Give charity while you are alive

Wealth only truly belongs to you when you spend it for Allah's sake, so give charity now, while you are alive and healthy, following the priorities Islam sets.

The khutbah in 9 steps

1. Opening on the rewards of sending salawat on the Prophet, including the hadith that 1,000 salawat daily lets one see his palace in Jannah
2. Call to make good intentions at Jumu'ah, citing that the believer's intention is better than his action
3. Introduction of the theme: Allah commands spending from what He has provided (wa mimma razaqnahum yunfiqoon) and asks for a good loan (qard hasan)
4. Ibn Majah hadith on the five dinars: the ordered priorities of spending, self, wife, children, dependents, then Allah's cause
5. Story of Dawud (AS) and the newly married man whose charity turned six remaining days into seventy years of life
6. Charity is from the heart, not the amount: a smile and easing a brother's hardship count; a rich man who cannot give was not granted the ability
7. Hadith of Aisha's goat and 'my wealth, my wealth': only what you ate, wore out, or sent forward in charity is truly yours
8. The illusion of ownership: mansions, inheritance, wills, and death, give while healthy, before your wealth becomes inheritance
9. Brief closing announcements: masjid loan repayment appeal and parking etiquette