Make the hereafter your main concern
“It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”
Muslims should make the hereafter their primary concern, filter worldly distractions, and keep love for the Prophet and regular salawat at the center of daily life.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Contrasts checking the phone upon waking with the prophetic waking supplication and remembrance of resurrection.
- Explains the Ibn Majah hadith about making the hereafter one's single overriding concern.
- Shows how attention shapes perception through examples involving crime, stocks, and information overload.
- Uses the brain-as-attic analogy to urge careful filtering of useful and useless information.
- Applies hereafter-focused intention to family, work, travel, and other ordinary activities.
- Connects love for the Prophet with maintaining salawat throughout the year, not only in Rabi al-Awwal.
- Encourages reciting 100 salawat during a commute or walk and closes with supplication.
In the khateeb's words
“the person, once again, who makes all his humum, one single ham, hamma akhiratihi, the ham of his next life, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, will suffice for him, the ham of his world.”
“It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”
“just a hundred times salawat that's all it takes and the reward is so abundant”
For the dinner table
The khateeb asked us to notice how quickly phones and the world's noise can fill our minds. He taught that when the hereafter becomes our main concern, Allah helps take care of our worldly concerns. We can bring this focus into family, work, travel, and marriage through sincere intentions and prophetic supplications. He also encouraged us to keep love for the Messenger at the center of our lives. Regular salawat, even 100 times during a commute or walk, can help us maintain that love.
- What is one thing you could do before checking your phone in the morning?
- How could a normal activity become worship through a good intention?
- Where could you fit salawat into your day?
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