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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, Mar 13, 2026.

Fasting should build taqwa beyond Ramadan

Baitul Aman Mosque · Saleheen Kaderi

“If somebody comes and argues with you, you tell them, I am fasting.”

The khateeb, at 13:07

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In one sentence

Ramadan is meaningful only when fasting cultivates taqwa, obedience, honesty, and restraint before Allah, and believers carry this training beyond Ramadan.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Opens with gratitude for reaching Ramadan’s final Friday and introduces two reminders.
  2. Uses Surah al-Baqarah 2:183 to identify taqwa as Ramadan’s central purpose.
  3. Explains that fasting must include abandoning falsehood, dishonesty, and corrupt conduct.
  4. Presents Ramadan as a training school built on abstaining from permissible desires for Allah’s sake.
  5. Urges listeners to carry taqwa beyond Ramadan through sincere commitment and restraint during arguments.
Try this week
Reflect honestly on whether Ramadan has produced greater taqwa.
Commit sincerely to avoiding lies, dishonesty, evil conduct, and angry arguments.
Carry Ramadan’s obedience and self-restraint into life after Ramadan.
When someone argues, say that you are fasting and respond with restraint.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:183Used to establish that fasting is prescribed so believers may attain taqwa.
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to argue that fasting must include abandoning false speech and conduct, otherwise it is mere starving.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“if you take out the word taqwa Ramadan means nothing zero and it's not me saying it”
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“Ramadan is a virtual school now in this time of post-COVID it's easier for us to understand virtual school”
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“if somebody comes and argues with you you tell them I am fasting”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Ramadan is not only about being hungry and thirsty; it is a school that teaches us taqwa, remembering that Allah sees us and obeying Him. The khutbah reminds us that fasting should help us leave lies, dishonesty, evil behavior, and angry arguments. We should ask whether Ramadan has changed our character, not only our meal schedule. The goal is to carry this carefulness and self-control beyond Ramadan with a sincere commitment to keep listening to Allah. When someone argues with us, we can remember our fast and respond with restraint.

  1. What is one small Ramadan habit you want to carry into the rest of the year?
  2. How can remembering that Allah sees us change a choice no one else would notice?
  3. What could you say or do when an argument starts, so your fasting shapes your behavior?
Where it was given

The masjid

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