Islamic Responsibilities of Muslim

Husbands & Wives

(An Nisa; Ayah 34)

Khutbah by Nouman Ali Khan

In al hamdulillah alladhi nahmaduhu wa nastainuhu was nastaghfiru wa numinu bihi wa natakkala alaih
wa naudhu bihi min shururi anfusina wa min sai ati amalina man yahdihillahu fala mudilla lah wa man
udlil fala hadialah wanashadu an lailaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah wanash-hadu an muhammadan
abdullahi wa rasulluh.
Arsalahullahu taala bin huda wa deenil haq li-yudh-hiru ala deeni kullihi wa kafa billahi shaheeda
fasallahu alaihi wa sallam tasleeman katheeran katheera. Thumma amma baad.
Fa inna asdakal hadeethi kitabullah wa khairal hadyi hadyu-muhammadin sallahu alaihi wa sallam. Wa
innal sharrul umuri muhdasatuha wa inna kulla muhdasatin bida. Wa kulla bidatin dhalala wa kulla
dhalalatin fin naar.
Ya kulu subhan wa taala fi kitabihil kareem bada an akula audhubillahi minashaitaanir rajeem.
Ar rijaalu kawamuna alannisa bima faddalallahu badahum ala baad fa bima anfaqu min amwalihim
fassalihatu qanitatun hafizatun lil ghaib bima hafizallah.
Ila akhiral ayah rabbi shahri sadri wa yassirli amri wahlul uqdata min lisani yafqahu qauli ameen ya
rabbal alameen.
I particularly pray to Allah azzawajal that he give me clarity in speech today because by the first half of
this khutbah a lot of men are going to be upset with me and by the second half of this khutbah a lot of
women are going to be upset with me but thats okay. We have to be honest with the word of Allah and
we cannot be... you know... fala takhshouhum wa yakhsouni do not be afraid of people, be afraid of
Allah. Right?
And the things Im going to share with you today about this incredible, incredible, ayah of the Quran is
not because I am living by this ayah and you are not living by this ayah. All of us are trying to strive to
live up to the standard of the word of Allah. The word of Allah is perfect in of itself but it did not come
for perfect people. Allahs guidance is not for angels, Allahs guidance is for human beings and Allah
knows that we make mistakes and so when we think of the ayat of the Quran the wrong attitude is well
that is in the Quran, that is for the greatest people ever that is not for me. It is for me and it is for you.
And if were not living up to it then were supposed to try to live up to it. Right? That is what were
supposed to try to do. So were going to listen to these ayat this is just as much a reminder to myself,

an advice to myself and even an incrimination of myself as it is of all of you. And that is really how all of
you are supposed to think of advice of Allah. It is for you Fihi dhikrukum qad jaaat kum mouidhatum
mir-rabbikum. Advice, counsel has come from Allah. Take it seriously. Its Allah that is telling you that
which is good for you.
So our subject today Insha Allah is the relationship between men and women. And this ayat, the second
half of this ayat is very famous especially in Western circles and in modern circles because they use this
ayah of Sura-tun-nisa to say men are allowed hit women. You know? Fadhribu-hunna thats the
wadhribu-hunna which comes later on in this ayah. But today that is not the subject at all. So much
injustice is done to this ayah because the first half of this ayah no one even talks about. Were going to
talk about the first half of the ayah today. Which is hard enough to take in, which is hard enough for us
to internalize what Allah is saying in the first half okay?
So now the first thing I want to tell you. Allah gave us this Quran in billisanin arabiyin mubeen in
clear Arabic language. Allah says the Quran is clear and one of the reasons that the Quran is clear is that
the Arabic language is extremely clear and it clarifies things. So we if we are going to be honest with
the book of Allah you have to be honest with the language. You cannot read a meaning into the ayah
that the Arabic language does not allow. You have to stay within the meaning, and unfortunately this
ayah the way it is translated a lot of times a great injustice is done to the meaning of the great
language. Ar rijaalu kawamuna alannisa is how this ayah begins. Men are I wont translate yet that
men are qawwam over women. Men are the Arabic word is qawwam over women. And this
translated sometimes as men are authority over women men are in-charge over women. And Id
like to share with you first and foremost that the word qawwam which comes from the word qama kaf
wow and meem in the Arabic language has nothing to do with authority and nothing to do with being
in-charge at all. In the exhaustive dictionary of the Arabic language of the pages and pages youre going
to read that have to do with this word authority simply isnt there.
Now if you want to make sure men are authority over women, go find the reason somewhere else. Not
in the book of Allah. Not in this ayah. Not in this ayah. That is not just a crime against women much
bigger this is a crime against Allah. Because now youre not being honest with what Allah Himself said
Subhana hu wa taala. Think about this from another perspective, from an Imani perspective first. You
know of Allah of all the languages he chose Arabic? And of all the words of the Arabic language, there is
like may be 2 percent of the Arabic language is used in the Quran. Fifty times more Arabic exits, and only
2 percent is found in the Quran, 2 percent of the vocabulary. And of that 2 percent a very small
percentage is used, Allah honored it so much meaning that this is the most noble words of the Arabic
language. Allah chose them for his own words, right? Among them are words that Allah chose to
describe Himself. So very very few words in the Quran have the honor and have the very few words in
language have the honor of being used to describe Allah Himself. And the word qawwam actually shares
the root with one of the names of Allah Al Qayyum. Allahu la ilaha illa huwal hayyul qayyum. Its the
same origin. This word itself, the meanings of this word itself are sacred Allah chose it to even describe
himself. To not be honest with the meanings of this word is to be extremely blasphemous is a very
serious thing.

So the first thing Im going to try to do is try to explain the meanings of the word qawwam before we get
into the ayah itself.
Ar rijaal kawamuna alannisa. Men are qawwam over women. The word qawwam comes from the word
qama which is naqeedul julus which is the opposite of sitting. Qama actually means standing. Like
qiyam iqamatus salaah qad qamatis salaah. It comes from the same origin. And the idea of being
standing is actually being active figuratively speaking. And sitting means being inactive. Men have to be
active, play an active role in the lives of the women of their family. They cannot sit idly by or be passive
when it comes to taking the relationship of women in their household. The first thing that comes from
the word qawwam and by the way, Allahs name Al-Qayyum He is actively involved in everything
He created. He didnt just create something and leave it alone, Hes actively involved. The idea of
someone taking a seat back actually suggests that somebody is uninvolved. So men are incredibly
involved in the lives of women. Qawwamun alannisa the first implication.
Al qiyam yati bi manal azam. Qiyam comes in the meaning of commitment and rsolve, when you dont
give up on something, when you dont abandon something and youhold on to something. Thats the
meaning al-azam. For example, idh-qamu fa qalu idh azamu faqalu. Falamma qalu abdullahi wa
yaduhu. Falamma azama Allahu when the slave of Allah showed commitment and stood up. Men are
supposed to show over and over again their commitment to women. Men are committed to women.
Actually I would translate because this is seeghatul mubalagha: qawwam faal I would actually have
to translate men are repeatedly and incredibly committed to women. Men are incredibly committed
to women. That is the second implication.
They are active participants in the lives of women, and theyre incredibly committed to women. Thats
the second meaning.
The third meaning: muladhiman muhafidhan. Someone who is always by someone else, sticks with
them is with them. Theres one thing to be committed so someone in a distance, but to actually be
close with someone and to accompany someone all the time and then protect them. To be protective of
someone, men are to be in close proximity to women, men are supposed to stay close to women, and
stick with them and at the same time they are supposed to be protective of them. Men are protective of
women. This is the next meaning.
And then, you know, qama wa qafat. The other meaning of qiyam is to actually stay in place, men are
constant sources of support that stay there for women. Men are not unstable sources of reliance for
women. Women need that stability in their life according to Allah azza wajal and men will provide that
stability. Al qiyamu bihi al Itinahu bihi qiyam finally the word qiyam also means to take care of
something. And thats why an okay translation of the ayah is also al rijaal qawwamuna alannisa
men are maintainers of women, caretakers of women. These are the meanings of qawwam.
Now in this ayah, were not even going forward yet. Just in this phrase, you know what we learned?
Weve learned that Allah azza wajal put men in a huge position of responsibility over women. Im not
saying authority, Im saying responsibility. A responsibility to take care of them, to be committed with
them, to stick to them, to be a pillar by their side, to be a constant source of support, to be someone

when their life is falling apart, they know that this is not going to fall apart. They can lean on this. And
Allah did not say husbands are qawwam to wives, he said men are qawwam to women. Even though the
overall subject of the ayah is about husbands and wives this is also for fathers and daughters. This is also
for brothers and sisters. This is also for uncles and nieces. You know? Any women in your family, they
will need support from you. This also for mothers who will find support in their sons. They will find that
support. And thats why the language opens in a broad way and then constricts itself to the marriage
relationship. This is Ar rijaal kawamuna alannisa.
One last thing about this phrase Ar rijaal kawamuna alannisa. Al istaqa bimanal adal. Qama related to
istiqama means fairness. Men are repeatedly going to be fair to women. They are going to check
themselves over and over again, am I being fair or am I being unfair. Am I justified in what I said and did
or not. They are going to be judged fair judges over women, over and over and over again in every
situation that comes, their dealings theyll have to check. And by the word qawwam suggests repetition,
something that is done over and over again in other words you cannot assume youre always fair.
Every situation youre gonna have to re-evaluate yourself. Was I fair, was I fair, was I fair, was I fair, was I
fair. Youre gonna have to keep questioning that.
And so Allah puts this in the form of khabar in other words men are qawwam over women. He
doesnt say men are supposed to be He says just this is what they are. This is it. As if men dont have
a choice, its a matter of fact. Its not what you should do, this is what youre gonna do and thats it.
Theres no discussion. If theres room for discussion, you say they should be. Li yakunar rijaal qawwa
meen alannisa. Perhaps men should be... yam baghi alarijaal alladhi yakunu wammina alannisa no, no,
no! Men are supposed to, no! Theres no supposed to be. This is what you are and thats it. The
responsibilitys already been dropped on you.
Thats the first part.
Then the next part: bima faddalallahu badahum ala baad. Because of the favor Allah gave some over
others. The next part is Allah made men maintainers, care takers, providers, sources of support for
women on account of the fact Allah favors some over others.. Im trying to translate carefully. Allah
favored some over others. Allah did not say bima fadallahumallahu alaihinna.. because Allah favors
men over women thats not what Allah said. Allah said Allah favored some over others. You know what
that means? That means in the first part of this ayah, if Ive tried to explain this to you properly you have
not been an advantage, youve been given a responsibility. The advantage is actually gone to women.
Youre the one taking care of them. Youre the one providing support to them, over and over and over
again. Youre the one protecting them, over and over and over again. When youre the guard, and
theyre the one being guarded, who is the beneficiary? They are. Theyve been given an advantage. And
so in the one sense somepeople read this ayah and they assume immediately that this ayah says men
have an advantage over women. If you look at it carefully, who has been given the advantage? You look
at it carefully Allah says some have been given advantage over others in other words men have this
responsibility and they will have other advantages. And women have been given a responsibility and
they will have other advantages. Allah is balancing the equation, this is what Allah does. Whenever He
mentions a disadvantage, He counters it. You know?

And now the other side fa bima anfaqu min amwalihim, they have been made maintainers,
caretakers, providers, all of this over women why, on account of what? Because they are to spend, from
their own monies. Fa bima anfaqu min amwalihim, Allah has given you no choice in the matter. You
cannot go with your wife to the restaurant and say you pay, your family is rich. You cant do that. No,
shop for yourself. There are so many people, so many couples that are having money trouble and the
husband says you earn your own job money and if you cant get a job then too bad, Im not getting
groceries for you. You have to take care of yourself, Ill take care of myself. Allah says men dont have a
choice. They will provide for their women. And they will not touch their woemns money is not even
talked about. What is hers is hers, and whats yours is hers. Fa bima anfaqu min amwalihim thats
literally what Allah did. Thats comes with being a man, tough.
And now, the other thing your supposed to repeatedly take care. Shes getting angry and still youre a
source of support. Shes getting upset and youre still sticking with her. You dont slam the door and
walk out and say Ive had enough of this. Im out. You cant. Mulaziman, youre committed. Youre
committed, thats what you are.
Now this seems kind of unfair. I mean, she gets to do whatever she wants and I get to put up with all of
this. You know? And I got to spend my money too? Fa bima anfaqu min amwalihim congratulations
on being a man. You know? This is the first half of the ayah.
But then we move to the second half of the ayah and sisters I am not sorry, just like Im not sorry to
the brothers. Fa, therefore the next word is fassababiyah, therefore in other words men will
be this way, men are this way. Therefore, heres how women are going to be. Women also have a
responsibility in this ayah.
And as I say that a lot of women start smiling. At least Ill get the second half of the recording and share
it with them You know so they dont use the first half! Everybody what will advantage them and
they dont want to hear what will put them on trial. But you know what, in front of Allah we are all
slaves of Allah. We are all slaves of Allah. In allaha aliy-yan kabeerah Allah is the supreme, the high.
Dont take the word of Allah and put yourself in a higher position. Dont try to somebody else take the
word of Allah and put themselves in a higher position. This is why in those ayat of rights and
responsibilities Allah will say in allaha kana aliy-yan kabeerah Allah is the ultimately higher why are
you trying to take a high advantage, using the word of Allah. Thats not what the word of Allah came for.
So even though I am a man, I have no right some sister will say I have no right to speak about
women. And youre right, I dont. But I do have to share what Ive come to understand from Allahs
word. And you have to do your own study. So Im going to share what Ive come to understand insha
Allah huwa taala, to the best of my ability. May Allah help me.
Fassalihat he begins, therefore good women now notice the part about men began with rijaal.
It didnt say assalihuna qawwamuna alan nisa good men are caretakers of women. He said all men
are, all men are. But when it came to women, he did not begin with the word women. He didnt begin
with the word an nisa. An nisa un qanitatun hafizatun, no, no, no fassalihat Allah is saying that
what is going to be described about women isnt actually naturally the case for all women. Theyre going

to have to make an extra effort to be this way, as a result of what a man is trying to do. Hes trying to
provide, hes trying to be a source of support, and hes doing so over and over and over again and
theyre going to have to be the first thing salihaat a poor translation is theyre going to have to be
good. But were gonna have to understand what salihaat means. Salih or salaha in Arabic is the
opposite of Fasada. When something is bad, something is disgusting or ugly or corrupt, and when you fix
it salaha. Salaha is both laazim and mutaadi. Of something to become good, or for you to fix
something for you to fix something. Now what women are being told in this ayah is that actually they
have they can have a tendency they may or may not have it but they have the ability to have a
tendency that no matter what good is done for them, they cant see good in it. They just cant see it in it.
They dont see it. So what? Oh you think just because you got the groceries, Im supposed to respect
you now?. And then you can say As-salaamu alaikum and shell say Wa alaikum as-salaam but the way
in which my sister the way in which she will say wa alaikum as-salaam is corrupt, is ugly. Theres no
love in it, theres no respect in it. Theres spite in it, theres hatred in it, theres dis-res theres rejection
in it. Youre saying good words but theyre not salih. And youre and theres anger. Well he didnt call
me last night or he didnt do this or he didnt do that. And theres all these reasons for you to be
upset.
Now hes trying over and over to be qawwam and hes not perfect. Hes going to mess up and youre
going to always have reasons to be angry, walahil azeem. You can any wife thats sitting in the
audience here do you have any reason to be angry with your husband theres going to be reasons.
Even if she says no, no, no, in her mind theres going to be a list. In her mind theres going to be a list.
Can you just write them down on a paper shes gonna say do you have a notepad, I dont think a paper
is enough. You know? There are going to be reasons for her to be upset and yet Allah says the first
quality shes supposed to have is to fight that tendency to hold a grudge and to be angry and to let that
cloud the way she speaks and the way she carries herself but actually become a person that wants to
reconcile, that wants to fix, that wants to move on, and not let things get corrupt, not let things that get
ugly. By the way fasada is also used for like fasada laban, fasada laham, fasada taam, when food
goes bad. When you dont take care of food, it goes bad. And you have to take extra precautions to
make sure it stays fresh or stays clean and doesnt get you know doesnt get infected. Shes
constantly gonna survey herself and her attitude thats the first quality.
Why should she do it when she asks why should I do this?. He doesnt deserve it. You know what he
smells like? You know what he looks like? Who what he talks like?. Brother, you gave this khutbah but
you dont understand my situation. Yes, you are right I dont understand your situation but Allah
does. Im not talking to you about what I think, Im telling you what Allah says. And He gives the reason
in the next description of women why you should be motivated to be this way.
Qanitatun because you are willing and obedient. Willing and ready to serve Allah. Qunoot goes back
to Allah. Qumu lillahi qaniteen is muqaddam for ikhtisas only to Allah should you be subservient. So
when women are described as subservient, their relationship and their attitude with their husband is
actually directly related to their connection with Allah. And when their attitude becomes corrupt, when
their demeanour becomes spiteful then actually thats an indication for yourself not for your husband
to point it to you, for you yourself of how far you are traversing from your connection with Allah.

And it gets so bad sometimes. Ive heard this with my own ears. A woman, well educated, well
educated, learned in the religion, shes arguing with her husband. She gets mad at him, she wont even
sleep in the same bed, she wont even say wa alaikum as salaam, she wont even look at him for
weeks. And when she starts arguing, and he says youre so you learned the religion, you pray every
day, youre so good in Islam, why are you so mean to me. And she says, right now I dont have to be
Muslim okay Literally, right now Im a Hindu. These words come out, of knowledgeable religious
women. Its shocking. Because their relationship with Allah gets cut when your spite towards your man
is so high. Everything gets blocked off. Even your relationship with God. Its shocking. You have to check
yourself.
You know thank God they (the women in the audience) cant see me right now!
Qanitatun, they have to be subservient to Allah. Then He adds hafizatun lil ghaib, guarding,
consistenly guarding lil ghaib for what cant be seen. Now what does that mean what cant be
seen. The first meaning of that is these women have to guard the dignity, the integrity, the respect, and
the trust of their husbands when the husband is not around. They shouldnt be talking to their friends
about how bad he is, because he cant be there to defend himself. They shouldnt be talking to other
men if he doesnt want them talking to other men. They shouldnt be going places he didnt want them
to go. Oh, hes never going to find out hes at work until 6 pm, hes never gonna know. Hes
completely theyre invisible, the day time theyre invisible, guys are at work or whatever hes
travelling. The first meaning of this ayah is that they protect themselves from what he doesnt want
them to do. And by the way, interestingly enough hafiz, guardian is also caretaker in the Quran.
Caretaker, thats the first meaning here.
The second meaning of lil ghaib which is profound is that there are some things you cannot see. You
cannot see your husband when hes at work, you cant see your husband when hes travelling, you cant
see your husband when hes checking into a flight at the airport, you cant see who he is sitting next to,
and you all know what Im talking about. You cant see that. You cant see the trials and temptations
that this man married to you faces when he goes outside. How the women at the office talk to him.
How people look at him, who he interacts with, you cant control any of it. You dont see any of it. But
you know what, even if you dont see it you cant be blind to it. You have to guard what you cant even
see. You know elsewhere in the Quran, wa ma kunna bil ghaibi hafizeen how can we guard over
something we cant even see. How can we be careful about something we cant even see. And
women are being told, listen up: I know you cant see it, but you better watch for it anyway. You better
take care of your husband, as if to think what you cannot see still exists. They have to go out of their way
to be good to their husbands, to take of their needs, to be attractive to their husbands, to be loving and
caring to their husbands. They have to do all of these things and then not assume well, hes ugly
anyway, whos gonna like him outside. Whos gonna look at him, phuh! I dont have to take care of
him, whatever! He cant do anything, they develop this attitude.
And once that attitude develops in the mind of a woman, she starts demeaning the husband, puts him
down and assumes theres a kind of I dont have to do anything to take care of this relationship. And
Allah is countering all of it. Because men continuously maintain, maintain, maintain, take care, take care,

take care, it has to be reciprocated at the other end. You have to take care of your husband, and you
have to guard for the unseen, you have to know that he might just you dont take of yourself and you
dont take care of him youll lose him. Dont assume youre gonna keep him, youll lose him. And even if
you dont lose him explicitly, you might lose him emotionally. He might emotionally divorce himself from
you. He may not even look at you with eyes of love, he may walk into the house with resentment, why
am I walking into this battlefield again. Oh my God, whats she gonna say today.
If that happens between a husband and a wife, whats the point of a marriage left. When Allah says li
taskunu ilaiha, you go to them to find peace, so you can find tranquility and now you have
situations where in a marriage the only time a man does not find peace and tranquility is when hes
around his wife.
This is the tragedy of on either side, men not doing their job, women not doing their job. Fassalihatu
qanitatun hafizatun lil ghaib bima hafizallah
And the word hifz also... Sisters listen up, in the beginning of the khutba I said that men share a have
been given a word of responsibility that is so noble that one of Allahs names goes back to that word
qawwam. I said that in the beginning. And now the final attribute of women is hafizatun lil ghaib the
word hafiz. Wallahu khairan hafizan is one of the names of Allah. Hafiz is one of the names of Allah. In
Allaha kulli shaian hafiz in rabbi ala kulli shaian hafiz my Master is Hafiz over all things. This is
one of the shared names of Allah, in other words this a divine responsibility for you to guard and
safeguard this relationship. And by the way, you never use the word guard unless something is in
danger. Never.
You dont have to guard something that is not in danger. What is Allah telling women? And what is Allah
telling men? Take care over and over and over again it actually means that if you dont repeatedly take
care it will fall apart. And what are women being told? If you dont watch guard it will be destroyed.
Youll lose it. It is actually very powerful that both sides have been given this balance.
Fassalihatun qanitatun hafizatun lil ghaibi bima hafizallah. The rest of the ayah is a discussion for
another time but the last thing insha Allahu wa taala that I want to share with you. When it comes to
safeguarding, when it comes to being qawwam it actually takes a serious amount of communication
between both sides admission of ones own fault. And you have to and it comes a point where, you
know, theres a point in the relationship where you can fix things. Theres a point where you can fix
things. But were human beings, a time comes where you can no longer fix it. Its broken, and its done.
This is why in the next ayah fa in khiftum shikaka bainihima if youre afraid that a schism, crack is going
to happen between the two of you. Now the ayah is if youre afraid that a crack might happen which
means the crack has not necessarily happened yet. Then you can get counsel, then you can get outside
help. If youre in a relationship where youre fearing the crack is already showing up but it is not big
enough yet get outside help. Get other people involved. Fa baathu hakamam min ahlihi wa hakamam
min ahliha get wise good sound decision making people, sensible people from her family and his family
involved. Dont get stupid people involved, dont get people involved that will only make the fight
worse. And make the situation worse for you and for her. Not those people, not the people that you

complain to and say yeah, I feel you bro theyre all like that. Why dont you come and help me out
here as a counselor. No, no, no, you dont need extra gloves in the boxing ring. You dont need that.
Hakaman people who make sound decisions, can reasonably talk to both of you, you know. And that
can represent her interest and yours, get outside help. But the power of this ayah is if youre afraid this
hasnt happened yet. If you dont take the right precautions it just might happen.
It might just happen. And it does and the Quran is realistic about that. The Quran is not like the
Christian doctrine of marriage. You know, the Christian view of marriage a marriage is a sacred bond
until then and theres no way it can ever be broken. No way it can ever be ended. But in the book of
Allah divorce is talked about so exhaustively, so exhaustively why? Because it is a reality. Because if
you dont take care of it, it will die. Itll and people will itll be impossible for two people to live
together. You dont want to it to come to that point. You want to be able to save it before it comes to
that point. May Allahu wajal protect our marriages. And may Allahu wajal give support to those who
have gone through a divorce. And may Allahu wajal like He promises yughnillahu kullin min saathihi
that He will give them independence from His own vastness. What a beautiful gift Allah gave to those
who have gone through the difficulty of divorce. Allah will make them independent and He will give
from His own treasure of vastness. He never says that about anybody but He talks about that for people
who have divorced. Theyre not condemned people. Theyre not condemned people. May Allahu wajal
protect our marriages once again. And bless them. And may Allahu wajal give goodness in the hearts of
men and women that they are able to live up to this beautiful, beautiful advice that Allah has given
them.
Barkallahu li wa lakum fil Quran il hakeem wa nafani wa iyakum bil ayat wa zikral hakeem
Alhamdulilahi wa kafa wa salaatu wa salaamu ala ibadihiladhin astafa khususan ala anbihim wa khatam
min nabieen Muhammdinil ameen waala alihi wa sahbihi ajmaeen. Yakulullahu azza wajal fi kitabihil
kareem bada an akula audhubillahi minashaitaanir rajeem. Inallaha wa malikatahu yusalluna alan-nabi
Ya ayuhalladhina amanu sallu alaihi wa salimu tasleema. Allhumma salli ala Muhammadin wa ala alihi
Muhammad kama salaita ala Ibrahim wa ala ali Ibrahima fil alameen innaka hameedun majeed
Allahumma barik ala Muhammadin wa ala ali Muhammad kama brakta ala Ibrahim wa ala ali Ibrahim fil
alamin innaka hameedun majeed
Ibadallah rahimakumullah it-takullah inallah yamuru bil-adli wal ihsan wa itaidil kurba wa yanha anil fah
shai wal munkar wala dhikrullahil akbar wallahu yalamu ma tasnoon akimussalaah innassalaata tanhai
fahshai wal munkar

From a Khutbah by Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan given at Colleyville Masjid on

October 16, 2015
Audio may be found on YouTube