Health & wellbeingFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 12, 2025.
Consume only what is halal and good
“Eat what is lawful and good, right?”
In one sentence
Believers should consume only what is both halal and tayyib, extending that discipline beyond food to the influences, choices, speech, and media that shape their deeds.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Introduces the theme of eating what is lawful and good through Quranic guidance.
- Explains that halal and tayyib are connected, including food safety and personal health.
- Expands consumption to what enters through the senses and influences the soul.
- Urges listeners to read their social environment through the Quran and remain alert to harmful influences.
- Warns that hardship and social pressure can lead people toward unlawful or destructive choices.
- Applies the message to modesty, music and media, intoxicants, gambling, smoking, insults, and offensive speech.
- Concludes by presenting the Quran and Prophet Muhammad as guides, followed by community announcements and prayer.
Try this week
Choose food that is both halal and safe or suitable for your health.
Monitor what enters through your eyes, ears, mouth, and other senses.
Lower your gaze and guard modesty.
Evaluate media and lyrics, avoiding content promoting hate, drugs, violence, theft, or self-harm.
Avoid gambling, intoxicants, tobacco, and other harmful habits.
Do not mock, defame, insult, or use offensive nicknames.
Use the Quran and Prophet Muhammad's example to guide decisions.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:168-173Used to distinguish lawful and good consumption and explain prohibited foods and necessity.
Quran 24:30-31Used to encourage lowering the gaze and guarding modesty.
Quran 24:24Used to argue that bodily faculties will testify about people's deeds.
Quran 41:20Used to argue that bodily faculties will testify about people's deeds.
Quran 46:26Used to discuss hearing, sight, heart, and intellect as faculties that must be used rightly.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Allah doesn't say eat what is lawful or good. He says eat what is lawful and good, right? So those two are connected.”
“And this is just not just something that's, you know, something that you put into your mouth, but it's also what are we consuming from the environment in which we live?”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that halal means lawful, while tayyib means good, wholesome, and suitable for us. That guidance applies not only to food but also to what we watch, hear, say, and allow to shape our choices. We are encouraged to notice harmful influences, follow the Quran and the example of Prophet Muhammad, and avoid gambling, intoxicants, harmful habits, hateful media, and hurtful speech. The goal is to protect our bodies, hearts, families, and community while choosing what pleases Allah.
- What is one thing you consume besides food that can influence your character?
- How can we recognize when something popular is harmful for us?
- What would it look like to follow the Prophet's example in our family conversations?
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