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Wealth & charityFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 4, 2026.

True success is more than wealth

UMMA · Mohamed Almasmari

“What have we gained if we've lost everything throughout this process and reached our goals?”

The khateeb, at 2:45

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In one sentence

True success is not merely attaining worldly rizq but pursuing it beautifully without becoming enslaved to it or sacrificing salah, Quran, family, sakina, and the Akhirah.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Frames worldly busyness and success as risks to Quran, family, masjid, and inner peace.
  2. Urges a beautiful, ethical pursuit of rizq rather than achievement at any cost.
  3. Uses Musa's experience in Median to redefine rizq as family, work, love, wisdom, and sakina.
  4. Warns against becoming enslaved to wealth, career, appearance, and desire.
  5. Offers self-tests involving salah, Quran, family responsibilities, and the Akhirah.
  6. Closes with reliance on Allah through the example of birds and a supplication for barakah and sakina.
Try this week
Examine whether your pursuit of rizq is harming your salah or reducing khushu'.
Protect a daily connection with the Quran.
Assess whether work is taking you away from your family and spend meaningful time with them.
Ask whether your worldly pursuits bring you closer to Allah or further away.
Recognize and thank Allah for nonfinancial forms of rizq, including love, wisdom, health, family, and sakina.
Rely on Allah while pursuing provision and ask for barakah in it.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“What have we gained if we've lost everything throughout this process and reached our goals? What was there again to begin with?”
UMMA · Southfield, MI
Play from 2:45
“Sakina is also Rizq. When you live your day-to-day life and your heart is at ease.”
UMMA · Southfield, MI
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“Don't be enslaved by your career. Don't be enslaved by your education. Don't be enslaved by whatever you're trying to pursue.”
UMMA · Southfield, MI
Play from 14:22
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that success is more than money, titles, or achievements. Allah gives rizq in many forms, including family, love, wisdom, health, meaningful work, and sakina, the peace of a settled heart. We should pursue our goals beautifully without allowing them to damage our prayer, Quran, family, or relationship with Allah. The speaker encourages us to examine what our ambitions are doing to our faith and responsibilities. When we rely on Allah and remain grateful, our provision can carry blessing and bring us closer to Him.

  1. What is one blessing besides money that Allah has given our family?
  2. How can we protect time for prayer and family when life gets busy?
  3. What goal can we pursue while still staying close to Allah?
Where it was given

The masjid

UMMA26899 Northwestern Hwy, Southfield, MI 48033Jumu'ah 1:30 PMKhateebMohamed AlmasmariMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at UMMA38 khutbahs
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