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Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Nov 22, 2025.

Sincere tawbah requires effort and return

Al-Madina · Ahfaz Ahmed
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In one sentence

Sincere tawbah requires learning one's major sins, abandoning them with genuine intention and effort, and trusting Allah's forgiveness.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Encourages worshippers to seize the reward of sitting in the first row.
  2. Introduces Quranic categories of believers, sinners, Paradise, and Hell.
  3. Explains major sins and the need to learn them to avoid them.
  4. Warns against lying, backbiting, forbidden relationships, drinking, and doubtful insurance.
  5. Defines sincere tawbah as genuine intention, practical effort, and repeated return after relapse.
  6. Closes by recommending gradual reform through identifying and treating one fault at a time.
Try this week
Learn which actions are major sins and examine your own conduct.
Make sincere tawbah with a genuine intention to leave the sin.
Avoid lying, backbiting, listening to backbiting, and doubtful matters.
Perform two rak'ahs of tawbah and ask Allah for forgiveness.
Work on one fault at a time, practicing its cure before addressing another.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 66:8Calls believers to sincere repentance and anchors the khutbah's central message.
Quran 4:31Avoiding major sins is presented as a means for forgiveness of minor sins.
Sahih al-BukhariA report about Companions fearing hypocrisy encourages self-examination.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“when you get a virtue of doing good don't lose that opportunity who knows that opportunity become the cause of our forgiveness”
Al-Madina · Woodlawn, MD
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“Tawbah becomes a Tawbah when you have the sincere intention that you are not going to do again. No matter you do again. You do Tawbah again.”
Al-Madina · Woodlawn, MD
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“The one who do sincere tawbah. Then Allah subhanAllah forgive his all sin. As he has not done any sin.”
Al-Madina · Woodlawn, MD
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah reminded us that tawbah is more than repeating words; it means turning sincerely away from a wrong. The speaker encouraged us to learn which actions are major sins, notice our own faults, and seek Allah’s forgiveness before death. He warned about ordinary habits such as lying and backbiting, and urged us to leave doubtful matters. A sincere return includes honest intention, practical effort, and continuing to repent even if we stumble again. We can begin gently by choosing one fault, asking Allah for help, and working on its cure.

  1. What is one small habit you could change this week?
  2. How can we keep a conversation kind when someone absent is being discussed?
  3. What does a sincere apology look like after we repeat a mistake?
Where it was given

The masjid

Al-Madina Masjid1502 Woodlawn Dr, Suite #102, Baltimore, MD 21207Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:30 PM · Iqamah 2:00 PMKhateebAhfaz AhmedMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Al-Madina30 khutbahs
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