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Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 24, 2026.

Taqwa calls us to protect others

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“Concern for others, dear brothers, allows us to move and allows us to act.”

The khateeb, at 3:01

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In one sentence

Taqwa requires Muslims to actively promote good, prevent harm, and repair society through personal example, family responsibility, wise intervention, and civic participation.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Taqwa creates concern for others and motivates responsible action.
  2. Promoting good means teaching, encouraging, helping, and creating opportunities; forbidding evil means correcting, protecting, and preventing harm.
  3. Families strengthen communities through honesty, prayer, patience, and personal example.
  4. The ship hadith teaches that ignored harm can endanger the entire society.
  5. Wrongdoing should be addressed through action or speech when possible, and rejected inwardly when necessary, always with wisdom.
  6. Listeners should identify where they are needed, serve others, vote thoughtfully, research candidates, and question wrongdoing afterward.
Try this week
Model honesty and keep promises, including promises made to children.
Honor salah at home and encourage children to pray.
Pay debts and refuse dishonest business practices.
Defend people who are bullied, protect those being harmed, and report workplace misconduct.
Help neglected children, resolve family disputes, and create better influences for young people.
Speak up or take action against wrongdoing when able, using wisdom; at minimum reject it inwardly.
Vote thoughtfully, research candidates’ public records and proposals, examine each office’s responsibilities, and question wrongdoing afterward.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“It makes us think, it makes us do the right things. Concern for others, dear brothers, allows us to move and allows us to act.”
Islamic Center of · Coppell, TX
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“Goodness, dear brothers and sisters, grows through teaching, through examples. It isn't just lip service. This is not how a community grows, but rather through examples.”
Islamic Center of · Coppell, TX
Play from 8:54
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah taught that taqwa is not only private worship; it should make us notice and respond to harm around us. We should begin close to home by modeling honesty, salah, patience, and care for our spouses and children. Like people sharing one ship, our community is connected, so we should protect the vulnerable, refuse dishonest practices, and help repair problems. When we address wrongdoing, we should act or speak when able, but do so with wisdom, good counsel, and practical follow-through. The speaker also urged thoughtful civic participation by researching public records, considering competence and integrity, and questioning wrong even after supporting someone.

  1. Where can you help repair the ship this week?
  2. How can our family correct a problem with wisdom?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of Coppell612 E Sandy Lake Rd, Suite #100, Coppell, TX 75019ArchiveAll khutbahs at Islamic Center of11 khutbahs
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