Protect guidance through Quran and prayer
“People that treat you badly, you treat them kindly.”
Guidance is a gift that must be protected through steadfast connection to the Quran and prayer, then embodied through forgiveness, goodness, avoiding ignorance, and daily remembrance during Ramadan.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Thanks Allah for Ramadan and guidance, emphasizing that guidance is not guaranteed.
- Explains Surah al-A'raf 198, 200 as distinguishing physical hearing from a heart receptive to truth.
- Presents Ramadan as a test requiring Quran, obligatory prayer, night prayer, and steadfastness.
- Unpacks forgiveness, embodying good, maintaining severed ties, responding kindly, and avoiding ignorant arguments.
- Challenges listeners to embody one Quranic verse consistently and imagines its effect on families and communities.
- Encourages a dhikr routine, salawat, and reciting Surah al-Ikhlas ten times before closing with Ramadan supplication and masjid updates.
In the khateeb's words
“This is a state And a condition A state where A person Will hear what is true But it's not connecting Why is it not connecting Because it's not connecting With the heart”
“Either Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala Is your guide Or shaitan Is your guide One of the two You can't serve Two masters”
“People that treat you badly You treat them kindly You don't have to worry About me saying When they go low We go high”
“When we are idle Fill that idle time With the remembrance of Allah Fill it Take advantage Brothers and sisters”
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminded us that guidance is a gift we should thank Allah for and protect through steady effort. During Ramadan, we can stay connected to the Quran, keep our prayers, and fill idle moments with dhikr. We were encouraged to make forgiveness, kindness, and maintaining family ties part of who we are, while walking away from foolish arguments. The khateeb challenged us to practice one Quranic verse consistently, especially the instruction to forgive, promote good, and avoid ignorance. We can also recite Surah al-Ikhlas ten times and ask Allah to accept the rest of Ramadan.
- What does it look like to be kind when someone has treated you badly?
- What could you do during a quiet moment to remember Allah?
- Which one habit would you like to practice for the rest of Ramadan?
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