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Death & the hereafterFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 25, 2025.

Build the Hereafter before death

ICSD, East County

“The main focus and the most consuming of free time is building for the Akhira.”

The khateeb, at 24:36

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In one sentence

A person should use worldly life to build the Hereafter through righteous deeds, remembrance, repentance, and avoiding shirk, so death becomes a hopeful meeting with Allah rather than a fearful loss.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Explains the hadith about loving to meet Allah through Aisha’s question and the believer’s hope at death.
  2. Uses contrasting deportation scenarios and Al-Hasan al-Basri’s saying to distinguish building the dunya from building the akhira.
  3. Encourages righteous deeds through examples involving sunnah prayers and repeated dhikr.
  4. Urges repentance and reducing sins before standing accountable before Allah.
  5. Warns through the story of a man who built a seven-story home through haram earnings but died after one night.
  6. Concludes with supplication, announcements, prayers for afflicted Muslims, and the congregational prayer.
Try this week
Perform the twelve daily sunnah rak'ahs: two before Fajr, four before Dhuhr, two after Dhuhr, two after Maghrib, and two after Isha.
Repeat prescribed dhikr, including Subhanallah and alhamdulillah one hundred times.
Seek forgiveness and repent regularly.
Perform righteous deeds and avoid associating partners with Allah.
Take a lawful share of worldly life without letting wealth, work, or family distract from the Hereafter.
Avoid haram earnings and conduct.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 18:110Supports righteous action and avoiding association of partners with Allah for those hoping to meet Him.
Quran 63:9-11Warns against wealth and children distracting from remembrance and urges spending before death.
Surah 1Recited in the congregational prayer following the khutbah.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“One is working for this dunya, one is working for the akhira while living in the dunya, taking his fair share of the dunya but not forgetting about the akhira.”
ICSD, East County · El Cajon, CA
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“The main focus and the most consuming of free time is building for the Akhira.”
ICSD, East County · El Cajon, CA
Play from 24:36
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah taught us to treat this life as a place where we prepare for the Hereafter. We can enjoy our lawful share of the world while remembering that our lasting home is with Allah. Acts such as sunnah prayers, regular dhikr, repentance, and good deeds help us build that future. The speaker warned us not to let work, money, or family distract us from Allah, and to avoid haram earnings. We should hope that meeting Allah will be joyful because we have spent our lives preparing for it.

  1. What are we building with the way we spend our time each day?
  2. Which prayer or dhikr practice could we help one another keep?
  3. How can we enjoy worldly blessings without forgetting the Hereafter?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of San Diego, East County833 Broadway, El Cajon, CA 92021Jumu'ah 11:30 AM Arabic · 12:15 PM English · 1:00 PM Arabic · 1:45 PM EnglishArchiveAll khutbahs at ICSD, East County45 khutbahs
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