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Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 27, 2025.

Purify the soul by facing your flaws

Al Huda Institute

“Write a list of your shortcomings and start working on it.”

The khateeb, at 14:33

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In one sentence

Purifying the nafs requires asking Allah for help, removing inner diseases, cultivating virtue, accepting honest counsel, and remembering accountability before the Hereafter.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Allah alone purifies the soul, so believers should seek His help.
  2. Remove sins and heart diseases before adorning the nafs with virtues.
  3. List personal shortcomings and correct them one by one.
  4. Build purity through Quran, remembrance, prayer, charity, character, and family relationships.
  5. Guard the senses and seek honest advice to keep the nafs from becoming polluted.
  6. Remember death and standing before Allah to restrain desire and prepare for Paradise.
Try this week
Ask Allah to purify your nafs and seek His help.
Write a private list of your shortcomings, review it regularly, and work on one at a time.
Cultivate Quran recitation, remembrance, tahajjud, on-time congregational prayer, charity, good character, and family relationships.
Audit what your eyes, ears, tongue, and thoughts take in, replacing harmful inputs with beneficial ones.
Ask a trusted elder or friend for honest advice and receive it with humility.
Regularly remember death, standing before Allah, and final accountability.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“So everyone knows his shortcomings. Write a list of your shortcomings and start working on it.”
Al Huda Institute · Mississauga, ON
Play from 14:33
“If the impurities are still there, you will get no benefit. That is the reason the people, they recite Quran, they do not get any effect from the recitation of the Quran, because their hearts are still sick.”
Al Huda Institute · Mississauga, ON
Play from 15:29
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The sermon teaches that purifying the nafs, or inner self, is one of life's greatest tests. We should begin by asking Allah for help, then remove sins, pride, jealousy, anger, and other heart diseases. After that, we fill the heart with Quran, remembrance, prayer, charity, good character, and strong family ties. We should watch what enters through our eyes, ears, tongues, and thoughts, and ask trusted people for honest advice. Remembering death and standing before Allah can help us resist harmful desires while we still have time to change.

  1. What is one thing you can put into your heart through your eyes, ears, or words?
  2. What is one habit you would like Allah to help you improve?
  3. Who is a kind, trusted person you could ask for advice?
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Al Huda Institute Canada5671 McAdam Road, Mississauga, ON L4Z 1N9ArchiveAll khutbahs at Al Huda Institute56 khutbahs
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