Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 10, 2026.
Verify news before judging others
“Before you separate the news, you have to check right.”
In one sentence
Muslims should verify reports, protect one another’s dignity, repent sincerely, and preserve mercy and unity within the ummah.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Uses the Hudhud and Sulayman story from Surat An-Naml to urge verifying reports before acting.
- Illustrates the danger of assumptions through Khalid ibn al-Walid’s encounter involving alleged refusal of zakah.
- Warns against gossip, spying, mocking, and publicly exposing Muslims’ mistakes.
- Calls for tawbah, clean hearts, brotherhood, and mercy toward all people.
- Concludes with supplications, a Fajr-time announcement, a brief donation appeal, and prayer.
Try this week
Verify news before judging, separating from others, or acting on it.
Do not backbite, spy on, or publicize another Muslim’s mistakes.
Make tawbah and enter the masjid with a heart clear toward every Muslim.
Attend Fajr prayer at 6:15 starting tomorrow.
Donate before leaving the masjid.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 27The Hudhud and Sulayman story introduces the duty to check reports before acting.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Before you separate the news, you have to check right.”
“Sometime, he make mistake. Don't say in the front of people. I saw this one, he make mistake.”
“In the masjid, you have to make tawbah. Tawwabin. That means when you come, your heart clear with every Muslim.”
“Never, never may ghiba to anyone. La tatabu awratihim. Don't follow the mistake.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches us to check news before believing it or acting on it. It reminds us not to gossip about people, search for their faults, or embarrass them publicly when they make mistakes. Tawbah means turning back to Allah with a clean heart, including a heart free of hatred toward other Muslims. The Prophet’s example is one of mercy, brotherhood, and protecting people’s dignity.
- What is one way we can check information before passing it on?
- How can we respond when someone makes a mistake?
- What would a clear heart toward others look like this week?
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