Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Feb 20, 2026.
Ramadan harvests the deeds you planted
“Ramadan is the month of harvest.”
In one sentence
Ramadan should be received as a brief, divinely appointed opportunity to submit sincerely through fasting, Quran, prayer, charity, repentance, and disciplined hearts before its days and our lives pass.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Establishes Islam as submission to obligations, with fasting as one of its five pillars.
- Explains Ramadan’s blessings and teaches that true fasting restrains the heart, tongue, and limbs.
- Emphasizes sincerity and preparation, presenting Ramadan as a harvest shaped by prior deeds.
- Addresses modern distractions and urges Quran recitation and nightly prayer.
- Calls for confident supplication, generosity, repentance, istighfar, and purification of the heart.
- Warns against spiritual fatigue and wasting Ramadan, urging consistency and increased taqwa.
Try this week
Recite the Quran by day and by night as a lifeline for the soul.
Attend taraweeh and tahajjud, and pray with the imam until he finishes.
Make abundant dua during Ramadan with certainty, humility, and hope.
Give more charity, feed fasting people, and support the poor and needy.
Repent sincerely, increase istighfar, and return to Allah repeatedly.
Guard the tongue from backbiting, the eyes from harmful glances, and behavior from chaos.
Maintain consistency in fasting, prayer, remembrance, and obedience throughout the month.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 10Used to present Ramadan as a bounty and mercy in which believers should rejoice.
Surah 2Used to connect Ramadan, Quranic revelation, prescribed fasting, and attainment of taqwa.
Surah 97Used to emphasize that Laylat al-Qadr is better than a thousand months.
Surah 24Used to command all believers to repent as a path to success.
Surah 25Used to teach that repentance, faith, and righteous deeds can replace evil deeds with good.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“it is not hunger, ibadullah, that Allahu subhanahu wa ta'ala seeks from you, but hearts restrained, tongues that are guarded, and limbs that are humble.”
“Ramadan is not the month of planting. Ramadan is the month of harvest. Everything you did prior to Ramadan, that is what you planted. Now the harvest comes today.”
“istighfar is not your weakness istighfar is your refuge the adornment of the fasting person is not hunger nor is it thirst it is istighfar and remembrance of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
Ramadan is a gift from Allah and a short chance to draw closer to Him. The khateeb teaches that fasting should shape our hearts, tongues, eyes, and actions, not only keep us from food and drink. We should fill the month with Quran, prayer, dua, generosity, repentance, and remembrance. Sincerity matters more than appearances, and consistency matters because Ramadan passes quickly. We should use these days well and ask Allah to help us finish the month with clean hearts and stronger obedience.
- What is one distraction you could put away to make more room for Quran?
- How can our family show generosity to someone who is fasting or in need?
- What is one good habit you want to keep after Ramadan?
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