Sometimes it comes from bottom up. Sufyan al-Thawri, rahimahullah, said a very famous statement.
Qala santhani min al-naas, there are two groups of people. Itha saluha, saluhat al-ummah. If these two groups of people are righteous, then the ummah will be rectified. Wa itha fasada, fasadat al-ummah.
And if they become corrupt, then the ummah will become corrupted as well. Al muluk wal ulama. The rulers and the scholars. So there is top down change. And indeed if you have righteous leaders,
they can in fact change the culture of the people. They can instill a rectification in the people that might have been missing. Salahuddin al-Ayubi, rahimahullah, who we always quote and we always wish for.
Another version of him, another manifestation of him in our ummah. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bring about many revivers amongst us. Allahumma ameen. Salahuddin had to revive consciousness in the ummah. It's not that he was handed a righteous ummah.
He had to revive himself and he had to revive his ummah. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala brought about great change on his hands. And before him, Nuruddin, rahimahullah, who was his mentor as well.
So islah came from top down. When you look at the history of Islam, the early days of the Muslims. There is Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, rahimahullah,
who assumes leadership of this ummah at the age of 38 years old. And like his grandfather, Umar ibn Khattab, rahimahullah,
resuscitates and breeds justice into an ummah that has been plagued with oppression. If you were to look at the line from Abu Bakr and Umar and Uthman and Ali and Al-Hassan
and go all the way down to Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, there isn't a direct correlation to the ummah's behavior. But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala blessed this ummah with a reviver that came years later
from khulafa al-rashideen to where he was included amongst them even though he was not immediately after them. As Imam al-Shafi, rahimahullah, said, he is like Rajab. The Muharram month, the sacred month of Rajab.
To the rest of al-ashr al-haram, to the rest of the sacred months which are three together. Rajab is separated in the year, but it is included amongst them.
Likewise, Umar ibn Abdul Aziz is separated from them in terms of his years, but he is included amongst them. So sometimes Allah blesses an ummah that is sleeping with righteousness at the top
that infuses righteousness through society, that seeks to wake it up, revive its consciousness and brings about beauty throughout. That happens sometimes. But sometimes it's the opposite. Sometimes, indeed,
كَمَا تَكُونُوا يُوَلَّى عَلَيْكُمْ As you are, will be placed upon you. Sometimes, the culture of the people shapes what is at the top and shapes their circumstances.
And subhanAllah, there is a famous narration of Ali radiyallahu ta'ala anhum where he was asked, you know, how come you're not like Abu Bakr and Umar radiyallahu anhuma in terms of raising the people?
And he said, Abu Bakr and Umar had men like me, I have men like you. Abdul Malik ibn Marwan, rahimahullah, was asked something very similar. And he joined the people, he brought the people together. جَمَعَ النَّاسِ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ
إِنَّكُمْ تُرِيدُونَ مِنَّا أَنَّكُونَ مِثْلَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرٍ He said, I'm the khalifa. And he gathered the people and he said, you want from us to be like Abu Bakr and Umar. May Allah be pleased with them.
He says, كُونُوا أَنْتُمْ مِثْلَ رِجَالِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرٍ But you should be like the men of Abu Bakr and Umar. And then you will see the change that you're seeking. So it goes both ways.
It's not just from top bottom, it's also bottom up. Culture produces certain leaders. Mentorship produces leaders. Communities like this one, masajid,
here in Ireland or in the United States or wherever it is, produce the next generations of Salahuddin. Produce the righteous leaders that then take the mantle. And they lead this ummah to where it needs to go.
But we can't simply keep waiting for someone to come up there. The Salahuddin syndrome or the Mahdi syndrome. Everything will be okay when he comes. And we don't look inside ourselves. إِذَا أَرَكْتَ صَلَاحَ الدِّينِ
If you want to be Salahuddin, فَكُنْ رَجُلٌ أَمِينٌ Then be a righteous, trustworthy person in your own daily dealings. Don't be a person that deals in cheating and then complains about the leaders of the ummah. Because Allah knows that many of those
that complain about the leaders of the Muslims would be just as corrupt as them if they were in that situation. Because sometimes they reflect the culture. If you look at the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ,
in the hadith of Abu Huraira radiallahu ta'ala anhu, where the Prophet ﷺ was speaking, and a man came, a Bedouin came and said, مَتَ السَّاعَةِ When is the hour?
And the Prophet ﷺ did not answer him immediately. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, أَيْنَ سَائِرُ عَنَ السَّاعَةِ Where is the one who asked me about the hour? And when he came forth, the Prophet ﷺ mentioned,
إِذَا ضُيِعَتِ الْأَمَانَةِ When trust is lost, تَنْتَظِرِ السَّاعَةِ Then wait for the day of judgment to come. Wait for the hour to come. And the Bedouin asked the right question, كَيْفَ إِضَاعَتُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
How does it get lost? How does trust become lost amongst the people? The Prophet ﷺ gives a component of this that seems to be outside of our circumstances,
and one that seems to be a conscious choice. The Prophet ﷺ says in one narration of this, very simple, أَن يُوَلَّ الْأَمْرَ غَيْرَ أَهْلِ When the affair of the Muslims is given to those who are undeserving,
when political leadership goes to corrupt people, and they transform righteousness into wickedness. That's something that is usually beyond our control. Very few times in history
do people actually get to choose their leaders. And even in the illusion of democracies, usually there's a component of compulsion that forces your leaders upon you. Very few times in history do people actually consciously choose their leaders.
So when it goes to people that are undeserving, when it goes to people that lose the amanah of the Muslims, that lose the amanah of the believers, but there's a conscious part. The Prophet ﷺ said, إِتَّخَذَ النَّاسُ رُؤُوسًا جُهَالًا
فَسُئِلُوا فَأَفْتَوْا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَضَلُّوا وَأَضَلُّوا The Prophet ﷺ said, when people take leaders amongst themselves that are fools,
and they are asked, and they respond without knowledge, they are astray and they lead astray. You know how we take this for ourselves, dear brothers and sisters? You don't get to choose your political leaders, but you do get to choose your role models.
You might not get to choose who governs over you, but you do choose your trendsetters. You do choose who you follow. You do choose who you consume. You do choose your leaders in every other sense of the word.
And if the culture is producing the most rotten of leaders, if our young people are looking up to the worst of people, then the problem is not in who is being placed upon us, the problem is who we are placing upon ourselves.
There's a conscious part of this too. And so yes, our leaders are a reflection of us. Yes, those that come above us are a reflection of us. But also, dear brothers and sisters, there's the culture of justice.
So, do we choose our leaders? In some ways, yes. Do we choose our circumstances? In some ways, yes. هل ترزقون وتنصرون إلا بضعفائكم؟ In one narration,
the Prophet ﷺ said, Are you given support or victory except by how you treat your most vulnerable? Are you given support and victory from Allah except by how you treat those who need help amongst you?
Look at yourself. How are you governing? How are you carrying out your affairs as a community? Al-Imam Al-Nawwi, rahimahullah, he said in terms of the ahwal of the Muslims, in terms of the circumstances of the Muslims. He said, if you look
at the narrations of Asbab Al-Nusra, the reasons for victory, and you compare those to Asbab Al-Hazima, the reasons for defeat, you will find that every hadith of the Prophet ﷺ
where he mentions a sabab, a reason for victory, there is the opposite of a reason for corruption and humiliation, and vice versa. It's actually a powerful way to read the Quran, and a powerful way to read the sunnah. If Allah tells you that
something bears righteousness in your life, then the opposite naturally bears wickedness. And if Allah tells you that something bears wickedness in your life, then the opposite obviously bears righteousness. So for example, where the Prophet ﷺ said,
هل ترزقون وتنصرون إلا بضعفائكم؟ Are you given victory or support except by how you treat your most vulnerable? There's also the narration of Ibn Mas'ud رضي الله تعالى عنه إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُقَدِّسُ أُمَّةً
لَا يُؤْخَذُ لِلضَّعِيفِ فِيهِمْ حَقُّهُ Allah will not honor an Ummah that does not take justice for the weak amongst them. It's one of the reasons for Hazima.
One of the reasons for defeat and humiliation. Allah will not honor an Ummah that does not stand up for the oppressed amongst them. That does not stand up for the weak amongst them. And so you want نصر؟ Are you involved in النصرة؟
You want Allah to give you victory in your circumstance? Are you a reason for someone else's victory? You want Allah to honor you? Do you honor the weak amongst you? Do you honor the oppressed amongst you?
كَلَّا بَلَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمُ Didn't Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mention this about the disbelievers? You want to be honored but you don't honor the orphan amongst you. You want Allah to honor you but do you honor those who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
has placed in your care? And so our leaders are a product of us. Our circumstances are a product of us in many ways. But with all of that being said,
وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً وَنَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً We test you with evil and we test you with good. Sometimes subhanallah the most righteous people
are tested with the most evil of tyrants. And sometimes the most wicked of people are given the most comfortable circumstances. It goes back to what is emanating from you. What is your
contribution to this environment? What are you putting back into it? Look at these two ayat subhanallah and how they speak to two different realities. Allah azawajal says وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرَىٰ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ
بَرَكَاتٍ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَكِنْ كَذَّبُوا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said if the people of the town would have only believed and been God conscious
they would have feared Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and honored the covenant Allah would have opened the blessings of the skies the heavens and the earth for them but instead they denied and so they were taken as a result of that which they used to do
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also says فَلَمَّا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ in the very next surah when they forgot between الأنعام والأعراف when they forgot the reminders that were sent to them
فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ We opened for them all the doors of good حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَا أُوتُوا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا فَرِحُوا بِمَا أُوتُوا until they found joy in that which was given to them أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بَغْتَ
فَإِذَاهُمْ مُبْلِيسُونَ We suddenly snatched them and they found themselves in despair So Allah talks about punishing a people with obvious punishment and Allah also talks about punishing a people by giving them exactly what they want
نَبْلُوكُمْ بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنًا That Allah عز و جل utilizes both of these upon a wicked people to wake them up or to punish them and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala
also utilizes for the believers that which brings out the best potential of their righteousness for their time that produces the best benefit for them in regards to their circumstances but the rule still remains
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرَارًا وَيُمْدِدِكُمْ بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينٍ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْهَارًا إِنْ تَنْصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنْصُرُكُمْ
وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ the verses still connect very clearly righteousness with goodness in this life, in the next reflected in what is above us reflected in what is around us
reflected in what is beneath us righteousness produces good and if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tests you when you are righteous then it may be that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wishes to elevate you
and so when you look at the people of Gaza when you look at the people that are struggling in our ummah the way that they are struggling it may be that they are the negligence or it may be that they are the sin of your negligence but at the same time
a maqam a station that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wishes to bring them through it could be both of those things they could be our sin and their own elevation all of those things
are possibilities where we still look inside and we say are our leaders, are our circumstances due to anything that I am doing you see dear brothers and sisters in conclusion many times we talk about our du'a
and our sadaqa a solidarity for the wronged of this ummah but when you read a hadith of the prophet where he mentions al-muslimoon كرجل واحد كالجسد الواحد
if the people the Muslims are like one man or one body it's one thing to say that I feel the pain of the other parts of the body it's another thing to say that I will not cause pain to the rest of the body
if I'm the hand of the ummah I will not stab the rest of the ummah in the back or in the front I will not be the weak link when he says alayhis salatu wassalam المؤمن للمؤمن كالبنيان يشد بعضه بعضا
that the believer to the believer is like a structure he reinforces the rest of the building then I will make sure that I am holding up my part and I am not an empty slot in the building
I'm not the missing brick in the building that actually causes harm to the ummah so when you look at what is happening in the ummah do not ask is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala punishing these people with their leaders
is Allah punishing them with their circumstances ask yourself is anything that I am doing producing that which causes harm to me or to my ummah
is anything that I am doing producing the miserable circumstances that we find ourselves in and it may be that those same sins that are a cause for your misery
or my misery may Allah protect us and this life or the next could also be a cause for the elevation of another part of the ummah because even if they feel the pain of our negligence
they will still taste the reward of their lord who is the most merciful may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala increase us in righteousness and in victory may Allah increase us in that which brings about goodness in this life and the next
and raise us with our brothers and sisters to the highest level, the highest rank so that we can be alongside our beloved prophet
you are the one who hears and answers prayers may Allah forgive us and have mercy on us and forgive us and do not punish us our lord we have wronged ourselves and if you do not forgive us and have mercy on us we will be among the losers
may Allah forgive us and have mercy on us may Allah forgive our parents may Allah have mercy on them as our parents did when we were young may Allah grant us from our wives and children the pleasure of our eyes and make us for the righteous an imam
may Allah help our weak brothers in the east and west may Allah honor Islam and Muslims and destroy polytheism and liars and destroy the enemies of religion may Allah destroy the wrongdoers among the wrongdoers and make us and our brothers out of them in peace O servants of Allah may Allah command justice and kindness and grant us nearness
and forbid immorality and evil and transgression he promises you that you will remember so remember Allah and He will remember you and thank Him for the blessings that increase for you and the remembrance of Allah is greater and Allah knows what you do and keep up the prayer
May Allah forgive us and have mercy on us and make us for the righteous an imam and destroy polytheism and liars and destroy the enemies of religion and destroy the enemies of Allah and make us and our brothers out of them in peace O servants of Allah
may Allah command justice and kindness and grant us nearness and forbid immorality and evil and transgression he promises you that you will remember so remember Allah and He will remember you and thank Him for the blessings that increase for you and the remembrance of Allah