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Muharram invites fasting and deeper worship

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“The best fasting after the month of Ramadan is the sacred month of Allah Muharram.”

The khateeb, at 16:30

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In one sentence

Muharram should be honored as a sacred month through increased worship, especially fasting, dua, Quran reflection, dhikr, charity, and family formation, while rejecting unsupported Ashura customs.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces Muharram and Ashura as the khutbah’s focus.
  2. Explains the four sacred months and the heightened seriousness of wrongdoing in them.
  3. Presents Muharram’s virtues, including its special status and fasting after Ramadan.
  4. Urges dua, Quran reflection, dhikr, charity, learning, and intentional parenting.
  5. Explains fasting options around Ashura and connects it with Musa’s gratitude.
  6. Rejects fabricated Ashura practices and closes with mosque connection and concern for suffering Muslims.
Try this week
Fast during Muharram, especially on the 9th and 10th or the 10th and 11th.
Make sincere dua for children, especially while fasting and in sujood.
Read the Quran with translation and reflect on its meaning.
Increase dhikr and remain seated after salah for remembrance and dua.
Learn the Sunnah, give charity, and thank Allah through fasting and prayer after receiving a blessing.
Bring children to the mosque beyond prayer times and seek guidance there.
Avoid unsupported Ashura superstitions and verify religious claims through the Quran and Sunnah.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 9:36Used to establish twelve lunar months, four sacred months, and the prohibition against wronging oneself in them.
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to identify the four sacred months.
Sahih MuslimUsed to describe Muharram as Allah’s month and the best month for optional fasting after Ramadan.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“the best fasting after the month of Ramadan is the sacred month of Allah Muharram”
UICA · Glendale, AZ
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“these are all superstitious beliefs okay they're not backed by Quran and Sunnah”
UICA · Glendale, AZ
Play from 26:30
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Muharram is one of the four sacred months, so it is a time to be especially careful about wrongdoing and eager to do good. The speaker encouraged fasting in Muharram, especially around Ashura, and remembering Musa’s gratitude after deliverance. He urged families to make dua for their children, understand the Quran, remember Allah, give charity, and stay connected to the mosque. We should check religious claims against the Quran and Sunnah rather than following superstitions about special foods or guaranteed health. Muharram can become a fresh start in worship, gratitude, and awareness of Muslims facing hardship around the world.

  1. Why do you think the speaker connected fasting with gratitude?
  2. How can our family check whether an Ashura tradition is actually supported by Islam?
Where it was given

The masjid

United Islamic Center of Arizona19250 N 35th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85308Jumu'ah Jumu'ah 1 12:45 PM · Jumu'ah 2 1:45 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at UICA22 khutbahs
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