30:13 I have a…
Civic engagementFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 30, 2026.

Use your blessings to reform society

ICOI · Jamal Diwan

“I have a responsibility in this world and I want to do whatever I can with what I've been given to fulfill that responsibility.”

The khateeb, at 30:13

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In one sentence

Allah tests privileged people with blessings, and societies are protected when believers reject self-sufficiency, use what they have for others, and actively reform injustice.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. The Qur'an identifies privileged elites who misuse blessings as a cause of societal downfall.
  2. The khutbah examines excuses for privilege: wealth proves superiority, tradition justifies the status quo, and personal effort explains everything.
  3. Qarun illustrates how blessings should serve the hereafter, benefit others, and avoid corruption.
  4. Societies are preserved when people actively reform wrongdoing rather than merely remaining personally righteous.
  5. Believers should embrace struggle for mercy, justice, community service, and responsible institutional support.
Try this week
Use wealth, time, knowledge, and influence to benefit people beyond yourself.
When witnessing wrongdoing, take an appropriate step to stop or remedy it rather than remaining passive.
Follow Qarun's corrective guidance: seek the hereafter, take a lawful share of worldly life, do good, and avoid corruption.
Give in ways that create lasting benefit and independence rather than ongoing dependency.
Support local masjids and institutions that serve the community.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 17Privileged people who become corrupt are presented as a cause of a society's destruction.
Surah 34The wealthy claim that greater wealth and children prove their correctness and immunity from punishment.
Surah 28Qarun's story teaches using blessings for the hereafter, doing good, and avoiding corruption rather than claiming complete self-credit.
Surah 11A society is not destroyed when people within it actively reform and bring about good.
Surah 90The steep path is described through freeing, feeding, patience, mercy, and helping the vulnerable.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“I have a responsibility in this world and I want to do whatever I can with what I've been given to fulfill that responsibility”
ICOI · Irvine, CA
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today's khutbah taught that having more money, comfort, or influence is not proof that we are better or right. Allah gives blessings as a responsibility, so we should use them to help people, resist oppression, and make our communities better. The story of Qarun showed the danger of claiming that success comes entirely from ourselves, while Uthman's well showed how generosity can create lasting benefit. Every person has struggles, but the important question is what we choose to struggle for: mercy, justice, patience, and service. At home, we can name our blessings and choose one practical way to share them this week.

  1. What is one blessing you have that could help someone else this week?
  2. When you hear something about Islam online, who can you ask before believing it?
  3. What could doing good look like in our family or neighborhood?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of Irvine2 Truman, Irvine, CA 92620Jumu'ah 12:30 PM & 1:45 PMKhateebJamal DiwanMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at ICOI69 khutbahs
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