Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 20, 2026.
Keep Ramadan's worship alive all year
“We have to continue helping the others.”
In one sentence
The spiritual habits and communal bonds built in Ramadan should continue throughout the year through supplication, service, sunnah fasting, Qur'an, remembrance, and family connection.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Celebrates Eid, notes the local school holiday, and urges family contact and communal unity.
- Thanks a brother for donating food and serving the mosque overnight, presenting service as highly rewarded.
- Calls worshippers to continue du'a, helping others, sunnah fasting, Qur'an reading, and remembrance after Ramadan.
- Describes the companions' practice of preparing for Ramadan and praying afterward for acceptance.
- Ends with supplications for Islam and Muslims, relief from oppressors, healing, mercy, and the deceased.
Try this week
Contact distant family members and visit nearby relatives during Eid.
Continue making du'a after Ramadan.
Help others and serve the community.
Fast sunnah days after Ramadan.
Read the Qur'an during the day and night.
Remember Allah regularly.
Support and serve mosque members.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“we have to enjoy the day of Eid, to contact our family, to call those who are far away, to visit those who are close.”
“When we help in the community, when we do a lot of things to benefit the other, there's more work than the nawafil of salah and the nawafil of fasting.”
“All of us, we have to continue in our du'a. We have to continue helping the others. We have to continue fasting the sunnah.”
“We have to keep the Qur'an to read whatever we can during day and night to remember Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
Eid is not only a holiday; it is a chance to reconnect with family and strengthen the community. The speaker encourages us to carry Ramadan forward by continuing du'a, helping others, fasting sunnah days, reading Qur'an, and remembering Allah. He says the companions prepared for Ramadan and continued asking Allah to accept their worship afterward. Serving people, whether through food or other community work, is also a meaningful form of worship.
- Which Ramadan habit would you most like our family to keep this week?
- Who could we call or visit to make Eid more joyful?
- How can we serve someone in our mosque or neighborhood?
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