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Youth & educationFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 10, 2026.

Invest in the afterlife and young people

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“The financial stuff is here, but it's got an end date.”

The khateeb, at 5:50

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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that believers should invest for the eternal life of Jannah through worship and deliberate development of young people so the Muslim community remains strong and benefits everyone.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Contrasts temporary financial investments with eternal investments made for Allah and the afterlife.
  2. Uses long-term thinking and vivid descriptions of Jannah to make the afterlife the believer's primary horizon.
  3. Presents sunnah prayer, dhikr, and dua as investments that earn lasting rewards.
  4. Draws on the youths of Surah Al-Kahf, emphasizing mercy and asking Allah to guide the best way forward.
  5. Calls the mosque to identify young people's strengths, provide professional development and real responsibility, and invest beyond one's own children.
  6. Closes with prayers for families, the sick and deceased, Gaza, peace, and focused congregational prayer.
Try this week
Pray the daily sunnah prayers he listed: two before Fajr, four or two before Dhuhr, two after Dhuhr, two after Maghrib, and two after Isha.
Repeat Subhanallah, Walhamdulillah, Wala ilaha illallah, and Wallahu akbar as regular dhikr.
Form a committee of four to six adults to identify young people's strengths and create professional-development opportunities for them.
Give young people meaningful responsibility, including real budgets and leadership, rather than limiting them to setup work.
Invest in the mosque, Islamic schools, and wider community so Muslim youth can return to serve others.
Ask Allah for mercy and for the best way through difficult situations, following the youths' dua in Surah Al-Kahf.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 18
Surah 88Referenced as a source for descriptions of the beauty and rewards of Jannah.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The financial stuff is here, but it's got an end date. When that investment, we close it out. Or we leave this world, and that investment pretty much is done.”
Grand Mosque · Fort Garry, MB
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“Muslim, non-Muslim everyone should benefit from having a Muslim in their community that's our values that's the ones Rasulullah put us into play”
Grand Mosque · Fort Garry, MB
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb compared our deeds to investments: money and possessions end, but what we do for Allah lasts. He encouraged us to picture Jannah and build that future through prayer, dhikr, dua, and long-term faith. He especially asked the community to invest in young people by noticing their gifts, giving them meaningful opportunities, and preparing them to serve. He ended by reminding us to care for the sick, the grieving, Gaza, and the wider community, so Muslims bring benefit and peace to everyone.

  1. What is one small deed you could treat as an investment in your future with Allah?
  2. What talent or interest would you like the mosque to help you develop?
  3. How could a Muslim make life better for people around them this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

Winnipeg Grand Mosque2445 Waverley St, Winnipeg, MB R3Y 1S3Jumu'ah 1:45 PM & 3:30 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at Grand Mosque20 khutbahs
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