Islam requires action, not just words
“If you find out authentic Quran and the practice of Prophet Muhammad, leave it as soon as the truth comes.”
The khutbah argues that the Quran describes opposing moral paths, and believers must choose the righteous path through prayer, service, generosity, self-restraint, and honoring others' rights.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Introduces the Quran as a mirror that describes different kinds of people.
- Explains the three afterlife groups and contrasts eternal good with temporary worldly competition.
- Uses a hadith to define people who accept truth, discharge rights, and judge others fairly.
- Describes righteous traits including night worship, repentance, generosity, service, anger restraint, and selflessness.
- Contrasts them with rejecting monotheism, abandoning prayer, neglecting the poor, vain talk, and denying judgment through actions.
- Closes by urging listeners to choose the Quranic path through obedient action rather than words alone.
In the khateeb's words
“if you find out authentic Quran and the practice of Prophet Muhammad leave it as soon as the truth comes”
“your brothers and sisters anger is a real thing it's not wrong it's something that Allah gave us but the wrong is to use it wrongfully at a wrong time”
“I am saying it, but I am denying it with my actions. That is not Islam. Islam is action, not talk.”
For the dinner table
The khateeb said the Quran is a mirror that describes different kinds of people, so we should ask which group our choices place us in. The honored path belongs to people who pray, seek forgiveness, give from what Allah has given them, help others, and treat people's rights fairly. They control personal anger, forgive, and put faith into action rather than leaving it as words. The warning path is marked by neglecting prayer and the poor, wasting time in harmful talk, rejecting truth, and living as if judgment will not come. The takeaway is to choose one concrete act of worship, service, or repairing someone else's rights this week.
- What is one way your time or skills could help someone this week?
- When are you tempted to hold onto anger, and what could forgiveness look like?
- What action can show our belief, not just our words?
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