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Seeking knowledgeFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Knowledge should change how we treat others

Darul Uloom · Rasheed AlQasmi

“It will not be beneficial if we just take it.”

The khateeb, at 11:41

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In one sentence

Knowledge becomes truly beneficial when it transforms character into practical service, kindness, and responsibility toward family and the wider community.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Distinguishes beneficial knowledge from credentials and introduces the principle that the best people benefit others.
  2. Argues that knowledge must produce good character, kindness, and practical help rather than remain information or outward appearance.
  3. Uses a teacher’s generosity and shared meals to define humanity as caring for family, parents, community, and those in need.
  4. Applies the message to mosque conduct by encouraging consideration for people with disabilities and thoughtful parking.
  5. Thanks Brother Tariq for providing parking, then announces parking changes, upcoming programs, and a property-payment contribution request.
Try this week
Model good character and beneficial behavior for children at home.
Turn religious learning into changed attitudes and daily conduct.
Share income, food, time, and abilities with family, parents, community members, and people in need.
Make mosque access easier for others by parking thoughtfully and assisting people with disabilities.
Use alternate parking, attend another prayer, or follow updated mosque arrangements after the lot closes.
Contribute toward the announced $125,000 property installment if able.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 31:31-34Used to remind listeners about worldly deception, accountability, and Allah’s knowledge.
Surah 103Frames success through faith, righteous action, truth, and patience.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“it will not be beneficial if we just take it, read it inside what is in the book. What has been shared in the thought by myself will be only beneficial when I change my attitude.”
Darul Uloom · Orléans, ON
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“Whatever early we'll be getting, we make an intention, inshallah, some will be for my wife, some will be for my children.”
Darul Uloom · Orléans, ON
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“You're the guest of Allah. The guest of Rasulullah came to study the deen and the knowledge.”
Darul Uloom · Orléans, ON
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah says knowledge is valuable only when it changes how we live and helps other people. Parents teach this most powerfully through what children see at home, so kindness, sharing, gratitude, and good manners should be practiced, not merely discussed. The speaker praises a teacher who shared food and treated a student as a guest of Allah, showing that real humanity looks beyond oneself. We are also asked to make mosque life easier for others, including by parking thoughtfully and helping people who need extra support. The sermon closes with thanks to the family who shared parking space, practical parking updates, and a reminder that sincere intentions must become action.

  1. What is one way our family can make someone else’s day easier this week?
  2. How can we share our time, money, or space more generously?
Where it was given

The masjid

Darul Uloom Ottawa2803 St Joseph Blvd, Orléans, Ottawa, ON K1C 1G6KhateebRasheed AlQasmiMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Darul Uloom58 khutbahs
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