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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Feb 28, 2026.

Ramadan should renew faith through learning

Masjid MAW Camden

“All you achieve because of your fasting is a hungry stomach and a dry mouth.”

The khateeb, at 13:08

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In one sentence

Islam weakens when believers remain ignorant and neglect worship, so Ramadan should be used to learn, practice, engage with the Qur’an, and teach faith by example.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Calls Muslims to taqwa through obedience and avoidance of prohibitions.
  2. Uses the hadith of Hudhayfa to explain how Islam becomes worn out through lost knowledge and practice.
  3. Identifies willful ignorance and uninformed imitation as causes of weakened faith.
  4. Applies the warning to fasting, urging believers to abandon vain speech and learn fasting’s purpose.
  5. Urges recitation, reflection, implementation, and teaching of the Qur’an.
  6. Connects the testimony of faith with prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, charity, and parental example before closing with supplication.
Try this week
Learn the correct rules and purposes of fasting and prayer from reliable books, teachers, or students of knowledge.
Abandon false, vain, and useless speech during Ramadan.
Replace social-media distraction and entertainment talk with beneficial reading about fasting and Islam.
Recite, read, ponder over, and implement the Qur’an; recite Surah al-Fatihah even if Arabic reading is difficult.
Review and improve performance of prayer, fasting, charity, pilgrimage, and umrah where applicable.
Teach children the testimony of faith through words and personal example.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sunan Ibn MajahWarns that Islam and its practices can become worn out and disappear through ignorance.
Sahih al-BukhariArgues that fasting without abandoning false or vain speech yields little beyond hunger and thirst.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“So barely all you achieve because of your fasting is a hungry stomach and a dry mouth. What benefit is that?”
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“And this is why the Qur'an is with us. What is our excuse? We still have the masahif. We still have the memorizers. We still have the apps.”
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“What are we teaching our children? What are they going to take from us when we go into our graves?”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah compared Islam becoming weak in a person’s life to beautiful embroidery wearing away from a garment. The khateeb encouraged us to strengthen our faith by learning how to pray, fast, give charity, and worship Allah correctly instead of remaining satisfied with ignorance. He reminded us that fasting is more than avoiding food and drink; it should also change our speech, behavior, and priorities. He urged us to return to the Qur’an by reading it, thinking about its meaning, and living by its guidance. He also reminded parents that children remember what they hear and see at home, so adults should leave them a strong example of faith and worship.

  1. What is one part of prayer or fasting that you would like to understand better?
  2. What could help our family spend more meaningful time with the Qur’an?
  3. What is one good Islamic habit you hope to learn from your family and pass on?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahhab1032 Spruce St, Camden, NJ 08103ArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid MAW Camden7 khutbahs
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