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Seeking knowledgeFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 8, 2026.

Let Allah guide your use of technology

ICF · Wadud Hassan

“Reading and writing are ways to cultivate our heart.”

The khateeb, at 9:36

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In one sentence

Muslims should pursue knowledge and use technology through Allah’s guidance and the Prophet’s example so that learning cultivates humility, remembrance, benefit, and protection from harm.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Human purpose is to know Allah and bring benefit while preventing harm.
  2. Reading and writing, guided by Allah, cultivate the heart and preserve Muslim intellectual heritage.
  3. Knowledge and technology can produce arrogance, environmental harm, and distortion of human nature when separated from divine guidance.
  4. Five signs of technological overuse are fragmented attention, identity through self-expression, entertainment replacing teachers, instant gratification, and externally measured success.
  5. Listeners are urged to examine their hearts, lives, families, and communities through Allah’s framework before concluding with prayers and congregational worship.
Try this week
Teach children to read and write, provide books, and introduce them to Muslim writers, scholars, and cultural heritage.
Evaluate technology, social media, and AI by asking whether they bring you closer to Allah or farther from Him.
Protect attention during worship by remaining present in salah instead of immediately returning to phones.
Regularly examine what is happening in your heart, life, family, and community through Allah’s guidance.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 96The command to read in Allah’s name and learn through the pen frames knowledge as worship, humility, and responsibility.
Surah 4Shaytan’s promises to mislead people and alter Allah’s creation support the warning against letting desires and technology reshape fitrah.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Reading and writing are ways to cultivate our heart. Reading and writing are our cave.”
ICF · Frisco, TX
Play from 9:36
“Technology has its benefits. Social media has its benefits. Artificial intelligence has its benefits.”
ICF · Frisco, TX
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“Read the signs of what's happening in your heart. Read the signs of what's happening in your life. Read the signs of what's happening to your family.”
ICF · Frisco, TX
Play from 23:20
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Our purpose is to know Allah, serve Him, and bring benefit while preventing harm. Reading and writing can cultivate the heart, and parents should help children build those habits and learn from Muslim heritage. Technology, social media, and AI can be useful, but they can also scatter attention and let outside voices shape our values. We should use Allah’s guidance and the Prophet’s example to ask whether our tools bring us closer to remembrance, patience, good character, and compassion. This week, notice what is happening in your heart, life, and family, and choose a more God-conscious way to use your time.

  1. What kind of reading helps your heart feel closer to Allah?
  2. Which phone or social-media habit most affects your attention and character?
  3. How can our family use technology for benefit while avoiding harm?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of Frisco11137 Frisco St, Frisco, TX 75033Jumu'ah 12:45 PM, 1:35 PM and 2:25 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICF83 khutbahs
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