Khutbat e Juma – Maulana Shah Jamal ur Rahman Sahab

About this khutba

Delivered on the last Friday of 2021, this khutba addresses a question many Muslim families face every December: how should a Muslim look at New Year celebrations? Hazrat Maulana Shah Mohammed Jamal ur Rahman Sahab (DB) guides the listeners to view the passing of time through the lens of the Qur’an, where the alternation of night and day is a sign for those who reflect.

Rather than imitating customs that are foreign to Islamic teachings and often involve wastefulness and sin, the khutba invites the believer to use the turning of the year for self-accountability: what did I gain for my Hereafter this year, and what will I change in the next?

Key lessons

1. Time as a trust from Allah
2. Imitation of customs foreign to Islam
3. Wastefulness and sin in popular celebrations
4. Self-accountability (muhasaba) at the end of the year

About this khutba

In times of confusion, a believer needs something firm to hold on to. In this khutba, Hazrat Maulana Shah Mohammed Jamal ur Rahman Sahab (DB) calls the listeners to grasp firmly the two things that can never lead astray. The Prophet ﷺ left his ummah a clear guidance, and whoever holds on to it will not go astray.

The khutba explains that holding firmly means more than respect: it means learning, acting and living by this guidance in worship, family life, dealings and character. It is a call to return to the sources of guidance with seriousness, especially when the world around us is changing fast.

Key lessons

1. The rope of Allah and the meaning of holding fast
2. Guidance that protects from going astray
3. From respect to practice: living by the sources
4. Unity of the ummah through common guidance

About this khutba

Allah created life and death to test which of us is best in deed. This simple truth changes the way a believer looks at wealth, poverty, health, illness, honour and difficulty. In this Friday khutba, Hazrat Maulana Shah Mohammed Jamal ur Rahman Sahab (DB) reminds the listeners that this world is dar al-imtihan, the place of examination, and that every condition we pass through is a question paper from Allah.

Seen this way, ease becomes a test of gratitude and hardship becomes a test of patience. The khutba urges the listener not to be deceived by the glitter of the world, nor to be broken by its trials, but to keep the final result in the Hereafter always in view.

Key lessons

1. Why Allah created life and death
2. Ease and hardship as two kinds of test
3. Gratitude and patience as the believer’s two wings
4. Keeping the Hereafter in view in daily decisions

About this khutba

A believer lives in a world of asbab (means): medicine, work, money and effort. Islam asks us to use these means fully, but never to let our hearts rest on them. The real cause behind every cause is Allah, the Musabbib al-Asbab. In this khutba, Hazrat Maulana Shah Mohammed Jamal ur Rahman Sahab (DB) explains why the believer’s gaze must always rise above the means to the One who gives them their effect.

This balance protects a person from two extremes: abandoning effort in the name of trust, and placing trust in effort alone. When the heart is attached to Allah, success brings gratitude instead of pride, and failure brings patience instead of despair.

Key lessons

1. The difference between asbab (means) and the Musabbib (their Creator)
2. Tawakkul: trust in Allah together with effort
3. How attachment to means weakens faith
4. Gratitude in success and patience in hardship

About this khutba

Khashiyat e Ilahi is the awe-filled fear of Allah that comes from knowing Him: His greatness, His closeness and His justice. It is not the fear that drives a person away, but the fear that pulls him back from sin and towards his Lord. In this Friday khutba, Hazrat Maulana Shah Mohammed Jamal ur Rahman Sahab (DB) turns the attention of the listeners to this quality, which the Qur’an describes as the hallmark of those who truly know Allah.

When khashiyat settles in the heart, the eyes become humble, the tongue becomes careful and the hands stay away from what is forbidden. This khutba is a reminder that taqwa is not a slogan but a living state of the heart, nurtured by remembering Allah, reflecting on death and the Hereafter, and keeping the company of the righteous.

Key lessons

1. What khashiyat is, and how it differs from ordinary fear
2. Knowledge of Allah as the root of true fear
3. How fear of Allah protects a person in private and in public
4. Tears, repentance and humility as signs of a living heart