Holy Mosques sermons converge: Piety opens doors to provision, while knowledge shapes the nation’s future

The Friday sermons at Saudi Arabia’s two holy mosques delivered a shared message: piety opens the way to blessing and provision, while useful knowledge builds the future.

At the Grand Mosque, Sheikh Dr. Osama bin Abdullah Khayyat urged Muslims to fear God and worship Him sincerely. He said that a person’s livelihood, health and other forms of goodness come from God’s grace and generosity.

Faith, piety, sincere reliance on God, seeking forgiveness, prayer, maintaining family ties, charity and setting out early to seek a livelihood were presented as religious means of bringing blessing and opening the doors of goodness. The sermon also warned against becoming impatient over provision and pursuing forbidden means that lead to loss in this life and the hereafter.

At the Prophet’s Mosque, Sheikh Dr. Abdulbari bin Awwad Al-Thubaiti said useful knowledge builds people and shapes the future. Education, he stressed, is not simply the transfer of information. It also builds character, instills values and prepares generations to carry the message of the nation and the Muslim community.

He described teachers as central to the educational process and said that a teacher’s words or conduct can change a student’s life. He called for teachers to receive respect and for their status to be elevated.