Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Nov 28, 2025.
Change your choices before Judgment
“We all have to change today.”
In one sentence
Because life is a series of accountable choices, Muslims must submit to Allah, respond humbly to reminders, and begin changing now before Judgment.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Submission to Allah and truthful speech define Islam and make actions right.
- Desires make worldly life easy but can lead away from Paradise, while choices carry responsibility.
- Judgment Day regret exposes deliberate neglect, especially wasting time without serving Allah.
- True believers respond to reminders with sujood, gratitude, humility, and openness to advice.
- The ummah is compared to a ship endangered by collective neglect, not merely private family concerns.
- Listeners are urged to change immediately, seek righteous friends, and use mosque programs to take gradual steps.
Try this week
Speak truthfully and align daily choices with Allah’s guidance.
Schedule part of each week specifically for worship and preparation for Jannah.
Accept sincere advice without arrogance and offer beneficial reminders to others.
Seek righteous friends who remind you of Allah.
Attend mosque classes, tajweed lessons, study programs, and wholesome community events.
Take concrete steps toward change immediately rather than postponing them.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“what makes him wrong is doing what you like to do you can live life like that do what you like to do”
“the real believers are then when they're reminded about the verses of Allah the signs of Allah they go down on sujood immediately”
“my message to everybody today is one you have to change today we all have to change today I have to change today there's no time”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminds us that our lives are made of choices, and that good choices are those guided by Allah and His Messenger. We may forget naturally, but we should not deliberately neglect Allah, the Hereafter, or the needs of other people. Faith should make us humble when reminded, willing to accept good advice, and ready to improve. We should care about the wider Muslim community and the world, not only our own households. Change can begin today through good friends, worship, learning, and steady participation in the mosque.
- What is one good change you could begin today?
- Who helps remind you to do what is right?
- How can our family help others beyond our own home?
Where it was given
The masjid
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