Wealth should serve worship and family
“The reason for wealth and rizq being given to us is so that we may be free to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
Wealth is a blessing meant to facilitate worship, charity, and family responsibility, not an endless pursuit that displaces faith and preparation for the grave.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Introduces repeated hadith warning that human desire for wealth is never satisfied until death.
- Applies the warning to parents who pursue income while neglecting their children's religious education.
- Reframes wealth, health, intellect, and other blessings as means for worship, gratitude, charity, and community support.
- Urges listeners to define sufficiency and measure self-worth by faith, character, and family leadership rather than possessions or status.
- Uses additional hadith to promote generosity, charitable spending, and fairness in buying and selling while condemning stinginess.
- Closes with prayers for forgiveness, relief for oppressed communities, unity, Quran recitation, and community announcements.
In the khateeb's words
“The only thing with them in the grave is dirt and their good deeds.”
“The reason for wealth and rizq being given to us is so that we may be free to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
“Your money may free you to become a better father and being more involved in your child's life. Your money may free you to become a better husband and a better father.”
For the dinner table
Today’s reminder is that wanting more money never naturally ends; only the grave ends that appetite. Wealth is a blessing when it helps us worship Allah, support our families, give charity, and care for people with less. Parents were urged to spend time teaching their children Islam and to measure success by the faith and character they nurture, not by titles or possessions. We should give before death, practice generosity in everyday buying and selling, and keep our hearts free from attachment to the dunya. The closing prayers asked for forgiveness, relief for suffering communities, and unity.
- What is one blessing our family could use this week to help someone else?
- When might a family need to decide that “enough” is enough?
- How can we spend time learning Islam together instead of only chasing more things?
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