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

Ramadan should shape character, not performance

Masjid Sadar · Nazimool Saheb

“Ramadan is not a season to perform.”

The khateeb, at 12:21

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In one sentence

Ramadan should cultivate patience, humility, sincere private devotion, ethical conduct, and taqwa rather than mere abstinence or outward religious performance.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Ramadan trains believers in patience and perseverance through hunger, thirst, and tiredness.
  2. Fasting and prayer humble people equally before Allah, while sincere humility brings spiritual elevation.
  3. The Quran and Ramadan should produce love, gentle speech, reconciliation, and restraint from quarrels.
  4. Fasting must include ethical behavior, Quranic reflection, private worship, and freedom from showing off.
  5. Ramadan strengthens Muslim identity and closeness to Allah through sincere supplication and solitude.
  6. The sermon closes with prayers for accepted worship, relief from hardship, healing, and goodness in this life and the next.
Try this week
Fast with patience and guard the tongue from false speech, quarreling, and evil.
Respond to provocation by remembering, “I am fasting,” rather than answering in kind.
Attend the masjid and participate in Tarawih and other night worship.
Reflect on the Quran instead of limiting Ramadan to recitation alone.
Practice private good deeds without seeking recognition or praise.
Be patient with family mistakes, calm quarrels, and repair relational gaps.
Make sincere supplication and maintain focus on developing taqwa.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“If you see a mistake that is made, from your family. Then bear it. If you find a gap Then close it.”
Masjid Sadar · Parlin, NJ
Play from 10:39
“Ramadan is not a season to perform It is the month of the Quran, a time to nourish your faith and spirituality. through reflection, and not only meal recitation.”
Masjid Sadar · Parlin, NJ
Play from 12:21
“It should be reflection of the Quran. It is the month of seclusion and devotion.”
Masjid Sadar · Parlin, NJ
Play from 12:56
“Withdraw not just from food and drink, but from the need of recognition from the need of showing off.”
Masjid Sadar · Parlin, NJ
Play from 13:13
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan teaches us patience through hunger, thirst, tiredness, and self-control. The khateeb reminded us that Ramadan is not only about reciting more or appearing religious; it is also about reflecting on the Quran and worshipping Allah sincerely in private. We should speak gently, avoid arguments, forgive family members, and repair broken relationships. The goal is to leave Ramadan with stronger taqwa and a closer relationship with Allah. We can ask Allah to accept our worship, heal those who are suffering, and give us goodness in this life and the next.

  1. What is one good deed you could do this week without telling anyone?
  2. How can we respond when someone in the family makes a mistake?
  3. What helps you feel closer to Allah during Ramadan?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Sadar & Community Center216 Ernston Rd, Parlin, NJ 08859Jumu'ah 1:00 PM & 1:45 PMKhateebNazimool SahebMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Sadar69 khutbahs
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