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Seeking knowledgeFrom the masjid's own video, Jul 25, 2026.

Choose study over digital distraction

Assalam Mosque · Atif Kabir

“Forget about social media, man, forget about taking social media and let me learn my Islam from social media.”

The khateeb, at 25:59

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In one sentence

Islam is a transformative religion of purification and knowledge, so Muslims should replace passive digital consumption with deliberate study of the Qur'an, hadith, creed, Arabic, and school subjects.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Uses the Prophet's mission to argue that Islam purified and educated an unlettered society.
  2. Explains the first revelation as a call to reading, writing, and knowledge.
  3. Contrasts learning with time lost to phones, entertainment, and unhealthy distractions.
  4. Uses the milk dream hadith and scholars' sayings to portray knowledge as spiritual nourishment.
  5. Proposes a vacation curriculum of Qur'an, hadith, creed, Arabic, and advance school reading.
  6. Closes by connecting sincere, correct study with worship and the Sunnah.
Try this week
Memorize the thirtieth juz of the Qur'an, while studying its meanings.
Memorize the 42 hadith of Arba'een al-Nawawi.
Study a beginner's book on aqeedah.
Learn beginner Arabic, including basic grammar, morphology, and rhetoric.
Read next year's school textbooks in advance.
Replace excessive social-media consumption with books, memorization, and study.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 78Used to demonstrate Qur'anic metaphor through the night as clothing.
Sahih al-BukhariThe Prophet's milk dream was interpreted as knowledge, with the remainder given to Umar.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“so the idea that Islam is backwards this is completely incorrect the Prophet brought a paradigm shift”
Assalam Mosque · Ottawa, ON
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“getting knowledge into your heart taking it studying it and it comes into your heart is like the feeling of when you eat and drink for your body”
Assalam Mosque · Ottawa, ON
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“forget about social media man forget about taking social media and let me learn my Islam from social media this is cheap dopamine there is no going away from a book and memorizing”
Assalam Mosque · Ottawa, ON
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today's khutbah taught that Islam came to purify people and open the doors of learning. The first revelation began with a command to read, so seeking knowledge is part of worship. The khateeb warned that phones and endless entertainment can consume the time and energy our hearts need for learning. He encouraged us to use our break to memorize Qur'an and hadith, study basic belief and Arabic, and read ahead for school. Even one steady learning habit can help us grow closer to Allah and live with more purpose.

  1. What is one subject you would like to learn more deeply this month?
  2. How can our family make more time for reading and thoughtful discussion?
  3. Which of the khateeb's study suggestions would you like to try first?
Where it was given

The masjid

Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque100-2335 St-Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, ON K1G 5G6Jumu'ah Iqamah 1:30 PM & 3:00 PMKhateebAtif KabirMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Assalam Mosque14 khutbahs
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