Friday Khutbah of Masjid Otsuka

December, Friday 16. 2022

In the name of Allah Most Gracious and Most Merciful 

All praises are due to Allah. I testify that there is nothing worthy of worship except Allah the uniquely One, who has no partners in His one-ness. And I testify that the Prophet Muhammad is the slave of Allah and His Messenger.

Dear Believers! O Servants of Allah! Fear Allah, and give the greatest importance to His Commands and avoid that which He has prohibited. The Muslim who remembers Allah, – awakes and sleeps, sits and stands, leaves in the morning and returns in the evening, and in him there is a deep feeling that the beating of his heart, and the rotation of his eyes and the movement of his limbs, – all are in the grasp of Allah and under his control. In him there is a deep feeling of faith, that the coming of the night and the approach of the day, the breath of dawn and the setting of the twilight, the movements of creation and the orbits of the planets. Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Aal-‘Imran:

“Those that remember their Lord standing sitting and upon their sides, and ponder the creation of the heavens and the earth with the thought: Oh our Lord not for and foolish purpose did You create all of this, Glory to You, grant us salvation from the punishment of the fire”  (S.3  V.191)

Dear Believers! A man feels no true pleasure in life, nor tastes any true happiness except a man who loves Allah, is loved by Allah, and loves for the sake of Allah. Such a man’s heart is tranquil due to his remembrance of Allah. He is happy about the good, which occurs to the creation and feels their pains. He helps others in fulfilling their goals. He has distanced himself from the deceptions of this temporary life, and the attractions of this earth, and they have traveled on the path towards the pleasure of Allah, seeking His Face, remembering His Name at all times and in all situations. The Muslim who remembers Allah, possessing a pure heart, submitting to Allah, and on the other hand he nobly toils, his feet dusty, and his hands straining in the arena of work, with no impatience nor weakness, with no humiliation nor pride, humbly working for Allah. The Muslim may stand devoted and fearful in front of his Lord five times a day.

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Ankabut:

“And establish the prayer verily Prayer prevents lewdness and evil and the remembrance of Allah is greater, …”  (S.29  V.45)

Dear Believers! A long Islamic day is mixed with supplications for eating and drinking, traveling and returning, sleeping and wakefulness, tiresome and difficult times, health and sickness, supplications for this life and its worries, debts and its payments, seeking ones sustenance, relationship with one’s family, and the righteousness of children. Supplications, statements of praise, together with utilizing the proper means and legislated efforts in this life, so that the Muslim can fulfill the duty of leadership as he should; Faith and practice, belief and method in apprehensive beginnings.

Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Al-Baqarah:

“Our Lord give us in this life good and in the next life good and save us from the punishment of the fire”  (S.2  V.201)

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan: Allah says in the Qur’an in Surah Ar-Ra’d:

“Those who believe and their hearts are tranquil from the remembrance of Allah, Is it not through the remembrance of Allah that the hearts feel tranquility? ” “Those that believed and did good deeds, paradise is for them and the best of Abodes”  (S.13  V.28–29)

May the peace and the blessings of Allah be upon prophet Muhammad SAW, his family and all of his Companions. May Allah be pleased with the Rightly Guided Caliphs: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, and all those who will follow them in righteousness until the Day of Judgment.

O Allah! Bless us with Your love. Bless us the love of those You love.

O Allah! Accept our prayers and all our ibada.  

O Allah! Guide us to the right path and make us of those on whom You bestows Your mercy.

O Allah! Accept our prayers, all our ibada and all of our good deeds and forgive us for our sins.

O Allah! Grant safety and security to everyone here in Japan as well as all over the world. Aamin ya Rabbil Aalamin.