Life is a sacred trust from Allah
“Go and be peacemakers and those who uphold the highest standards of justice.”
Life is a sacred trust from Allah, so Muslims should commit themselves to worship, peace, justice, and speaking up for oppressed Palestinians and other suffering communities.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Begins Eid with gratitude for Allah’s blessings, the Qur’an, the Prophet, and the Muslim community.
- Teaches that life is precious, honored, and an amanah requiring worship, repentance, and service.
- Explains Islam’s sanctity of life and prophetic limits on harming civilians, worshippers, nature, and water sources.
- Argues that lasting peace requires justice, equality, and human dignity, identifying oppression in Palestine as a root cause of conflict.
- Calls Muslims in the West to speak against evil, spread awareness, uphold human dignity, and become peacemakers.
- Concludes with du'a for Palestine, other suffering communities, acceptance of Ramadan worship, forgiveness, and peace.
In the khateeb's words
“we are in a unique position we are sitting here in America they don't have a voice they don't have power they don't have weapons we are their voice”
“go and be peacemakers and those who uphold the highest standards of justice”
For the dinner table
The khateeb began Eid by thanking Allah for life, faith, the Qur’an, the Prophet, and the Muslim community. He reminded us that life is a precious trust, so we should use it for worship, repentance, and service. Islam teaches that every innocent life has great dignity, and that real peace requires justice, equality, and respect for human beings, especially Palestinians and other oppressed people. He encouraged us to speak against injustice, become peacemakers, remember suffering people in our prayers, and carry the goodness of Ramadan into the rest of the year.
- What is one way we can treat someone’s life and dignity as a trust from Allah?
- How can our family be a peaceful voice for justice this week?
- What Ramadan practice do you want to continue after Eid?
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