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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Apr 3, 2026.

Keep Ramadan’s good habits alive

Darul Uloom

“Make repentance and try to improve.”

The khateeb, at 9:01

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In one sentence

The end of Ramadan should be a starting point: Muslims should assess their habits, continue good deeds, repent after lapses, and keep striving toward Allah’s forgiveness and Paradise.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Explains the six voluntary Shawwal fasts and their promised year-long reward.
  2. Clarifies making up missed Ramadan fasts first and spacing the six fasts across Shawwal.
  3. Uses the first week after Ramadan to measure which prayer, Qur’an, patience, and self-restraint habits remain.
  4. Introduces muhasabah through Umar’s advice and presents continued good deeds as a hopeful sign of acceptance.
  5. Urges repentance and renewed effort for anyone whose habits have lapsed.
  6. Connects perseverance, anger control, forgiveness, generosity, and sincere repentance with pursuing forgiveness and Paradise, then concludes with Friday-prayer reminders.
Try this week
Fast six days in Shawwal, after making up missed Ramadan fasts for the full described reward.
Spread the six Shawwal fasts across the month if consecutive fasting is difficult.
Review which Ramadan habits continued and which have lapsed.
Continue Qur’an reading, mosque attendance, patience, self-restraint, and other beneficial routines.
Repent immediately after wrongdoing and make a sincere effort not to persist in the sin.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“But one of the signs of acceptance is that whatever good effect was there, it's continuing.”
Darul Uloom · Orléans, ON
Play from 7:44
“The conclusion is not give up, right? The conclusion is, okay, make repentance and try to improve.”
Darul Uloom · Orléans, ON
Play from 9:01
“I'm going to try to live the rest of this month, the rest of this year as if it was Ramadan.”
Darul Uloom · Orléans, ON
Play from 9:36
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan showed us that we can pray more, read Qur’an, control our anger, and stay away from sin. The khutbah asks us to look honestly at what continued during this first week after Ramadan and what has slipped. If a good habit remains, we should build on it; if it has lapsed, we should repent and start again rather than give up. For the full reward described, missed Ramadan fasts should be made up before observing six days in Shawwal, and those six days can be spread out. The goal is to keep striving for Allah’s forgiveness through worship, generosity, patience, forgiveness, and sincere change.

  1. Which Ramadan habit helped you most, and how can we keep it this week?
  2. What does starting again after a mistake look like in our family?
  3. How could we show patience, generosity, or forgiveness before next Jumu’ah?
Where it was given

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Darul Uloom Ottawa2803 St Joseph Blvd, Orléans, Ottawa, ON K1C 1G6ArchiveAll khutbahs at Darul Uloom58 khutbahs
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