23:33 Then let's worship…29:15 A person may fast from…
Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 3, 2026.

Treat Ramadan as possibly your last

ICSC · Asim Buyuksoy

“A person may fast from food and drink but not from lies, backbiting or disobedience.”

The khateeb, at 29:15

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In one sentence

Ramadan should be welcomed as a limited opportunity for mercy, forgiveness, and salvation, approached as possibly one's last Ramadan and used to transform worship, character, and relationships.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces Ramadan as a blessed month of Qur'an, mercy, forgiveness, and salvation.
  2. Urges listeners to treat Ramadan as potentially their last and worship with urgency.
  3. Explains that forgiveness requires sincere repentance, regret, changed intentions, and repaired relationships.
  4. Highlights the last ten nights, Laylat al-Qadr, and worship as a means of seeking freedom from the Fire.
  5. Teaches that true fasting disciplines the tongue, eyes, heart, and desires, not only the stomach.
  6. Closes with a challenge to build one good habit, break one bad habit, and reconnect with the Qur'an and Allah.
Try this week
Ask Allah to let you reach Ramadan and value each day as potentially your last.
Pray with presence, fast with gratitude, give charity generously, and seek forgiveness.
Repent sincerely, intend to change, and repair relationships by asking forgiveness or forgiving others.
Control the tongue, eyes, heart, and desires rather than only abstaining from food and drink.
Choose one good habit to build and one bad habit to break, then practice both throughout Ramadan.
Reconnect with the Qur'an and prioritize worship, especially during the last ten nights.
Join community activities, attend Tarawih, consult the prayer schedule, and support the center and school.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 2Frames fasting and Ramadan as a divinely honored month connected to Qur'an and guidance.
Surah 23Warns that after death there is no return to repair one's deeds.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Then let's worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and strengthen our relationship with Him today as if there will be no tomorrow and there is no tomorrow promise.”
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“A person may fast from food and drink but not from lies, backbiting or disobedience”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan is a precious, limited opportunity for Allah's mercy, forgiveness, and salvation, so we should welcome it as if it might be our last. The khutbah reminds us that fasting is more than avoiding food and drink: it should train our tongues, eyes, hearts, and desires. We should repent sincerely, repair relationships by asking forgiveness and forgiving others, and choose one good habit to build and one bad habit to leave. By staying connected to the Qur'an, prayer, charity, and worship, especially in the last ten nights, we can let Ramadan transform us.

  1. What is one good habit you would like our family to build this Ramadan?
  2. How can we help one another speak kindly and control our tongues?
  3. Which worship practice would you like to make special this Ramadan?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of Southern California434 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020Jumu'ah Qur’an recitation 12:45 PM · Khutbah 1:00 PM · prayer 1:30 PMKhateebAsim BuyuksoyMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at ICSC71 khutbahs
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