Lawful work can become an act of worship
“When you perform your job you got the reward.”
The khutbah argues that lawful work, health, and family care can become worship through sincere intention while maintaining prayer and balance between worldly livelihood and the afterlife.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Opens by urging taqwa and truthful speech.
- Frames labor as connected to faith, righteous action, and balance between this world and the afterlife.
- Explains that sincere intention can turn eating, drinking, exercise, and work into worship.
- Uses Quranic guidance to affirm seeking the afterlife without neglecting one's worldly share.
- Relates the prophetic account of earning for oneself or family as being in Allah's cause, while condemning work motivated by showing off.
- Closes with prayers for provision, blessing, forgiveness, and steadfastness.
In the khateeb's words
“for example when you perform your job you got the reward yes when you strive or migrate for your family you got the reward insha'Allah”
“but the barakah time not only for the work but to begin with Fajr prayer”
“if he went out to earn money for himself to protect himself from haram isn't that seek of Allah”
For the dinner table
Today’s khutbah reminded us that earning a living and caring for our families can be part of worshipping Allah. With a good intention, ordinary things like eating and exercising can also become acts of worship. The khateeb encouraged us to seek the good of the Hereafter while also taking care of our responsibilities in this life. He reminded us that the blessings of the morning include beginning with Fajr prayer. Through the story of a strong young man heading to work, he explained that working to protect ourselves from haram and support aging parents can be in Allah’s cause, while working to show off has a very different purpose.
- What intention could you bring to an everyday activity tomorrow to make it an act of worship?
- What is one way someone works to care for our family, and how could we thank them?
- What could help our family make time for Fajr on busy mornings?
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