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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Feb 21, 2026.

Ramadan builds taqwa through dua

Masjid Ibrahim

“Masjid must be a place, a spiritual refuge, a place of intellectual clarity, a space of emotional safety for brothers and sisters and children.”

The khateeb, at 38:26

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In one sentence

Ramadan should deepen personal taqwa through dua and forgiveness while motivating Muslims to build strong, welcoming, responsible communities centered on the masjid.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Reframes the masjid as a safe haven and community home beyond prayer and parking.
  2. Connects Ramadan fasting with dua through Surah al-Baqarah 2:186 and explains different ways Allah answers supplication.
  3. Emphasizes that dua is worship requiring both faith and practical effort.
  4. Encourages dua before iftar, care for parents, seeking forgiveness, and hope in Allah’s mercy.
  5. Closes with the Laylat al-Qadr supplication and invitations to community and interfaith activities.
Try this week
Make dua for a few minutes before the Maghrib adhan and iftar.
Ask Allah regularly in Ramadan for forgiveness, mercy, guidance, protection, and the good of others.
Combine dua with practical effort, obedience, salah, fasting, and avoiding haram.
Call, visit, and serve aging parents through small consistent acts.
Help make the masjid a welcoming home for youth and families through cooperation and shared responsibility.
Invite non-Muslim friends, family, or neighbors to the interfaith iftar.
Contribute what you can toward the masjid’s wudu and restroom construction project.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:186Used to teach that Allah is near and answers the supplication of the caller.
Quran 2:183-187Used to connect fasting, Ramadan, Quran, and the importance of dua.
Quran 39:53Used to encourage believers not to despair of Allah’s forgiveness.
Jami` at-TirmidhiUsed to identify the fasting person, just leader, and oppressed person as people whose dua is not rejected.
Sahih MuslimUsed to describe Ramadan as a month of opened mercy and to explain Allah’s forgiveness of those who repent.
Jami` at-TirmidhiUsed to warn against passing through Ramadan without receiving forgiveness.
Sunan Ibn MajahUsed for the supplication taught for Laylat al-Qadr: asking Allah to pardon the worshipper.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Masjid must be a place, a spiritual refuge, a place of intellectual clarity, a space of emotional safety for brothers and sisters and children.”
Masjid Ibrahim · Spring, TX
Play from 38:26
“You are a minority in number, but you carry the responsibility more than anybody else.”
Masjid Ibrahim · Spring, TX
Play from 41:26
“get everything ready a few minutes early maybe five minutes even three minutes so that you can make Dua to Allah”
Masjid Ibrahim · Spring, TX
Play from 83:30
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan is a time to grow in taqwa through both personal worship and community responsibility. The first speaker urged the community to make the masjid more than a prayer hall: a safe, welcoming home for youth and families, sustained by cooperation, accountability, and shared effort. The second speaker taught that Allah is near, hears dua, and may answer it by granting the request, preventing harm, or saving its reward for the Hereafter. Families were encouraged to make dua before iftar, seek forgiveness, care for parents, and keep trying while trusting Allah. The overall message was to use Ramadan to become more faithful people and build a stronger, more generous community.

  1. What could our family do to make the masjid feel more welcoming to young people?
  2. What dua would you make before iftar if you had three quiet minutes?
  3. How can we show our parents love through small actions this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Ibrahim5500 Farm to Market 2920, Spring, TX 77388Jumu'ah “1:30 PM”, “Jumu'ah”; “2:30 PM”, “Jumu'ah”ArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Ibrahim67 khutbahs
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