Use Ramadan to draw closer to Allah
“Focus on Ramadan, focus on praying, focus on getting close to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and focus on forgiving your brothers and sisters.”
Ramadan should be used to draw nearer to Allah through patience, forgiveness, unity, abandoning sins, focused worship, and participation in community practices rather than disputes and distractions.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Gives thanks for reaching Ramadan and urges listeners to maximize its blessings.
- Urges unity despite differing Ramadan practices and discourages judging or arguing with fellow Muslims.
- Clarifies a previous offense and asks the community to appreciate mosque workers and volunteers.
- Presents Ramadan as a month for patience, forgiveness, self-control, and kindness toward family.
- Explains Ramadan's special virtues and stresses that fasting requires avoiding sins such as lying and backbiting.
- Encourages dua, mosque attendance, abandoning sins before increasing extra worship, forgiving others, and reducing screen distractions.
In the khateeb's words
“ikhtilaf meaning difference of opinion doesn't mean we have to have conflict or hatred or anger against each other as Muslims we can have differing viewpoints while still maintaining unity as Muslims”
“don't waste your time in these arguments focus on Ramadan focus on praying focus on getting close to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and focus on forgiving your brothers and sisters”
“don't be quick to react when something happens stop, pause think about it and then react sometimes we just react because maybe we're hungry and we're losing that patience”
“main thing is look and analyze your life if you are committing any sins in your life then leave out those sins leave out those sins and then that's when you go and you perform ibadah all night”
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminds us to be grateful that Allah has allowed us to reach Ramadan. We should not let differences in practice turn into arguments, because Muslims can disagree while still loving and respecting one another. Ramadan is a time to practice patience, forgive people, and be kind to our families and community. The speaker encouraged us to leave sins behind before simply adding more worship, and to build closeness to Allah through dua. He also urged us to reduce screen distractions and take part in mosque learning and memorization.
- When has pausing before reacting helped you handle frustration better?
- What screen habit could you reduce during Ramadan?
- What is one way our family can show forgiveness this week?
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