6:44 The best of the action…10:20 Choose a good friend…11:01 So you should be to…
Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 24, 2026.

Worship lasts through gratitude and consistency

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“You should be to each other like a mirror.”

The khateeb, at 11:01

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In one sentence

Sustainable worship requires gratitude in action, moderation, consistency, personal discipline, and mutual reminders rather than abandoning good habits.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces hadith warning Abdullah ibn Amr against abandoning night prayer.
  2. Explains setting a personal minimum, schedule, moderation, and consistency in worship.
  3. Distinguishes verbal praise from gratitude demonstrated through action.
  4. Uses examples involving Satan and two rak'ahs to encourage recovery of missed practices.
  5. Encourages commitments, accountability, and friends who remind one another of good.
  6. Closes by comparing believers to mirrors and urging mutual advice toward Allah and Paradise.
Try this week
Identify a realistic minimum level of worship and maintain it consistently.
Create a schedule and accountability system, including trusted reminders from others.
When missing a practice or doing wrong, consider praying two rak'ahs as a discipline suggested by the scholars mentioned.
Choose a good friend who reminds you of good, and reciprocate that advice.
Sources the khateeb cited
Riyad as-SalihinIntroduces the chapter's lesson about safeguarding regular worship and avoiding abandoned night prayer.
Sahih al-BukhariSupports the warning against abandoning a regular optional practice.
Sahih MuslimProvides Aisha's report about compensating for missed night prayer with daytime rak'ahs.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The best of the action Allah loves? What? "Adwamuhu wa inqalla" "Adwamuhu wa inqalla" That one is constant, even was a little.”
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“Choose a good friend to you. That will remind you about khayr. Wallahi. Very important.”
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“So you should be to each other like a mirror. Now when you look at the mirror and you see something in your nose or something not blessed in your face. Are you gonna be angry at the mirror?”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that good worship should be steady and sustainable. We should choose a realistic minimum, keep doing it, and build gradually instead of taking on too much and quitting. True gratitude is shown through our actions, not only by saying Alhamdulillah. Good friends can help us return to worship and lovingly remind us when we slip.

  1. What is one small good deed you could keep doing every week?
  2. How can a friend help you return to a good habit?
  3. What does gratitude look like when it becomes an action?
Where it was given

The masjid

London Muslim Mosque151 Oxford St W, London, ON N6H 1S3Jumu'ah First prayer 12:00 PM · second prayer 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at London Muslim Mosque193 khutbahs
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