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Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 21, 2025.

Prayer should become a meeting with Allah

London Muslim Mosque

“It's a time that I meet with Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala.”

The khateeb, at 2:51

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In one sentence

Salah should become a personal, repeated meeting with Allah that nourishes the soul, builds humility, and protects believers from Shaytan and wrongdoing.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Thanks volunteers, neighbors, visitors, and guests.
  2. Introduces prayer as the Prophet’s most enjoyable and constant activity.
  3. Explores personal meanings of salah, including connection, remembrance, gratitude, and soul nourishment.
  4. Explains khushua as presence of heart and leaving worldly concerns behind.
  5. Encourages persistent prayer as protection from Shaytan and immoral impulses, illustrated by a story about lost money.
Try this week
Reflect on what salah personally means and approach each prayer as a meeting with Allah.
Maintain the connection through the five obligatory prayers and private voluntary prayer.
Practice khushua by leaving worldly concerns aside and developing presence of heart.
Begin the day with salah and pray two rakah after bad thoughts or actions as repentance.
Persist in prayer rather than following distracting thoughts.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“It's a time that I meet with Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. It's a special time that I spoke to my Lord.”
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“You train yourself to have a presence of the heart.”
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“The one who was cursed, the shaitan, he will never let you to finish salah.”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb began by thanking the volunteers who prepared the mosque and the neighbors and visitors who spent time with the community. He described how the Prophet Muhammad loved standing before Allah in both happy and difficult times. He invited everyone to find a personal meaning in salah, such as meeting Allah, remembering Him, and thanking Him for His blessings. He explained that sujood expresses humility and that prayer feeds our souls while we spend so much time caring for our bodies. He also encouraged us to bring our hearts into prayer and return to salah for strength to resist wrongdoing and turn back to Allah.

  1. What blessing would you like to thank Allah for in your next prayer?
  2. If prayer is food for our souls, how would you explain that picture to a younger child?
  3. What could help you prepare your heart before you begin salah?
Where it was given

The masjid

London Muslim Mosque151 Oxford St W, London, ON N6H 1S3Jumu'ah First prayer 12:00 PM · second prayer 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at London Muslim Mosque193 khutbahs
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