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Prepare for the Imam’s just rule

Masumeen · Jaffer H. Jaffer

“If I am expected to behave a certain way, I should expect that same behavior from others.”

The khateeb, at 25:50

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During the ghaybah of the 12th Imam, believers must actively prepare themselves and society for just governance by aligning their lives with divine purpose, serving global justice, and overcoming arrogance and double standards.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Defines three ghaybah responsibilities: align personal goals with the Imam’s return, think globally, and prepare for hardship.
  2. Explains Islam as governing both worship and interpersonal justice, mercy, morality, and unity.
  3. Uses the Prophet’s legislative and governing roles, Ali’s succession, and Nahjul Balagha to argue that just governance remains necessary.
  4. Calls believers to lay groundwork for the Imam’s future rule rather than wait passively.
  5. Remembers global suffering and the Nakba, urging continued concern for Palestinians despite shifting news cycles.
  6. Identifies arrogance as a cause of oppression and applies the warning to personal and family double standards.
Try this week
Align personal goals and vision with the purpose associated with the Imam’s return.
Consider global interests and social ripple effects when choosing a career, making purchases, or making decisions.
Prepare spiritually and practically for difficulty and hardship.
Help lay the social and moral groundwork for a just Islamic government during ghaybah.
Keep people suffering around the world, especially Palestinians, in one’s duas.
Examine one’s heart, home, and family for arrogance, hypocrisy, and double standards; apply the same standards to oneself and others and correct them now.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 59Used to establish the Prophet’s authority to teach and legislate religious practice.
Surah 5Used to support the Prophet’s role as judge according to divine revelation.
Surah 3Used to argue that religious legislation and leadership must continue after the Prophet’s death.
Surah 2Used as an example of Iblis’s arrogance and refusal to accept truth.
Surah 27Used to show that arrogance can cause people to reject truths they recognize inwardly.
Surah 23Used to warn that Allah seals the heart of the arrogant tyrant.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“This is not an idle waiting that you and I are doing. We are not just saying when he comes, he will rule.”
Masumeen · Brampton, ON
Play from 13:19
“But the arrogance clouds the ability of the human being to accept the truth in front of them.”
Masumeen · Brampton, ON
Play from 19:41
“If I am expected to behave a certain way, I should expect that same behavior from others.”
Masumeen · Brampton, ON
Play from 25:50
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The sermon teaches that waiting for the 12th Imam during ghaybah should be active, not passive: we should shape our goals, decisions, and character for the just world he will lead. Islam guides both our worship of Allah and our treatment of other people, so building a fair society is part of religious responsibility. We should think about how our careers, purchases, and choices affect people beyond ourselves, while preparing for hardship. The khateeb also asked us to remember people suffering around the world, including Palestinians, while examining arrogance and double standards in our own homes. If we want to be trustworthy in positions of responsibility, we must correct those habits now and hold ourselves to the same standards we expect from others.

  1. What is one way our family could make waiting for the Imam active?
  2. How can one of our choices help or affect people beyond our family?
  3. Where can we practice treating ourselves and others by the same standard?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masumeen Islamic Centre7580 Kennedy Road South, Brampton, ON L6W 0A1KhateebJaffer H. JafferMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Masumeen84 khutbahs
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