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Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 23, 2026.

Taqwa keeps faith strong until death

Masjid al-Mu'min · Na'eem Abdullah

“If you stay ready for death you don't have to get ready for death and if you stay ready for death that makes you powerful.”

The khateeb, at 18:15

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In one sentence

Taqwa means living with continual awareness of Allah so that faith, worship, priorities, and habits remain strong until death.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. The khutbah begins with the Quranic command to fear Allah and die as Muslims.
  2. The story of Khalid ibn al-Walid illustrates that strength and bravery cannot determine when or how someone dies.
  3. Believers should build a strong prayer foundation with obligatory and additional prayers so weakness does not lead to abandoning obligations.
  4. Taqwa is explained as an inner awareness of Allah that helps people avoid both sins and paths leading toward them.
  5. Remembering death reorders priorities and gives a person courage against threats, bribery, and fear.
  6. Internal jihad requires knowledge, repeated good habits, role models, and turning jealousy into motivation.
Try this week
Protect the five obligatory prayers and add recommended prayers such as Duha, Witr, Tahajjud, and sunnahs around the obligatory prayers.
Remember that Allah sees and hears you, avoiding haram and actions that can lead toward it.
Regularly remember death and learn what prophetic teachings say about the grave, judgment, and the afterlife.
Identify bad habits and replace them through knowledge, repetition, good routines, and positive role models.
Turn jealousy of others' blessings into motivation to pursue similar good.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 3Urges believers to fear Allah and not die except as Muslims.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“As long as that when we die, we die as Muslims. And the only way we can guarantee that we die as Muslims, that we live every moment of our life as Muslims.”
Masjid al-Mu'min · Pittsburgh, PA
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“if you stay ready for death you don't have to get ready for death and if you stay ready for death that makes you powerful”
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“we strengthen it with knowledge we strengthen it with developing good habits”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that we do not know when or how we will die, so we should try to live every moment as Muslims. Taqwa means remembering that Allah sees and hears us, which helps us avoid wrong actions and the paths that lead to them. We should keep our obligatory prayers strong and add extra worship so that a weak period does not pull us away from the basics. Remembering death can help us put first things first and live with courage. When laziness or jealousy gets in the way, we can fight those habits through knowledge, repetition, and learning from good examples.

  1. What is one prayer or good habit you want to make more consistent?
  2. How can remembering death help us choose what really matters?
  3. Who inspires you to improve, and what can you learn from them?
Where it was given

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Masjid al-Mu'min of Pittsburgh537 Paulson Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206KhateebNa'eem AbdullahMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid al-Mu'min33 khutbahs
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