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Death & the hereafterFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 30, 2026.

Put the akhirah before the dunya

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“The race is to the akhirah, not in the dunya.”

The khateeb, at 64:26

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In one sentence

Muslims should treat the dunya as a temporary means, working and living responsibly without attachment, while placing the akhirah in the heart and actively prioritizing it.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Defines four ways people relate to the dunya and akhirah, rejecting extremes and purposelessness.
  2. Uses Surah al-Hadid to frame balance, halal work, controlled spending, and charity.
  3. Explains the dunya's temporary, deceptive nature through Quranic imagery, hadith, mathematics, and wealth examples.
  4. Warns that desire for more never ends and worldly pleasures vanish before the hereafter.
  5. Calls listeners to prioritize the akhirah through intention, Fajr, halal livelihood, and striving for forgiveness and paradise.
  6. Closes with a remembrance of a longtime mu'adhdhin's death and community announcements.
Try this week
Earn through halal avenues and control spending, regardless of wealth.
Keep worldly possessions in hand rather than allowing them to dominate the heart.
Pray Fajr at its proper time instead of fitting worship around work.
Compete in repentance, forgiveness, and preparation for paradise.
Attend the masjid with family, especially Isha, educational series, and halaqas.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 57:20Frames worldly life as temporary play, adornment, rivalry, and deceptive enjoyment.
Quran 28:77Teaches using worldly provision for the hereafter without abandoning permissible worldly responsibilities.
Quran 57:21Urges believers to hasten toward forgiveness and paradise rather than worldly competition.
Quran 67:15Supports walking through the earth and seeking lawful livelihood.
Quran 80:17-22Emphasizes human creation, death, burial, and resurrection to relativize worldly life.
Sahih MuslimShows that one moment in Hell can erase the memory of a lifetime's worldly pleasure.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“if a son of adam had two valleys filled of gold he would still think of the third one”
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“The race is to the akhirah, not in the dunya.”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah taught that Islam asks us to live a balanced life. We should work, earn lawfully, care for our responsibilities, and enjoy permissible blessings, but we should not let the temporary world control our hearts. Our real race is toward forgiveness, paradise, and closeness to Allah. The khateeb encouraged us to put worship first, including praying Fajr on time and staying connected to the masjid. He also remembered a longtime mosque caller to prayer who died on a Friday in the mosque and prayed for Allah's mercy upon him.

  1. What is one worldly thing you can use responsibly without letting it control you?
  2. How can our family make prayer and the akhirah a bigger priority this week?
  3. Why do you think people keep wanting more even after they already have a lot?
Where it was given

The masjid

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