The Shaykh began by mentioning after the Khuṭbah al-Ḥājjah:
It is with the likes of these kalimāt that the Messenger (ﷺ) used to begin his khuṭab; begin the different aspects of the sermon and the like; and he ordered those who came after him to begin their sermons with the Khutbat-ul-Ḥājjah, and he did that and he used to repeat it and he used to order the believers to repeat it in order that the meaning of the Khutbat-ul-Ḥājjah may be firm in the minds of the believers; and he mentioned that in the Khutbat-ul-Ḥājjah, there are various meanings and various issues that are discuss…
Allāh the Most High has established Tawḥīd through the sending of his prophets and messengers for the purpose of guiding the people to his worship, and thereby gain them entry into Jannah. From this, it is upon the Muslim to strive in the pursuit of knowledge and the understanding of the details of that knowledge. For the Muslim who strives in the path of knowledge there is a great reward as Allāh sees fit through his wisdom to raise the station of those who possess knowledge over the ones who do not have knowledge.
Allāh, the Most High, has stated:
قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُو…
