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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Feb 21, 2026.

Let Ramadan transform your life

Collins Musallah, IANT · Ziyad Asdi

“As long as someone is alive they are not too far gone.”

The khateeb, at 10:50

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In one sentence

Ramadan is a month of hope and transformation in which believers should recognize their faults, return to Allah without despair, deepen good habits, abandon harmful attachments, and ask generously for lasting change.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Recognize personal faults and shortcomings as a possible gift from Allah and the beginning of healing.
  2. Welcome people returning to the masjid and offer hope through the Prophet's response to a despairing sinner.
  3. Pursue higher levels of worship, relationships, character, and taqwa during Ramadan.
  4. Reassess priorities, leave sins or excessive attachments, and build habits that continue after Ramadan.
  5. Make expansive dua for personal transformation, loved ones, the ummah, and those suffering.
  6. Close with supplications, reminders about justice and gratitude, and congregational prayer.
Try this week
Find a moment at night to make dua.
Pray, spend time with the Quran, and work on good habits.
Be good to your parents and build meaningful family and community relationships.
Smile and show beautiful character toward people you know and do not know.
Reassess priorities and cut back on sinful or excessive attachments such as social media.
Serve people, including those outside your immediate circle.
Make dua for personal transformation, loved ones, the community, and the wider ummah.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:183Used to identify taqwa as Ramadan's central goal.
Quran 16:90Used in the closing reminder about justice, excellence, kinship, and avoiding wrongdoing.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“A sign that Allah has a beautiful plan for you, is you start to realize the things that you need to work on.”
Collins Musallah · Richardson, TX
Play from 9:02
“As long as someone is alive they are not too far gone. And so don't judge people based on their past.”
Collins Musallah · Richardson, TX
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“you never leave something for the sake of Allah except that He definitely will replace it with something that is better for you”
Collins Musallah · Richardson, TX
Play from 18:29
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan can reveal our weaknesses, but noticing them is a hopeful beginning, not a reason to despair. The khutbah asks us to welcome anyone returning to the masjid and never judge people by their past. Those already practicing should keep growing through prayer, Quran, family ties, good character, and taqwa, the awareness and love of Allah. We should leave sins and unhealthy attachments, especially what has become excessive, and build habits that continue after Ramadan. Finally, we should make generous dua for ourselves, loved ones, the ummah, and people suffering around the world.

  1. What is one good habit you would like to carry beyond Ramadan?
  2. How can we make someone returning to the masjid feel welcomed?
  3. What big dua would you make for someone who is suffering?
Where it was given

The masjids

Collins Musallah1600 N Plano Rd #200, Richardson, TX 75081Islamic Association of North Texas840 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX 75081Jumu'ah 1:15 PM and 2:15 PMKhateebZiyad AsdiMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Collins Musallah58 khutbahs
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