Dhul Hijjah: Don't Miss The Point | Khutbah by Dr. Omar Suleiman

Omar Suleiman· Host0:00

We begin by praising Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala by bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for Him. And we bear witness that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam is His final messenger. We ask Allah to send His peace and blessings upon him, the prophets and messengers that came before him, his family and companions that served alongside him, and those that follow in his blessed path until the Day of Judgment. We ask Allah to make us amongst them. Allahumma ameen. Dear brothers and sisters, as we come upon the most blessed days of the year, the days in which the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said in the authentic hadith of Ibn Abbas radiAllahu ta'ala anhuma ما من أيام العمل الصالح فيهن أحب إلى الله من هذه الأيام That there are no days of the entire year in which good deeds are more beloved to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala than these days, being the first ten of Dhul Hijjah. I wanted us to reflect on a few things. And the very first of those things is the idea that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala brings everything together so perfectly throughout human history to where the timings and the practices that we are engaging were engaged by people that came before us. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, who coordinates the timings and coordinates the places and decrees with precision and perfection, has made it so that we walk the footsteps of people that came before us so that we can understand the depth of these