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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Feb 13, 2026.

Ramadan trains us to live with taqwa

Masjid Al Ansar

“Ramadan should be less food preparation, less time with food; it's about fasting, not feasting.”

The khateeb, at 33:32

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In one sentence

Ramadan should be embraced as intensive spiritual training that builds taqwa, reforms character, strengthens worship and community, and opens the way to forgiveness.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces Ramadan timing, moon sighting, and practical masjid arrangements for iftar.
  2. Calls listeners to taqwa and frames Ramadan as a chance to detach from worldly desires and focus on the hereafter.
  3. Explains fasting’s spiritual benefits, including ihsan, renewed worship, awareness of Allah, and weakening Shaytan.
  4. Describes Ramadan as a force for changing habits, improving character, overcoming weaknesses, and maintaining prayer.
  5. Emphasizes family and community unity, sympathy for the hungry, charity, patience, and simpler meals with more worship.
  6. Urges listeners to seize Ramadan and Laylat al-Qadr, seek forgiveness, pray for the oppressed, and support masjid programs.
Try this week
Prepare for Ramadan by renewing prayer, waking for Fajr, and praying the five salah on time.
Fill Ramadan with Quran recitation, dhikr, dua, and other worship while reducing unnecessary food preparation.
Avoid lying, backbiting, slander, anger, bad company, and other sinful habits.
Practice patience during fasting and use Ramadan to overcome personal weaknesses.
Give charity, help hungry and needy people, and strengthen family and community bonds.
Capitalize on Laylat al-Qadr and seek Allah’s forgiveness.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:183Fasting is prescribed so believers may attain taqwa.
Quran 2:201The supplication for worldly and hereafter goodness and protection from the Fire illustrates taqwa.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ramadan is an opportunity that Allah has given us to teach us that yes, you can detach from the dunya.”
Masjid Al Ansar · Jamaica, NY
Play from 13:40
“ramadan should be less food preparation less time with food it's about fasting not feasting”
Masjid Al Ansar · Jamaica, NY
Play from 33:32
“If we can stay away from what is halal food and drink, during the daytime of Ramadan, then we can stay away from the haram out of Ramadan.”
Masjid Al Ansar · Jamaica, NY
Play from 34:27
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan is coming as a precious chance to reconnect with Allah and prepare for the hereafter. Fasting trains us to control desires, strengthen prayer, improve our character, and leave behind lying, backbiting, anger, and bad company. It should also make us more patient, compassionate toward hungry people, generous, and united as a family and community. We were encouraged to keep meals simple, spend more time in worship, and fill the month with Quran, dhikr, dua, and charity. Even if we feel distant from Allah, Ramadan is an open door to return, seek forgiveness, and build habits that continue after the month ends.

  1. What is one distraction you could set aside during Ramadan to focus more on Allah?
  2. Which habit would you most like to strengthen during Ramadan: prayer, honesty, patience, or kindness?
  3. How can our family make iftar simpler and use the extra time to worship or help someone hungry?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Al Ansar, Inc.161-34 Foch Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11434Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:00 PM · Salah 1:50 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Al Ansar41 khutbahs
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