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The ummah & current eventsFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Gaza tests whether we keep our humanity

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“We lose our humanity the moment that the thought of it no longer bothers us.”

The khateeb, at 3:08

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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that Gaza demonstrates steadfast faith and preserved humanity, calling believers to protect their moral conscience through advocacy, prayer, relief, and educating the next generation.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Defines losing humanity as becoming unbothered by killing, theft, and harm, then condemns Gaza’s dehumanization.
  2. Praises Gazans’ faith, patience, dignity, and endurance amid destruction and displacement.
  3. Uses Qur’an 5:54 to call for loving, God-conscious people to replace those who abandon the believers.
  4. Frames the community’s test as advocacy, prayer, relief work, and assistance for Gaza and the wider ummah.
  5. Draws on Fatimah’s hardships and the Prophet’s Year of Grief to teach that faith can perceive ease within hardship.
  6. Closes with a Nasruddin story, communal supplications, and announcements for Sunday school registration.
Try this week
Advocate publicly for the people of Gaza.
Make dua for Gaza and oppressed people worldwide.
Send assistance through relief organizations distributing food on the ground.
Become a source of relief for someone experiencing grief.
Register children for Sunday school Quran and Islamic studies programs.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 5:54Used to argue that Allah replaces those who turn away with people who love Him and are loved by Him.
Quran 33:56Recited in the closing prayer to honor blessings upon the Prophet.
Quran 94:5-6Used to explain that ease accompanies hardship.
Surah 1Recited at the opening and closing as a prayer for worship and guidance.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“We don't lose our humanity the moment... that someone kills, the moment that someone steals, the moment that someone hurts another. We lose our humanity the moment that the thought of it no longer bothers us.”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
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“But my dear brothers and sisters, have we passed our test? What is our test? Ours is to use our tongues to advocate for them, to pray for them.”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
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“They have lost everything. And they say, I'm satisfied with Allah's decree.”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today's khutbah called us to keep our hearts sensitive to suffering and to care for the people of Gaza. The khateeb described their faith, patience, and trust in Allah through terrible loss as lessons for us. He reminded us that our responsibilities include praying, speaking up, and sending assistance, and he shared how two community organizations had worked together to provide food. He encouraged us to bring relief to someone else's grief, even when we have sadness of our own. Through the Prophet's example, he reminded us to keep helping others through hardship and to look for the ease Allah sends alongside difficulty.

  1. What is one kind thing you could do for someone who is having a hard day?
  2. What would you like to ask Allah for when we make dua for the people of Gaza?
  3. How could our family work together to help people who need food?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Community Center of Potomac10601 River Rd, Potomac, MD 20854Jumu'ah Adhan 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICCP96 khutbahs
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