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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Keep Ramadan’s worship alive after Eid

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“Al-masjid is a place where everyone, everyone among this community has the right to come and to be served and to be welcome.”

The khateeb, at 24:06

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In one sentence

As Ramadan ends, believers should thank Allah by seeking acceptance, continuing the sweetness of worship, giving generously, serving the mosque and community, and praying for suffering Muslims.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Invites gratitude and prayer for acceptance of Ramadan worship.
  2. Explains taqwa, tawfiq, and shukr, including thanking Allah through charitable action.
  3. Connects sadaqah and zakat al-fitr with supporting the poor and purifying fasting.
  4. Urges believers to preserve Ramadan’s sweetness of faith through regular prayer and mosque attendance.
  5. Thanks volunteers and frames the mosque as a welcoming family and community, calling everyone to serve and attend Eid.
  6. Calls for dua for Gaza and Palestine and asks volunteers to prepare the mosque for Eid prayer.
Try this week
Pray for Allah to accept Ramadan worship and good deeds.
Thank Allah through actions, especially by giving charity and spending for those in need.
Pay zakat al-fitr before Eid to support poor and needy families.
Continue praying on time and staying connected to the mosque after Ramadan.
Attend Eid prayer and invite the whole family and community.
Make dua for Gaza, Palestine, and suffering people worldwide.
Volunteer 30 minutes to one hour after salah to move chairs and lay the Eid prayer carpet.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 2Ibrahim and Ismail’s prayer for acceptance after building the Ka'bah supports seeking acceptance of worship.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“You are today at His house, not because you have a great knowledge or you are smart more than other people.”
ICGT · Perrysburg, OH
Play from 7:37
“But if you want Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to save that money for you with barakah, that has no end or limit when you spend for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
ICGT · Perrysburg, OH
Play from 11:41
“Al-masjid not only about salah, not only about halaqat. Al-masjid is a place where everyone, everyone among this community has the right to come and to be served and to be welcome.”
ICGT · Perrysburg, OH
Play from 24:06
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

As Ramadan ends, the khutbah reminds us to ask Allah to accept our fasting, prayer, Qur’an reading, charity, and other good deeds. We show gratitude not only by saying alhamdulillah but by giving from what we love and caring for people in need, including through zakat al-fitr. We should try to keep the sweetness of faith by praying on time and staying connected to the mosque and community. The mosque should welcome everyone, and every generation, including young people, has a role in serving it. As Eid arrives, we should celebrate together, pray for families suffering in Gaza and elsewhere, and help prepare the mosque.

  1. What is one good habit from Ramadan you want to keep?
  2. How can our family help someone who needs support before Eid?
  3. What could we do to make our mosque more welcoming?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of Greater Toledo25877 Scheider Road, Perrysburg, OH 43551Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:30 PM · prayer 2:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICGT34 khutbahs
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