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Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 12, 2026.

Arrogance seals the heart and ruins good deeds

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“Kibar is rejecting the truth, refusing the truth, turning away from the truth, avoiding the truth, and belittling others.”

The khateeb, at 6:57

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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that arrogance (kibr), rejecting truth and belittling others, seals the heart, destroys the reward of good deeds, and leads to humiliation, while humility, repentance, accepting advice, honoring others, and remembering our origin provide the cure.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Defines arrogance as a destructive heart disease and major sin.
  2. Explains kibr as rejecting truth and belittling people.
  3. Describes how arrogance seals the heart and destroys the reward of deeds.
  4. Identifies modern forms of arrogance involving wealth, race, language, status, and refusing advice.
  5. Illustrates arrogance through Qarun, Pharaoh, and Iblis.
  6. Prescribes humility, honoring others, accepting advice, repentance, better influences, and remembering human mortality.
Try this week
Humble yourself before Allah in your behavior.
Honor Muslims, parents, children, spouses, colleagues, employers, and neighbors.
Accept sincere advice regardless of the adviser’s age, race, ethnicity, or language.
Repent immediately from arrogance, mockery, belittling, and ridicule.
Change friends and environments that encourage arrogant behavior.
Remember your weak origin and eventual death.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 28Qarun's wealth and self-attribution illustrate arrogance and divine punishment.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Kibar Is rejecting the truth Refusing the truth Turning away from the truth Avoiding the truth And belittling others Looking down upon others Mocking others Ridiculing others”
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“Arrogance blocks the heart Prevents the nur Of Allah Azzawajal From the Quran From the hadith To enter into the heart”
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“Don't wait Until next week Don't wait until Ramadan Don't wait until After you make Hajj and Umrah Make repentance today From kibar”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that arrogance is more than feeling proud: it means rejecting truth and looking down on people. It can close the heart so that a person hears reminders but does not change, and it can cost them the reward of good deeds through harm done to others. Arrogance can appear in wealth, race, language, appearance, refusing advice, or taking credit for success. We can fight it by honoring people, accepting sincere advice, repenting quickly, choosing better influences, and remembering that we began weak and will return to Allah. Humility brings us closer to Allah and helps us treat others with dignity.

  1. Where might arrogance appear in everyday interactions at school, work, or home?
  2. What kind of advice is hardest for us to accept, and why?
  3. What is one humble action we can practice this week?
Where it was given

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