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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Let Ramadan renew your taqwa and worship

Maryam Islamic Center

“It will make no sense to have mega masajid if we do not transfer this faith to the children and the children of those children who will come after us.”

The khateeb, at 83:26

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In one sentence

Ramadan should end with honest self-assessment, renewed taqwa, trust in Allah’s mercy, practical worship, and a commitment to pass faith to future generations.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Opens with gratitude for witnessing Ramadan and reminds listeners of taqwa.
  2. Invites an honest personal review of Ramadan without requiring confession to an imam.
  3. Develops taqwa, Allah’s mercy, and supplemental worship as central lessons.
  4. Connects parents’ sacrifices and communal resilience to intergenerational faith transmission.
  5. Gives practical actions involving zakat, sadaqah, Quran reading, worship, and dua.
  6. Closes with the concise forgiveness dua and prayers for suffering communities.
Try this week
Honestly assess your Ramadan worship and effort before the month ends.
Increase voluntary fasting, sunnah prayers, nafl prayers, and sadaqah to address deficiencies.
Pay zakat promptly if it is due during Ramadan.
Read a few more pages of Quran and continue with an achievable schedule after Ramadan.
Make the forgiveness dua taught for the last ten nights and pray for suffering communities.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“But oh Allah, I'm sincere. I want to do better. I want to do better.”
Maryam Islamic Center · Sugar Land (New Territory), TX
Play from 75:31
“It will make no sense to have mega masajid if we do not transfer this faith to the children and the children of those children who will come after us”
Maryam Islamic Center · Sugar Land (New Territory), TX
Play from 83:26
“The only person preventing us after the doors have been opened to make the most of this month is me, is ourselves.”
Maryam Islamic Center · Sugar Land (New Territory), TX
Play from 85:47
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan is a gift, and reaching its final days is itself a mercy. The khateeb asked us to look honestly at our worship while remembering that Allah welcomes sincere return and forgives. We can use the remaining nights to pray, give zakah or sadaqah, read more Quran, and spend quiet time in dua, then carry taqwa into the rest of the year. Our own effort also shapes whether faith is passed to children and future generations. We should leave Ramadan hopeful, asking Allah to forgive us and bring relief to people suffering around the world.

  1. What is one small act of worship we can continue after Ramadan?
  2. What does it mean to pass our faith to younger people through our actions?
Where it was given

The masjid

Maryam Islamic Center (New Territory Islamic Center)504 Sartartia Rd, Sugar Land, TX 77479Jumu'ah 1:30 PM khutbah / 2:00 PM salah & 3:15 PM khutbah / 3:45 PM salahArchiveAll khutbahs at Maryam Islamic Center63 khutbahs
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