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Youth & educationFrom the masjid's own video, Jul 11, 2026.

Use social media without sin

ADAMS Gainesville · Mohamed Magid
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In one sentence

Social media is a morally neutral tool whose value depends on whether Muslims use it to strengthen kinship, gain knowledge, and build community while filtering out rumor, backbiting, addiction, and sin.

The khutbah in 8 steps

  1. Introduction: social media has both positive and negative aspects depending on how Muslims use their senses and hearts.
  2. Positive aspect: maintaining family ties (silat al-rahim) across great distances.
  3. Positive aspect: spreading Islamic knowledge by accessing scholars and lectures online.
  4. Negative aspect: spreading rumors and backbiting through forwarded messages and group chats.
  5. Negative aspect: wasting time and becoming addicted to phones, games, and screens.
  6. Negative aspect: the 'sin in your fingertip', instant access to temptation and harmful content.
  7. Remedy: prioritize physical community over virtual community and involve youth in real programs.
  8. Conclusion: make salah the top priority, remember Allah sees all online activity, and aim for paradise.
Try this week
Set time limits on screen and phone use.
Sign children up for sports and community programs such as ADAMS Sohba instead of leaving them on devices.
Be selective about what children watch and avoid handing them a smartphone as a babysitter.
Do not forward messages containing ill talk or unverified rumors about others.
Do not post private pictures of people or content they would be ashamed to have known.
Prioritize physical community: greet and learn the names of Muslims sitting nearby at the masjid.
Make salah the top priority and remember that Allah sees everything done online.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 49Used to argue Muslims must verify news before forwarding messages, otherwise they become part of a chain of sin.
Quran 33:70Quoted in the khutbah opening to frame the duty of truthful and righteous speech online.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made all of us responsible of our senses sam'ah wal basr wal fu'ad hearing seeing thinking touching smelling all of this are the senses”
ADAMS Gainesville · Gainesville, VA
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“Iblis in 2026 more sophisticated than the Iblis before because Iblis does Tazeen isn't it now Iblis have social media access and using human being to do that”
ADAMS Gainesville · Gainesville, VA
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Social media can be a blessing when it connects families, spreads beneficial knowledge, and raises awareness about important issues. But we must be careful with rumors, backbiting, exposing private lives, wasting time, addiction, and harmful content. The khateeb reminded us to filter what enters our hearts and to use our senses responsibly. Families should set healthy limits, guide children’s online activity, and make time for sports, worship, and real community. Above all, our salah and awareness that Allah sees us should guide every online choice.

  1. What is one helpful thing social media has done for our family?
  2. How can we check whether a message is true before sharing it?
Where it was given

The masjid

ADAMS Gainesville12655 Vint Hill Rd, Nokesville, VA 20181Jumu'ah 12:00 PM & 1:00 PMKhateebMohamed MagidMore khutbahs
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