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Good advice is a communal duty

DarusSalam · Minhajuddin Ahmed

“Doing a good deed is a command of Allah and inviting towards a good deed is a command of Allah.”

The khateeb, at 17:50

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In one sentence

Muslims must balance personal worship with the communal duty to encourage good and discourage wrongdoing, while humbly working to practice what they teach.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Establishes worship as humanity’s primary purpose while emphasizing family and community obligations.
  2. Introduces enjoining good and forbidding evil as a defining communal responsibility.
  3. Explains how this duty strengthens faith and gives the ummah distinctive responsibility after the final Prophet.
  4. Uses the people of Saturday and Luqman’s advice to illustrate the obligation and its costs.
  5. Clarifies that personal imperfection does not cancel the duty to advise others, though advice should be humble and self-directed.
  6. Concludes that practicing good, inviting good, avoiding evil, and discouraging evil are separate obligations.
Try this week
Encourage good deeds and discourage wrongdoing within one’s family and community.
Begin practicing the good one encourages others to do.
Begin abstaining from the wrongdoing one discourages in others.
Speak humbly using “we” and include oneself in the advice.
Remain patient when opposition arises while fulfilling this obligation.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 61Clarifies that condemning false claims is not a ban on advising while imperfect.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“We do not live in isolation, we do not live in caves, we live in communities.”
DarusSalam · Lombard, IL
Play from 0:38
“And if a person is focused only on his personal ibadah and personal taqwa and does not fulfill the communal obligations, this person will also be neglected in the eyes of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
DarusSalam · Lombard, IL
Play from 0:56
“so doing a good deed is a command of Allah and inviting towards a good deed is a command of Allah”
DarusSalam · Lombard, IL
Play from 17:50
“there are two independent commands of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala one is not contingent on the other if you're doing one we should start the other”
DarusSalam · Lombard, IL
Play from 18:17
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Allah created us to worship Him, but He also placed us in families and communities with responsibilities to one another. The khateeb explained that Muslims should care about the spiritual well-being of others by encouraging good and discouraging wrong. This duty remains important even when we are still working on ourselves; giving good advice and practicing it are separate responsibilities. We should speak humbly, include ourselves in “we,” and be patient when this work brings opposition. The takeaway is to strengthen our own faith while helping our families and community move toward what is good.

  1. How can we give advice kindly when we are still working on the same issue?
  2. Where does our family need more patience when trying to do what is right?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid DarusSalam21W525 North Avenue, Lombard, IL 60148KhateebMinhajuddin AhmedMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at DarusSalam150 khutbahs
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