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Build lasting worship after Ramadan

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“Getting into Jannah requires traversing all of the struggles and difficulties that surround it.”

The khateeb, at 0:47

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In one sentence

Post-Ramadan growth requires accepting struggle as part of the journey to Jannah, setting measurable accountable worship goals, and resisting distraction through worship and dhikr.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Challenges the assumption that religious commitment should leave worldly comfort untouched, framing Jannah as requiring sacrifice.
  2. Recasts life as a difficult journey, with the nafs, Shaytan, and worldly deception as obstacles.
  3. Calls for specific, measurable post-Ramadan goals supported by accountability through congregation and organized learning.
  4. Urges anticipating setbacks and relying on worship for spiritual strength.
  5. Identifies social media and phones as deceptive distractions that consume time and confirm existing preferences.
  6. Recommends pausing for dhikr whenever reaching for the phone without a real need.
Try this week
Choose one specific, measurable worship goal for after Ramadan.
Create an accountability plan through congregational prayer, a halaqa, study circle, or course.
Anticipate setbacks and restart after missed days instead of abandoning the plan.
Protect time from social media and avoid reinstalling distracting apps.
When reaching for the phone without a real reason, pause and recite chosen dhikr such as la ilaha illallah, subhanallah, alhamdulillah, or la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.
Use tasbih or a short delay before opening an app to interrupt impulsive checking.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“getting into Jannah requires traversing all of the struggles and difficulties that surround it and at the same time resisting all of the temptations and lusts which surround the fire”
Noon Academy · Downtown Brampton, ON
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“Because at the very least, it takes your time. At the worst, it deludes you into thinking that you are actually doing something beneficial when in fact, you are not. And we are not.”
Noon Academy · Downtown Brampton, ON
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us that this life is a journey toward Jannah, and that following Allah's guidance includes effort, sacrifice, and difficulties. He encouraged us to carry Ramadan's blessings forward through specific, measurable goals, with support from our community. When we miss a day or face a setback, we should remember that difficulties are part of the journey and prepare to keep going. Worship helps us connect with Allah and gives us spiritual strength for those challenges. He also warned that social media can consume our time and tell us only what we want to hear, and suggested pausing to remember Allah when we reach for our phones out of habit.

  1. What small act of worship would you like to keep practicing this week?
  2. How could our family encourage someone who misses a day of their goal?
  3. What could help you pause and remember Allah before checking your phone?
Where it was given

The masjid

Noon Academy Masjid12 Rutherford Rd S, Unit 6-7, Brampton, ON L6W 3J1ArchiveAll khutbahs at Noon Academy5 khutbahs
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