{"id":116488,"date":"2026-10-02T00:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/?p=116488"},"modified":"2026-10-02T00:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:30:11","slug":"the-fruits-of-worship-perfecting-our-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/2026\/10\/02\/the-fruits-of-worship-perfecting-our-character\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fruits of Worship: Perfecting Our Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sh-Anwar-26-Sep-2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-116489\" src=\"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sh-Anwar-26-Sep-2026-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sh-Anwar-26-Sep-2026-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sh-Anwar-26-Sep-2026-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sh-Anwar-26-Sep-2026-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sh-Anwar-26-Sep-2026-700x348.jpg 700w, https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sh-Anwar-26-Sep-2026-332x165.jpg 332w, https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sh-Anwar-26-Sep-2026.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Shaykh Anwar Mady<\/p>\n<p>The khutbah reminds us that worship and good character cannot be separated. Religious devotion that does not improve the way we treat our families, neighbours and wider community has not achieved its full purpose. Equally, good manners do not replace the obligatory acts of worship. A Muslim should strive for both sincere worship and excellent conduct.<\/p>\n<p>To listen to this khutbah, please click on the link below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Fruits of Worship: Perfecting Our Character\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JTa5Mp9JEKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shaykh Anwar Mady<\/p>\n<p>The khutbah reminds us that worship and good character cannot be separated. Religious devotion that does not improve the way we treat our families, neighbours and wider community has not achieved its full purpose. Equally, good manners do not replace the obligatory acts of worship. A Muslim should strive for both sincere worship and excellent conduct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":116489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,41,22,46,11,47,218],"tags":[1534,1531],"class_list":["post-116488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beliefs-and-practices-of-islam","category-building-good-character","category-history-of-islam","category-inspiring-feel-good-khutbahs","category-khutbah-type","category-noble-companions-and-muslim-heroes","category-video-khutbah","tag-shaykh-anwar-mady","tag-sheikh-anwar-mady","column","twocol","has-thumbnail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116493,"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116488\/revisions\/116493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khutbahbank.org.uk\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}