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Wealth & charityFrom the masjid's own video, Nov 5, 2025.

Revive your ambition for the Hereafter

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“When you give Allah will give you more.”

The khateeb, at 3:58

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In one sentence

Because Paradise is worth pursuing without hesitation, believers should revive their ambitions for the Hereafter by hastening to good deeds, especially charity and compassionate action for suffering people.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces the hadith of a man at Uhud who immediately pursued martyrdom after being promised Paradise.
  2. Interprets his haste as prioritizing the Hereafter over worldly hesitation and attachment.
  3. Contrasts the high ambitions of the Companions with modern preoccupation with worldly matters.
  4. Highlights a poor Companion who worked specifically to earn money for sadaqa.
  5. Calls listeners to revive their hearts, respond meaningfully to Gaza’s suffering, and move from talk to action.
  6. Concludes with Ibn Jarir al-Tabari’s anecdote about declining ambition among students of knowledge.
Try this week
Hasten to good deeds instead of delaying or debating unnecessarily.
Give sadaqa and, if necessary, work or earn specifically so you can give charity.
Trust Allah’s promise of increase when giving in His cause.
Move from discussing suffering in Gaza to taking meaningful action.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih al-BukhariThe speaker identifies the Uhud narration as reported in both collections and uses it to urge immediate good action.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“He does not want to give himself a chance even to think or hesitate.”
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“he work and he earned money in order to give sadaqa to be among those who get the reward of sadaqa”
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“when you give in the sake of Allah i'll give you more Allah promise when you give Allah will give you more”
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“we need to revive our heart and inshallah Allah will revive our umma”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah taught us to hasten toward good deeds instead of waiting or making excuses. The speaker described a man at the Battle of Uhud who immediately pursued Paradise after learning that martyrdom would lead him there. We were reminded that even someone with little money can work and earn in order to give sadaqa. The khutbah also urged us to let concern for suffering people, including those in Gaza, move us beyond words and toward action. Reviving our own hearts is part of helping revive the wider Muslim community.

  1. What good deed could you do today without waiting?
  2. How could our family make charity a regular habit?
  3. What is one meaningful action we can take when people are suffering?
Where it was given

The masjid

London Muslim Mosque151 Oxford St W, London, ON N6H 1S3Jumu'ah First prayer 12:00 PM · second prayer 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at London Muslim Mosque193 khutbahs
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