Ramadan should increase mercy in us
Ramadan is a limited annual opportunity to receive Allah's mercy and forgiveness while transforming through sincere worship, compassion, reconciliation, and competition in good deeds.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Welcomes Ramadan as a month of mercy, forgiveness, spiritual renewal, and open doors to Paradise.
- Explains Ramadan's layered cleansing of sins and special opportunities for answered supplication.
- Calls believers to embody mercy toward the poor, suffering, family, and estranged community members.
- Reframes Ramadan competition around prayer, Quran, charity, reconciliation, forgiveness, and service rather than food.
- Urges sincere, present, wholehearted worship and personal transformation during Ramadan's limited window.
- Closes with prayers for suffering people, a mourning announcement, food-pantry information, and an iftar announcement.
In the khateeb's words
“if Ramadan brothers and sisters in Islam does not increase mercy in our character then we have missed the spirit of Ramadan”
“it's not a competition of food brothers the idea is not to have so many different variation on our dinner table that is not the aim of Ramadan”
“it is a competition whether you should pick up the phone first and call that brother that you haven't talked to him for a long time or the sister or the family member”
“give for the sake of Allah your best effort in the holy month of Ramadan don't go through the emotion of salat”
For the dinner table
Ramadan is a special gift from Allah: a month of mercy, forgiveness, answered prayers, and renewed spiritual life. The khateeb reminded us that fasting should make our hearts softer and our character more merciful, especially toward people who are hungry, thirsty, suffering, or distant from us. We should compete in good deeds by praying, reading Quran, giving charity, forgiving others, and repairing broken relationships. Our worship should be sincere and present, not merely something we perform mechanically. Because Ramadan passes quickly, we should give Allah our best effort during these remaining days.
- What is one kind act we can do for someone who is struggling this Ramadan?
- Who could we forgive or reconnect with this week?
- What would your best effort in worship look like today?
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