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Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 23, 2026.

Fear of Allah brings us closer

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“The more you know Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as He ought to be known, the more you would fear Him.”

The khateeb, at 4:19

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In one sentence

A believer must cultivate reverent fear of Allah alongside hope in His mercy, because knowing Allah deeply transforms fear into sincerity, good deeds, closeness, and safety in the Hereafter.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces faith as balanced between fear of Allah and hope in His mercy, while emphasizing fear.
  2. Identifies ignorance of Allah, heedlessness, and normalized sin as causes of insufficient fear.
  3. Explains why Allah should be feared through His greatness and the fear shown by creation, angels, and prophets.
  4. Shows that fear of Allah increases sincerity, motivates good deeds, and protects from calamity.
  5. Closes with a hadith encouraging believers to fear Allah in this life to gain safety in the Hereafter.
  6. Calls listeners to know Allah through His names and attributes and to fear Him publicly and privately.
Try this week
Study Allah's names, attributes, and majesty to deepen reverent fear.
Practice awareness of Allah both publicly and privately.
Let fear of Allah motivate sincere good deeds and help resist normalized sins.
Balance fear with hope in Allah's mercy rather than relying on either one alone.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 3Used to distinguish fearing Allah from fearing Shaytan's followers and to frame fear as a sign of true belief.
Surah 76Used to connect fear of a distressful Day with sincere charitable action.
Surah 4Used to show the Prophet's emotional response to the verse about witnessing against his community.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“As we all know, a believer is like a bird with two wings. Where one wing would be the fear of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and the other wing would be the hope of Allah's mercy.”
SMCC · Pearland, TX
Play from 2:17
“For anything other than Allah, if we fear something, we typically would go away from it. Whereas for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the more we fear Him, the closer we get to Him subhanahu Allah.”
SMCC · Pearland, TX
Play from 13:39
“So whoever is fearful of Allah in this life, he would not fear Him in the hereafter.”
SMCC · Pearland, TX
Play from 16:13
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today's khutbah taught that a believer needs two wings: fear of Allah and hope in His mercy. Fear is not meant to make us run away from Allah; when it is healthy, it brings us closer, makes our worship sincere, and motivates good deeds. We grow in this fear by learning Allah's names and attributes and remembering the accountability of the Hereafter. The speaker encouraged us to carry that awareness both privately and publicly, so that fearing Allah in this life can become safety in the next.

  1. What do you think it means for fear of Allah to bring someone closer to Him?
  2. Which good deed could you do more sincerely this week?
  3. How can learning about Allah change the way we handle temptation?
Where it was given

The masjid

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