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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Apr 17, 2026.

Keep your heart alive after Ramadan

At-Thohir · Ahmad Honest Qashidi

“Are you making someone happy at this moment?”

The khateeb, at 28:43

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In one sentence

After Ramadan, believers should revive their hearts with faith, hopeful interpretation, purposeful movement, and compassionate service so their spiritual light benefits others.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Opens with praise and prayer, then warns against post-Ramadan complacency.
  2. Connects spiritual deadness with normalizing injustice and failing to see truth.
  3. Explains how recurring negative thoughts become an inner reality, contrasting su'ul-dhan with husn al-dhan.
  4. Reframes work, family care, and daily obligations as meaningful struggle when done for Allah.
  5. Describes revived spiritual light as tranquility, hope, mercy, and concern for the community.
  6. Gives three responses: seek Allah's light, keep moving through varied good deeds, and become a source of light like Khadija.
Try this week
Assess your relationship with Allah and return feelings of sadness, grief, or happiness to Him.
Maintain varied worship after Ramadan through extra prayers, occasional fasting, giving, and service at a food pantry.
Check in on someone in the community who has been absent and conduct a wellness check.
Help people facing debt, hunger, or other hardship when you have the means.
Respond to injustice through appropriate action, such as joining a rally or supporting a community initiative.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“With repetition, these thoughts stop feeling like whispers. And then they turn into an inner reality that you see for yourself.”
At-Thohir · Koreatown, CA
Play from 17:17
“And God restores the heart. He returns meaning and restores hope. He gives back the ability to move forward.”
At-Thohir · Koreatown, CA
Play from 23:55
“The most beloved. Deeds. To Allah. Is happiness that you bring to your fellow Muslim. Are you making someone happy at this moment”
At-Thohir · Koreatown, CA
Play from 28:43
“When you're feeling that stagnancy, you've got to do different. The diversity of the differences of acts of goodness are so that you don't get bored.”
At-Thohir · Koreatown, CA
Play from 32:19
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that Ramadan may end, but our relationship with Allah should continue growing. A heart can be physically alive yet spiritually numb, especially when repeated negative thoughts make hopelessness feel normal. Allah can restore that heart with meaning, hope, inner sight, and tranquility. Our ordinary responsibilities, worship, and service to others can all become meaningful acts of devotion. We should seek Allah's light, keep moving through different good deeds, and become a source of mercy and support for people around us.

  1. What is one kind of movement or good deed that helps you feel spiritually awake?
  2. How can we notice when negative thoughts are becoming an inner reality?
  3. Who around us might need a wellness check or a little happiness this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid At-Thohir Los Angeles1200 S Kenmore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90006Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:00 PM · Prayer 1:30 PMKhateebAhmad Honest QashidiMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at At-Thohir57 khutbahs
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