Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Nov 3, 2025.
The ummah must repent and reunite
“When we point a finger, it's always three pointed back.”
In one sentence
The ummah must acknowledge its own division and wrongdoing, return collectively to the Qur’an and Sunnah, repent, and serve others to regain peace and success.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Reflect on personal and communal hardships instead of blaming only external perpetrators.
- Trace Muslim disunity through the World Wars and the resulting fragmentation of Muslim lands.
- Emphasize Qur’anic commands for unity, repentance, and acknowledging wrongdoing.
- Explain how la ilaha illallah demands justice in family, business, and society.
- Reject fatalism, trust Allah, advocate for communal needs, and avoid harmful choices.
- Call the ummah to accountability for suffering worldwide through repentance and service.
- Conclude by urging a return to Qur’an and Sunnah, remembrance, and helping others sincerely.
Try this week
Acknowledge personal and communal mistakes before seeking forgiveness.
Seek Allah’s forgiveness continually and return to the Qur’an and Sunnah for guidance.
Raise community concerns and support people who genuinely listen, while refusing harmful choices.
Help others sincerely for Allah’s sake, including small acts that bring relief without financial reward.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 42:30Used to argue that people reap consequences from what their own hands have earned.
Quran 3:103Used to command believers to hold together and reject division.
Quran 8:33Used to connect collective forgiveness with Allah’s withholding of punishment.
Quran 24:31Used to call all believers to repent together.
Quran 2:143Used to describe the ummah as a witness over humanity.
Quran 2:201Used to affirm seeking good in this world and the hereafter.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“However, when we point a finger, it's always three pointed back. So that means that we should reflect our own selves and on our own behavior, on our own action.”
“La ilaha illallah disrupts everything. The rich can't benefit off the suffering of the poor no more. The disregard for the child that's in the infancy can no longer be no more.”
“If anything you do that is good, if it's for the sake of Allah and it's helping someone. Believe me, it's a reward that no money can buy.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khateeb asked us not to blame other people without also examining ourselves. He reminded us that Muslim unity, repentance, and returning to the Qur’an and Sunnah are essential for finding a better path. Saying la ilaha illallah should change how we treat the poor, children, spouses, workers, and everyone around us. Even small acts of sincere help matter greatly to Allah. Our family can begin by admitting mistakes, seeking forgiveness, and helping someone this week.
- What does taking responsibility look like when something goes wrong with friends or family?
- How can remembering that Allah is greater than us change how we treat people?
- Who could we help this week without expecting anything back?
Where it was given
The masjid
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