Shaytan’s Khutbah / Discussing The Social Issues of the 21st Century

Assalamu Alaikum to the Muslims or hello to the non-Muslims! In this article, I will be sharing my fabulous and exciting trip to East London Mosque where I listened to a talk from The Sunnah Guy and Abu Taymiyyah. This happened on the 14th January 2023, and it was the first Islamic event I attended on 2023 Alhamdulillah. So what did I learn?

Disclaimer: As usual, I was not able to list all the lessons I learnt on this blog post, so I am just sharing some of the key highlights that I learned.

What is the ‘Shaytan’s Khutbah’ event?

This event happened in the East London Mosque, held by The Sunnah Guy and Abu Taymiyah. They discussed some of the social issues of the 21st century so it was the perfect talk for everyone.

Timeline of Events:

The doors opened at 6:30pm. My sister and I arrived slightly later. This event was so packed with thousands of people that they had to open up the first floor Subhanallah! My sister and I went upstairs and we were able to watch it from the big screen. It was spacious and there were many sisters there.

First Speaker: The Sunnah Guy
Prayed Isha in East London Mosque
Second Speaker: Charity
Third Speaker: Abu Taymiyah
The Sunnah Guy and Abu Taymiyah
QnA session

First Speaker: The Sunnah Guy

I was so excited to see The Sunnah Guy as his shorts on YouTube are very engaging and beneficial. You can find them here: https://youtube.com/@thesunnahguy
‘The best of sinners are those who turn back to Allah.’
One’s desires are their shackles so don’t be fooled by social media as they may lack fulfilment and instead have the right expectations in this world
Focus on yourself and save yourself from the Hellfire by being with ode who encourage you to be on right path and never feel shy to be Muslim.

Second Speaker: Charity Partner

Third Speaker: Abu Taymiyah

There will be four directions which are the ways Shaytan takes you away from Allah:
Front – doubts about the Hereafter and religion (through philosophy)
Back – cause them to love the Dunya and keep asking ‘what’s next?’ when in reality the heart craves for its Creator.
Right – blocking away from knowledge.
Shaytan cannot come above and in between you and Allah.
Our ultimate purpose is to worship Allah.
Shaytan can use other tricks such as through pronouns/surgery/watching movies. But the most beloved act of Shaytan is drugs and intoxication.
Every man is for himself so don’t do evil acts for anyone and you are the one who accepts the invitation.
The two types of clothing are:
Clothing to wear on our bodies.
Clothing of Taqwa: having self consciousness
Men are made weak so be careful how you conduct yourself.
The more you learn about Allah, the more glorified it will become.
The 6 tricks of the devil: committing Kufr/Shirk, innovations, major sins, minor sins, busying yourself with what is less virtuous, and your family members.
Always ask yourself, ‘what is the root cause of all these sins?’
Everyone is welcome in the mosque, whether you are a non Hijabi or whether you are a niqabi, Whether you are a drug addict, whether you are practising or non practising, you are welcome into the mosque and into Islam.

Fourth Speaker: The Sunnah Guy and Abu Taymiyah

Stay close to your elders and a man and a woman should not be secluded.
The more Haram you do outside of marriage, the less Baraka in your marriage.
Men’s weakness are women and money so make sure you have good people around you.
Music will cause hypocrisy as it exposes you to women, takes you away from Quran and the love of music and Quran cannot happen together.

Q&A session

Work towards being a righteous person. Look for a wife not only with looks but also who will be a righteous mother.
To stop watching inappropriate content online, get rid of smartphone just like Sulaiman (pbuh) slaughtered his branded horse.
Pray two rakats when you fall into sin and keep going.

Food:

In terms of food, my sister each had our own egg bread which was bread containing egg which was really huge and quite delicious. We also had pakoras.

Alhamdulillah, this was my article on this amazing event! I really enjoyed this event by the mercy of Allah and I would highly recommend anyone to come to events such as these. It was very engaging and both speakers were fabulous (may Allah bless them).

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Of course, as always Allah knows best.

Thank you for reading, and have a lovely day!