1:45 A society may look…5:51 When good people stay…8:54 The danger is when you…10:50 So every one of us…
Civic engagementFrom the masjid's own video, Jun 3, 2026.

When silence lets corruption spread

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“When good people stay silent, evil becomes normal.”

The khateeb, at 5:51

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In one sentence

Societies, families, and communities collapse when corruption is normalized, people stay silent, and greed overtakes obedience to Allah, so every believer must help repair society through truth, justice, and moral action.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Warns that societal and familial collapse begins with normalized corruption and spiritual decay.
  2. Uses the Zaynab bint Jahsh narration and the Gog and Magog warning to stress collective danger.
  3. Explains the ship parable as a call to enjoin good and prevent wrongdoing from spreading.
  4. Shows how wealth-driven competition leads to envy, division, hatred, and oppression.
  5. Distinguishes wealth itself from allowing worldly desire to control the heart.
  6. Closes with personal self-examination, prayers for reform, and a reminder to practice justice and righteousness.
Try this week
Speak against wrongdoing instead of treating it as none of your business.
Examine whether your choices are repairing the community or making its problems worse.
Remain obedient and grateful when receiving wealth, without letting worldly life control your heart.
Stand for truth, justice, righteousness, mercy, and care for family and community.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 18The barrier built by Dhul-Qarnayn against Gog and Magog is used as an end-times warning.
Sahih al-BukhariThe Zaynab bint Jahsh narration warns that widespread corruption can bring destruction even when righteous people remain.
Sahih al-BukhariThe ship parable argues that stopping wrongdoing protects the whole community from collective harm.
Sahih MuslimThe warning about Persia and Rome frames wealth as a test that can produce competition, envy, division, and hatred.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“A society may look successful on the outside while it's collapsing from the inside.”
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“When good people stay silent, evil becomes normal. And once evil becomes normal, people start feeling guilty.”
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“The danger is when you make this worldly life enters the heart instead of staying in your hands.”
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“So every one of us should ask himself, what role am I playing today in this society?”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah reminds us that societies and families do not usually fall apart all at once. They weaken when wrongdoing becomes normal, good people stay silent, and greed, envy, and love of worldly success take over the heart. The speaker used the image of a ship: everyone shares responsibility for stopping a hole before it harms all. We should protect our faith, practice justice and mercy, speak up wisely against wrong, and use our blessings without letting them control us. Each of us can ask whether we are repairing the ship or making the hole bigger.

  1. What is one small “hole” in a community that people should help repair?
  2. How can we enjoy blessings without letting them control our hearts?
  3. What is one way you can help make your family or community stronger this week?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Community Center of Phoenix7516 North Black Canyon Highway, Phoenix, AZ 85051Jumu'ah 1:00 to 1:30 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICCP52 khutbahs
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