It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us the Khutbah al-Hajah in this way: «إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلّٰهِ نَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللّٰهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ» “All praise is due to Allah, we seek help from Him and ask forgiveness from Him, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own selves. Whomever Allah guides, none can misguide, and whomever He lets go astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah, and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is His servant and His Messenger.”Then he recited the following three verses: «﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ﴾» [آل عمران: 102] “O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and do not die except as Muslims.” «﴿وَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا﴾» [النساء: 1] “And fear Allah, through Whom you ask one another, and (respect) the ties of kinship. Surely Allah is ever watching over you.” «﴿اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا﴾» [الأحزاب: 70] “O you who believe! Fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice.”