Omar Suleiman - How to Make This Your Best Ramadan

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In this powerful pre-Ramadan khutbah, Sheikh Omar Suleiman addresses how Muslims can — and must — make this their most spiritually profound Ramadan, even amid the grief and weight of what is unfolding in Gaza. Drawing on the story of Umar ibn al-Khattab and Sariyah, the three levels of transcendence that Ramadan is meant to produce, and a hadith on the extraordinary reward of worship in times of hardship, Sheikh Omar challenges every Muslim to channel their pain into deeper devotion. Rather than letting sorrow become an excuse to disengage, he calls on the Ummah to use this moment as a head start — letting empathy for their brothers and sisters in Gaza transform their fasting, their du'a, and their connection to Allah into something they have never experienced before.