Khuṭbah: Position of the Masjid – Ustādh Rayaan Barker

Position Of The Masjid, a Jumuʿah khuṭbah by Ustādh Rayaan Barker (hafidhahullāh)

• The favour of the masājid: a Muslim may pray anywhere on earth except a few forbidden places such as toilets and graveyards
• The Prophet’s ﷺ first masjid at Qubāʾ, built on taqwā, and then Masjid an-Nabawī in Madīnah
• The masjid in the Prophet’s ﷺ time was a place of prayer, learning, teaching the Qurʾān, giving charity to the needy and answering people’s questions; women attended too
• The virtue of the Prophet’s masjid, where one prayer equals a thousand elsewhere, and of al-Masjid al-Ḥarām
• The sad state of some masājid elsewhere: built on graves, with prostration to the graves of imāms, dancing and cultural practices
• Be grateful for a masjid upon Tawḥīd and Sunnah by supporting it with wealth and with its daily running costs, since it nurtures our children and community

Recorded at Masjid al-Furqān, Stoke-on-Trent on 15/2/19