Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.
Use the last ten nights for worship
In one sentence
The khutbah urges Muslims to use the short final ten nights of Ramadan for focused worship, charity, Quran engagement, mosque time, and restored family ties, seeking forgiveness and success in the Hereafter.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Calls attention to the brief but blessed final ten nights of Ramadan.
- Presents dua as the first essential action, especially at iftar and during the last third of the night.
- Emphasizes salah and extra sujood as the closest connection to Allah.
- Urges charity by treating wealth given for Allah as true savings.
- Encourages personal Quran reading, mosque time, and i'tikaf.
- Closes by urging family reconciliation, forgiveness, mercy, and prayers for Laylat al-Qadr.
Try this week
Make dua throughout the day, especially at iftar and during the last third of the night.
Wake for suhoor and qiyam al-layl during the final ten nights.
Increase prayer and extra sujood, using prostration for personal supplication and repentance.
Give charity and treat money given for Allah's sake as true savings.
Read the Quran daily, even five or ten pages, and apply its message personally.
Spend time in the masjid, waiting between prayers when possible.
Maintain family ties, forgive relatives, and avoid cutting off relationships.
Repeat the prayer asking Allah to pardon you during the nights and in sujood.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:186Allah's nearness and response to supplication establish dua as the first spiritual tool.
Quran 40:60Calling upon Allah is presented as both a command and an act of worship.
Quran 3:185Defines true success as being kept from Hell and admitted to Paradise.
Quran 3:92Supports giving away what one loves as a path to righteousness.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“The success of the hereafter, not the material success in this world.”
“When you open His book, He is talking to you. You are listening to Him speaking to you.”
“Connect with your blood relationships. Connect with your family members. Don't boycott. Don't cut off any relationship. Forgive one another.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
During the last ten nights of Ramadan, the khutbah encourages us to turn to Allah with focused worship and sincere dua. We should pray more, make extra sujood, seek forgiveness, and wake for the blessed late-night hours. We can also give charity, read the Quran personally, and spend time in the masjid. Finally, we should repair family relationships, forgive one another, and ask Allah for mercy and success in the Hereafter.
- What would you most want to ask Allah for during these final nights?
- How can we make our Quran reading feel like Allah is speaking directly to us?
- Who could we forgive or reconnect with this week?
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