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Seeking knowledgeFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 31, 2026.

Teach what benefits others beyond your life

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“When you are teaching somebody, inviting somebody to goodness, you will share the reward of that person.”

The khateeb, at 3:21

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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that guiding others toward Islam and goodness through teaching, reminders, and practical service creates ongoing rewards that can outlive one's own life.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Introduces a Riyad al-Saliheen chapter on calling people to guidance and forbidding wrongdoing.
  2. Presents Quranic guidance and a hadith about sharing the reward of those guided to virtue.
  3. Illustrates the principle through reminding others to make istighfar and teaching Al-Fatiha.
  4. Uses Ibrahim and Shaykh Abdurrahman Sumayt as examples of lasting communal benefit through faith and service.
  5. Urges listeners to build knowledge and pursue work whose reward continues beyond their lifetime.
Try this week
Teach someone Al-Fatiha or a Quran verse.
Remind others to make istighfar.
Help people through practical service and community support.
Build useful religious knowledge and share it with others.
Choose beneficial work whose impact can continue after your lifetime.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih MuslimUsed the teaching that whoever guides someone to virtue receives equivalent reward.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“So when you are teaching somebody, inviting somebody to goodness, you will share the reward of that person.”
London Muslim Mosque · London, ON
Play from 3:21
“If he taught somebody Al-Fatiha, and that person will recite the Al-Fatiha 17 times a day at least for the entire of his life.”
London Muslim Mosque · London, ON
Play from 4:35
“He died, but his reward will never die.”
London Muslim Mosque · London, ON
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“That's what we want to do. We want to work. Not for today, but for tomorrow. We want to gain the reward, not just for our time.”
London Muslim Mosque · London, ON
Play from 7:32
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that inviting people toward faith and goodness brings lasting reward. The speaker says that guiding someone toward a good deed shares in that deed's reward, so even teaching Al-Fatiha or reminding someone to seek forgiveness can keep benefiting us. He points to Shaykh Abdurrahman Sumayt as an example of turning compassion into practical service. We are encouraged to build knowledge, help others, and choose work whose benefit continues beyond our own lifetime. The message is to live generously and think about rewards that outlast today.

  1. What is one helpful thing you could teach or remind someone about this week?
  2. How could our family help someone in a practical way?
  3. What good deed might continue helping people after we are gone?
Where it was given

The masjid

London Muslim Mosque151 Oxford St W, London, ON N6H 1S3Jumu'ah First prayer 12:00 PM · second prayer 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at London Muslim Mosque193 khutbahs
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