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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 30, 2026.

Prepare your body and soul for Ramadan

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“Ramadan is not about starving your body; it's about feeding your soul.”

The khateeb, at 10:18

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In one sentence

Because Ramadan is approaching, Muslims should prepare their bodies, minds, and hearts now by removing distractions, strengthening worship, and making steady daily improvements.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Warns that people are approaching accountability while heedless of Allah.
  2. Presents Ramadan as an opportunity to recover humanity’s purpose: worship.
  3. Uses fertile-land and marathon analogies to argue for advance preparation.
  4. Urges pre-Ramadan fasting, especially Mondays and Thursdays, to train body and soul.
  5. Calls listeners to renew Qur’an study and improve a little every day.
Try this week
Make the intention to fast as many days as possible before Ramadan, especially Mondays and Thursdays.
Read or recite the Qur’an daily at your current level and improve a little each day.
Reconnect with Allah through dua and dhikr.
Identify habits that weaken remembrance of Allah and work to remove them.
Prepare physically, spiritually, and mentally to benefit from Ramadan.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 21Warns that accountability is near while people remain heedless and turned away.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ramadan is not about starving your body it's about feeding your soul it's about removing the distraction of food and drink”
MCC · Silver Spring, MD
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“everyone is always going to be a student we're just at different levels that's all it is”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan is coming, and the khutbah says we should prepare before it begins. We can ready our bodies by fasting some days, especially Mondays and Thursdays, while remembering that fasting is meant to feed the soul, not only empty the stomach. We should also reconnect with the Qur’an, dua, and dhikr at whatever level we are, because everyone remains a student. Small improvements each day can help us meet Allah in a better state, and we should run toward Him through repentance rather than away from Him.

  1. What is one habit you could change before Ramadan to remember Allah more often?
  2. What small Qur’an goal would help you improve each day?
  3. How can we feed our souls during Ramadan, not just control what we eat?
Where it was given

The masjid

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