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The Essence of Jummah Khutbah Reset Our Priorities MCC 04/18/25 Mufti Azeemuddin Ahmed - Darus Salam Chicago i) It's an Amazing Blessing of Allah SWT we are gathered here. We pray that we see the light at the end of the tunnel - see the light of the Qu'ran and Sunnah. ii) Our beloved Prophet (ﷺ) nabah great news gathering for salat ul jamiah! Surah An-Naba about the great news! Not to leave this .... without finding solution to our predicament! iii) Parents are like the shepherd responsible to their children (flock) - for deeni spiritual & guidance. To meet the challenges of tests and trials in the ofing! At times it will be difficult and would require Sabr. iv) The Prophet's (ﷺ) focus was on us. He (ﷺ) was talking to us. About the end of times when the 'fitnah' will excerbate. Some will talk, while others will walk the talk! Some have it reverberating in their hearts. v) Knowledge for a true Believer verses those who are hypocrite! The example of a sister who donated her necklace in a fundraising. Auction starts at 5K... going 7K..10K - 15K. As the price rises numbers goes down in a diminishing return. vi) Jannah is not free. Once the restrictions are spelled out - it becomes a different story! Allah SWT has a commodity to sell. At the end of times - lots of trials & tribulations! vii) A true Believer will comprehend this as the destroyer - he is worried about his Faith. He makes Du'a: 1) O Allah do not make duniya my highest worry 2) The more the merrier materialism 3) Do not make duniya our main focus. Do not make it the extent of our knowledge, the extent of desires and the extent of our words. viii) Difficulties in Duniya not in our Deen. Not the day when our progeny don't know about the Deen. This is my destroyer - each trials makes the one preceding looks easier. The biggest fitnah - the fitnah of dajjal. We had the fitnah of Covid. ix) Now another fitnah in the ofing in our neck of the woods. Our Liberty is rapidly eroding. To preserve our Faith will be harder. Fifty-Five Muslim countries with hundreds of billions (and trillions) in assets - seems to be lost. Hadith: The people will soon summon one another to attack you as people when eating invite others to share their dish. Someone asked: Will that be because of our small numbers at that time? He replied: No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be scum and rubbish like that carried down by a torrent, and Allah will take fear of you from the breasts of your enemy and last enervation into your hearts. Someone asked: What is wahn. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): He replied: Love of the world and dislike of death. x) It's high time we learn how to navigate through today's challenges while staying true to Islamic principles. Get our priorities in order. We are too focused on materialism. Our children learn from our actions. Hearts should be focused to the Creator not the creation. It's high time to reset our priorities. May Allah SWT gives us naek taufiq and hidayaat to Return to Allah SWT. Ameen! Ya Rabbal 'Alamin!