Stop Being A Sheep!

By Hisham Abu Yusuf | 2026-10-07T17:54:17.706738+00:00 | Topic: Khutbah | Masjid: Hisham Abu Yusuf

Stop Being A Sheep!

Many of us live life like zombies. Many of us live lives on autopilot. We wake up, we go to work, we eat, we procreate, we sleep. We relieve ourselves and we do that on repeat — with no sense of purpose as to what am I working towards? What's my mission? Where am I going?

Many of us live life like sheep. We just follow the crowd — as they say, we go with the flow. We don't want to stick out like a sore thumb. Everyone's walking in that direction. They say that if you look up at the sky in the middle of a gathering, half of the room is going to look up at the sky. Because a human being by nature follows the crowd.

Ask Yourself: Why?

Go to a shisha bar and do a poll of the 10 people there. Why did you come here, bro? "The bros said, innit?" Go to university and ask someone, why are you studying medicine, bro? "My dad told me, innit?" Why are you here? Why are you doing this? Why are you in this job?

Everything that you do — if there is no why to it, then know that you're walking yourself into a moment where you will eventually regret why you are here. Everything we do must be with purpose.

Snap Out of It

Many of us are sheep, many of us are zombies, many of us are on autopilot — and we need to snap out of it. Because if you don't ask yourself: Why am I here? And what's my specific mission on this earth? — and if this doesn't drive you every single day — and instead you're just going through the motions, going with the flow...

One day you will wake up — and that is the Day of Judgment.

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