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Death & the hereafterFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 10, 2025.

Work in this world, prepare for the hereafter

Al Ahad

“It is the love of this dunya which actually makes you forget the Akhirah.”

The khateeb, at 32:32

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In one sentence

The khutbah teaches that a believer should remember death and the hereafter while working responsibly in the world, using wealth sparingly and generously, because obedience to Allah, not status or power, creates lasting dignity.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Explains the guiding role of the Imams through Allah’s command and the Quran-and-Ahlul-Bayt tradition.
  2. Connects Surah al-Qiyamah’s warning about love of dunya to Imam Hasan’s counsel.
  3. Presents advice to prepare for death, use today’s opportunity, and avoid postponement.
  4. Explains accountability for lawful, unlawful, and doubtful wealth, and urges restraint from excess.
  5. Balances wholehearted worldly work with using worldly resources to build the hereafter.
  6. Concludes that obedience creates lasting dignity and illustrates Imam Hasan’s generosity toward the poor.
Try this week
Prepare for death and the hereafter before death arrives.
Use today’s opportunities instead of postponing important responsibilities indefinitely.
Earn and spend wealth lawfully, remembering that even halal wealth requires accountability.
Treat excess wealth as a trust and direct it toward family needs and helping the poor.
Work wholeheartedly in one’s profession while keeping the hereafter as the ultimate purpose.
Seek dignity through obedience to Allah rather than relying on family status, wealth, or power.
Welcome and serve poor people generously, following Imam Hasan’s example.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 32Used to explain that divinely appointed Imams guide people according to Allah’s command.
Surah 75Used to argue that love of the dunya causes people to forget the hereafter and deny resurrection.
Quran 2:173Used to explain the emergency exception for prohibited food and develop the analogy of treating excess dunya like carrion.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“It is the love of this dunya which actually makes you forget the Akhirah.”
Al Ahad · Allentown, PA
Play from 32:32
“do not let the worry of the day which has not yet come, take away the opportunity of the day which is right here.”
Al Ahad · Allentown, PA
Play from 36:19
“Whatever you want to build in the akhira, you will have to provide the raw material from this dunya.”
Al Ahad · Allentown, PA
Play from 48:07
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Tonight’s khutbah centered on advice attributed to Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba about preparing for the hereafter. We should remember death, use today’s opportunities, and avoid letting wealth or future worries distract us from what matters. We should earn and use money lawfully, take what is sufficient, and treat extra wealth as a trust that can benefit others. Imam Hasan’s generosity toward poor guests showed how these teachings become actions. The sermon concluded that true honor comes from obeying Allah, not from status, power, or family name.

  1. What is one good thing you keep postponing that you could begin today?
  2. How can our family use something we have to help someone else this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

Al-Ahad Islamic Center1500 Ridgeview Drive, Allentown, PA 18104Jumu'ah 1:00 PM · temporarily at Asbury Church Worship Center, 1533 Springhouse RoadArchiveAll khutbahs at Al Ahad10 khutbahs
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