Khutbah: Love

Khutbah: Love is an Islamic video for children aged 4 to 12 in which Imam Ajmal Masroor gives a short talk, like the one before the Friday prayer, about love and why we cannot live without it.

The imam talks about the people he loves: his children, his wife, his mother, his brothers and sisters, his friends, and his father, who has passed away. Then he reminds children of when they were babies. They cried for food, for a clean nappy, to sleep and to wake, and their parents came at every hour of the night, because they loved them. Without that love, no baby would survive.

Love holds families and friendships together, and brings peace; hatred pulls them apart and brings war. And Allah's love is greater than all of it. One of His names is Al-Wadud, the Most Loving. His mercy reaches everything He created, from the tiniest insect to the biggest thing in the universe, and He loves those who do good.

The Prophet ﷺ was loving to everyone: to animals, neighbours, his wives and children, and he even wished his enemies well. Once, a companion told the Prophet ﷺ that he loved a man who had walked by. The Prophet ﷺ asked him whether he had told the man. When he said no, the Prophet ﷺ told him to go and tell him.

The imam's advice for growing love: spend time with people, speak kindly, be generous, help them, give gifts and hugs, and say "I love you", especially to your parents. It is a Miraj original.

• Surah Al-Buruj 85:14: And He is the Forgiving, the Most Loving (Al-Wadud).
• Sunan Abi Dawud 5125: A man told the Prophet ﷺ that he loved someone who passed by; the Prophet ﷺ asked if he had told him, and told him to go and tell him.