Wealth & charityFrom the masjid's own video, Jul 4, 2026.
Earn wealth ethically and spend it generously
“The way we earn our money is just as important, perhaps more important, than the way we spend it.”
In one sentence
Muslims may pursue lawful wealth, but they must earn it ethically, spend it generously, resist worldly deception, and continue learning and following the Qur'an and Sunnah.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Establishes that Islam permits lawful wealth, comfort, and material success.
- Defines halal earning through honesty, legality, transparency, and fair treatment.
- Explains using wealth for family, relatives, orphans, the poor, and masajid.
- Warns that worldly life and shayatin embellish disobedience, contrasting fleeting pleasure with lasting consequences.
- Applies the framework to repentance, riba, debt hardship, inflation, and modern financial questions.
- Closes by urging taqwa and lifelong learning, recommending Riyadh al-Saliheen and Nawawi's Forty Hadith.
Try this week
Earn through halal means: obey the law, avoid cheating and lying, pay employees fairly, and disclose product flaws.
Spend generously on yourself and dependents, and help needy parents, relatives, orphans, and the poor.
Create a budget that includes regular support for the local masjid.
Resist temptations that compete with prayer, especially by getting up for Fajr and praying at home or the masjid.
When repenting from financial wrongdoing, return what was stolen or correct the harmed transaction; if victims cannot be found, consider sadaqah while recognizing scholarly disagreement.
Avoid riba; if a debtor is in hardship, give extra time without added charges and consider forgiving the debt as sadaqah.
Continue studying Islam, beginning with Riyadh al-Saliheen or Nawawi's Forty Hadith.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 7:32Used to establish that lawful adornment, comfort, study, business, and wealth are permissible.
Quran 89:15-20Contrasted perceived honor and humiliation with honoring orphans, feeding the poor, and attachment to wealth.
Quran 28:77Framed kindness to others as responding to Allah's kindness.
Quran 9:18Grounded building and maintaining masajid in faith, prayer, zakah, and fear of Allah.
Quran 57:20Presented worldly life as deceptive material enjoyment rather than lasting success.
Quran 3:14Explained how worldly desires are beautified and can draw people toward disobedience.
Quran 6:112Explained that human and jinn shayatin embellish words to deceive people.
Quran 2:278-280Explained leaving riba, retaining only principal, giving debtors time, and treating forgiveness as better.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“So, the way we earn our money is just as important, perhaps more important, than the way we spend it.”
“We should also make sure That when we spend our wealth We fulfill our obligations But we go beyond that”
“That our rizq Is not written in haram Allah has written a rizq For you Allah has written a rizq For you And for me And for all of us And it's going to come to us”
“Whatever Pain Hardship Difficulty Inconvenience We Experience In The Obedience Of Allah We Will Forget The Pain”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah taught that Islam is balanced: enjoying a beautiful home, good food, education, or wealth is allowed when the money is earned lawfully. Honest work means obeying the law, telling the truth, treating workers fairly, and disclosing flaws. Wealth is a trust, so we should care for our families and relatives, honor orphans, feed the poor, and support the masjid. The speaker warned that worldly desires and shaytan can make wrongdoing look attractive, while sinful pleasure fades and its consequences remain. We can protect ourselves by choosing halal alternatives, making tawbah and repairing harm, and continuing to learn the Qur'an and Sunnah.
- What is one blessing our family could share more generously this week?
- What is one temptation where we can choose a halal alternative?
- Which short hadith or Islamic lesson should we learn together?
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