Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 3, 2026.
Audit your life before Allah does
“Self-evaluate. Do your own auditing before Allah does your auditing.”
In one sentence
Enter 2026 with purpose by auditing 2025, remembering life's return to Allah, repenting, and using remaining time, gifts, and abilities for worship, service, and lasting good.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Reminds listeners that life belongs to Allah and every person is moving toward death and return.
- Uses the story of Qadhi Ayyad to show how reflection can lead to repentance and transformation.
- Urges listeners to review 2025 honestly before making plans for 2026.
- Presents accountability questions about life, wealth, youth, knowledge, and physical abilities.
- Calls for repentance, increased worship, service, legacy-building, and making 2026 better than 2025.
Try this week
Reflect honestly on how you spent 2025 before planning 2026.
Repent for past sins and resolve to remove specific sinful habits.
Increase worship and spiritual practice.
Serve others and build a beneficial legacy.
Review how you earn and spend money, use your youth and knowledge, and care for your body.
Ask Allah to use your abilities well, protect your family, and place blessing in what He has given you.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Because nobody is standing still. Nobody is in the neutral ground. Everybody is moving forward. We are proceeding somewhere. We are progressing somewhere.”
“There is only one solution. Do good in whatever is left over of your life. Your past will be forgiven.”
“Self-evaluate. Do your own auditing before Allah does your auditing. And weigh your deeds before they are weighed by Allah.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminds us that every year is part of our journey back to Allah, so time should not pass without purpose. Before making plans for 2026, we should honestly review 2025: how we used our life, money, youth, knowledge, and health. The speaker says repentance and good deeds can transform the past, so no one should think it is too late to change. We can make the new year better by leaving sins, increasing worship, serving people, and building a beneficial legacy.
- What is one good habit you want to grow this year?
- How could our family serve someone this week?
- What gift, time, health, knowledge, or money, can you use to help others?
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