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Qur'an & tafsirFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 23, 2026.

Keep a daily Quran commitment

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“If you leave room for shaytan, today is fine, tomorrow is fine, shaytan will come to use that weakness.”

The khateeb, at 7:15

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In one sentence

A Muslim should maintain a disciplined daily Quran commitment, make up missed recitation, and connect recitation with understanding and practice.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Presents a hadith permitting missed nightly Quran recitation to be made up between Fajr and Dhuhr.
  2. Describes the Companions’ assigned daily Quran portions and their practice of making up missed recitation.
  3. Explains Quran preservation through memorization during the Prophet’s lifetime and later written consolidation.
  4. Uses a ninety-year-old blind woman’s Quran achievement to challenge excuses based on age or busyness.
  5. Clarifies that the Companions’ reciters were also knowledgeable scholars who connected verses with action.
  6. Urges listeners to honor commitments and avoid gradual spiritual decline by giving Shaytan room.
Try this week
Choose and maintain a personal daily Quran portion.
If you miss nighttime recitation, make it up between Fajr and Dhuhr or the following day.
Study each passage for knowledge and practice before moving forward.
Continue despite age or busyness, using discipline rather than excuses.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih MuslimA missed nightly Quran portion may be recited between Fajr and Dhuhr and recorded as if recited at night.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“What that tells you? It tells your Sahaba they have an assignment, a daily assignment, that they have their own person that they write with themselves to recite Quran.”
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“When they made a commitment, you mess one day, there's a time to make up. So then, you know, they make up the next day.”
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“Because if you leave room for shaytan, today is fine, tomorrow is fine, shaytan will come to use that weakness.”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that Quran recitation should be a steady part of our daily lives. The Prophet’s guidance gives hope that if we miss our portion at night, we can make it up during the day. The Companions treated their Quran portion as a real commitment and returned to it when they fell behind. Recitation should also lead to understanding and action, not just completing words. We should not let age, busyness, or small excuses keep us from building this habit.

  1. What part of our day could become our family Quran time?
  2. If we miss a day, how can we make it up kindly and keep going?
  3. What does it mean to learn and practice a verse together?
Where it was given

The masjid

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