Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 23, 2026.
Fasting builds faith beyond Ramadan
“The ability to do tazkiyah is a gift from Allah.”
In one sentence
Fasting and Quranic learning are meant to cultivate tazkiyah, strengthen faith, and train believers to carry disciplined worship beyond Ramadan.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- The speaker asks where Muslims learn the purposes of fasting, Sharia, and self-purification.
- A hadith is used to stress that fasting must include abandoning false speech and harmful behavior.
- Ramadan teaches night prayer, which should continue beyond Ramadan.
- Tazkiyah is presented as a gift from Allah and something learned through fasting and worship.
- Islam provides revealed guidance for praising and worshiping Allah correctly.
- The Quran’s purpose is fulfilled by increasing faith and purification through acting on its verses, followed by supplication and prayer.
Try this week
Learn the purposes of fasting and tazkiyah, not only the outward rules of fasting.
Continue night prayer and other Ramadan worship beyond Ramadan.
Abandon false speech, harmful behavior, and ignorance while fasting.
Learn the Quran and act upon its verses to increase faith and purification.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 91Presented tazkiyah as a central Islamic concern.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“the ability to do tazkiyah is a gift from Allah”
“how would we ever come up with this language if Allah didn't teach us how to do tasbih and hamd and how to do all of that”
“the purpose of learning the Quran is to increase our iman and tazkiyah by acting upon the ayat”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
Fasting is meant to do more than keep us from food and drink; it trains us to leave false speech and harmful behavior. Ramadan teaches night prayer and other forms of worship that should continue after Ramadan. Purifying ourselves, or tazkiyah, is a gift from Allah, and Islam gives us revealed guidance for how to worship Him. The Quran’s purpose is not only to be recited or studied, but to strengthen our faith and purify us by acting on its verses.
- What Ramadan habit would you like to keep after Ramadan, and why?
- What is one Quran teaching you could act on this week?
- How can we practice leaving false speech at home, school, or work?
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