Believing Women Pledge (Loyal Allies vs Enemies)
About this lecture
In this khutbah, the speaker offers a deep tafsir of Surat al-Mumtahanah, exploring its central theme of wilaya (loyalty and alliance) in the context of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah — and making a surprising connection to the pledge taken from believing women at the end of the surah. He explains each item of that pledge in detail, showing how the spiritual and domestic integrity of a Muslim woman is not separate from the political and social strength of the Ummah, but foundational to it. The lecture closes with a call for honest self-auditing of our own alliances — within our families as much as in the wider world.
Nouman Ali Khan is a Muslim speaker and the CEO and founder of Bayyinah Institute, an Arabic studies, educational institution in the United States. His early education in Arabic started in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and continued in Pakistan. His serious Arabic training began in 1999 in the United States. He has been teaching Modern Standard and Classical Arabic at various venues for several years with over 10,000 students nationwide. Nouman Ali Khan teaches about the religion of Islam through his video speeches. He also frequently speaks at Islamic Circle of North America Conventions about Islam, family, and other life topics.
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