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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Feb 27, 2026.

Ramadan fasting can heal the heart

Madina · Muhammad bin Yahya Al Ninowy

“Those who exercise patience shall be rewarded limitlessly.”

The khateeb, at 11:45

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In one sentence

Ramadan is a divinely blessed opportunity to heal spiritual forgetfulness and draw closer to Allah through patient, whole-person fasting, prayer, charity, Quran, and disciplined conduct.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Opens by emphasizing Ramadan’s Quranic significance and encouraging worshippers to make room for others.
  2. Presents Ramadan as a blessed guest and an opportunity for barakah, patience, and multiplied reward.
  3. Connects Ramadan’s healing purpose to spiritual disorientation, reliance on Allah, and the fleeting nature of worldly power.
  4. Expands fasting beyond food and drink to include the eyes, tongue, limbs, and mind.
  5. Concludes with practical guidance on qiyam, daily charity, Quran reading, and guarding one’s conduct, followed by supplication.
Try this week
Make room for others when the prayer begins.
Perform some qiyam in Ramadan, choosing a personally manageable number of rakahs.
Give charity every day, even if it is only one dollar.
Read one to three Quran verses daily and make the Quran a companion.
Guard the eyes, tongue, hands, feet, and thoughts from sinful conduct.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:185Used to establish Ramadan as the month of Quran revelation and fasting.
Musnad AhmadCited for earlier revelations, including the Torah, Gospel, and Quran, being sent in Ramadan.
Sunan an-Nasa'iCited for describing Ramadan as a blessed month.
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to explain multiplied rewards and fasting’s specially reserved reward.
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to encourage Ramadan generosity by following the Prophet’s example.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ramadan is an opportunity of barakah it comes from Allah full of barakah expose yourself to the barakah from Allah barakah on your life barakah in your health”
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“if you have not found Him you have lost everything and if you have found Him what have you lost”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan is a special guest from Allah, and being alive to witness it is both an honor and an opportunity. The khutbah reminds us that fasting is more than skipping food and drink: our eyes, tongues, hands, feet, and thoughts should also avoid what is wrong. We can use the month to reconnect with Allah through qiyam, daily charity, and reading a few Quran verses each day. The goal is not only to collect rewards, but to become more aware of Allah and let that awareness bring healing, gratitude, and better character. Since the month passes quickly, we should welcome its blessings now and practice these habits consistently.

  1. Which Ramadan habit would you like our family to practice every day?
  2. How can we protect our words and thoughts when we are upset?
  3. What does it mean to see Allah’s gifts behind the things we receive?
Where it was given

The masjid

Madina Institute3580 Sweetwater Road, Duluth, GA 30096Jumu'ah Jumu'ah I 1:45 PM · Jumu'ah II 2:45 PMKhateebMuhammad bin Yahya Al NinowyMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Madina37 khutbahs
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