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Ramadan & fastingFrom the masjid's own video, May 1, 2020.

Ramadan cultivates taqwa for the Hereafter

Markaz Ul Islam

“Ramadan is a time to heal our souls from the evil and sins that we have committed.”

The khateeb, at 14:47

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In one sentence

Ramadan is a spiritual opportunity to cultivate taqwa through fasting, worship, Quran, repentance, patience, and generosity so believers can harvest Allah's mercy and salvation in the Hereafter.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Frames this world as a planting field for the Hereafter through Surah al-Shura and a harvest metaphor.
  2. Explains Ramadan as cultivation of taqwa through fasting, prayer, Quran, dhikr, dua, and optional worship.
  3. Urges believers to self-evaluate, repent, seek accepted supplication, and pursue freedom from Jahannam.
  4. Expands Ramadan's meaning to kindness, charity, forgiveness, and patience during difficult circumstances.
  5. Describes Ramadan as spiritual provision and healing that sustains believers throughout the year.
  6. Calls families to increase Quran recitation, understanding, and implementation before Ramadan passes, while praying for relief from the pandemic.
Try this week
Fast from haram by guarding the eyes, ears, tongue, and heart as well as avoiding food and drink.
Perform obligatory acts and add Nawafil and other optional worship.
Increase Quran recitation, understanding, and implementation, and create a Quran environment at home.
Make dua for yourself, your family, parents, the Ummah, and relief from the pandemic.
Care for people in need by clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, and quenching thirst.
Show kindness, compassion, generosity, charity, and forgiveness.
Practice sabr during temptation, obedience, and difficult circumstances.
Self-evaluate faith and commitment to Allah during Ramadan.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 42Contrasts seeking the harvest of the Hereafter with receiving only a portion of worldly harvest.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Ramadan is a time for tilling the land those who toil sow seeds of virtue irrigate their lands with tears of repentance and draw out the weeds of passion and transgression”
Markaz Ul Islam · Mill Woods, AB
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“our fast must go beyond abstention of eating and drinking the eyes the ears the tongue and the heart must also consciously fast during the month of Ramadan”
Markaz Ul Islam · Mill Woods, AB
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“Ramadan is a time to heal our souls from the evil and sins that we have committed Ramadan is our spiritual hospital”
Markaz Ul Islam · Mill Woods, AB
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“increase our recitation of the Quran increase our understanding of the Quran and increase the implementation of the Quran in our daily lives”
Markaz Ul Islam · Mill Woods, AB
Play from 16:42
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us that this world is a planting field for the hereafter, and Ramadan is a special time to plant good deeds. Fasting should involve not only food and drink, but also our eyes, ears, tongues, and hearts. Ramadan calls us to worship more, read and live by the Quran, be patient, show mercy, give generously, and forgive others. The worship and good habits we build now can become provisions that help us throughout the year. We should use this limited time to turn sincerely to Allah and ask for mercy, forgiveness, protection, and relief from difficulty.

  1. What is one good deed you would like to plant and keep growing this Ramadan?
  2. How can we help our eyes, ears, tongue, and heart “fast” tomorrow?
  3. What could our family do together to create more of a Quran environment at home?
Where it was given

The masjid

Markaz Ul Islam Edmonton7907 36 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6K 3S6
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