IMAN Center of Kirkland

As the days of Fāṭimiyyah continue, our Nahj al-Balāghah series reached Saying 113. Its eighteen lessons echo the eighteen years of Sayyidah Fāṭimah al-Zahrāʾ (ʿa), who spent her short life making sure Imām ʿAlī (ʿa) would be heard. The first khutbah held its first six lessons up as a mirror for our community, and each one met one of our weaknesses. Intellect is the wealth that returns, and it questions our priorities. Self-admiration is the loneliest solitude, and it leaves our comfortable islands cut off. Thinking a matter through to its end cures procrastination and apathy. Taqwā is the only rank, and it settles our cultural misunderstandings. Good character keeps our disagreements from dividing us, and adab, which at root means invitation, answers a culture of taking without serving. The second khutbah drew on Sūrat Hūd, which our Qur’an Study Circle has just completed. Shuʿayb (ʿa) sought reform “as much as I am able,” and Allah protects a people who are muṣliḥūn, those who set things right. It closed with four things to do before next Friday: one table, one hour, one delay, one word held back. Invite someone from outside your circle to a meal, take on one named hour of service at IMAN each month, finish one good thing you have been putting off, and go to people rather than talking about them.

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📄 Slides (PDF): 2026-10-30 – Eighteen Years, Eighteen Lessons

Past khutbahs are in our Friday Prayer playlist and the Friday slides folder.