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A Muslim’s Playbook for AI | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy
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

Putting Justice Into Practice: on the George Floyd Murder and Police Brutality

Putting Justice Into Practice: on the George Floyd Murder and Police Brutality

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

How To Practice Daily Self Accountability | Khutbah

How To Practice Daily Self Accountability | Khutbah

When The World Stands Against You | Khutbah

When The World Stands Against You | 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

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

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A Muslim’s Playbook for AI | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy
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A Muslim’s Playbook for AI | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

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A Muslim’s Playbook for AI | Khutbah by Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy

Artificial intelligence is changing work, school and family life faster than most people can adjust. Many Muslims are left asking whether to embrace it, fear it or avoid it altogether.

Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy presents a five-part guide to using AI as a Muslim, drawn from the reflections of Dr. Hatem El-Haj and built around the word QIBLA. It starts with setting your direction toward the Hereafter and guarding the inputs that form your identity. From there it covers deciding in advance how much use is too much, and holding firm limits on cheating, on giving up the hard work of learning, and on replacing real friendships with artificial ones. It ends with treating AI as an amanah, a trust and a gift Allah will ask about. That means individuals using it to build a lasting legacy, and the Muslim community making sure it has a seat at the table where this technology is being shaped.

This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings.
00:00Brothers and sisters, they say that in the last 400 years, this world has undergone changes that outdid the last 50,000 years.
00:13And they say also that in the last 200 years since the industrial revolution, the world has undergone so many changes that you would be absolutely right to say
00:26that someone from 200 years ago would not be able to recognize us today. But they also estimate that in the next 20 years from today,
00:39the world will undergo more changes than it did in the past 200. And the true Muslim needs to know that they are more capable with their foresight.
00:52They see through the Qur'anic worldview, right, through the prophetic lens. And with their insights, what they are entitled to by their spiritual refinement, if they invest in it, they are more capable.
01:03They have greater aptitude with those two to handle this better than anyone. You will handle it, for instance, the way Islam taught you without naivety.
01:15We don't need to be in denial about the fact that AI, for example, and all these rapidly emerging technologies are probably not going anywhere. Most people believe that they will cease to exist in some apocalyptic event
01:30overnight because they want to. But you don't have to live with that naivety, because it's very unlikely that it will happen, right? When has humanity ever resisted
01:42or withheld, or deprived itself from any technology that unlocked for it new access to power? The internet and before the internet, cars, and before cars, there was electricity.
01:57And before electricity, there was the wheel. The empires who figured out the wheel first had greater military leverage over the empires that didn't have the wheel. So now everybody wants a wheel.
02:10Fast forward a few thousand years. Why was it that Europe arrived at the Americas as conquerors? The natives were here.
02:23Why does Europe conquer America before others? You know, they say that Christopher Columbus was inspired by Marco Polo's book, right?
02:36And he would never have been able to afford Marco Polo's book or any book for that matter. He was very poor, actually.
02:45Had it not been for him being born 50 years after the invention of the printing press. Mass production, reduced prices, so the poor now have access to more than they ever had.
03:00And it inspired him. So the printing press technology is in part at least a major contributor that unlocked the power that set Europe on a trajectory for conquering.
03:12And now America is what America is, right? Who would ever put that stuff down? And likewise, what we have today. And now that it's not going anywhere, that shouldn't make you that uncomfortable.
03:24You also, as a Muslim, you don't have this panic because you also know that Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, not only knew about the AI boom, but He destined it.
03:37And part of our good assumptions of Allah as He taught us to have is that He destined it at least in part so that you would shine in light of it.
03:49Not just this, He even gave you what you needed. He showed you how to shine in any time and place. He said to just turn to me. You know, when Allah said in the Qur'an,
04:04The human being is created impatient. He gets hasty. He has knee-jerk reactions. That's just how we are, generally speaking. When something harmful or potentially harmful comes his way, he panics. That's the default.
04:21And when good comes his way, he's reluctant. Both ways. He says, Except those consistent in their prayers. Those who turn to Allah five times a day. It has to start there.
04:35So let's say now, someone wants to turn to Allah and say, what guidance does the Qur'an and Sunnah provide for me in this moment? I trust it's there, but where?
04:47One of the distinguished scholars in the United States, one of the most leading authorities in Islamic scholarship, Dr. Hatim al-Hajj,
04:56he actually provided what could be considered a five-rule playbook for you to go home with today. The work starts with the khutbah. It shouldn't end here. And it's actually in the form of a mnemonic,
05:09meaning it's five letters, an acronym to help you remember it. Here's the AI playbook, according to the Qur'an and Sunnah, if you will. It is Qibla. Q-I-B-L-A. Remember it.
05:23Q actually stands for Qibla itself. Because the first thing you need in your life is a Qibla. You need a direction. Because once you set your destination correctly, then a technology like AI will actually help you.
05:37Because it'll help you speed along towards your destination. It'll help you accelerate you to do more good in your life, to serve in greater capacities, to make more out of your lifespan.
05:50But if all you have is speed, but you don't have direction, that can be a curse. It can be a curse. Why? Because that means you'll be going in the opposite direction, perhaps.
06:03You'll be going farther, not just that, faster. That is why it could be a curse. And so direction has to be where everything starts. And SubhanAllah, you can even just look at the people that have no direction in their life, have no revelation in their life.
06:18They speak about what we're going to do in the next 20 years. Within 50 years, we're going to figure it all out. We're going to sort of be able to reverse every disease and cure every illness, and we'll finally unlock the tree of eternal life.
06:32They may not use that olden language, but they repackaged it in new words. We're finally going to figure out immortality. And then the Qur'an and Sunnah come and tell you, don't get duped. If there's one thing you want to be certain about is that you will never evade death.
06:46It is that you are en route to Allah every day, every hour, every minute, every second. Innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan fa mulaqih. You are toiling in the direction of your Lord, and you will meet Him.
07:00Qul innal mawta allathee tafirroona minhu fa innahu mulaqeekum. That death that we all love to flee from. It's natural. It's fearful to, you know, be afraid of death. It is natural. It will, it will encounter you.
07:14Law kuntum fee burujim mushayyada. Allah says, death will befall you even if you're in fortresses, high and mighty, reinforced. It's going to get there. You're not going to outrun that one. That's the first thing: you need to know where you're going.
07:29And you're going to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. May Allah make our meeting with Him a most beautiful reunion. In Sahih al-Bukhari, Ali ibn Abi Talib radiyallahu anhu said to the people,
07:41Innad dunya irtahalat mudbirah, wa innal akhirata irtahalat muqbilah, wa li kulli wahidin minhuma baneen. Listen to this image. He's setting you up in a, he's setting you up in a vehicle, in a train, if you will.
07:55He says, certainly, without doubt, this world has taken off in departure and the hereafter has taken off in approaching.
08:07And every single one of those two worlds, this world and the next, has its children, meaning those that heed its call, the same way a child that heeds his parents' call. He says, so be of the children of the hereafter.
08:21Be of those who actually know where they're going. And don't be of the children of this world. Because this world is a moment to act without judgment and the next world,
08:32which is the one coming, is a world where there is judgment and no more chance to act. And so the first thing you need, brothers and sisters, is to understand the nature of this world. You know, this dunya, this world, is not the opposite of the next world.
08:46Don't understand it that way. But your primary concern and your ultimate goal and your strongest clarity should be on the fact that I'm en route to the hereafter. And you want to sit with that.
08:59Like, how are my life decisions pointing to that? How are my financial plans sort of mobilized for that? Then the second one, which is the I, the I from Qibla. I is for input.
09:16And not just in the intellect. Your intellectual formation. Yes. Your moral formation. Yes. Your spiritual formation. All of that. Where do you build your identity from?
09:29Those who surrender themselves to AI for their identity formation are going to be doomed. They're going to be finished. And you may think, like, it's just everywhere and unavoidable and what's the big deal? No. The Qur'an then comes in and says,
09:42إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولَٰئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًا Certainly, your hearing and your sight and your intellect, all of those you will be questioned about.
09:57Allah is saying, He will ask you about what you exposed yourself to. What you allowed to be input inside of you. He's going to ask you about those things. You know, like, you are what you eat, right? So, what did you consume?
10:12Not just physical. What did you allow to shape your thoughts, to shape your heart? He will ask you about that. And this, of course, becomes a hundred times more necessary when you're talking about children and devices.
10:25Because you're the one responsible for them because they can't yet fend for themselves and that's why they're not accountable in Islam. And it's also because they are far more malleable in that moment than you are, even though you too can have your worldview subverted,
10:38but they're even more malleable, more shapeable. And so that makes you that much more in need of being careful, supervising, and gatekeeping in a responsible way.
10:50And then the B, Q and I, and now B for balance. You have direction and you're sort of prioritizing the purest sources for the input
11:00and your identity formation and what shapes and molds you, now balance it.
11:05Don't try to measure after the fact, was it too much? Don't move the goalposts. That's not okay. You know, we can just, you know, change it here retroactively.
11:15Sit back and say, how much is too much? Let me decide from now. What is the trade-off for this? Is AI distracting me from my obligations? My obligation to serve my Lord at the times of prayer.
11:29My obligation to be an upstanding employee with a sense of amanah, right? To earn for my family, to spend time with my family, to listen to my family, to play with my children, to bond with my brothers and sisters.
11:43You have to ask yourself about balance because Allah Azza wa Jal said, certainly, all things We created with due measure. Overdoing it can be very costly.
11:57And He said, eat and drink, but do not be wasteful.
12:05And He said, We have certainly sent Our messengers with clear proofs.
12:15And We sent down with them the Book and the Balance. That Book is what provides you with balance. It is not an intellectual luxury. It is not table talk or scholarly preaching from the pulpits.
12:27Where is your balance? Set it and continue to revisit it because life changes and needs change. And then the L, we have the Qibla, the direction, we have the inputs, we have the balance.
12:39Now the limits. What are not open for negotiation? What must stay at 0%? There's no balancing act when it comes to emerging technologies.
12:49So, for instance, we're not going to be using AI unethically, for instance, like cheating. By the way, they say that the problem with AI when it comes to education is actually not cheating.
13:03That's the least of your worries. The real crime it commits against early learners, especially, is that it strips them of the ability to learn, stops them from being able to learn,
13:16to be patient in trying to unpack something with their mind. Why should I when I can just ask something? You know, the studies are still early, but from MIT and elsewhere, it is very clear, you know,
13:28so far that this is probably a really bad idea to leverage this sort of without any sort of filter, without sort of being a critical thinker about this. There is a trade-off.
13:39And this reminds you also of the importance of trying to counteract that by committing your children to the Qur'an, being able to cognitively commit verses to memory, connecting words with their meanings.
13:51Aside from the blessings that come from that, in ways we may not be able to explain or identify, but because they're intangible, they're ghaibi, we believe in them. But in addition to that, there's also cognitive benefits. So I'm not going to use it just as my cop-out for having to learn tough things.
14:03The cost is too high and you also won't use it to replace specialization. You know, they say Google solved everything, but most people don't know how to use Google, right?
14:15Something that frustrates so many physicians, for example. You're not going to use it for relationships. It cannot replace your friends. It will never be able to offer you a romantic partner, be your therapist or your romantic other.
14:27You know, for thousands of years throughout the ages, we don't really know of an exception to this. Human beings have all been able to recognize that without warm, stable, real relationships, you can't find happiness.
14:40And nowadays, just look nowadays, people that have the greatest career accomplishments, people that have tons of money.
14:50They have power, they have influence, but they don't have stable relationships, they're not happy. And so AI does run that very real risk of tampering with, disrupting that necessary component of you having some emotional fulfillment.
15:02Because they're just fake superficial shells, parasocial relationships, they call them. So that's going to be off limits as well.
15:16So that's going to be off limits as well.
15:38Finally, brothers and sisters, and perhaps many of you may think this is quite unexpected. The A stands for Amanah. It is a trust. It is a responsibility.
15:48You know, we cannot just allow ourselves to speak about AI, no matter how scary and uncertain things are, in the language of avoidance, in the language of withdrawal. Because at the end of the day, this is a huge gift from Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.
16:02Once you have your direction and your input and your balance and your limits, it's a huge gift. And Allah will ask us about every gift He granted us. You know, as an individual, we should be able to save time with it, not waste our time on it.
16:16It's a huge gift. That means I can maximize so much more on my short stay in this world. I can maximize my legacy. I can contribute better to society.
16:26I can amplify my Sadaqah Jariyah, my ongoing charities when I'm gone. This is as an individual, and Allah wants to see you do that. Doesn't the ayah say,
16:36وَابْتَغِ فِيمَا آتَاكَ اللَّهُ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ وَلَا تَنْسَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا And seek through whatever Allah granted you the home of the hereafter.
16:48This is as individuals. And don't forget your share of this world. Once again, this world and the next are not polar opposites. It's not a push-pull all the time. It's about harnessing it in the right way, as individuals. But I also want to say, as an Ummah.
17:02We actually have, not just the developers among us, and the IT workers among us. As an Ummah, we have a collective obligation to not get locked out of this critical frontier.
17:14There's just too much strength on the table that you would be giving up to those that don't have your or other people's best interests in mind.
17:23It's strength, and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala loves the strong believer more so than the weak believer. The Prophet told us that. The strong believer is better, superior, and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer.
17:36And there's good in both, the hadith says. And the ayah says, وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُم مَّا اسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن قُوَّةٍ And prepare for them whatever you can amass of quwwah.
17:48It doesn't say al-quwwah, the strength. It says any strength. It's indefinite. Whatever shows up that we can use, we should use. Strengthen our ability to protect our interests and the interests of the world.
18:02Otherwise, we risk, with the acceleration now. Multiplied by the acceleration, you risk this ummah becoming weaker than ever.
18:11Not just that, we get locked out of being able to provide pure alternatives. Whatever you're going to say about the downsides of AI, you're not going to be able to help unless you're at the table.
18:24We're agreeing with you. Now, how do we fix it? The master of identifying the problem isn't always the master of identifying the solution. How are you going to be solution-oriented about this? You're going to have to build the capacity for it. You know, one of, and I'll step off the minbar now,
18:38but they say one of the unique aspects of sort of the AI world is that AI is such a technology that it is bottom-up governed. You know, some things are governed from the top, right?
18:51The government or the CEO or the management governs and dictates how things are going to flow down.
18:57AI is of the type that it is bottom-up, meaning the users actually have more influence than the producers, than you think. And you know this, lots of times you share screenshots about, hey, AI sounds pro-Islam,
19:11because there are so many facts out there, it's so straightforward and logical that Islam is true, it almost leans pro-Islam. That's part of the evidence of the fact that we have to do right by this amanah, for our da'wah,
19:22for advancing the security of this ummah, the unity of this ummah, the welfare of this world. So just be thoughtful, brothers and sisters, so that we can not just be protected from it, but make the best out of it.
19:35As Allah said in the Qur'an, Where are you going? Identify your Qibla. May Allah give us the proper direction, and help us input into our lives from the purest sources only, and strike those right balances,
19:48and may Allah help us observe the right limits, and may Allah Azza wa Jal make us people that are responsible with this great gift and trust and strength that He has permitted in this day and age. Allahumma ameen. Allahumma arina al-haqqa haqqan warzuqna ittiba'a,
20:01wa arina al-baatila baatila warzuqna ijtinaaba. Allahumma ghafil lana dhunubana, wa aslih dhata baynina, wa ahdina asubula as-salam, najjina min al-dhulumati ila al-nur, wa sallallahu wa sallam wa baraka 'ala al-bashir al-nadhir Muhammad, wa ala alihi wa sahbihi ajma'in.