Eid Khutbah 2025 by Nouman Ali Khan 🌙 | A Powerful Reminder on Faith, Youth & Legacy

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allb the brief that I want to give you

today is number one a reminder of what

Allah wants from all of us the month of

Ramadan as you all know is over and

that's why we're here and for a lot of

you it was a great month and you're

actually sad that it's over and you did

more worship than you've ever done in

maybe even previous Ramadan and for a

lot of you this Ramadan was a

disappointment you wish you did better

and you failed and you look back and say

I can't believe that I missed the

opportunity and that's okay at the end

of the day we have to have hope in Allah

and the fact that you're here now is is

a significant thing you're actually

fulfilling the Commandment of Allah just

by being here by fulfilling one of the

purposes of Ramadan this Gathering is

actually part of the purpose of

fulfilling the spirit of Ramadan the

first thing I want to tell you about

Allah in this matter is what he says

himself in the ayat of Ramadan he

says that is a principle from Allah

Allah intends ease for you and he does

not intend difficulty for you yes the

fasts were long and they were hot and

Texas is not a fun place to be in

Ramadan and there are people who are

going through all kinds of difficulty on

top of their fasting in the month of

Ramadan but even the idea of Ramadan the

name of the month comes from which is

it's actually

you know or even like extreme heat

that's what the word itself means so

it's not it doesn't seem like it's

something easy but Allah says Allah

wants ease for you so the first thing

I'd like to share with you how how in

the world does Allah want ease for me

when he could have just made me fast for

one weekend or two three days instead he

asked me to fast for 30 days that

doesn't sound that easy but Allah says

he wants ease for you because if you and

I were able to do that if we're able to

sacrifice our bodily needs and our

desires for 30 consecutive days we've

proven to ourselves and to Allah that we

know how to hold back we know how to

stop our NS we we're capable of it we

showed it for 30 straight days and so

everything else Allah asks of you

outside of Ramadan should be much easier

now he wants ease for you because now

you've proven to yourself that you're

capable of obeying Allah in the most

basic of ways he even stopped you from

eating Hal the things that are

permissible for you he stopped you from

those and you stopped and so now that

the the door has been opened and you can

eat now it's so much easier for you to

avoid what's already impermissible and

that's not just in the matter of eating

and drinking but it's also in the matter

of relationships there are relationships

that are completely Halal but Allah

blocked the door to them in the month of

Ramadan while you're fasting you know

but now that those doors have been

opened again it's time to think if Allah

can if I can restrain myself even in the

relationships that are Halal then I have

to go out of my way to restrain myself

in the relationships that are not even

Halal some of you have those kinds of

relationships you have to I have to

check myself you have to check yourself

are we carrying those kinds of things

you know inside of us nobody knows those

Secrets except Allah but you'll be able

to navigate that in a way that pleases

Allah because he wants ease for you and

he doesn't want difficulty for you this

religion is not there to make people's

lives hard it's there to make their

lives easy to remove their burden

you the second purpose of Ramadan after

knowing that Allah wants ease for me he

doesn't want me to have a hard time in

this life that's not his goal Islam's

goal is not to make things harder the

second thing Allah says about himself in

the

is so you can complete the training

period basically I added the word

training in Translation so you can

complete the count there are some of us

that are much better Muslims than others

and they say oh my God I wish Ramadan

was like twice as long I can't believe

that it's over you know I'm so sad that

it's gone and there are other people

here like man is it five more seriously

seven three more oh my God three feels

like 30 now oh thank God it's over

already and you feel guilty because

there are other people who are crying

that it's over and you're happy that

it's over don't feel guilty Allah is

happy that it's over for you Allah is

actually congratulating you that you

finished the count it's okay and that's

a that's a labor Allah put you through

and he's proud of you for completing

it's like you graduated so there's

nothing to feel guilty about it's

something to celebrate that we actually

were able to pass this incredible test

that Allah had given us but then the

most important part this is the first

Allah doesn't want difficulty for you

the second he wants you to complete the

count and be happy that you did we're

not here to mourn and and cry that

Ramadan is over we're here to celebrate

that Ramadan was finished that's what

we're here to celebrate that's the point

of this this occasion and then the third

part of this equation Allah

says if you remember nothing else from

today just remember this part and so you

can declare the greatness of God the

greatness of Allah in the way that he

guided you you can declare Allah's

greatness in the way that he guided you

now what does that mean as we come to

the Eid prayer we chant over and over

again the greatness of

Allah the idea that now Ramadan is over

why are you saying allahar you're saying

allahar because for 30 days Allah was in

fact Akbar in your life you did make

Allah the biggest priority for 30 days

and now it's over and so now Allah is

telling you now that you're outside of

Ramadan can you show me that I'm still

the greatest priority in the way that I

guided you just like I guided you in

Ramadan you were waking up earlier than

you ever wake up you were showing up to

Allah's house more than you ever show up

you were holding yourself back more than

you ever hold yourself back you showed

in everything you do that Allah is a

greater priority for you that is the

living example of Allah Akbar Allah

abbar is not just something you say with

your mouth it's something you live and

you lived it for 30 days congratulations

now it's time for you to live it outside

Ramadan now it's time for you to say

allahar when it's over and so can you

truly declare Allah's greatness in the

way that he guided you and so Allah is

asking you and me as we leave this month

to actually come back to actually come

back and read his book and to find out

what his Prophet told us and to find out

when which things have we made ourselves

greater than what Allah taught and we

need to now make ourselves smaller again

and make Allah greater again in our in

our lives this is why the word is not

allahar the greatest that would just be

a description of the greatest god there

is yes the only the only one Allah but

he says abbar which is it's comparison

meaning in everything that we do compare

yourself your priorities to the

priorities Allah gave compare yourself

what does Allah want and what do you

want is there sometimes they're in

agreement and sometimes they're not this

is

what and now that you have that sense

that you walk away with this don't say

oh ramadan's over I'm going to go back

to being messed up again God I can

already feel the sh hovering around you

know the chains have been undone you

know and a lot of people won't even pray

five prayers today it's so sad like

they're like e Eid prayers done and some

of you haven't prayed fud pray fud when

it's done pray do it because that's like

it's like showing Allah you were akar

for 30 days now it's time for me to be

back on top again no no this is time for

you to show Allah that you mean business

celebrate but celebrate it in the

obedience to Allah and if you develop

that Consciousness then truly it's

something to be grateful for and so the

Ayah

concludes so you may be grateful as I

leave you I share with you that the um

the um and the world over is going

through all kinds of FNA there's blood

being spilled senselessly and mindlessly

against Muslims by supposed Muslims the

the the the blood of innocence is being

spread even in sacred places like the

city of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi

wasallam it's a depressing time it's a

sad time and we don't know how to even

react to this situation CU it's

overwhelming the amount of ignorance and

violence that's there is overwhelming

and it's mind-numbing so it is a

depressing situation and yet in the

middle of all of it Allah tells us that

when the month of Ramadan is over be

grateful so that you may be grateful is

one of The Commandments of Allah and you

cannot be grateful if you're depressed

it's impossible you can't be grateful if

you're only thinking about things that

are wrong with you or in the world you

have to be grateful when you think about

things that are going well

you have to be positive you have to find

the things that you should look at and

say alhamdulillah this is good things

are going well and why should you do

that why should you ignore the negative

and still Focus your attention on the

positive why should we do that we should

do that because of the promise of

Allah if you're grateful I will increase

you I will absolutely absolutely

increase you Allah will increase the

safety of this umah Allah will increase

the guidance of this um Allah will

increase the risk of this um the

provision of this um the health of this

um the education of this um the status

of this um the respect of this um he

will increase all of those things if we

can just become grateful so let's come

out of this Ramadan reminding ourselves

what it means to be

grateful my parting words to all of you

as part of being grateful be grateful

for the people Allah put in your life

the family members that Allah has put in

your life the friends that Allah has put

in your life if you've been in fight

you've been in argument you haven't been

talking to your uncle your cousin your

spouse your children your parents your

grandparents if something has happened

drop it all Let It Go let Allah be

greater go connect with them call them

apologize if you have to you know crush

your ego it's okay even if they were

wrong just make make amends and fix your

mend your relationships and Allah will

put blessings in those relationships may

Allah bless you and your families

congratulations to all of you