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Ashura calls for gratitude, not self-harm

Daleel Islamic Association · Kamil Ahmed
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On Ashura, Muslims should remember Allah’s rescue of Musa from Pharaoh, express gratitude through the Prophetic fast, and honor Husayn’s unjust martyrdom without turning grief into self-harm or religious innovation.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces Qur’anic stories as reminders and lessons, then turns to Musa and Pharaoh.
  2. Recounts Musa’s rescue and Pharaoh’s destruction, emphasizing trust in Allah under oppression.
  3. Explains Ashura as the day Musa was saved and connects it to the Prophet’s fasting Sunnah.
  4. Recommends fasting the tenth of Muharram with the ninth or eleventh.
  5. Acknowledges Husayn’s unjust killing while rejecting excessive mourning and self-harm.
  6. Closes with self-accountability, supplication, and congregational prayer.
Try this week
Fast on the tenth of Muharram as an act of gratitude.
Prefer fasting the ninth and tenth, or the tenth and eleventh if necessary.
Remember Husayn’s martyrdom without self-harm or religious excess.
Examine what good deeds you are preparing for the Hereafter.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Allah subhanehu ve teala revealed Kur'an'da çok çok hikaye var. Bir hatırlatma olarak, Biz için. Ve bu hikayelerden öğrenebileceğimiz şeyler.”
Daleel Islamic Association · Scarborough, ON
Play from 3:12
“İlahi bir şeye kadar beklemek için, Allah'ın yardımcısıyla Allah'ın kurtulmasına ve onların bütün umutları kaybetmeyeceklerse, Allah'ın güveni sonunda geldi.”
Daleel Islamic Association · Scarborough, ON
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“Hüseyin radıyallahu anh bunu yapmadı. Şii'ye de daha fazla iş yapmadı.”
Daleel Islamic Association · Scarborough, ON
Play from 19:18
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ashura is presented as a day to remember how Allah saved Musa and the believers from Pharaoh. The Prophet’s practice, as described, is to fast on the tenth of Muharram, ideally joined to the ninth or, if needed, the eleventh, as an act of gratitude. The khutbah also remembers Husayn’s killing as a grave injustice and calls Muslims to love the Prophet’s family. At the same time, it warns against turning grief into self-harm or religious innovations. We are asked to use the occasion for God-consciousness and to ask what good deeds we are preparing for the Hereafter.

  1. What helps you keep hope when a problem feels impossible?
  2. Why might fasting be a way to show gratitude?
  3. What good deed are you preparing for the Hereafter?
Where it was given

The masjid

Daleel Islamic Association3545 Kingston Rd, Lower Level, Toronto, ON M1M 1R6Jumu'ah Jumma | 1:30 PMKhateebKamil AhmedMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Daleel Islamic Association43 khutbahs
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