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Death & the hereafterFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Keep the world out of your heart

Dar-us-Salaam · Sabri Benkahla

“Live in this dunya as if you are a stranger or a traveler.”

The khateeb, at 8:10

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In one sentence

The khutbah teaches that believers should treat worldly life as temporary, keep possessions out of their hearts, and invest their time, worship, restraint, and generosity in the eternal Hereafter.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Defines zuhd as recognizing the dunya is temporary and using good deeds to reach the Akhira.
  2. Uses Quranic verses and hadith to explain the dunya’s fleeting value compared with the Hereafter.
  3. Clarifies that zuhd is detachment from wealth, not necessarily poverty or lack of possessions.
  4. Urges remembrance of death, self-accountability, extra worship, fasting, moderation, and charity.
  5. Closes with the traveler metaphor, counsel from Umar and Ibn Umar, and prayers for contentment and suffering communities.
Try this week
Reflect regularly on the shortness of life and remember death.
Pray some qiyam al-layl by giving up occasional sleep.
Fast sometimes and avoid filling the stomach or overindulging.
Visit graveyards sometimes to remember the Hereafter.
Take yourself to account by reviewing your good deeds, sins, and readiness to meet Allah.
Increase sadaqah and help others while keeping wealth from becoming your central concern.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Zuhr is not necessarily being you know poor but Zuhr means that you don't have love of the dunya meaning if you have a million dollars in your hands or zero dollars in your hands your iman stays the same”
Dar-us-Salaam · College Park, MD
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“we work so hard for the investment of the dunya chasing to get the extra profit to make the extra salary to save more money to buy a bigger house to buy a bigger car”
Dar-us-Salaam · College Park, MD
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“live in this dunya as if you are a stranger or a traveler the stranger is not comfortable he wants to get back to his true family and home”
Dar-us-Salaam · College Park, MD
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Where it was given

The masjid

Dar-us-Salaam (Al-Huda Inc.)5301 Edgewood Road, College Park, MD 20740Jumu'ah 12:15 PM & 1:15 PM · held off-site at Knights of ColumbusKhateebSabri BenkahlaMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Dar-us-Salaam48 khutbahs
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