Make the most of Ramadan's remaining days
Ramadan's remaining days should be used deliberately to deepen taqwa through sincere fasting, restrained conduct, Quran recitation, night prayer, and other acts of worship.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Marks the completion of Ramadan's first ten days and urges honest self-assessment.
- Explains that true fasting includes abandoning sin, harmful speech, and anger.
- Connects fasting with taqwa, sincere intention, forgiveness, and divine reward.
- Encourages greater fasting, Quran recitation, night prayer, and completion of prayer with the imam.
- Warns listeners not to delay worship because life and Ramadan's end are uncertain.
- Highlights funeral prayer, charity, visiting the sick, and following a funeral as virtuous deeds.
In the khateeb's words
“we examine ourselves we look at ourselves to see what we put forth and make a plan to do better than that in the remaining two thirds of the month”
“fasting is not an excuse to lose our temper to get angry but instead it is a reason for us to keep our cool even more”
“we have it so easy in our time that we're living in the quran is with every single one of us we don't have to walk with it anymore”
“we can't wait and say in the last ten nights then I'm going to start my ibadah then I'm going to start getting serious about it”
For the dinner table
The khateeb reminds us that Ramadan moves quickly, so we should honestly review how we spent its first ten days. True fasting means more than avoiding food and drink; it includes guarding our speech, eyes, ears, emotions, and actions from sin. We should renew our intentions, increase Quran recitation and night prayer, and seek Allah's forgiveness through sincere worship. We should not wait for the final ten nights because neither Ramadan's end nor our own lives is guaranteed. The sermon also encourages us to serve others through funeral prayer, charity, visiting the sick, and following a funeral.
- What would a fasting tongue sound like at school, work, or home?
- Which worship habit could we strengthen before the next ten days pass?
- How can we use our phones to recite Quran instead of getting distracted?
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