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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 20, 2026.

Let fasting shape your character after Eid

IMAAM Center · muh. Saharuddin

“Fasting is not only meant to help us restrain and control our desires, my dear brothers and sisters, but also to enable us to feel the suffering of others.”

The khateeb, at 24:45

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In one sentence

Eid should turn Ramadan’s fasting into lasting taqwa by mastering desire, developing sacrifice and compassion, and expressing worship through righteous character.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Ramadan’s departure calls for gratitude, sadness, and hope to experience it again.
  2. Eid should transform believers into more righteous, ethical, generous, forgiving, and compassionate people.
  3. Fasting teaches the greater struggle of controlling desire and ego.
  4. Unchecked desires and consumerism distract people from what truly matters: righteousness before Allah.
  5. Fasting is also sacrifice, teaching empathy for people experiencing hardship.
  6. Worship should produce moral character, compassion, justice, and resistance to wrongdoing.
  7. The khutbah closes with prayers for forgiveness, oppressed Muslims, guidance, and steadfast remembrance.
Try this week
Continue Ramadan’s virtues after Eid through greater righteousness, generosity, forgiveness, and compassion.
Control consumer desires and avoid buying unnecessary or unaffordable goods.
Use fasting’s experience of hunger to empathize with and help people facing hardship.
Let prayer and other worship improve everyday moral character.
Remember Allah, express gratitude, and seek forgiveness.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 25Used to warn against treating personal desires as one’s god.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“fasting is not only meant to help us restrain and control our desires, my dear brothers and sisters, but also to enable us to feel the suffering of others.”
IMAAM Center · Silver Spring, MD
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“That is why nearly all ritual, all ritual acts of worship ultimately lead to moral character.”
IMAAM Center · Silver Spring, MD
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan has ended, and Eid is a chance to carry its lessons forward. The khateeb reminded us that taqwa means growing in righteousness, self-control, generosity, forgiveness, and compassion. Fasting teaches us to discipline our desires and to notice the suffering of people who face hardship. Our worship should make us better in how we treat others, because prayer and fasting are meant to shape moral character. We should thank Allah, seek forgiveness, and keep these qualities alive after Ramadan.

  1. What is one desire you could practice controlling this week?
  2. How can our family show compassion to someone who is struggling?
  3. What good character should our prayers help us build?
Where it was given

The masjid

IMAAM Center (Indonesian Muslim Association in America)9100 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910Jumu'ah 1st Jumu'ah 12:15 PM · 2nd Jumu'ah 1:30 PMKhateebmuh. SaharuddinMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at IMAAM Center74 khutbahs
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