3:09 So it's not a matter…5:00 Do you feel the ayat…11:26 Listen to the Quran,…12:42 This is husnul khuluq.…
Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Feb 23, 2026.

Ramadan success depends on quality

Masjid Salahadeen

“It's not a matter of quantity.”

The khateeb, at 3:09

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In one sentence

A busy Muslim can still become a winner in Ramadan by prioritizing worship quality, sincere intentions, avoiding sin and wasted time, practicing good character, and turning permissible daily activities into worship.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Reframes Ramadan success from doing many deeds to doing deeds with quality.
  2. Uses Sumayyah bint al-Khayyat as an example of quality over quantity.
  3. Introduces the WINNER mnemonic: quality, high intentions, avoiding haram, and using time productively.
  4. Emphasizes good manners as a major source of reward.
  5. Encourages turning work, study, family care, cooking, commuting, sleep, and exercise into worship through intention.
Try this week
Focus on the quality and meaning of prayer, Quran reading, dhikr, fasting, and charity rather than merely completing more.
Read Quran translations when needed and reflect on whether the verses affect the heart.
Make sincere, high intentions for charity, Quran completion, and extra prayer even when resources are limited.
Avoid haram actions such as lying, cheating, inappropriate looks or relationships, and harmful chatting.
Use commuting, cooking, cleaning, and other spare time for Quran, dhikr, or beneficial lectures.
Practice good manners and intend ordinary permissible activities, work, study, family care, sleep, eating, or exercise, as worship.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“So it's not a matter of quantity. And this is the mistake and the disease that, unfortunately, we have.”
Masjid Salahadeen · Plano
Play from 3:09
“Do you feel the ayat or not? Or the main focus is to end the surah. This is the problem.”
Masjid Salahadeen · Plano
Play from 5:00
“Listen to the Quran, listen to a lecture, listen to al-khayr. This is something using the time productively, ya ikhwan.”
Masjid Salahadeen · Plano
Play from 11:26
“This is husnul khuluq. Nothing is even in the scale of good deeds more than husnul khuluq.”
Masjid Salahadeen · Plano
Play from 12:42
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah says that being a winner in Ramadan is not about doing the largest number of deeds. It is about worshipping with quality, making sincere and ambitious intentions, avoiding haram, and using spare moments well. Good manners can bring great reward, and everyday responsibilities such as working, studying, cooking, caring for family, sleeping, or exercising can become worship when done for Allah. The challenge is to make ordinary days better through focused worship, good character, and purposeful intentions.

  1. What is one small deed we can do more carefully and sincerely?
  2. How can we use time in the car or kitchen for something beneficial?
  3. Which chore or responsibility could become worship through a good intention?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Salahadeen4030 Split Trail Rd, Plano, TXArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Salahadeen30 khutbahs
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