Jumuah Reflection: Spending in the Dunya and for the Akhirah
Sadaqa will illuminate your hereafter
Jumuah Mubarak to our dear brothers and sisters.
This blessed Friday is a reminder of our relationship with the dunya (worldly life) and how we choose to spend what Allah the Exalted has blessed us with.
The example of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah is like a seed [of grain] that sprouts seven ears, with a hundred grains in each ear** And Allah multiplies [His rewards] for whom He wills.* (Quran 2:261)
This reflection feels especially timely as the season of Black Friday and endless sales surround us temptingus to fill our carts with things we often dont need. While theres no harm in spending on necessities, its important to ask ourselves: is this dunya distracting us from our eternal home?
The Prophet reminds us:
True wealth lies not in what we accumulate, but in what we give for the sake of Allah. Charity does not decrease wealth but instead beautifully purifies and blesses it. This Jumuah, lets focus on turning our spending into sadaqa (voluntary charity)supporting the needy, contributing to good causes, and providing for loved ones withsincerity.
This dunya will fade, but the sadaqa you give will illuminate your hereafter.
May Allah make us mindful of our spending and grant us barakah in this life and the next.Ameen.
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Jumuah Khutbah
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Imam Kemal will not be leading a khutbah (sermon) today, but you are more than welcome to tune into the imam replacing him with the link below.
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