Give generously with what Allah provides
“What you give for the sake of Allah is your saving.”
Believers should treat all resources as Allah’s trust and spend them generously, sincerely, and moderately for His sake, because charity purifies, protects, and stores reward for the Hereafter.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Defines infaq as a faith-based use of whatever Allah provides, including money, time, knowledge, health, and relationships.
- Explains that spending brings lasting wealth in the Hereafter, while hoarding can corrupt a person and lead to spiritual poverty.
- Teaches moderation: avoid both stinginess and giving beyond what one can responsibly afford.
- Urges believers to fight shuh, or stinginess, and give consistently in prosperity and hardship according to their capacity.
- Emphasizes sincerity and giving from the best of one’s possessions, not unwanted or inferior goods.
- Encourages sadaqa for protection, purification, supporting mosques, helping others, and securing lasting reward before death.
In the khateeb's words
“The pleasure of spending and giving much better than the pleasure of taking.”
“What you give for the sake of Allah is your saving. What you keep is your spending.”
“What we gave away will remain. What we kept right now, if we have to eat it, that will be gone.”
For the dinner table
Today’s khutbah taught that faith is shown through good deeds, especially infaq, or spending for Allah’s sake. Spending is not limited to money: we can give time, knowledge, strength, food, help, and care. We should be generous in both easy and difficult times, while remaining balanced and meeting our family’s needs. Our charity should be sincere and come from good things we value, because what we give for Allah is what truly remains. The khateeb encouraged us to start giving now, support the masjid and people in need, and not wait until the end of life.
- What is one thing besides money that you could give to someone this week?
- How can we be generous without neglecting our family’s needs?
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