Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 3, 2026.
True brotherhood means correcting one another
“Sometimes you have to move yourself out of opportunities.”
In one sentence
True brotherhood requires choosing righteous companions and lovingly correcting one another so that we do not enable sin or oppression and can reach Jannah together.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Uses a sexual-assault case and everyday examples to expose apathy and enabling wrongdoing.
- Explains the duty to change wrong through action, speech, or at least rejection in the heart.
- Warns that bad companions and environments can pull people from Allah’s remembrance toward regret.
- Calls listeners to choose righteous friends and spouses, protect family rights, and leave harmful situations.
- Frames sincere correction as love, especially regarding oppression, marriage, substance use, gambling, theft, and violence.
- Gives a method for correction: knowledge first, gentleness during it, and patience afterward; also receive criticism.
- Closes with stopping oppression and Luqman’s advice to pray, enjoin good, forbid wrong, and be patient.
Try this week
Speak up when someone is doing serious wrong, using action, words, or inward rejection according to one’s ability.
Remove yourself from situations and friendships that pull you toward sin or away from Allah’s remembrance.
Surround yourself with righteous believers and choose spouses who support faith and good character.
Correct people privately and respectfully, with knowledge, gentleness, and patience.
Be willing to receive constructive criticism and investigate whether it is correct.
Establish prayer, enjoin good, forbid wrong, and remain patient through difficulties.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Sometimes you have to leave. Sometimes you have to move yourself out of opportunities.”
“We cannot sit idly by. And watch our brothers. Betray the covenant of Allah.”
“Knowledge comes before it. Gentleness comes during it. And patience comes after it.”
“Those are the two things that you need to do. Give criticism. And be able to take criticism.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminds us that being a good friend means wanting what is best for someone’s faith and life. We should not quietly encourage harmful behavior or ignore oppression when we can help. Good advice should be based on knowledge and offered with gentleness and patience, preferably in private. We also need humility to listen when others correct us. The sermon ends by calling us to prayer, positive action, patience, and righteous companionship.
- When is it hard to speak up for someone, and what might help us do it kindly?
- Which people or activities help you become a better Muslim?
- How can we give advice without embarrassing someone, and how can we receive it well?
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