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Youth & educationFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 28, 2026.

Make the school year a journey toward Paradise

Assalam Mosque · Atif Kabir

“You are on a journey in this life.”

The khateeb, at 7:33

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In one sentence

The khutbah urges students to treat the school year as a spiritual journey toward Paradise through worship, discipline, resisting temptation, and serving others.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Challenges students to become spiritually strong and pursue Paradise as life’s ultimate goal.
  2. Interprets the hadith of leaving early as staying ahead of Shaytan, desires, death, and school temptations.
  3. Prescribes pre-Fajr prayer, supplication, Quran recitation, punctuality, and school readiness.
  4. Uses Surah al-Muzzammil and Surah al-Muddathir to frame private worship and wise engagement with others.
  5. Urges students to reject drugs, alcohol, vaping, harmful media, prohibited relationships, and atheism while giving dawah wisely.
  6. Balances fear of accountability with hope in Allah, then calls for gratitude, humility, service, charity, and striving for guidance.
Try this week
Wake shortly before Fajr for tahajjud or qiyam and recite the recommended supplication.
Pray two rak'ahs, pray Fajr with your parents or at the masjid, and ask Allah to open your heart.
Read one juz of the Quran or spend about fifteen minutes reciting.
Prepare for school and arrive about ten minutes early.
Reject invitations to smoking, vaping, alcohol, fentanyl, harmful videos, and prohibited relationships.
Engage classmates with wise dawah while remembering accountability before Allah.
Thank and love parents, serve others, raise awareness of difficulties, give sadaqah in class, and remain humble.
Sources the khateeb cited
Jami` at-TirmidhiThe saying that Allah’s merchandise is Paradise frames Paradise as the ultimate goal requiring disciplined effort.
Sahih al-BukhariThe tahajjud supplication is presented as a way to orient the heart toward Allah’s power, truth, and promises.
Surah 73
Surah 74The command to stand and warn is used to frame wise outward engagement with schoolmates.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The meaning is like this, that you are on a journey in this life.”
Assalam Mosque · Ottawa, ON
Play from 7:33
“I am no longer going to be just simply Abdullah, the student in grade 6, in grade 7, in university. I am going to take the identity and the mission of Al-Habib, Al-Mustafa, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.”
Assalam Mosque · Ottawa, ON
Play from 9:38
“Thank your parents, love your parents, love your people, do khidmah for the people”
Assalam Mosque · Ottawa, ON
Play from 27:27
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The sermon asks students to see the school year as a journey toward Paradise, not only a path to grades, money, or a career. The speaker recommends waking before Fajr, praying, making dua, reading Quran, and arriving at school on time so the heart and mind are prepared for the day. He warns students to resist drugs, alcohol, vaping, harmful online content, and other temptations. He also encourages gratitude, humility, kindness toward parents and classmates, service, and charity. The message is to combine fear of accountability with hope in Allah and keep striving for His pleasure.

  1. What is one temptation at school you want Allah to help you handle wisely?
  2. Which part of the pre-Fajr routine could you try this week?
  3. How can we show gratitude and service to someone at school?
Where it was given

The masjid

Ottawa Islamic Centre and Assalam Mosque100-2335 St-Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, ON K1G 5G6Jumu'ah Iqamah 1:30 PM & 3:00 PMKhateebAtif KabirMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Assalam Mosque14 khutbahs
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