(Khutbah from 3/06/26)
Many of us approach Ramadan with a focus on the physical-calculating the hours of hunger and planning the meals that follow. However, this week's Khutbah challenged that perspective, suggesting that we often have the priority completely backward. While our stomachs feel the void of the fast, it is our hearts that are meant to be the primary focus of this month's transformation.
The central lesson is a call to recalibrate our vision. If we continue to view Ramadan as a purely physical endurance test, we miss the profound spiritual expansion it offers. To truly reap the benefits of this sacred experience, we must stop obsessing over the hunger of the body and start nourishing the hunger of the soul. Getting it "right" starts with a shift in sight-seeing the month not as a challenge for the stomach, but as a healing season for the heart.