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

Small deeds keep Ramadan alive

TCIC · Fayaz Nawabi

“I am not going to backbite.”

The khateeb, at 12:30

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In one sentence

As Ramadan ends, believers should carry its lessons into the year through small consistent worship, better character, fewer sins, and patient community participation.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. A hadith about two companions teaches that witnessing another Ramadan can precede martyrdom in spiritual reward.
  2. Listeners are urged to create a post-Ramadan plan with consistent, manageable worship.
  3. The khateeb calls for improved character at home and in public, along with minimizing sinful habits.
  4. Practical guidance covers considerate parking, patience, and walking calmly to prayer.
  5. The sermon explains zakat al-fitr, including its purpose, suggested amount, and deadline.
  6. Families are encouraged to celebrate Eid joyfully, attend prayer, exchange gifts, and visit one another.
  7. The khutbah closes with prayers for the sick and for suffering communities worldwide.
Try this week
Choose a sustainable worship habit after Ramadan, such as attending one weekly Fajr or Isha.
Maintain small consistent deeds, including greetings, smiling, occasional fasting, and regular prayer.
Avoid backbiting, gossip, coarse language, and other sinful habits.
Improve speech and behavior toward spouses, children, parents, neighbors, and fellow worshippers.
Park toward the freeway, avoid neighbors' spaces, cones, ramps, and non-parking areas, and correct mistakes patiently.
Pay zakat al-fitr before Eid prayer, with the speaker recommending $15 per person.
Attend Eid prayer with family, arrive about thirty minutes early, make dhikr, give gifts, and visit relatives.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The most beloved deeds to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is consistent deeds, even if they be small.”
TCIC · Vista, CA
Play from 12:11
“Make an effort that, you know what, I'm going to increase my character. I am not going to backbite. I am not going to gossip. I am not going to use coarse language.”
TCIC · Vista, CA
Play from 12:30
“Allah doesn't want you to come huffing and huffing, breathing like you ran a marathon, mashaAllah, to get here.”
TCIC · Vista, CA
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“Eid prayer is not just for men, brothers and sisters in Islam. It's for everybody.”
TCIC · Vista, CA
Play from 23:03
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan has shown us that we can worship Allah, fast, and gather as a community, so its habits should not disappear when the month ends. The khateeb encourages small, consistent acts of worship, kinder speech and behavior at home, and leaving sinful habits behind. He also asks everyone to show patience and good character in practical community matters, especially parking and walking calmly to prayer. As Eid arrives, families should make it joyful, pay zakat al-fitr on time, attend the inclusive Eid prayer, visit one another, and keep praying for people who are suffering.

  1. What is one small good habit you want to continue after Ramadan?
  2. How can we show better character to each other at home?
  3. What would make Eid especially joyful for our family?
Where it was given

The masjid

Tri-City Islamic Center (Masjid Al-Aziz)2136 Industrial Court, Vista, CA 92081Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:00 PM · prayer 1:30 PMKhateebFayaz NawabiMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at TCIC37 khutbahs
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