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

Carry Ramadan's worship beyond Eid

SALAM Arden · Muhammed Elmarouk

“The best acts of worship, as the Prophet s.a.w. says, are the ones that are small but consistent.”

The khateeb, at 22:35

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In one sentence

The blessing of Ramadan should be met with gratitude by carrying its manageable worship, family connection, mosque involvement, charity, and reconciliation into life after Eid.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Calls listeners to thank Allah for Ramadan and recognize guidance as an extraordinary blessing.
  2. Urges sustainable daily worship, especially a short family practice at home.
  3. Calls families to maintain weekly mosque involvement and simple daily remembrance.
  4. Explains zakat al-fitr as purification and urges payment before Eid prayer.
  5. Closes with repairing family ties, asking forgiveness, Eid instructions, and prayer for Palestine.
Try this week
Continue one manageable Ramadan practice daily, such as Quran reading, dhikr, or reflection.
Establish a daily 20-minute worship or reading practice with the family.
Attend the mosque with family at least once a week.
Recite Astaghfirullah 100 times, send 100 salutations upon the Prophet, and repeat La ilaha illallah daily.
Pay $15 per person in zakat al-fitr before the Eid prayer.
Reconnect with relatives and others, offer greetings, and sincerely ask forgiveness where needed.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 103Used to argue that time is loss except through faith, good works, truth, and patience.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ramadan is an approach. It's an approach to how you live your life. It's an approach to how you deal with time.”
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“It has to start with your family, and then it connects to the community.”
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“the best acts of worship, as the Prophet s.a.w. says, are the ones that are small but consistent.”
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“Zakat is for you, it's not for the poor. It's for you first and foremost.”
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Play from 33:16
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us to be grateful that Allah allowed us to experience Ramadan and guided us toward worship. Ramadan should not end when the fasting ends; its lessons should continue through small, steady acts of worship. Families were encouraged to read, remember Allah, and learn together at home, while also staying connected to the mosque. He urged everyone to give zakat al-fitr, repair strained relationships, and ask forgiveness sincerely. Eid should be a celebration that carries gratitude, generosity, peace, and continued devotion forward.

  1. What Ramadan practice would you like our family to continue together?
  2. Who could we contact to spread peace or ask forgiveness?
  3. What small act of worship could you keep doing every day?
Where it was given

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