Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.
Return people's rights before Judgment
“You are under an obligation to make the wrong right.”
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Continues the previous khutbah by presenting people’s rights as a major religious obligation alongside Allah’s rights.
- Explains that wrongdoing includes financial injustice, insults, backbiting, broken hearts, and taking family members’ rights.
- Uses Quranic warnings about judgment, orphan wealth, and backbiting to show the seriousness of hidden harms.
- Urges those who wrong others to repay, apologize, and repair the damage directly whenever possible.
- Warns against severing kinship and denying relatives their rights, even during family conflict or religious difference.
- Closes by emphasizing timely prayer, fulfilling Allah’s commands, and helping needy relatives as a right rather than a favor.
Try this week
Pray each salah on time, especially Fajr.
Identify anyone whose money, property, dignity, or feelings you have harmed.
Repay what you took, apologize directly, and repair the damage whenever possible.
Avoid backbiting, insults, belittling, and speech that breaks people’s hearts.
Maintain kinship and do not prevent children from having contact with relatives.
Prioritize needy relatives when giving assistance or sadaqah.
If the wronged person cannot be found, ask Allah to compensate them.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“If you have access to them, you are under an obligation to make the wrong right.”
“We can't just say because the person is not Muslim, then I can take his right and eat his right and be honest with him.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
Today's khutbah reminded us that worship includes taking other people's rights seriously. The khateeb explained that harm includes not only taking money or property, but also insulting people, belittling them, and hurting their feelings. When we have wronged someone we can reach, we should seek forgiveness and take steps to put things right. He also urged us to maintain family ties and not let anger lead us to treat others unfairly. Helping relatives in need, he explained, means honoring their rights without expecting thanks. As a family, we can practice these lessons by speaking kindly, being fair, and repairing the harm we cause.
- What could you say when a conversation turns into making fun of someone?
- If you hurt someone's feelings, what could you do after saying sorry?
- How could we help someone in our family without expecting anything back?
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