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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 27, 2026.

Ramadan should reshape worship all year

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“Ramadan just unleashed the potential that we ignore all year long.”

The khateeb, at 31:32

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In one sentence

Ramadan is a training ground that reconnects believers with their fitrah and should lead to sustained God-consciousness and worship throughout the year.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Explains Eid al-Fitr and fitrah as a return to humanity's natural disposition and primordial covenant with Allah.
  2. Presents Ramadan as training that develops self-control and taqwa.
  3. Urges believers to continue prayer, Quran reading, charity, remembrance, and fasting after Ramadan.
  4. Connects sustained worship with unity and holding firmly to Allah's guidance.
  5. Closes by encouraging continued voluntary worship through Shawwal, Dhul-Hijjah, and Muharram.
Try this week
Keep Fajr on time and continue some night prayer, even two rak'ahs of tahajjud.
Continue reading the Quran regularly, even if only a page when busy.
Keep giving charity after Ramadan.
Fast six days of Shawwal and pursue the other voluntary fasting opportunities mentioned.
Lower the gaze and remember Allah frequently.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 7:172Used the primordial testimony that Allah is Lord to explain fitrah.
Surah 2Used fasting to argue that Ramadan develops taqwa, or God-consciousness.
Quran 3:102-113Used mindfulness, submission, unity, and holding firmly to Allah's rope.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ramadan is not meant only for us to stop with certain actions and deeds for 29 to 30 days.”
ECIC · East Cobb, GA
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“It's meant for us to change something every single day, every single week.”
ECIC · East Cobb, GA
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“Our deen is not hard. Ramadan just unleashed the potential that we ignore all year long.”
ECIC · East Cobb, GA
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us that Ramadan is more than a month of hunger; it is training that helps us return to the fitrah, the natural disposition Allah gave us. Fasting, prayer, Quran, charity, and waking for worship showed us that we can resist bad habits and live with taqwa, or awareness of Allah. Eid al-Fitr should therefore be a beginning, not a finish line. We should keep praying, reading Quran, giving charity, and adding voluntary fasts and small acts of worship even when life becomes busy. The goal is to carry Ramadan's goodness through the rest of the year while staying united as a community.

  1. What is one Ramadan habit you want to keep for the next month?
  2. How can a small daily action help you stay close to Allah?
  3. What does being mindful of Allah look like at school or at home?
Where it was given

The masjid

East Cobb Islamic Center1111 Braswell Rd, Marietta, GA 30062Jumu'ah 1st Jumu'ah 1:45 PM · 2nd Jumu'ah 2:40 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ECIC6 khutbahs
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