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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 28, 2026.

Keep Ramadan's change alive through daily deeds

MCC San Diego

“The only 100% truth we have with us is the Quran and Sunnah.”

The khateeb, at 24:22

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In one sentence

Ramadan should transform the heart through sustained, conscious worship, generosity, and truthful speech, and this change must be maintained through regular deeds before the heart hardens.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Ramadan should improve normal routines and make hearts humble before Allah.
  2. Delayed repentance can harden the heart, while regret can become a path to forgiveness.
  3. Allah can revive spiritually dead hearts, just as He revives the earth.
  4. Charity removes greed, and speaking Quran-and-Sunnah truths repeatedly shapes the heart.
  5. Small recurring deeds, sadaqah, hadith reading, and family stories, keep post-Ramadan change alive.
Try this week
Give sadaqah regularly, even if it is only a penny.
Read one hadith a day with the family.
Share a story from the prophets weekly with family or friends.
Discuss Jannah, the afterlife, and lessons from daily salah.
Maintain recurring worship and good deeds after Ramadan.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“it comes only through time that you experience the benefits of following and submitting to the will of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and then that affects your heart”
MCC San Diego · Rancho Bernardo, CA
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“the only 100% truth we have with us is the Quran and Sunnah the most truthful of words and this is what we have to do is in our days whether it be with our friends our families”
MCC San Diego · Rancho Bernardo, CA
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Imam Saif taught that Ramadan is meant to leave a lasting change in our daily lives, not end when the month ends. A heart can become soft through repeated worship, charity, truthful conversation, and seeking forgiveness, but it can also harden when we delay change or become comfortable with sin. He encouraged small, regular habits: giving even a little sadaqah, reading a hadith with family each day, and sharing prophetic stories weekly. The khutbah closed by reminding us that pursuing forgiveness and worldly success need not be opposites, while asking Allah to revive and protect our hearts.

  1. What is one Ramadan habit we want to keep doing together?
  2. How can giving, even a small amount, change the way we feel?
  3. What prophetic story or hadith should our family discuss this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

Muslim Community Center of Greater San Diego14698 Via Fiesta, San Diego, CA 92127Jumu'ah 1:00 PM & 2:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at MCC San Diego35 khutbahs
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