5:55 That the believer…9:07 the point of Ramadan…12:39 Ultimately the victory…14:32 Now multiply those…
Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Ramadan helps us overcome ourselves

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In one sentence

Ramadan is a divinely given opportunity to renew faith, overcome our lower selves, and emerge slightly better individually and collectively through worship, repentance, and shared dua.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces Ramadan as a month of blessings, Qur'an, forgiveness, renewal, and Laylatul Qadr.
  2. Urges believers to renew faith, assess habits, and live the Prophet's Sunnah in their own time.
  3. Reframes Ramadan's inconvenience as an opportunity and calls it a month of action and victory over the self.
  4. Uses Badr, the conquest of Mecca, and other history to illustrate Ramadan as a month of victory.
  5. Connects individual fasting and sincere deeds to communal transformation through the cave narrative and shared dua.
  6. Closes with repentance, increased worship during the remaining days and nights, and prayers for acceptance and community mercy.
Try this week
Use the remaining Ramadan days and nights for a little more worship.
Turn to Allah in sincere repentance and ask with the urgency of someone in need.
Make dua while recalling one deed done purely for Allah.
Pray, recite Qur'an, seek forgiveness, and spend part of the evening in worship.
Sources the khateeb cited
Jami` at-TirmidhiUsed to encourage living the Prophet's Sunnah in the present.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“That the believer always knows when they are, where they are, and what they need to do.”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
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“the point of Ramadan is to emerge just a little bit better. I love that. Just a little bit better than we were when we started.”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
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“Ultimately the victory that we seek is the victory over ourselves.”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
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“Now multiply those little bits of betterness from each individual, each family, and think about the quality that it will return to the whole community.”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us that Ramadan is a gift: a time to renew our faith, ask Allah for forgiveness, and work on our habits. Its changes to our routines can help us recognize an opportunity to grow. He encouraged us to aim to finish the month just a little better, explaining that the victory we seek is over our own lower selves. Prayer, dua, fasting, and small acts of kindness are all meaningful actions. Through the story of three men trapped in a cave, he encouraged sincere dua and remembering deeds done purely for Allah. When each of us grows a little, those improvements can strengthen our families and our whole community.

  1. What is one habit you would like to improve a little before Ramadan ends?
  2. How could you brighten someone’s day with a small act of kindness?
  3. What could our family do together to make more time for prayer or dua?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Community Center of Potomac10601 River Rd, Potomac, MD 20854Jumu'ah Adhan 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICCP96 khutbahs
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