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Seek forgiveness in Ramadan’s last ten nights

Ali Khan Center

“Turn to Allah during these nights and pray sincerely to your Lord.”

The khateeb, at 20:24

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In one sentence

During Ramadan’s last ten nights, believers should seek forgiveness and closeness to Allah through sincere repentance, abundant salawat, honoring elderly parents, night worship, du'a, and communal service.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Opens with praise of Allah, testimony of faith, and Quranic exhortations to taqwa, truthfulness, and obedience.
  2. Introduces a hadith describing three warnings from Jibril, affirmed by the Prophet with amin.
  3. Explains seeking forgiveness through good deeds and sincere tawbah, including remorse, resolve, repentance, and repairing harm.
  4. Encourages abundant salawat upon the Prophet Muhammad as an act of honor and a source of reward.
  5. Applies the third warning to serving elderly parents through physical, financial, emotional, and respectful care.
  6. Calls listeners to maximize the last ten nights through Laylat al-Qadr, night prayer, du'a, zakat al-fitr, and mosque support.
Try this week
Increase good deeds, extra worship, and good treatment of family, neighbors, coworkers, and community members.
For major sins, leave them, feel remorse, resolve not to repeat them, repent sincerely, and repair harm done to others.
Say salallahu alayhi wa sallam whenever the Prophet Muhammad is mentioned.
Serve elderly parents with physical help, financial support, emotional comfort, respect, and gentle speech.
Use the last ten nights for tahajjud, sincere du'a, and seeking Laylat al-Qadr, including the taught forgiveness prayer.
Support mosque construction and give $10 per family member for zakat al-fitr, or provide food to someone poor if unable.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 11Used to argue that good deeds erase misdeeds.
Surah 33Used to encourage sending blessings upon the Prophet.
Sunan an-Nasa'iUsed to explain the reward for sending salawat upon the Prophet.
Sunan Abi DawudUsed to support mercy toward the young and respect for elders.
Jami` at-TirmidhiUsed to explain that honoring elders brings honor from Allah.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“We want to be better human beings after Ramadan than before.”
Ali Khan Center · Suitland, MD
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“So turn to Allah during these nights and pray sincerely to your Lord.”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan is meant to change us, not merely make us hungry; we should leave it better than we entered it. The khutbah teaches that tawbah means leaving sin, feeling sincere remorse, resolving not to return, asking Allah’s forgiveness, and repairing harm done to others. It also reminds us to honor and serve elderly parents, and to use the last ten nights for night prayer, du'a, and seeking Laylat al-Qadr. We should care for the community through zakat al-fitr and support for a mosque that can serve people after us.

  1. What is one good deed you can keep doing after Ramadan?
  2. How can we show an older family member respect this week?
  3. What du'a would you make in the last ten nights?
Where it was given

The masjid

Ali Khan Islamic Center4831 Silver Hill Rd, Suitland, MD 20748Jumu'ah 1:00 PM & 1:45 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at Ali Khan Center6 khutbahs
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