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Keep making dua despite your sins

Assalam Mosque · Yahya Ayass

“Your sin should never ever convince you that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will not answer your du'as.”

The khateeb, at 16:54

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In one sentence

The khutbah urges believers to strengthen their relationship with Allah through persistent, hopeful dua, especially during sujood and Friday’s blessed times, without letting sin, shame, or delayed answers lead to despair.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Presents dua as a major act of worship that strengthens certainty, hope, and closeness to Allah.
  2. Identifies special times for dua, including sujood, the last third of the night, and Friday.
  3. Encourages sincere, comprehensive, repeated supplication while warning against impatience.
  4. Explains how Shaytan uses shame, guilt, and feelings of unworthiness to interrupt dua.
  5. Reassures sinners to repent and keep returning to Allah, trusting His timing and wisdom.
  6. Applies dua to illness, anxiety, family problems, finances, hidden sins, and communal suffering.
  7. Concludes with supplications for guidance, healing, provision, righteous families, justice, safety, and relief.
Try this week
Make dua in sujood.
Make dua during the last third of the night and between the adhan and iqamah.
On Friday, make dua between the two khutbahs and during the final hour before Maghrib.
Begin with praise of Allah and prayers for the Prophet, ask sincerely, repeat the dua, and do not become impatient.
When you sin, repent and return to Allah rather than withdrawing in shame.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 39:53Used to teach that sinners should not despair of Allah’s mercy but should repent and return to Him.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Make duaa in your sujood O brothers and sisters in the last third of the night and in between the adhan and the iqamah”
Assalam Mosque · Ottawa, ON
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“your sin should never ever convince you that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will not answer your du'as”
Assalam Mosque · Ottawa, ON
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“Allah has not forgotten you Allah is not distracted from His creation”
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“you know what you want but Allah knows what you need”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that dua is a central act of worship that brings a believer closer to Allah. We should make dua especially in sujood, during the last third of the night, between the adhan and iqamah, and at special times on Friday. The khateeb warned that Shaytan may use shame, sin, or delayed answers to make us stop asking. Instead, we should repent, keep returning to Allah, and trust that He knows what we need. We can bring personal worries and wider concerns, health, family, work, provision, safety, and justice, to Allah with hope.

  1. What is one time this week when you would like to make a special dua?
  2. What can we do when guilt makes us want to hide from Allah?
  3. What is one concern about our family or community that we can bring to Allah together?
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 PMKhateebYahya AyassMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Assalam Mosque14 khutbahs
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