Use Dhul-Hijjah to leave sinful attachments
“These ten days, the most beloved days to Allah Azzawajal are more about sacrificing your attachments.”
The first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah should be used to increase worship and deliberately sacrifice sinful attachments for Allah, with taqwa and hope that one's deeds are accepted.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Opens with taqwa, testimony, and the primacy of the Quran and prophetic guidance.
- Establishes the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah as especially virtuous and urges increased remembrance.
- Contrasts Ramadan’s restraint of appetite with Dhul-Hijjah’s sacrifice of attachments through Ibrahim’s story.
- Calls listeners to identify harmful attachments and addictions and make a plan to remove them.
- Explains that qurbani and righteous deeds matter through taqwa and sincere hope for acceptance, then closes with supplication.
In the khateeb's words
“Whereas these ten days, the most beloved days to Allah Azzawajal are more about sacrificing your attachments.”
“So evaluate yourself. The thing that I'm attached to. Is it making my taqwa increase? Is it getting me closer to Allah Azza wa Jal? Or is this attachment taking me away from Allah Azza wa Jal?”
“Then come up with a plan on how you can remove that attachment. How you can get rid of that addiction.”
For the dinner table
Allah gives the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah special value, so they are a good time to increase prayer, charity, remembrance, and other good deeds. The story of Ibrahim teaches that loving Allah may require us to let go of places, habits, or desires that pull us away from Him. Qurbani is not mainly about the meat or blood; what matters is taqwa, sincere obedience, and hoping Allah accepts what we do. This week, each of us can name one harmful attachment, make a realistic plan to leave it, and fill the space with worship and remembrance.
- What is one habit or attachment that helps or harms your closeness to Allah?
- What good deed would you like to increase during these ten days?
- How can we help each other replace a harmful habit with something better?
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