Cultivate patience before Ramadan
“Being calm, poised, composed is from Allah.”
As Ramadan approaches, believers should overcome habitual haste by cultivating patience, reflection, and deliberate action while responding promptly where Islam encourages urgency.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Identifies haste as a neglected habit to overcome before Ramadan.
- Explains how rushing harms worship, learning, decision-making, and information sharing.
- Warns against pursuing wealth through impatience, shortcuts, or unethical means.
- Uses Prophet Musa as an example of the cost of impatience.
- Lists situations where promptness is virtuous: hospitality, burial, marriage, debt repayment, and repentance.
- Closes with practical advice on patience, remembrance, mindful eating, and following the Sunnah.
In the khateeb's words
“It's all about the quality. It's not about how much of the Quran you read in Ramadan. It's how much you read and implemented.”
“"Your risk is written." "Your time is not my time." "His time is not my time." Everybody has their own appointed time.”
“Being in the haste is from Shaytan and being calm, poised, composed is from Allah.”
“You don't delay Tawbah. You don't say, "Don't worry, I'll do my stuff for tomorrow." No, because death can catch up anytime.”
For the dinner table
The khutbah invites us to prepare for Ramadan by noticing how often we rush. Haste can lead to mistakes, shallow Quran reading, unverified messages, and unethical shortcuts in pursuit of wealth. The speaker reminds us to trust Allah's timing, practice patience, and value quality and action over speed. Islam also calls for promptness in caring for guests, burying the dead, supporting lawful marriage, repaying debts, and repenting. This week, our family can pause before acting, verify what we share, remember Allah, and eat moderately so worship stays strong.
- Where did rushing make something harder today?
- How can we show patience while still acting quickly when something is truly important?
- What is one thing we can do this week with more reflection and quality?
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