2:45 Le mois de Ramadan,…7:04 la religion, c'est pas…
Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Apr 13, 2024.

Ramadan's discipline must last beyond Ramadan

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“La religion, c'est pas un sprint, c'est pas une course de 100 mètres, c'est un marathon.”

The khateeb, at 7:04

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In one sentence

Ramadan is a spiritual training season, not an endpoint, so Muslims must continue worship, repentance, moral discipline, and community responsibility throughout life.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Reflects on Ramadan’s departure and its purpose of cultivating taqwa.
  2. Urges worshippers to maintain prayer, Qur’an reading, mosque attendance, generosity, and good conduct after Ramadan.
  3. Presents worship as a marathon and calls for immediate repentance and steadfastness.
  4. Recommends six days of Shawwal fasting, continued voluntary fasting, regular prayer, nawafil, and daily Qur’an reading.
  5. Uses a death during Eid prostration to emphasize mortality and the importance of a good ending.
  6. Concludes that Ramadan should reform personal, family, workplace, and communal life, with prayers for Gaza and Muslim unity.
Try this week
Continue regular prayer and preserve a sustainable number of raka‘at after Ramadan.
Fast six days of Shawwal, then continue with Monday-and-Thursday or lunar-day fasting.
Read Qur’an daily, even if only one verse, and maintain voluntary prayers.
Repent immediately and leave sinful habits, including smoking, slander, fornication, and other forbidden acts.
Carry Ramadan’s discipline into the mosque, home, family, and workplace.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Le mois de Ramadan, Allah s.a. nous l'a mis, nous l'a prescrit pour qu'on booste notre énergie, pour qu'on booste notre adoration, pour qu'on arrive à un niveau supérieur d'adoration.”
CCIL-KBW · Laval, QC
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“la religion, c'est pas un sprint, c'est pas une course de 100 mètres, c'est un marathon.”
CCIL-KBW · Laval, QC
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan was presented as a gift and a training season, not a finish line. The khateeb encouraged us to keep praying, reading Qur’an, fasting six days of Shawwal, and carrying Ramadan’s self-control into daily life. We should repent now, leave sinful habits, and remember that life and death are uncertain. Our worship should shape our homes, work, mosque, and care for Muslims facing hardship. We should ask Allah for steadfastness and a good ending.

  1. What is one Ramadan habit you would like our family to keep this week?
  2. How can we make worship part of everyday life, not only special seasons?
  3. What is one kind action our family can practice at home, school, or work?
Where it was given

The masjid

Centre Culturel Islamique de Laval - Khalid Ben El Walid (CCIL-KBW)1330 rue Antonio, Laval, QC H7V 3N4Jumu'ah 12:00 PM & 1:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at CCIL-KBW6 khutbahs
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