Choose faith before trials take it
“Every morning choose faith, every evening choose faith.”
In times of confusion and trial, believers must hasten toward righteous deeds and repeatedly choose Allah and the Hereafter over worldly attachment.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Introduces the prophetic warning to hasten toward good deeds before trials like dark night threaten faith.
- Explains worship amid confusion as a form of emigration and urges youth to serve beyond themselves.
- Calls for righteous action, communal support, and continued prayer for Palestine and Gaza.
- Frames life as a repeated choice between worldly comfort and the Hereafter.
- Uses the fly-sacrifice narration, coercion, Cain and Abel, and the Dajjal as examples of decisive faith choices.
- Concludes with daily practices: choosing faith, halal, patience, guarded eyes, and measured worldly enjoyment.
In the khateeb's words
“listen to the good deeds before trials come at a time when night comes on a believer when he's a believer and the same person comes in the morning and he is no longer a believer”
“every morning choose faith every evening choose faith as trials come where a person wakes a believer or goes to bed a believer yet 24 hours may not pass until they have left the cloak of faith”
“we have to make a choice a choice to take our dunya in a measured proportion and as a vehicle for the hereafter or to let it corrupt us”
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminds us that confusing times are a reason to hurry toward good deeds, not postpone them. Faith is strengthened by repeated daily choices: prayer, patience, guarded eyes, halal choices, and avoiding what Allah forbids. The world and its comforts are not automatically wrong, but they should remain measured means toward the Hereafter rather than becoming our master. We should repair ourselves while also noticing people who need help and serving the community. The sermon also calls us to keep praying for and supporting people in Palestine and Gaza. We should prepare now so that when a major test comes, choosing faith is already familiar.
- What is one good deed we can hurry to do before distractions take over?
- Where do we need more balance between enjoying dunya and preparing for the Hereafter?
- How can our family care for itself and help someone else this week?
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