The Islamic calendarFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.
Winter makes room for fasting and prayer
“As a believer I should take advantage of the winter.”
In one sentence
Winter should be viewed as a spiritual opportunity because its shorter days ease fasting and its longer nights enable qiyam.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- The khutbah introduces fasting as bodily purification and winter worship as a special opportunity.
- It explains that shorter winter days make fasting easier and less thirsty.
- It highlights longer winter nights as an opportunity for qiyam.
- It urges believers to change their perspective and take advantage of winter for worship.
- The closing khutbah praises the Companions, offers supplications, and recalls commands toward justice, goodness, and remembrance of Allah.
Try this week
Fast during winter when the shorter days and cooler weather make fasting easier.
Use the longer winter nights for qiyam, or night prayer.
Reframe winter as a recurring opportunity for worship and spiritual growth.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“the day is shorter that he can fast and then he says and the nights are longer that he can make qiyam”
“we should change our perspective we should change our thinking”
“when the winter come as a believer i should take advantage of the winter”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah invites us to see winter as a spiritual opportunity, not just a cold season. Shorter days can make fasting easier, while longer nights give us more time for qiyam. The speaker encourages us to change our perspective and take advantage of these conditions for worship. The khutbah closes with praise, prayers, and a reminder to live with justice, goodness, and remembrance of Allah.
- What is one small winter worship goal you could try this week?
- Which would feel easier for you: fasting a short winter day or praying during a long winter night, and why?
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