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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Feb 3, 2026.

Prepare your heart for Ramadan

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“Reaching this blessed month is one of the greatest blessings that Allah can give to a person.”

The khateeb, at 10:42

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In one sentence

Reaching Ramadan is a precious blessing, so believers should prepare intentionally through repentance, supplication, learning, reduced distractions, and a structured plan for worship.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. A story illustrates how an extra year of worship and Ramadan can elevate someone in Jannah.
  2. The dead regret missed opportunities for prayer, fasting, charity, and remembrance.
  3. A warning highlights the consequences of neglecting parents, Ramadan, and sending salutations upon the Prophet.
  4. The righteous predecessors prepared months ahead and sought both opportunity and acceptance.
  5. Preparation begins with sincere repentance, dua, intention, firm resolve, and reducing distractions.
  6. Listeners are urged to learn fasting rules, make up missed days, and create a worship schedule.
Try this week
Make sincere tawbah and develop ways to avoid recurring sins before Ramadan.
Make dua to reach Ramadan in health, faith, and wellbeing, and ask for accepted worship.
Set a sincere intention and firm resolve to follow through.
Reduce worldly distractions, especially during the last ten nights.
Learn the do's and don'ts of fasting.
Make up missed fasting days before the next Ramadan.
Create a worship schedule that fills available time with ibadah and dhikr.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Which shows that reaching this blessed month is one of the greatest blessings that Allah can give to a person under the condition that Allah also gives the person the Tawfi'ah to take advantage of this great opportunity.”
ICN-BM · Bellevue, TN
Play from 10:42
“So if you want to take advantage of the blessed month of Ramadan, you welcome it by making sincere tawbah to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
ICN-BM · Bellevue, TN
Play from 20:09
“Having the intention is one thing, but to also have the conviction and the azimah that insha'Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala i'm gonna go through with my intention.”
ICN-BM · Bellevue, TN
Play from 21:18
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan is a gift, and simply reaching it is a blessing. The khutbah reminds us that people who have died would wish for even one day to pray, fast, give charity, and remember Allah. We should prepare before Ramadan by sincerely repenting, asking Allah to let us reach the month in health and faith, and making a firm plan. We should learn the rules of fasting, make up missed days, reduce distractions, and schedule our worship, especially during the last ten nights. The goal is not just to begin Ramadan with good intentions, but to follow through and ask Allah to accept our efforts.

  1. What is one blessing of Ramadan you do not want to take for granted?
  2. What is one distraction you could reduce during Ramadan?
  3. What would you put in your own Ramadan worship schedule?
Where it was given

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