Death & the hereafterFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 24, 2026.
Use your life before it is gone
“Your life span represents your primary capital.”
In one sentence
Life is a trust and a person should actively invest their limited time, health, and abilities in worship, good deeds, and preparation for the Hereafter.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Treat life as a project requiring goals, planning, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Recognize health and free time as blessings that must be used before they disappear.
- Define life's purpose as worshipping Allah, pursuing the Hereafter, and doing good in the world.
- Measure a life by righteous deeds and the lasting testimony people give after death.
- Avoid procrastination and seize youth, health, wealth, free time, and life before their opposites.
- Conclude with repentance, prayer, and a renewed commitment to purposeful living.
Try this week
Define spiritual and practical goals for your life, make a plan, and periodically evaluate your progress.
Use health and free time for worship and good deeds instead of wasting or postponing them.
Repent now and leave immorality, polytheism, religious innovation, and superstition.
Seek the Hereafter while maintaining a lawful worldly life and using blessings to help others.
Seize youth, health, wealth, free time, and life before old age, sickness, poverty, busyness, and death.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih al-BukhariThe blessings of health and free time are often squandered, so they should be invested in good deeds.
Jami` at-TirmidhiA person will be questioned about life, knowledge, wealth, and bodily use at the Resurrection.
Quran 51:56Used to define humanity's ultimate purpose as worshipping Allah.
Quran 103:1-3Used to explain that humanity is in loss except through faith, good deeds, truth, and patience.
Quran 28:77Used to balance seeking the Hereafter with not neglecting one's worldly share and doing good.
Jami` at-TirmidhiThe best person is one whose life is long and deeds are good; the worst has a long life with bad deeds.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Your life span represents your primary capital It's a matter you will be accountable for before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala”
“The life is short in the number of years, but very long regarding the good deeds.”
“you should not wait for the future because the future is uncertain you don't know if you will reach it or you will not”
“seize the benefit from five before five seize the benefit from your youth before your old age from your health before your sickness from your wealth before your poverty”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminded us that our life is our most important capital and that Allah will ask how we used it. We should use our health, time, wealth, and abilities for worship and good deeds instead of waiting for an uncertain future. A meaningful life is measured not only by its length, but by the good it contains and leaves behind. We should seek the Hereafter while still caring responsibly for our worldly needs and helping others. The best time to repent and begin is now.
- What is one good deed you can do today with the time and health Allah gave you?
- What is one thing you usually postpone that you could start this week?
- How can our family use its blessings to help someone else?
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