7:04 The building is the…15:59 We have to be people…18:09 This is a community…
Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

A masjid lives through a united community

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“You can't just talk about love if it's not coupled with action.”

The khateeb, at 18:09

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In one sentence

A masjid’s true life comes not from its building but from a united, welcoming community whose love for Allah moves it toward worship, empathy, and action.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Gives thanks for Rajab, the safe return from Umrah, the new year, and the opening of the new masjid.
  2. Credits Allah and the volunteers, trustees, managers, and donors who made the building possible.
  3. Explains that the building is only the body while the united community is the masjid’s soul.
  4. Presents the masjid as spiritual refuge and urges regular prayer and quiet time there.
  5. Calls for empathy, reserved judgment, respectful disagreement, openness, and welcome across differences.
  6. Connects love for the Prophet with obedience and action, then closes with prayers for unity, healing, Gaza, the deceased, Rajab, and Ramadan.
Try this week
Attend Salat al-Fajr at the masjid.
Spend five quiet minutes in the masjid during the day, even when it is empty.
Listen before judging and make room for empathy.
Disagree respectfully and exchange perspectives with a sincere desire to learn.
Express care for fellow Muslims and connect love with action against wrongs and injustices.
Sources the khateeb cited
Musnad AhmadThe report about Khuzayma ibn Thabit’s dream and “the soul touches the soul” supports spiritual connection.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The building is the body And the soul My dear brothers and sisters We are the soul of the masjid”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
Play from 7:04
“We have to be people Who reserve judgment We have to be people That live up to our ideals”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
Play from 15:59
“This is a community That understands That love Is coupled with action You can't just talk About love If it's not Coupled with action”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
Play from 18:09
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Allah has blessed our community with a new masjid, but the khateeb reminded us that a building is only the body; the people and their unity are its soul. We should treat the masjid as a refuge for spiritual nourishment, returning for prayer and quiet time. A healthy community welcomes people, listens before judging, and allows respectful disagreement in the search for truth. Love for Allah, the Prophet, and one another should move us to obedience and useful action. We should protect this unity and pray for sincere beginnings and endings, healing, the people of Gaza, the deceased, and the coming of Ramadan.

  1. What could we do this week to help our masjid feel welcoming and alive?
  2. When is it hard to listen before judging, and what might empathy look like then?
  3. How can love for Allah or our community lead to one helpful action?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Community Center of Potomac10601 River Rd, Potomac, MD 20854Jumu'ah Adhan 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICCP96 khutbahs
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