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Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Dec 27, 2025.

Hold yourself accountable before every action

MAS Katy

“You need to ask yourself before the action and after the action.”

The khateeb, at 1:03

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In one sentence

Muslims should continually hold themselves accountable by examining their worship, conduct, and worldly choices, seeking forgiveness, and preparing for the Hereafter.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Introduces self-accountability through istighfar after worship
  2. Uses Abu Darda, Asma, and Umar as examples of fearing sin and seeking forgiveness
  3. Contrasts the believer's serious view of sin with the hypocrite's indifference
  4. Applies self-review to prayer, zakah, sunnah, halal provision, and guarding the senses
  5. Encourages remembering death and imagining the consequences of choosing good or evil
  6. Uses Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz as an example of accountability in leadership
  7. Requests eligible zakah support for the mosque and concludes with prayers and Quran recitation
Try this week
Say istighfar after each prayer and review whether the prayer was performed properly.
Ask yourself before and after important actions whether they are pleasing to Allah.
Audit the five daily prayers, zakah, and the sunnah practices.
Examine whether income, food, drink, and clothing are halal.
Guard the eyes, hands, and feet from haram.
Remember death and use that awareness to work for the Hereafter.
Seek forgiveness and make amends when you mistreat someone.
If eligible, give zakah to support the mosque.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“So you need to ask yourself before the action and after the action.”
MAS Katy · Katy / West Houston (Baker Rd), TX
Play from 1:03
“the real believer see his sins like a mountain and he's sitting down in this mountain and he's afraid one day this mountain fall down on his head”
MAS Katy · Katy / West Houston (Baker Rd), TX
Play from 5:44
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that a Muslim should regularly examine their worship, choices, and mistakes. We should ask whether our prayers are complete, whether we have paid zakah, and whether our money, food, clothing, and habits are halal. The speaker reminds us that remembering death and the Hereafter can make us wiser and more careful today. When we hurt someone, we should admit it, seek forgiveness, and make things right. He also asked eligible people to support the mosque with zakah and prayed for people facing hardship, including Gaza.

  1. What is one part of your daily life you would like to examine more honestly?
  2. How can remembering the Hereafter change one choice you make this week?
  3. If you realize you hurt someone, what would making things right look like?
Where it was given

The masjid

MAS Katy Center1800 Baker Rd, Houston, TX 77094Jumu'ah 1:30 PM & 3:30 PM (khutbah)ArchiveAll khutbahs at MAS Katy36 khutbahs
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