Death & the hereafterFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.
Sincere sacrifice brings you closer to Allah
“The person who remembers death often is the one who is intelligent.”
In one sentence
Following Ibrahim and Muhammad means sincerely sacrificing attachments, comfort, wealth, and desires for Allah while remembering death and supporting the oppressed.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Frames sacrifice to Allah through Ibrahim's and Muhammad's lives.
- Describes Ibrahim leaving idol-worshipping society and Muhammad leaving Makkah after rejection.
- Extends sacrifice to the Sahaba, especially Sumayyah, Abu Bakr, and Umar.
- Highlights Palestinians' suffering and urges dua, financial support, and advocacy.
- Argues that sincere sacrifice, not material offering alone, earns closeness to Allah.
- Urges remembering death, resisting desires, making daily sacrifices, and involving children in good deeds.
Try this week
Turn away from relationships, substances, or habits that pull you away from Allah.
Compete with friends and family in charity, Quran reading, and helping needy people.
Support Palestinians through dua, financial help, or advocacy.
Remember death regularly and prepare for the afterlife.
Bring children along when doing good deeds.
Make difficult acts of obedience part of daily life beyond the Eid sacrifice.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“It doesn't matter if it's our friends or family or whatever. We see from the life that the sacrifice happens with what you care about the most.”
“But we need to start competing about attaining the hereafter. Abu Bakr and Umar they would do this.”
“And so all of these sacrifices done by Ibrahim were met with miracles on their own because the sacrifices were so great.”
“The person who remembers death often is the one who is intelligent and by remembering death often that will enable us to make the sacrifices that are necessary to achieve the closeness to Allah .”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that sacrifice is not limited to the Eid offering. Ibrahim, Muhammad, and the companions gave up comfort, wealth, home, and even life to remain faithful to Allah. We are encouraged to support people suffering in Palestine through prayer, generosity, and advocacy. Remembering death can help us resist easy temptations and choose obedience. Parents should also bring children into good deeds so they learn faith through shared action.
- What is one comfort or habit you could give up for Allah this week?
- How could our family compete in doing more good?
- What good deed would you like to do together with your parents?
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