28:52 when we claim okay man…30:40 when you get benefit…37:30 she has right to work,…37:55 the husband, his…
Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 25, 2025.

Women’s dignity and shared family duties

Al-Khoei
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In one sentence

Islam affirms women’s dignity, rights, and spiritual worth while assigning men and women complementary responsibilities, so Muslims must reject claims of female inferiority and uphold women’s respect and protection.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Continues a discussion of women’s rights while approaching the commemoration of Sayyidah Fatima al-Zahra.
  2. Surveys historical abuses of women in pre-Islamic Arabia and other civilizations.
  3. Reinterprets qawwamun as family responsibility and protection, not male superiority.
  4. Uses examples of Safiyya, Anas’s daughter, and Nusaybah to show women’s courage and capability.
  5. Defines excellence through knowledge, deeds, benefiting others, and closeness to Allah rather than gender.
  6. Explains family roles, affirming women’s right to work and men’s duty to provide, care, and respect.
  7. Calls listeners to correct mistaken beliefs and follow the Qur’an, Prophet, and Ahl al-Bayt.
Try this week
Correct claims that women are inherently inferior using Islamic teachings and examples.
Judge people by knowledge, deeds, benefit to others, and God-consciousness rather than gender.
Respect and protect mothers, wives, daughters, and other women; do not abuse or harm them.
Men should support wives financially, care for them, and respect them; families should nurture good morals.
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Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“when we claim okay man better than women this is wrong statement”
Al-Khoei · Jamaica, NY
Play from 28:52
“when you get benefit from someone of course that person doesn't matter man or women okay that person better than others”
Al-Khoei · Jamaica, NY
Play from 30:40
“she has right to work, okay? She has to right to do whatever she want.”
Al-Khoei · Jamaica, NY
Play from 37:30
“the husband, his responsibility, okay, in the front of Allah, sallallahu alayhi wa ta'ala, to support her financially, to take care of her, okay, to respect her”
Al-Khoei · Jamaica, NY
Play from 37:55
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah challenged the idea that Islam takes rights away from women, pointing to historical abuses and to Islamic examples of women’s dignity and courage. It taught that men and women share human worth, and that knowledge, good deeds, helping others, and closeness to Allah, not gender alone, are measures of excellence. The speaker described family responsibilities as complementary: women have a major role in nurturing the family and may work, while husbands must support, care for, and respect their wives. He asked the community to correct mistaken beliefs and follow the Qur’an, Prophet Muhammad, and the Prophet’s family in honoring women.

  1. What makes someone admirable according to the khutbah, gender, or knowledge, deeds, and helping others?
  2. What does it look like for family members to protect, support, and respect one another this week?
  3. Which story of Safiyya, Nusaybah, or Anas’s daughter stayed with you, and why?
Where it was given

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Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center89-89 Van Wyck Expressway, Jamaica, NY 11435ArchiveAll khutbahs at Al-Khoei20 khutbahs
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