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Ashura calls us to hope and patience

Sayeda Khadija Centre
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In one sentence

The khutbah teaches that Ashura and the Hijri calendar should inspire hope, patience, and a personal hijrah away from haram, expressed by protecting others from harm and staying connected to Allah.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Presents Jumu'ah as a weekly gathering for reflection, connection, and sincere dua.
  2. Announces a free Seerah program and summer camp for children.
  3. Uses Ashura, Musa, and Pharaoh to teach hope, patience, and the eventual end of oppression.
  4. Clarifies that Ashura fasting is distinct from the tragedy of Karbala.
  5. Connects the Hijri calendar to the Prophet's migration and urges personal migration away from haram.
  6. Defines good Muslim conduct as protecting people, animals, and the environment from harm, then closes with Quranic reminders and dua.
Try this week
Use the Friday gathering to focus, reflect, and make sincere dua for yourself, family, the Ummah, the deceased, and the sick.
Attend the center's free Seerah program.
Enroll children ages 6 to 13 in the summer camp.
Leave what Allah has made haram and protect people, animals, and the environment from harm.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to explain that believers can become muhajir by leaving what Allah made haram.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ashura is not only day of fasting. It is a day of hope. Day of belief.”
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“as long as they are safe from my hand and my tongue then i'm muslim”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah presents Jumu'ah as a weekly chance to pause, remember Allah, and pray for ourselves, our families, the sick, the deceased, and the wider Ummah. It uses Ashura and the story of Musa and Pharaoh to remind us that oppression has an end and that patience can carry us through hardship. It explains that the Hijri calendar points back to the Prophet's migration, and that we can practice hijrah today by leaving what Allah has forbidden. A good Muslim protects people, animals, and the environment from harm and keeps peace with hand and tongue. The community is also invited to a free Seerah program and encouraged to enroll children in summer camp.

  1. What could personal hijrah away from haram look like in our family this week?
  2. How can we help people, animals, and the environment feel safe around us?
  3. When hardship comes, what does the message about Ashura teach us about hope and patience?
Where it was given

The masjid

Sayeda Khadija Centre7150 Edwards Blvd, Mississauga, ON L5S 1Z1Jumu'ah Friday congregational prayers (Jumu’ah) (2 services: 1:30 PM and 2:45 PM)ArchiveAll khutbahs at Sayeda Khadija Centre20 khutbahs
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