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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Keep Ramadan's worship alive all year

ISNA Canada (ICC)

“The most beloved actions to Allah are the ones that are consistent even if they are few.”

The khateeb, at 1:28

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In one sentence

The spiritual gains of Ramadan should become consistent year-round practices of worship, charity, fasting, nighttime dua, and taqwa.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Urges continuing Ramadan's dua, Quran reading, charity, and prayer through small consistent habits.
  2. Explains fasting as a private act of taqwa and recommends regular voluntary fasts.
  3. Encourages qiyam and honest nighttime conversations with Allah about worries and uncertainties.
  4. Defines taqwa as respecting Allah's greatness and avoiding seemingly minor or ambiguous sins.
  5. Adds the six days of Shawwal and making up missed Ramadan fasts.
Try this week
Read a manageable amount of Quran daily, even a few lines after each prayer.
Make dua and have an honest conversation with Allah during the last third of the night.
Give regular charity outside Ramadan.
Fast Mondays and Thursdays, the middle days of the lunar month, or other feasible days.
Perform qiyam and share iftar with others when fasting.
Complete six days of Shawwal and make up missed Ramadan fasts.
Avoid seemingly minor or ambiguous sins out of reverence for Allah.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“What's stopping us from turning to Allah in the last third of the night, crying out to Allah?”
ISNA Canada (ICC) · Sheridan, ON
Play from 0:46
“Because the most beloved actions to Allah are the ones that are consistent even if they are few.”
ISNA Canada (ICC) · Sheridan, ON
Play from 1:28
“And when you believe, you give. And when you give, you see the impact of giving.”
ISNA Canada (ICC) · Sheridan, ON
Play from 2:22
“The person of taqwa does not say it's just a small sin. The person of taqwa looks at the one that he or she is sinning against.”
ISNA Canada (ICC) · Sheridan, ON
Play from 6:56
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan is meant to leave us with taqwa, not just memories of one month. We can keep that connection alive through small, regular acts such as Quran reading, dua, charity, prayer, and fasting. The khateeb especially encouraged quiet nighttime conversations with Allah about our worries, hopes, and uncertainties. He also urged us to guard against small sins because our relationship with Allah is great, and to complete six days of Shawwal and make up missed fasts. Even modest worship, practiced consistently, can carry us forward.

  1. What small act of worship could we keep doing together after Ramadan?
  2. What worry would you share with Allah in a quiet nighttime dua?
  3. How can our family encourage one another to avoid small sins?
Where it was given

The masjid

ISNA Canada, Islamic Centre of Canada2200 South Sheridan Way, Mississauga, ON L5J 2M4Jumu'ah Two services · 1:00 PM, 3:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ISNA Canada (ICC)124 khutbahs
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