Wealth & charityFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 27, 2026.
Sincere giving does not diminish wealth
“What they spend to their children is a charity.”
In one sentence
The khutbah teaches that sincere, knowledgeable giving, especially to relatives, orphans, families, and other needy people, does not diminish wealth and requires learning and paying zakah.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Explains Allah’s promise to multiply charity and replace what believers spend.
- Encourages small, sincere giving to needy relatives, neighbors, orphans, and families, emphasizing anonymity and ikhlas.
- Uses hadith to argue that charity does not decrease wealth and that spending on one’s family is especially meritorious.
- Warns against neglecting belief and feeding the poor, highlighting hunger in Gaza, Palestine, Georgia, and elsewhere.
- Teaches basic zakah threshold, timing, and rate, urging believers to learn and fulfill it.
- Concludes with supplications for forgiveness, guidance, relief, and the Muslim community.
Try this week
Give even small amounts sincerely for Allah’s sake without belittling them.
Regularly support needy relatives, neighbors, orphaned children, and poor families.
Learn when zakah is due on your savings, business, land, or other wealth, then pay it correctly.
Notice and respond to hunger and material need locally and in severely affected communities.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 69Used to warn that failing to believe and urge feeding the poor is associated with Hellfire.
Surah 9Used to explain zakah recipients and warn against withholding zakah.
Sahih MuslimUsed for the claim that wealth does not decrease through charity.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Some Muslims do not know that what they spend to their wife is a charity. What they spend to their children is a charity.”
“The one you spend to your own family is better.”
“People are looking for food by going to the trash area.”
Where it was given
The masjid
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