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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 14, 2026.

Ramadan’s final days should build taqwa

Maryam Masjid, NorthWest Islamic Center

“The best provision is the fear of Allah.”

The khateeb, at 12:30

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In one sentence

Ramadan’s purpose is to cultivate taqwa, so Muslims should use its final days to assess themselves, complete their obligations, prepare for Eid with gratitude, and reconcile with others.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Explains that fasting is accepted according to righteousness and that Ramadan’s goal is taqwa.
  2. Urges self-accountability and intensified worship during Ramadan’s remaining days and last ten nights.
  3. Explains Zakat al-Fitr’s obligation, timing, amount, delegation, and purposes.
  4. Reviews Eid practices, including communal attendance, takbir, gratitude, and participation.
  5. Urges Muslims to reconcile, forgive, and seek forgiveness before Eid.
  6. Closes with self-assessment, preparation for the afterlife, supplications, and Quran recitation.
Try this week
Assess your Ramadan worship and hold yourself accountable.
Increase worship during the remaining days and last ten nights.
Pay Zakat al-Fitr before Eid prayer, including on behalf of children; it may be given one or two days early or delegated to an organization acting as wakil.
Attend the Eid gathering and participate in takbir from sunset until the Eid prayer.
Reach out to people with whom you have grudges, reconcile, forgive, and seek forgiveness.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 1Recited in the closing supplication for guidance.
Surah 103Recited to emphasize loss, faith, righteous action, truth, and patience.
Surah 110Recited with praise and seeking forgiveness.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“And the best provision. Is the fear of Allah. Is taqwa.”
Maryam Masjid · Beddington Heights
Play from 12:30
“Even if. You are right. Reach out to them. Reconcile with them. Forgive them. Seek for their forgiveness.”
Maryam Masjid · Beddington Heights
Play from 20:53
“The wisest. The smartest. Is the one. Who assesses himself. Who humbles himself. And who works towards something. That will make him. Successful. After life. Or. After death.”
Maryam Masjid · Beddington Heights
Play from 22:12
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Fasting is meant to help us grow in taqwa, the fear of Allah that guides our choices. As Ramadan ends, we should honestly assess our worship and use the remaining days and nights well. Zakat al-Fitr purifies shortcomings in our fasting and provides food for people in need, so it should be given before Eid prayer, including on behalf of children. Eid is a time for gratitude, takbir, and gathering together. Before Eid, we should forgive, reconcile, and seek forgiveness so grudges do not stand between us and Allah’s mercy.

  1. What is one good habit you want to carry from Ramadan into the rest of the year?
  2. Why might forgiving someone be part of preparing for Eid?
  3. How can our family make sure Zakat al-Fitr helps someone before Eid prayer?
Where it was given

The masjids

Maryam Masjid (IANWC)183 Beddington Drive NW, Calgary, ABJumu'ah 1:15 PM, 2:00 PM & 2:45 PMNorthWest Islamic Center (Ranchland Musallah, IANWC)Unit #23, 7750 Ranchview Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T3G 1Y9Jumu'ah 1:15 PM, 2:00 PM & 2:45 PM
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