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The Prophets & seerahFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 31, 2026.

Live the Prophet's character beyond celebration

Darul Uloom · Rasheed AlQasmi
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In one sentence

Islamic Heritage Month should move Muslims beyond symbolic celebration toward studying the Prophet's sacrifices and embodying his character through family leadership, generosity, and service.

The khutbah in 4 steps

  1. Reframes Islamic Heritage Month as remembering Islam's history, roots, and sacrifices.
  2. Reviews the Prophet Muhammad's trustworthy character, patience, and mission despite opposition.
  3. Challenges listeners to act as ambassadors through conduct, invitation, and leadership.
  4. Calls for daily seerah reading, practical giving, prayers for the deceased, and brief community announcements.
Try this week
Read some seerah every day, even half a page or one page.
Model prophetic character, manners, generosity, and respect so children can learn by example.
Invite people toward Islam through personal attitude, conduct, and care rather than words alone.
Set aside something during weekly grocery shopping for the mosque, needy people, humanity, or community.
Divide one's earnings and effort among personal needs, family, relatives, humanity, and the community.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 111Presented as Allah's response to mockery directed at the Prophet.
Surah 47Used to warn that being born Muslim does not guarantee valuing or keeping Islam.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“anything and everything what we have, do not take it as in granted, that it just came to us.”
Darul Uloom · Orléans, ON
Play from 5:22
“when we are going, for a grocery and stuff, let's grab something, for masjid, for the musallahs, for the humanity, for the needy, for the gurabah, for fuqarah”
Darul Uloom · Orléans, ON
Play from 20:43
“read some seerah, every day, half page, one page, and before we ask our kid, before we ask our kid, to read, bring that into myself, practically”
Darul Uloom · Orléans, ON
Play from 23:41
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today's khutbah asks us to treat Islamic Heritage Month as more than a social-media label. We should remember the sacrifices that carried Islam to us, especially the Prophet Muhammad's patience, trustworthiness, and care for people. The speaker reminded parents that children learn from what they see, so our manners, generosity, and service must become living examples. He suggested reading a little seerah each day and making weekly, visible contributions to the mosque, the needy, and the wider community. In this way, we can honor our heritage by carrying its character forward.

  1. What is one good quality you see at home that you would like to practice this week?
  2. What small gift or helpful act could we include on our next grocery trip for the mosque or someone in need?
Where it was given

The masjid

Darul Uloom Ottawa2803 St Joseph Blvd, Orléans, Ottawa, ON K1C 1G6KhateebRasheed AlQasmiMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Darul Uloom58 khutbahs
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