Keep worship alive after Ramadan
“You will get the reward as if you have fasted every single day of the year.”
After Ramadan, believers should sustain worship through six days of Shawwal fasting, daily repentance, and careful conduct because Ramadan’s benefits depend on continued obedience.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Reflects on Ramadan’s blessings and asks what should follow it.
- Encourages fasting six days of Shawwal and explains different scheduling options.
- Clarifies that missed Ramadan fasts should be made up before optional Shawwal fasts.
- Urges continual istighfar and warns that words, gestures, and deeds are recorded.
- Explains that fasting must include abandoning evil speech and actions.
- Concludes with supplications, prayer, and clarification of Eid takbir rules.
In the khateeb's words
“The bottom line is this. No Muslim in his right mind or her right mind should just start eating from today all the way to the last day in Shawwaq.”
“If you fast six days of shawwa, you fasted the whole month of Ramadan, then additional six days of shawwa, you will get the reward as if you have fasted every single day of the year.”
“The angels of Allah, they are highly dignified angels. They are writing down everything. They are documenting down everything that you are doing.”
For the dinner table
The khateeb reminds us that Ramadan is a blessing and asks what we will do with the good habits we built during it. He encourages fasting six days in Shawwal, explaining that they can be completed together or spread throughout the month. He also reminds us to respect one another across our differences and that piety is what gives a person true worth. Our worship should affect our words and actions, so we need to pay attention to how we speak and behave. He urges us to ask Allah for forgiveness every day, with hope in His mercy and forgiveness.
- Which Ramadan habit would you like our family to keep practicing together?
- How could you make someone from a different background feel welcome?
- What could help you pause before saying something hurtful?
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