8:46 Ramadan is the perfect…15:07 if they feel more…
Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Feb 23, 2026.

Use Ramadan to transform your character

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“Ramadan is the perfect time for making amends.”

The khateeb, at 8:46

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In one sentence

Ramadan should be treated as a deliberate period of spiritual and moral transformation through fasting, Qur'an reflection, disciplined speech, repaired relationships, responsible leadership, and deeper masjid engagement.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Frames entering Ramadan as a divine opportunity and asks listeners to examine the purpose of fasting.
  2. Explains fasting as a path to taqwa, self-accountability, and spiritual transformation.
  3. Urges restraint of desires and engagement with the Qur'an through recitation, translation, reflection, and application.
  4. Calls for repentance, reconciliation, and protection from gossip, backbiting, slander, and harmful speech.
  5. Expands Ramadan's lessons into leadership, parenting, trust-building, and Muslim identity.
  6. Urges returning to the masjid as a center for worship, learning, family, and community before closing with prayers for Muslims facing hardship.
Try this week
Write down the personal weaknesses you want to change this Ramadan, such as missed prayers, strained relationships, poor punctuality, or disrespectful speech.
Pray the five daily prayers on time, maintain the sunnahs, add two or three rak'ahs of tahajjud, make long duas, and read the Qur'an with translation and reflection.
Apologize to loved ones and contact distant relatives or friends to restore harmony.
Guard your tongue from gossip, backbiting, slander, and words that harm others.
Model leadership at home and work, spend intentional time with children, build trust, and bring them to the masjid.
Treat the masjid as a place for regular worship, learning, and community participation rather than only weekly Jumu'ah.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ramadan is the perfect time for making amends there are no doubts we have no doubt that Ramadan is a time that we need to say sorry”
UICA · Glendale, AZ
Play from 8:46
“if they feel more comfortable with their friends outside but not with us then we as parents we've done something wrong it's not them it's us”
UICA · Glendale, AZ
Play from 15:07
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us that Ramadan is a chance to grow closer to Allah and change how we live. He encouraged us to honestly name what we struggle with, such as praying on time or speaking kindly to our family, and work on those things. Reading the Qur'an should include thinking about its meanings and putting them into practice. He especially urged us to make amends, reach out to people we have stopped speaking to, and be careful with words that can hurt. He also encouraged adults to lead by example, build trusting friendships with their children as they grow, and make the masjid a place of learning and community.

  1. What is one habit you would like to work on this Ramadan, and how can we help?
  2. What could you say to begin making things right after hurting someone's feelings?
  3. What helps you feel comfortable sharing something difficult with our family?
Where it was given

The masjid

United Islamic Center of Arizona19250 N 35th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85308Jumu'ah Jumu'ah 1 12:45 PM · Jumu'ah 2 1:45 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at UICA22 khutbahs
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