Friday Sermon

Think back to the last conversation that went sideways. Maybe someone cut you off in traffic, left a dismissive comment under your post, or dropped an unfair critique during a team meeting. What was your initial impulse? For most of us, the instinct is swift, sharp, and defensive. We want to snap back, settle the…

Picture this. A voice message arrives from your cousin. It’s his voice, down to the way he clears his throat before asking for a favour. He needs money, and he needs it within the hour. Now a second message. A clip of a scholar you respect saying something outrageous. Forty people in your family group…

Madinah, Friday 2 October 2026 (21 Rabi’ al-Thani 1448 AH). Sheikh Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman Al-Buaijan, Imam and Khateeb of the Prophet’s Mosque (Al-Masjid An-Nabawi), delivered today’s Friday sermon on contentment (Qana’ah). He described it as true wealth that brings happiness, and said it does not mean giving up work or ambition. He also urged…

Masjid Al Haram Friday Sermon 2 Oct 2026 The Imam and Khateeb of the Grand Mosque told worshippers that taking heed of past nations is a shield against falling into the same mistakes. Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Friday, 21 Rabi’ al-Thani 1448 AH (2 October 2026) His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Faisal bin Jamil Ghazawi, Imam and Khateeb…

There’s a particular kind of silence that falls over Al-Masjid an-Nabawi when the khutbah turns to Jannah. You can hear it even through a recording. Sheikh Salah Al-Budair, Imam and Khateeb of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, spent this Friday building that silence brick by brick — describing gates, rivers, gold mortar, and a Face…

Some sermons tell you to slow down. This one told people to speed up. In this week’s Friday sermon at the Masjid Al Haram in Makkah, Sheikh Dr. Yasser Al-Dosari built his entire khutbah around one idea: uluww al-himmah, or high resolve. Not motivation-poster ambition. Something closer to a religious obligation — the refusal to…

Why Does Allah Give Some People Wealth and Others Poverty? Look around any Friday prayer line, and you will see the whole spectrum. Men in tailored thobes standing shoulder to shoulder with men who own one pair of shoes. Nobody’s rank changes at the front of that line. That’s the starting point. Sheikh Dr. Abdul-Muhsin…

There’s a particular kind of poison that starts small. A raised eyebrow. A comment taken the wrong way. A story that gets retold with a little more edge each time it changes hands. This week’s khutbah from the Al-Masjid Al-Haram on 18th September 2026 in Makkah was about exactly that poison, and about what it…

A vehicle with a hidden defect. Medicine cut with the wrong ingredients. Food labeled as one thing and sold as another. These aren’t hypothetical scenarios — they are the exact examples Sheikh Dr. Hussein Al-Sheikh, Imam and preacher of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, raised in his Friday sermon. His point was simple and uncomfortable:…

“Whoever fears his Lord is saved and succeeds; whoever follows his desires strays and is ruined.” With these words, the Imam and Khateeb of the Masjid Al Haram in Makkah, Sheikh Dr. Maher bin Hamad Al-Muaiqly, opened this week’s Friday sermon at Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. What followed was a full unpacking of one concept…