Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 2, 2026.
Faith grows through loving and serving others
“Salam is more than just words.”
In one sentence
True faith is expressed through loving fellow Muslims for Allah’s sake and actively serving, reconciling with, and caring for them.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- The khutbah opens by highlighting Friday’s virtues and praying for relief for Muslims facing conflict worldwide.
- Abu Dharr’s story illustrates that sincere love for another person for Allah’s sake earns Allah’s love.
- Prophetic teachings identify bringing joy, relieving distress, settling debt, and feeding the hungry as beloved deeds.
- Simple gifts, shared food, and neighborly hospitality are presented as ways to increase love and remove resentment.
- The speaker explains six rights believers owe one another, including greeting, accepting invitations, sincere advice, visiting the sick, and attending funerals.
- The khutbah concludes that true belief requires loving for others what one loves for oneself.
Try this week
Smile, open doors, ask people how they are, and greet them with salam.
Offer a small gift such as a miswak, coffee, or meal.
Share food with neighbors and make meals stretch to include them.
Relieve someone’s stress, hunger, or debt when able.
Accept reasonable invitations and give sincere advice, admitting when you lack expertise.
Visit the sick and attend the funeral and burial of deceased believers.
Do not stop speaking to a fellow believer for more than three days.
Love for others what you love for yourself.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih MuslimLists greeting, accepting invitations, sincere advice, visiting the sick, and attending the funeral.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“A joy that you put on the face of another person.”
“Buy them a small gift. A siwak. A coffee. A meal. Something that you could do.”
“Salam is more than just words. You are guaranteeing that person. You are not going to harm that person.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that love for Allah should shape how Muslims treat one another. We can build that love through small acts such as smiling, greeting people, sharing food, giving simple gifts, relieving burdens, and helping meet needs. Believers have rights upon one another, including sincere advice, accepting reasonable invitations, visiting the sick, and attending funerals. Even when we dislike someone, we should not cut them off for more than three days or speak of them harmfully. We are called to want good for others as we want it for ourselves.
- Who could use a smile, greeting, or small kindness from us this week?
- How can we show that we want good for others as much as we want it for ourselves?
Where it was given
The masjid
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