Civic engagementFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 15, 2026.
Why communities must confront corruption
“Enjoining good and forbidding evil is the social immune system that protects the body of the ummah from ethical and intellectual diseases.”
In one sentence
The khutbah teaches that honoring the Prophet requires loyalty to the Quran and Ahl al-Bayt, moral example, solidarity with the oppressed, and responsible communal reform through enjoining good and forbidding evil.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Mourns the Prophet’s death and discusses competing historical views about whether he was poisoned.
- Explains honoring the Prophet through commitment to the Quran, Ahl al-Bayt, justice, religious learning, and exemplary character.
- Gives a fiqh clarification about correcting clearly erroneous recitation by an imam in congregational prayer.
- Presents enjoining good and forbidding evil as the condition for being the best community and as Islam’s social immune system.
- Warns that silence allows corrupt leaders and produces immediate social consequences.
- Defines the obligation’s conditions as likely effectiveness and safety from serious harm.
Try this week
Hold firmly to the Quran and the teachings of Ahl al-Bayt, and revive their religious observances.
Stand with oppressed people against oppressors and do not retreat when confronting falsehood.
Learn religious rulings and understand one’s religious responsibilities.
Model truthfulness, honesty, chastity, good neighborliness, and social solidarity.
Enjoin good and forbid evil when there is a reasonable possibility of effect and no serious risk of harm.
In congregational prayer, presume correctness when an imam’s pronunciation is merely unclear, but correct clearly evident reading errors.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“enjoining good and forbidding evil is the social immune system that protects the body of the ummah from ethical and intellectual diseases”
“an isolated or personal faith which is kept only in hearts or inside mosques quickly breaks down and collapses if the surrounding society is filled with corruption”
Where it was given
The masjid
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