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Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 9, 2026.

Faith is the first bond of brotherhood

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“The first bond is the bond of aqida of faith.”

The khateeb, at 2:29

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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that faith in Allah, not blood, race, nationality, language, geography, or class, must be the primary bond of Muslim brotherhood and the foundation of a just, thriving society.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Uses Nuh’s disbelieving son to argue that faith, not blood, is the primary family bond.
  2. Extends the principle through examples involving Ibrahim, Nuh and Lut, Asiya, and the People of the Cave.
  3. Contrasts faith-based unity with race, geography, class, nationalism, capitalism, and socialism.
  4. Presents submission to Allah as the source of human honor and a society protecting individual and group rights.
  5. Closes by previewing a discussion of ibadah and the prophets’ call to worship Allah alone.
Try this week
Make aqidah and faith the primary basis for Muslim brotherhood.
Treat Muslims of different races, languages, nationalities, and backgrounds as brothers.
Resist nationalism and other inherited identities when they divide the ummah.
Maintain cordial relations with non-Muslims without confusing them with faith-based brotherhood.
Submit to Allah’s guidance while protecting individual rights and the wider community.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 11Uses Nuh’s plea and Allah’s reply about his disbelieving son to establish faith as the primary family bond.
Surah 58Uses the passage about opposing Allah and His Messenger to distinguish cordial relations from faith-based brotherhood.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Islam is unique in establishing the basis of association between people based on God's design”
Islamic Center of · West Chicago, IL
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“the first bond is the bond of aqida of faith”
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“you submit to Allah you get honor you get success you submit to somebody else some other system they will enslave you they will humiliate you”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah taught that faith in Allah should be the deepest bond among Muslims. The story of Nuh’s son showed that blood, nationality, race, and language do not replace faith, though other relationships can still exist beneath it. The khateeb contrasted this unity with systems that divide people by class, wealth, nationalism, or other human-made loyalties. He called Muslims to love one another, protect both individual and community rights, and return to Allah’s guidance. We can begin by treating Muslims from every background as brothers and resisting divisions that weaken the ummah.

  1. What makes someone our brother or sister in Islam?
  2. How can we welcome someone from a different country or background?
  3. What is one division we can resist this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of Western Suburbs (ICWS)28W774 Army Trail Rd, West Chicago, IL 60185Jumu'ah “Khutbah 1 | 1:05 | pm; Jamaat 1 | 1:25 | pm; Khutbah 2 | 1:35 | pm; Jamaat 2 | 1:55 | pm” (Bartlett location). “Khutbah | 1:15 | pm; Jamaat | 1:35 | pm” (West Chicago location).ArchiveAll khutbahs at Islamic Center of48 khutbahs
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