Building a Masjid
A fundraising khutbah for Erie Masjid's first Conneaut location, exploring the masjid's role in Islamic life and calling for action to build a lasting legacy.
Brotherhood Khutbahs
Mediation: Solving Disputes Our Way
Allah's own system for family disputes: Imam first, a paralegal agreement second, and the courtroom only as a last, regretted resort.
Nawawi Hadith 13: The Mirror of Faith
On loving for your brother what you love for yourself as the measure of true belief, and uprooting envy from the heart.
Nawawi Hadith 14: The Red Lines
On the absolute sanctity of Muslim blood, its three narrow exceptions, and why no man may take justice into his own hands.
Nawawi Hadith 32: Do No Harm
On la darar wa la dirar: the Prophetic principle that forbids both starting harm and repaying harm with harm.
Nawawi Hadith 35: Brothers, Not Rivals
On envy, hatred, and estrangement between believers, and why the Prophet ﷺ pointed to the chest and said taqwa is here.
Nawawi Hadith 36: Helping Ease Hardship
On relieving a believer's hardship, concealing faults, aiding knowledge seekers, and how Allah helps the servant who helps his brother.
Nawawi Pair 13 & 14: Brotherhood
Loving for your brother what you love for yourself, and the sanctity of a Muslim's life: two pillars of brotherhood.
Nawawi Pair 35 & 36: Brothers Who Ease Burdens
Two Nawawi hadiths on ending envy and contempt among Muslims, and earning Allah's relief by easing a brother's hardship.
Nawawi Pair 7 & 8: Sincerity and Sanctity
Two hadith on our duty to the community: sincere advice as the essence of religion, and the sanctity of a Muslim's blood, wealth, and honor after the shahada.
Parental Alienation: Severing Sacred Ties
Turning a child against a parent severs silat ar-rahim through the child's own heart. What Islam says about alienation, and how the alienated parent responds.