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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 31, 2026.

Ramadan should build lasting taqwa

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“Ramadan is more than just fasting.”

The khateeb, at 18:19

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In one sentence

Ramadan should cultivate lasting taqwa by prioritizing obligatory worship and responsibilities over optional practices, while deepening Quran engagement and repairing relationships.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces Ramadan as a limited opportunity and warns against reducing it to fasting and charity.
  2. Explains fasting as a means of developing taqwa and year-round God-consciousness.
  3. Contrasts obligatory duties with optional practices, especially prioritizing prayer and zakat over Taraweeh.
  4. Explains suhoor, missed-fast makeups, illness and travel exemptions, fidya, and kafara.
  5. Calls listeners to read and teach the Quran, repair family ties, and prepare intentionally for Ramadan.
  6. Closes with accountability before Allah and prayers for forgiveness, healing, and the deceased.
Try this week
Protect the obligatory prayers, fasting, and zakat before adding optional worship such as Taraweeh.
Prepare in advance for Ramadan and learn whether missed fasts require making them up, fidya, or kafara.
Observe suhoor when possible, while remembering it is encouraged rather than a condition of fasting.
Read the Quran regularly and teach its stories and lessons to children.
Contact estranged relatives or friends, seek forgiveness, and forgive others.
Arrange time for additional worship, including i'tikaf if feasible.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:183Uses fasting's purpose of attaining taqwa to frame Ramadan.
Quran 2:184-185Explains exemptions for illness and travel, make-up fasts, and feeding the needy.
Surah 62Uses the command to hasten to Friday prayer to prioritize obligatory worship.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ramadan is more than just fasting. Ramadan is more than just giving charity. Fasting is the fourth pillar of Islam.”
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“Ramadan is a reminder that this is how you should live your life of a Muslim every day of the year. Not just one month, but the other 11 months.”
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“Call these people. let them know. I'm fasting. Forgive me if I've done you any wrong, and I also forgive you if you have done me anything.”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that Ramadan is more than going hungry or doing extra worship. Its purpose is taqwa, living with awareness that Allah knows what we do, and that awareness should continue through the other eleven months. We should first protect obligatory acts, including prayer, fasting, and zakat, before adding optional worship such as Taraweeh. People who are ill or traveling should follow the allowances for making up fasts or feeding the needy. We are also encouraged to read and teach the Quran, repair family relationships, and enter Ramadan ready to change.

  1. Which obligatory act can we protect more carefully this Ramadan?
  2. Who could we forgive or reconnect with before Ramadan begins?
  3. How can we make Quran reading part of our family routine?
Where it was given

The masjid

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