4:49 you cannot isolate…24:13 when you just leave…
Health & wellbeingFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 21, 2018.

Cannabis is haram despite legal status

MCE Mosque

“You cannot isolate your kids from what's happening outside.”

The khateeb, at 4:49

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In one sentence

Because cannabis is intoxicating, Muslims must regard it as haram regardless of its civil legality and protect their minds, families, and communities from its harms.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Responds to cannabis legalization in Canada and Edmonton by presenting the Islamic ruling.
  2. Establishes that every intoxicant is haram, regardless of whether the law permits it.
  3. Grounds the ruling in human dignity, intellect, and the objectives of Islamic law.
  4. Uses Quranic verses and hadith to connect intoxication with spiritual, social, and eschatological harm.
  5. Urges listeners to leave intoxicants for Allah and expect better lawful alternatives.
  6. Warns that intoxicants can damage religion, family, finances, friendships, and employment.
  7. Encourages parents to discuss cannabis with children and presents the pulpit as a place for education and Muslim unity.
Try this week
Discuss cannabis and intoxicants openly with family members and children.
Judge intoxicants by halal and haram, not merely by legal status.
Avoid using or investing in intoxicants, including where they are legally permitted.
Leave intoxicants for Allah's sake and seek lawful alternatives.
Remain cautious about experimentation and protect the intellect, prayer, family, and livelihood.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 17Human honor and preference are used to emphasize the value of intellect.
Surah 5Khamr is condemned as Satanic defilement that creates enmity and distracts from prayer and remembrance.
Sahih MuslimEvery intoxicant is haram, with a warning about drinking tinat al-khabal in the Hereafter.
Surah 47Rivers of wine in Paradise are presented as distinct from forbidden worldly intoxicants.
Jami` at-TirmidhiKhamr is described as the mother of evils through a story of escalating sins.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“you cannot isolate your kids from what's happening outside this is something that we have to deal with”
MCE Mosque · Garneau, AB
Play from 4:49
“when you just leave yourself to any intoxicant whether it is smoking or drinking whatever you're going to be losing everything”
MCE Mosque · Garneau, AB
Play from 24:13
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb explained that cannabis may be legal, but Muslims still judge it by Islamic guidance. He taught that every intoxicant is haram because it harms the mind, which Islam asks us to protect. Intoxication can pull people away from prayer and remembrance and may damage religion, family, finances, friendships, and work. Parents should speak honestly with children about these pressures instead of pretending they do not exist. The message is to leave intoxicants for Allah's sake, protect one another, and choose what is lawful and beneficial.

  1. Why might something legal still be harmful or wrong for a Muslim?
  2. How can families talk about difficult influences children see outside the home?
  3. What does it mean to give something up for Allah's sake?
Where it was given

The masjid

Muslim Community of Edmonton Mosque10721 86 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 2M8Jumu'ah Jumuah 1:45 PM · iqamah 2:20 PM
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