Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Dec 13, 2025.
Muslims must rebuild the spirit of community
MET · Wajdi Said
“If you engage and critique it and find solution then you are part of the solution.”
In one sentence
Because Muslims are entrusted with a meaningful responsibility, they must reform themselves, honor one another, strengthen the mosque as a community, and leave beneficial legacies.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Calls listeners to begin Islamic change through self-reform and deeper understanding.
- Uses Qur'anic passages to connect belief, good deeds, striving, prayer, zakat, and holding to Allah's rope.
- Urges respect for parents, teachers, and imams, and asks the mosque to recover its community role.
- Calls for Muslim unity beyond Sunni-Shia labels while honoring Khadija, Aisha, Fatima, and Ali.
- Frames Adnan's death and wider suffering as reminders of patience, gratitude, and lasting legacy.
- Closes with positive engagement, prayers for the sick and deceased, a janazah announcement, and congregational prayer.
Try this week
Begin personal change through deeper understanding and consistent good deeds.
Respect and respond to parents, teachers, and imams.
Make the mosque a stronger community space and help bridge gaps between people.
Make room for elders in the mosque, including giving them chairs when possible.
Engage constructively with community problems and seek solutions instead of merely criticizing.
Make dua in sujood for the sick and deceased.
Support the masjid's upkeep and services through regular giving.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 22Calls for striving, prayer, zakat, and holding firmly to Allah's rope.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“they lost the spirit of the community they lost the spirit of the beloved community they lost the spirit of what it means to be a member of the community”
“What a dignified man, dignifying woman. Even the friend of his wife, he dignified after his death.”
“but if you engage and critique it and find solution then you are part of the solution”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that Muslims are responsible for changing themselves and serving the wider community. It reminds us to respect our parents, teachers, and imams, and to make the mosque a welcoming place for everyone. The speaker also remembered a beloved community member and connected grief, global suffering, patience, and gratitude. We should use our time and energy to solve problems, care for others, pray for the sick and deceased, and leave behind beneficial deeds.
- What is one helpful change you could make this week?
- How can our family make someone feel more welcome at the mosque?
- What kind of good legacy would you like to leave?
Where it was given
The masjid
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