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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, May 8, 2021.

Carry Ramadan’s worship beyond Ramadan

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In one sentence

Ramadan awakens the soul and spiritual energy, which believers should preserve through continued worship, optimism, gratitude, and faith after Ramadan ends.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Ramadan and fasting revive the neglected spiritual component alongside body and mind.
  2. The soul’s nature is ultimately known to Allah, while humans can strengthen their spiritual capacity.
  3. Believers should carry Ramadan’s closeness to Allah into life after Ramadan.
  4. Pessimism, negativity, evil thoughts, and doubt are contrasted with angelic optimism, gratitude, and faith.
  5. A Hadith Qudsi teaches that fulfilling obligations and adding voluntary worship lead to Allah’s love.
  6. The khutbah closes with prayers and a reminder to pay $12 zakat al-fitr per person before Eid prayer.
Try this week
Continue post-Ramadan worship through mosque attendance, Quran reading, charity, voluntary prayers, and night prayer.
When pessimism, evil thoughts, or doubts arise, seek refuge with Allah and renew faith and gratitude.
Prioritize obligatory worship, then add voluntary deeds such as fasting, Quran, and charity.
Pay $12 in zakat al-fitr per person for yourself, your wife, and your children before Eid prayer.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih al-BukhariA Hadith Qudsi was used to teach that obligations are most beloved to Allah, followed by voluntary worship that leads to Allah’s love.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“the secret is this that we have component in our our body our creation”
GBIC · Grand Blanc, MI
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“the difference between us and animals the animals they have body and desires they don't have mind nor spiritual component”
GBIC · Grand Blanc, MI
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb taught that Ramadan wakes up a spiritual part of us, alongside our bodies and minds. He urged us not to let that closeness to Allah end when Ramadan ends, but to keep building it through prayer, Quran, charity, and other good deeds. He said pessimism, constant negativity, and doubts can reflect Shaytan’s influence, while hope, gratitude, and firm faith help us move toward good. A Hadith Qudsi was used to explain that Allah’s love is sought first through obligations and then through voluntary worship. He also reminded the congregation to pay $12 in zakat al-fitr per person before the Eid prayer.

  1. What is one Ramadan habit you would like to keep this week?
  2. How can you turn a negative thought into hope or gratitude?
  3. What does giving zakat al-fitr teach us before Eid?
Where it was given

The masjid

Grand Blanc Islamic Center1479 E Baldwin Rd, Grand Blanc, MI 48439
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