Build taqwa with a lasting Ramadan plan
“If you let your son lead the prayer, he will feel that he is a person of responsibility.”
Ramadan should be used to build taqwa through a sustainable plan that prioritizes obligatory worship, carries good habits beyond Eid, and intensifies family worship during the last ten nights.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- A hadith warns against missing Ramadan forgiveness, honoring parents, and sending blessings upon the Prophet.
- Ramadan requires a realistic, manageable plan aimed at taqwa rather than mere hunger or overexertion.
- Small acts should be performed consistently and should continue after Ramadan.
- Obligatory prayers and zakah must take priority over voluntary worship.
- Families should intensify worship during the last ten nights and seek Laylatul Qadr on the odd nights.
- Listeners are urged to pay zakah, abandon one bad habit, support the mosque, and pray for suffering people worldwide.
In the khateeb's words
“The main goal over here, to gain the taqwa. It was the first thing, do whatever you can do.”
“If that was haram before month of Ramadan, that is haram in the month of Ramadan, that should be haram after the month of Ramadan.”
“If you are doing farayit first, obligatory first. After then, do those nawafil.”
“If you let your son lead the prayer, he will feel that he is a person of responsibility.”
For the dinner table
Ramadan is not mainly about being hungry or doing the most activities; it is meant to help us grow in taqwa, awareness of Allah, and readiness for the Hereafter. We should choose a realistic plan, keep good deeds consistent, and put obligatory prayers and zakah before extra worship. The imam especially encouraged families to wake one another for prayer in the last ten nights and to seek Laylatul Qadr on the odd nights. He also asked us to carry Ramadan's change beyond Eid by leaving one bad habit and keeping our worship steady. In Memphis, he connected zakah and care for the mosque with supporting people in need, and he prayed for those suffering around the world.
- What is one small good deed you could keep doing after Ramadan?
- How could our family help one another wake up for prayer?
- What bad habit would you most like to leave behind?
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