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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 30, 2026.

Prepare now to benefit from Ramadan

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“Ramadan will not benefit us just because we are going to start the first day of Ramadan.”

The khateeb, at 22:23

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In one sentence

To benefit fully from Ramadan, Muslims should use Rajab and Sha'ban to remove bad habits, cultivate disciplined worship and good manners, and carry those changes into the rest of the year.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Welcomes the congregation and introduces Ramadan preparation.
  2. Frames Ramadan as a season requiring advance preparation and the removal of bad habits.
  3. Uses the Prophet's character and a sowing, watering, and harvesting metaphor to emphasize training before Ramadan.
  4. Identifies wasted time, anger, laziness, overeating, excessive phone use, gaming, harshness, and harmful speech as obstacles.
  5. Recommends fasting practice, prayer, Quran, smiling, anger control, family affection, mercy, and guarding the tongue.
  6. Closes with repentance, prayers for Ramadan, the sick and deceased, and oppressed Muslim communities.
Try this week
Begin removing specific bad habits before Ramadan rather than waiting for its first day.
Practice fasting, tahajjud, Quran reading, and other worship during Rajab and Sha'ban.
Audit the 168 hours of each week, protect adequate sleep, and reclaim time from scrolling.
Reduce phone use and stop video gaming during Ramadan.
When anger rises, say a'udhu billahi minash-shaytanir-rajim and, while fasting, say inni sa'im rather than fight.
Smile more, show affection and mercy to family, and guard the tongue from harsh or false speech.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 103Used to emphasize the value of time and humanity's loss through wasting it.
Quran 2:201Used to present Islam as seeking both worldly and afterlife success.
Quran 28:77Used to encourage seeking the Hereafter without neglecting worldly responsibilities or causing corruption.
Quran 13:11Used to argue that meaningful change begins within the individual.
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to teach control of anger.
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to teach that a fasting person should respond to provocation by saying they are fasting rather than fighting.
Sahih MuslimUsed to explain that prostration is the closest state to Allah.
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to argue that fasting must include abandoning false speech and harmful conduct.
Jami` at-TirmidhiUsed to warn against overeating and filling the stomach excessively.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ramadan will not benefit us just because we are going to start the first day of Ramadan. Ramadan will benefit us if we prepare ourselves.”
TARIC · Downsview, ON
Play from 22:23
“Get rid of bad manners first. Do you know that the Prophet SAW never had bad manners? And he was born with good manners.”
TARIC · Downsview, ON
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“Ramadan is only a training school for the remaining months. The idea is, I'm training for the Ramadan.”
TARIC · Downsview, ON
Play from 40:45
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us that preparing for Ramadan begins before the first day of fasting. He compared our hearts to a glass that needs to be emptied and washed before it can hold something good. He encouraged us to work on habits such as wasting time, getting angry, using our phones too much, and speaking harshly to family members. We can begin now by making time for prayer and Quran, practicing patience, and showing affection and mercy at home. Ramadan is a chance to build strength for the rest of the year, and we can ask Allah to help us begin changing from within.

  1. When could we put our phones away and spend a little time with the Quran together?
  2. What good habit would you like our family to keep after Ramadan?
Where it was given

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