8:02 you will try every day…12:45 you have the ability…
Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, May 3, 2025.

Good character grows through daily effort

Al-Ikhlaas

“You will try every day to better yourself.”

The khateeb, at 8:02

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In one sentence

Good character, cultivated through striving, prayer, and patient conduct especially at home, is a core expression of taqwa and a path to Allah’s love, Paradise, and closeness to the Prophet.

The khutbah in 8 steps

  1. Fearing Allah and striving to improve leads to clearer guidance and forgiveness.
  2. Good character is central to the Prophet’s mission and is modeled by his conduct.
  3. Taqwa and good character lead toward Paradise and closeness to the Prophet.
  4. An open face and gentle speech are simple expressions of righteousness.
  5. Good character is a gift from Allah, so believers should strive and ask Allah for it.
  6. Prophetic supplications seek righteous deeds, good character, and protection from evil character.
  7. Character is tested at home through patience, gentleness, and helping family.
  8. Everyone can offer good character even when wealth and resources are limited.
Try this week
Strive every day to improve your character while accepting that mistakes will happen.
Make dua regularly for good character and protection from evil character.
Learn and memorize additional supplications for salah, including the supplication for righteous deeds and good character.
Practice an open, friendly face and gentle speech with others.
Begin character work at home by showing patience, avoiding insults and physical aggression, and helping with household tasks.
Offer kindness and a smile to everyone, even when experiencing personal difficulty.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“you will try every day to better yourself this way Allah azza wa jal will love you because He sees you have this action of taqwa Allah”
Al-Ikhlaas · Wilmington · Southbridge, DE
Play from 8:02
“you have the ability to give everyone from your good character.”
Al-Ikhlaas · Wilmington · Southbridge, DE
Play from 12:45
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Allah wants us to keep trying to grow in taqwa and character, even though we will make mistakes. Taqwa means obeying Allah and staying away from what He has forbidden, while good character shows in a welcoming face, gentle words, patience, and kindness. The Prophet taught that people with the best character will be closest to him, and that our character is tested most honestly at home. Because good character is a gift from Allah, we should work at it, ask Allah for it, and practice it with our families and everyone we meet.

  1. When is it hardest to use gentle words, and what could help you pause?
  2. What does good character look like at home this week?
  3. How can you show someone kindness without spending money?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid al-Ikhlaas623-1/2 S Heald St, Wilmington, DE 19801Jumu'ah 1:15 PM
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