Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 27, 2026.
Use the weekly day for forgiveness and dua
“You get a mini Eid every single week.”
In one sentence
Friday is a special weekly opportunity for forgiveness, accepted supplication, worship, and renewed commitment to faith and compassion.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Friday can expiate minor sins committed between Fridays.
- Friday includes a special time when sincere supplication may be accepted.
- Listeners should use the final minutes before Maghrib for dua and worship.
- Friday should be honored through cleanliness, good appearance, early arrival, and attentive conduct.
- The closing dua asks for steadfast faith, family leadership, and help for oppressed Muslims worldwide.
Try this week
Make sincere dua and perform extra worship during the final 5, 15 minutes before Maghrib on Friday.
Take a bath, look nice, and smell good for Jumu'ah.
Avoid hurting or wronging people on Friday.
Come early to Jumu'ah and focus attentively during the khutbah.
Pray for Muslims suffering from oppression and ask Allah not to make you complicit in oppression.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“This weekly effort, me valuing and honoring this day, Allah will say, I've forgiven you for what has happened in the past week.”
“Treat the last 5, 10 minutes of Friday like that. Time for extra dua, extra worship of Allah, and we hope that our duas will not be rejected during that time.”
“Treat this day with value, it is a special day. You get a mini Eid every single week.”
“Come early, and when you're here, zip your mouth, zip your hands, zip your eyes, focus and pay attention. Not to me, but to the reminder of Allah.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
Friday is a special weekly gift, and honoring it can be a means for our minor sins from the past week to be forgiven. We should treat the final minutes before Maghrib as a valuable time for sincere dua and extra worship. The khateeb also encouraged us to bathe, dress well, smell good, come early, and avoid harming others. During the khutbah, we should quiet our mouths, hands, and eyes and focus on Allah’s reminder. He closed by asking Allah to help Muslims facing oppression and to make our families people of faith and good example.
- What would make this Friday feel like a mini Eid for you?
- What dua would you make before Maghrib this Friday?
- How can our family remember Muslims who are suffering?
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