Summary: "إن الحمد لله,الذي نحمده ونستعينه ونستغفره،و نؤمن به و نتوكل عليه ونعوذ بالله من شرور أنفسنا ومن سيئات أعمالنا، من يهده الله فلا مضل له، ومن يضلل فلا هادي له، ونشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له ونشهد أن محمداً عبدالله ورسوله”<br> " أَرْسَلَه الله تعالى بالهدى وَدِينِ الْحَقّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ و كفى بالله شهيدا"<br> "فصل الله عليه وسلم تسليماً كثيراً كثيراثم اما بعد فإن أصدق الحديث كتاب الله وخير الهدي هدي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وان شر الامور محدثاتها و انا كل محدثة بدعه وكل بدعة ضلاله وكل ضلالة في النار"<br> يقول سبحانه وتعالى في الكتاب الكريم:<br> أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم<br> الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِيَّ الأُمِّيَّ الَّذِي يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنْجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُم بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الخبائث وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَالأَغْلاَلَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ بِهِ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَاتَّبَعُواْ النُّورَ الَّذِيَ أُنزِلَ مَعَهُ أُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ<br> (الأعراف: 157)<br> اللهم اجعلنا من المفلحين<br> رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي<br> اللهم ثبتنا عند الموت بلا اله الا الله<br> آمين يارب العالمين<br> I wanna start my khutbah with something very simple, I think something everybody here understands that as people that live in society, we can’t help but feel pressure from society. And when that is said, societal pressure, we usually think of bigger things but really it boils down to even those microscopic details in our life. Those of you that have children will notice your children want a certain toy & more than anything else sometimes they want that toy because someone else at school has it. They wanna get what somebody else has. That’s a formal societal pressure. Your children start getting a little bit older & they wanna dress a certain way & the idea of them wanting to dress that certain way didn’t come from their own imagination; it came from something they saw on TV that was defined to them as “THE WAY TO DRESS” or someone they saw dressed that way at school & is popular & that sort of becomes the defining thing for them & they wanna dress that way or look that way or buy that gadget or have a phone, little kids wanting to have a phone, right? “What you need a phone for?”, “I don’t know, my friends have it too, why can’t I have it?” You probably parents have heard that logic before, “they have it, why can’t I have it.” When you get a little bit older, the same societal pressure, it takes different forms. It can be something as simple as you parking your car at your office in the parking lot & your co-worker has a nicer car & you go “Man! I need to get ahead. Look at what these guys are driving.” You know, the neighborhood you live in, & you go visit one of your friend’s house who lives in a nicer neighborhood & the thought is running in your mind “Man! When am I gonna get to this point? I need to be where this guy is at or better.” We are always comparing ourselves to what other people have & we are constantly vying consciously or subconsciously to get what the other people have also. This is what I mean by societal pressure. Whether it comes in the form of you dressing, or it comes in the form of what you purchase, where you put your money, what kind of career you want to pursue. A lot of times our parents, they are giving this societal pressure, so whether their children are made for that or not, they will make sure they say to their children “You better become a medical doctor, because if you don’t, you are a failure in life.” Everybody else that are around as that are successful they are all doctors, so that’s the only thing in life to do. And I am not saying being a physician is a bad practice, but if your son or daughter becomes a doctor & they didn’t want to be,
