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Death & the hereafterFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 24, 2025.

Aim for the highest rank in Jannah

Masjid Al-Ezz

“The upper Jannah is the Jannah that takes your breath away.”

The khateeb, at 23:12

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In one sentence

Believers should keep Jannah vividly before them and strive for its highest rank through truthfulness, obedience, and courageously enjoining good.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Opens with a Quranic exhortation to speak truthfully and obey Allah.
  2. Urges listeners to keep Jannah visible so worldly desires lose their grip.
  3. Uses Surah al-Waqi'ah to distinguish the highest believers from the general believers.
  4. Describes the upper Jannah's furnishings, companionship, pleasures, and peace.
  5. Contrasts the lower Jannah's landscapes, fruits, furnishings, and spouses while affirming its beauty.
  6. Closes by urging listeners to aim higher through enjoining good and resisting wrongdoing.
Try this week
Speak truthfully and say what is right.
Share the teaching about the two Jannahs with three people before the next Friday.
Enjoin good and discourage wrongdoing, even when doing so brings social resistance.
Aim for the highest Jannah rather than settling for average religious effort.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 33:70-71Used to argue that truthful speech leads to sound deeds, forgiveness, and ultimate success.
Quran 56:7-40Used to distinguish the three groups and describe different ranks and experiences within Jannah.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“we have to live in Jannah today so we can always at least we should see it okay because we see the dunya everyday”
Masjid Al-Ezz · Mississauga
Play from 6:12
“your neighbor is Rasulullah your neighbor is Isa your neighbor is Yusuf your neighbors are the Anbiya your neighbors are the Sahaba”
Masjid Al-Ezz · Mississauga
Play from 11:31
“the upper jannah is the jannah that takes your breath away the lower jannah is beautiful it's jannah but you're saved from hellfire”
Masjid Al-Ezz · Mississauga
Play from 23:12
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah invites us to keep Jannah in view so the attractions of dunya do not control our hearts. Drawing on Surah al-Waqi'ah, the khateeb describes different ranks in Jannah and says the highest rank belongs to believers who actively live their faith and encourage good, even when that is difficult. The lower Jannah is still a real mercy and salvation from Hellfire, but the sermon urges us not to settle for spiritual mediocrity. This week, we can speak truthfully, share beneficial reminders, and gently stand for what is right. Allah's mercy remains our hope as we strive for the best.

  1. What is one everyday desire that can distract you from remembering Jannah?
  2. How can our family encourage good without making others feel attacked?
  3. Which description of Jannah gave you the strongest hope, and why?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Al-Ezz10 Falconer Dr #8, Mississauga, ONArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Al-Ezz22 khutbahs
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