7:23 The month of Ramadan…18:04 So let also the eyes…
Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Feb 15, 2026.

Welcome Ramadan with renewed worship

Abu Huraira

“The month of Ramadan comes and here is the opportunity for you to be liberated.”

The khateeb, at 7:23

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In one sentence

Ramadan should be welcomed with renewed excitement and used for sincere worship, patience, supplication, and transformation rather than distraction or feasting.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Believers should renew their appreciation of Ramadan so repetition does not turn it into routine.
  2. Fasting has a uniquely generous reward and offers opportunities for liberation, accepted supplication, and forgiveness.
  3. Excessive media, socializing, and feasting can steal Ramadan’s spiritual purpose.
  4. Ramadan develops patience through hunger, difficult routines, family interactions, and consistent worship.
  5. True fasting includes the eyes, tongue, hands, body, heart, and mind, while worship must be sincere for Allah.
Try this week
Prepare for Ramadan with renewed excitement and gratitude.
Use Ramadan to ask Allah consistently for help with personal and family problems.
Reduce excessive television, social media, socializing, and food-centered activity.
Practice patience when provoked and respond by remembering, “I am fasting.”
Fast from lying, backbiting, looking at what is haram, and other sinful behavior.
Make fasting and Taraweeh sincere, seeking Allah’s reward rather than people’s approval.
Pray, fast, and seek Laylat al-Qadr with faith and sincere hope for forgiveness.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The month of Ramadan comes and here is the opportunity for you to be liberated.”
Abu Huraira · Don Mills, ON
Play from 7:23
“So let also the eyes fast and the tongue fast. Let the hands fast. Let the body fast.”
Abu Huraira · Don Mills, ON
Play from 18:04
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us that Ramadan is a blessed opportunity to draw closer to Allah, and we should welcome it with hope and excitement. Even if we have fasted many times before, this Ramadan gives us a fresh chance to make dua, seek forgiveness, and work on habits that hurt us. Fasting is about more than leaving food and drink; it should help us become more patient and turn away from lying, backbiting, and other sins. When fasting feels difficult, we can ask Allah for help and remember whom we are doing it for. At iftar, we can pause to thank Allah for our food and the chance to complete a good deed, while keeping food, entertainment, and socializing in balance.

  1. What is one blessing you would like to notice and thank Allah for at iftar?
  2. When you feel annoyed while fasting, what could help you respond patiently?
  3. What would you like to ask Allah for this Ramadan?
Where it was given

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