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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 11, 2026.

Plan Ramadan for lasting change

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“Remember Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, all the time.”

The khateeb, at 29:27

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In one sentence

Ramadan should be planned as intensive training for every part of the person so that spiritual discipline continues throughout the year.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Frames Ramadan as a precious opportunity requiring deliberate strategic planning.
  2. Warns that fasting without spiritual change may produce only hunger and thirst.
  3. Explains how the mind, eyes, tongue, ears, hands, feet, and heart should fast.
  4. Lists harmful tongue habits including gossip, backbiting, lying, ridicule, and broken promises.
  5. Urges remembrance of Allah to purify and tranquilize the heart.
  6. Calls listeners to use the remaining days of Ramadan for lasting transformation.
Try this week
Create a Ramadan plan aimed at habits that continue through the other eleven months.
Reflect on the Quran and use the mind for learning and understanding.
Guard the eyes from haram images and the tongue from gossip, backbiting, lying, ridicule, and useless argument.
Listen to the Quran and beneficial speech instead of harmful or degrading material.
Use the hands and feet only for halal actions and destinations.
Fill the heart with remembrance of Allah and beneficial thoughts.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Have that wonderful planning for the month of Ramadan in order to utilize yourself with a wonderful planning for the rest of the year.”
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“Never utilize your tongue in in vain things, useless things, something, it will never take you anywhere, it will never add anything to your knowledge, never add anything to the knowledge of people.”
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“Remember Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, all the time. Remember Him, in any way of remembering Him, subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
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Play from 29:27
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb encouraged us to treat Ramadan as a training month, not merely a time to feel hunger and thirst. He said fasting should shape the whole person: our minds, eyes, tongues, ears, hands, feet, and hearts. We should use these gifts for halal and beneficial purposes, avoid gossip, backbiting, lying, ridicule, broken promises, and harmful listening, and remember Allah often. The goal is to carry these habits through the other eleven months and become people others can trust and love. Because life is uncertain, we should use the remaining days of Ramadan as a precious opportunity.

  1. What is one Ramadan habit you would like to continue after Ramadan?
  2. How can we make our words more helpful and less harmful this week?
  3. What does remembering Allah look like in your daily routine?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Community Center of Minnesota (Masjid Al-Aman)1429 2nd Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413Jumu'ah "Jumuah (Friday )prayer is offered in English at the same time 1:00 PM all year long"ArchiveAll khutbahs at Islamic Community Center40 khutbahs
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