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Seeking knowledgeFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Knowledge must be learned and shared freely

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“The process of knowledge is much more than simply gathering information.”

The khateeb, at 4:01

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In one sentence

Islam treats knowledge as a sacred responsibility: Muslims must pursue it with sound methods, purify themselves through taqwa, and freely transmit and apply it for the good of all creation.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. The first revelation establishes knowledge as central to Muslim identity.
  2. Knowledge is more than information and requires linguistic, logical, and interpretive tools.
  3. True learning produces Rabbani people who teach and transmit knowledge freely.
  4. Islam prioritizes purification before teaching and seeks benefit for the whole world, not empire.
  5. Taqwa transforms knowledge into practical care for water, neighbors, animals, and humanity.
  6. Announcements address community deaths, a tazkiyah class, ijazah distribution, and the new building.
Try this week
Study the Qur'an and Sunnah with supporting tools such as language, grammar, rhetoric, and logic.
Share beneficial knowledge freely instead of hoarding it.
Make taqwa and self-purification part of the learning process.
Help ensure clean water and basic care are available to people, neighbors, and animals.
Attend the announced 7:30 evening tazkiyah class and make dua for the community.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 96The opening command to read frames the pursuit of knowledge as foundational.
Surah 2The speaker compares the ordering of teaching, purification, and learning in Ibrahim's supplication and the Prophet's mission.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“the pursuit of knowledge has been something that is of the utmost importance to the Muslim community”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
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“so the process of knowledge is much more than simply gathering information you have these random data points but you have to put them together you have to make sense of them”
ICCP · Potomac, MD
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“there's no monopoly on this knowledge why? because we want to pass this on to those after us the way we have received it we need to pass it on”
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Play from 9:15
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that Islam places knowledge at the heart of Muslim life. Knowledge is not just collecting facts; it means understanding connections and using sound tools to understand the Qur'an and Sunnah. The goal is to become Rabbani people whose learning leads to purification, teaching, and service. The khateeb illustrates this with water, reminding us to care for neighbors, animals, and everyone around us. The community was also asked to remember those who passed away, attend the tazkiyah class, and pray for the new building.

  1. What is one fact you know, and how could you turn it into helpful action?
  2. Who could you teach or help with something you already know?
  3. What is one way our family can care for people or animals this week?
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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