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Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 30, 2026.

Welcome people and help them grow

Dar Al-Farooq

“Let people come as who they are.”

The khateeb, at 1:36

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In one sentence

A responsible Muslim community welcomes people as they are, builds them up through patient guidance, and organizes its people and resources for collective participation.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Urges the community to welcome people with their faults and help them grow.
  2. Recounts a new convert’s uninformed mosque experience to contrast priorities in teaching.
  3. Defines a responsible community as one that organizes both people and money.
  4. Calls Minnesotan Muslims to attend the upcoming caucus, connect with organizers, and avoid passivity.
  5. Closes with a Farsi proverb, Arabic supplications, and prayers for Muslims facing conflict.
Try this week
Welcome newcomers and people with visible shortcomings instead of excluding or shaming them.
Gently teach newcomers basic Islamic practices and community priorities.
Return greetings warmly and offer appropriate same-gender embraces.
Organize community members and community resources.
Attend the caucus opportunity next Tuesday at 6 p.m.; speak with Imam Fayaz, Sister Amina, or Brother Abdullah Farah, and get connected.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih MuslimUsed to argue that newcomers should be corrected gently while learning community norms.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Let people come as who they are. With all the faults that they have. All the challenges.”
Dar Al-Farooq · Bloomington, MN
Play from 1:36
“Because you never know, that person you were helping and treating with goodness and kindness might become better than you.”
Dar Al-Farooq · Bloomington, MN
Play from 1:48
“Do not stay on the sideline. Staying on the sideline, that time is over.”
Dar Al-Farooq · Bloomington, MN
Play from 10:02
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah says a strong Muslim community welcomes people as they are, including newcomers who still have much to learn. We should correct mistakes gently, help one another grow, and make people feel seen rather than pushed away. The speaker also says communities become stronger when they organize their people and resources and when members participate rather than stay on the sidelines. In Minnesota, he encouraged listeners to learn about and attend the upcoming caucus opportunity and connect with community organizers. He closed by reminding us that small efforts add up while praying for Muslims facing hardship in Palestine, Syria, Sudan, and elsewhere.

  1. What does it mean to build someone up instead of judging them?
  2. What small action can each of us take to help our community?
Where it was given

The masjid

Dar Al-Farooq Center (Al Jazari Institute)8201 Park Ave S, Bloomington, MN 55420Jumu'ah 12:00 PM · 12:50 PM · 1:30 PM (khutbahs offered in Somali, Arabic and English)ArchiveAll khutbahs at Dar Al-Farooq24 khutbahs
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