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Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 3, 2026.

True success begins with humble prayer

Abu Huraira · Amar Abdelwali

“The highest form of success is connected to your Salah.”

The khateeb, at 3:22

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In one sentence

True success in this life and the hereafter is rooted in safeguarding Salah and performing it with humble, focused awareness of Allah.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Connects year-end reflection with the Prophet’s final emphasis on Salah.
  2. Explains success through the believers’ khushu in prayer.
  3. Describes prayer as a direct conversation with Allah.
  4. Emphasizes sujood, congregational prayer, and brotherhood.
  5. Highlights Salah as the first deed judged on the Day of Judgment.
  6. Uses Bilal’s practice to show the connection between prayer and Paradise.
Try this week
Safeguard and protect the daily prayers.
Pray with humility and concentration by reflecting on whom you are standing before.
Attend congregational prayer and maintain connection with fellow worshippers.
Check in on brothers who are absent from congregational prayer or may be struggling.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 23The believers’ success is introduced through their khushu in prayer.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The highest form of success is connected to your Salah.”
Abu Huraira · Don Mills, ON
Play from 3:22
“When you're considering who is it that you're standing in front of? Who is it that you're conversing with?”
Abu Huraira · Don Mills, ON
Play from 4:29
“This is the key to your success. This is the pillar of your religion. As-Salaah, As-Salaah.”
Abu Huraira · Don Mills, ON
Play from 8:37
“You sever the tie between you and Allah. How can you find success in this world and in the year after?”
Abu Huraira · Don Mills, ON
Play from 10:10
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb invites us to reflect on our lives and remember that our greatest success is connected to salah. Prayer is a conversation with Allah, where we can bring our worries and ask for guidance. He encourages us to pray with humility and attention, remembering whom we are standing before. He reminds us that we are closest to Allah in sujood, with our foreheads on the ground. Praying together also helps us care for one another, including noticing when someone is missing and checking on them. Because salah is the first thing we will be asked about on the Day of Judgment, he urges us to safeguard it.

  1. What helps you remember Allah when your mind wanders during prayer?
  2. What worry or hope would you like to bring to Allah in sujood?
  3. How could we kindly check on someone we haven't seen at the masjid lately?
Where it was given

The masjid

Abu Huraira Center270 Yorkland Blvd, North York, ON M2J 5C9Jumu'ah 1:30 PM and 2:30 PMKhateebAmar AbdelwaliMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Abu Huraira66 khutbahs
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