Khuṭbah (sermon) delivered by Shaykh Amin on November 20th, 2015 In this khuṭbah (sermon), Shaykh Amin centers his talk around ʿAlī’s (RA) words of wisdom, “if you feel you have a hard deal, then look to those who are worse off than you”. As we see the global struggles within the Ummah today, we must express gratitude for our own situations...
Khuṭbah (sermon) delivered by Shaykh Amin on November 13th, 2015 Shaykh Amin makes a rousing call for truth-seekers to exchange their passive Islam (the Islam one is born into) for an active and living Islam that one chooses of one’s own volition. He exhorts us to exercise our God-given freedom to make this choice after heeding the message and the...
Khuṭbah (sermon) delivered by Shaykh Amin on November 6th, 2015 When the prophet ﷺ received waḥy (revelation), he acted upon it with an unwavering conviction that Allah’s ﷻ will would be done. In doing so, he exemplified submission despite his own towering intellect. The greater the intellect, the greater the submission. Therein lays the wisdom of prophets. Shaykh Amin calls...
Khuṭbah (sermon) delivered by Shaykh Amin on October 16th, 2015 In this khuṭbah (sermon), Shaykh Amin reinforces the notion of Qurʾānic Tafsīr (Exegesis) as a comprehensive exercise involving multi-faceted studies and analysis of any given verse. He uses verse 44 of Sūrat al-Nūr, a verse that might seem out of place, even trivila, to an untrained eye, yet holds the...
Khutbah delivered by Shaykh Amin on August 21st, 2015 We are very quick to saying, “Muslims are not united,” which may be true. But where they are united, we should observe, and then bear testimony, and give Shahādah (declaration of faith) to the world: If there was a third party bystander outside, whose never seen this (Friday prayer) before in...
Lecture at MSI, Glendale Heights: Recorded on June 19, 2015 Selected Readings from Imām al-Bukhārī’s Book of Fasting Topics covered in this talk include: al-Rayyān; reflections on the merits of Suḥūr (pre-sunrise meal); seeking Laylat al-Qadr. Click to Play or Right-click to Save
Lecture at MSI, Glendale Heights What is Salām? Salām is absolute goodwill towards others: “I don’t wish evil for anybody; I don’t wish ill for anybody. In THIS night — when Allah is going to forgive me, and in sha Allah the whole Ummah, and deliver the whole Ummah from the fire of Hell, in sha Allah — I’m going...
Friday Reflections: Recorded on June 12, 2015 Muslim behavior and conduct in Ramaḍān is proof of the prophetic tradition that Allah ﷻ closes the gates of Jahannam and opens the gates of Jannah in this blessed month. In other words, obeying Allah ﷻ becomes easy in Ramaḍān because the gates of Jannah are open. And sin becomes difficult because the...
Friday Reflections: Recorded at MCC Louisville on February 27, 2015 In these days when Muslims face the crisis of various extremist groups promoting their distortions of Islam, this talk speaks to a common source of misguidance, namely examining the sīrah (prophetic biography) without the lens of the sunnah. Shaykh Amin takes us back to the difficult days of ʿAlī (RA) who...
Friday Reflections: Recorded at MSI Glendale Heights on February 20, 2015 Editor’s note: Recommended pre-reading: Darul Qasim’s Position on the Moral and Legal Obligations for Muslims Regarding Sexual Crimes Social Etiquette Amid Due Process in Dealing with Criminal Crises within Muslim Communities In the wake of the recent criminal charges brought against a prominent Chicago area Muslim scholar, Shaykh Amin...
Friday Reflections: October 14, 2014 The tenets of the Islamic faith remain immutable through social and political discord. Even the earliest Muslim communities were tested by turbulent political crises. Their immediate recourse to Duʿāʾ (supplication) coupled with humbleness before Allah ﷻ helped them weather political storms far more grave than Muslims in the west have known. Click to Play or...
ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā Reflections: October 5, 2014 Two monumental sacrifices mark the genesis of the Muslim civilization and must be remembered and honored at the culmination of the Islamic calendar year. The first is the sacrifice of a mother, Hājar (AS), who gives her all to save the life of her child. And the second is the sacrifice of a father,...
