Wealth & charityFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 30, 2026.
Blessings become duties to serve others
“Use whatever Allah gave you for the hereafter.”
In one sentence
Societies are preserved when those blessed with wealth, power, or comfort recognize those blessings as responsibilities, use them for good, and collectively restrain oppression.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Explains how neglected responsibilities among the privileged can cause social decline.
- Examines three justifications for privilege: wealth proves correctness, tradition should remain unchanged, and success is entirely self-made.
- Uses Qarun’s story to present four proper uses of wealth: seeking the hereafter, enjoying a lawful share, doing good, and avoiding corruption.
- Argues that societies are saved when people actively command good, oppose oppression, and work to set things right.
- Applies the message to local life, emphasizing generosity, service, mutual encouragement, and support for community institutions.
Try this week
Use wealth, influence, knowledge, and other blessings for the hereafter and to benefit others.
Give to people in need, support orphans and relatives, strengthen family ties, and help those facing hardship.
Speak against oppression and work with others to set right what is wrong in the community.
Encourage one another toward patience, mercy, generosity, and constructive service.
Support the masjid through the year-end campaign and contribute to institutions from which one benefits.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 90Used to define the steep path through freeing the enslaved, helping the needy and orphaned, and encouraging patience and mercy.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Who gave you your bootstraps And who gave you somewhere To be pulled up to In the first place”
“The only thing that remains is akhirah So use whatever Allah gave you For the hereafter”
“Those who command Toward what is good And they prohibit this oppression In the earth”
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