Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 10, 2026.
Justice means giving everyone their rights
“Our deen is the religion of justice.”
In one sentence
Remembering accountability before Allah should lead Muslims to uphold every person’s rights, extending justice beyond commerce to family, work, debts, parenting, and prayer.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Introduces Surah al-Mutaffifeen and its warning against cheating in buying and selling.
- Describes the terror of resurrection and accountability before Allah.
- Uses Prophet Shu'aib and Madyan to connect worship with honest weights and measures.
- Expands cheating into broader oppression in marriage, contracts, worker payment, and treatment of non-Muslims.
- Applies justice to spouses, children, parents, promises, and debts.
- Calls for attentive, complete prayer and closes with supplications for guidance and the oppressed.
Try this week
Give full measure and weight in business and take only what is due.
Keep promises and covenants, including promises to repay debts.
Pay workers and service providers the agreed amount promptly.
Treat spouses with respect, patience, and fairness.
Treat non-Muslims living peacefully among Muslims justly and do not diminish their rights.
Avoid favoritism among children and respect and obey parents.
Pray with complete bowing, prostration, humility, and concentration.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 83Warns against taking full measure when buying and giving less when selling, establishing the sermon’s central theme.
Sunan Abi DawudUsed to say the Prophet sought refuge from the hardship of standing before Allah on Judgment Day.
Sahih al-BukhariWarns that Allah will oppose those who break promises, withhold payment, or deny a worker’s wages.
Sahih MuslimWarns that taking even a small right unjustly leads to severe punishment.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“our deen is the religion of justice as you know your right and you want to take full right from the other people give full right to other people”
“if the woman lives with her husband in calmness stability harmony taking care of herself her husband her children fulfilling his religious obligation will be given all reward of things that you have mentioned”
“fear Allah and be fair and just with your children don't favor some of them over others in wealth or businesses”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah begins with Surah al-Mutaffifeen, warning that cheating in weights and measures is a sign of forgetting the Day of Judgment. It then widens the lesson: oppression can happen when spouses neglect each other’s rights, workers are not paid, debts are delayed, children are treated unfairly, or peaceful neighbors are wronged. We are encouraged to keep promises, pay what we owe, treat family fairly, respect parents, and pray with real attention. The message is that worship and justice belong together, and every small right matters before Allah.
- Where might we need to give someone more fairness this week?
- What helps you focus and feel humble during salah?
- How can our family become better at keeping promises and paying what we owe?
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