8:20 our duty to understand…9:00 you cannot go against…12:23 your neighbors your…
Civic engagementFrom the masjid's own video, May 29, 2026.

Muslims should serve society lawfully

ISGW

“You cannot go against the law to change it.”

The khateeb, at 9:00

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In one sentence

Muslims in secular societies should preserve their faith, support justice, reform wrongdoing lawfully, serve their communities, and practice God-conscious responsibilities within marriage and family.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Opens with calls to taqwa and reminders of the Day of Judgment.
  2. Teaches Muslims to support good in secular society and change wrong through lawful means.
  3. Uses the Treaty of Fudul and early Muslim outreach as examples of justice and Islam's universal mission.
  4. Explains why women's rights are emphasized before discussing husbands' marital rights and responsibilities.
  5. Closes by urging mutual flexibility, respect, child-rearing, and accountability before Allah.
Try this week
Support good civic values and pursue changes through lawful discussion, persuasion, money, and ideas.
Model Islam through good manners toward coworkers, neighbors, and non-Muslim relatives.
Strengthen Islamic organizations and centers with money, effort, participation, and ideas.
Support creating Muslim youth activities, recreational centers, and gyms.
Ensure neighbors feel safe from harm.
Learn and fulfill marital rights and duties, help one another, prioritize children, and practice flexibility and respect.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“our duty to understand the society we are in if they have good things we help it we strengthen it we we try to be part of it participate in it”
ISGW · Worcester, MA
Play from 8:20
“you cannot go against the law to change it your part is your part you do what you can do”
ISGW · Worcester, MA
Play from 9:00
“your neighbors your relatives who are not muslims they have to see islam your manners this is the way you convert people to your religion”
ISGW · Worcester, MA
Play from 12:23
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

This khutbah teaches that Muslims living in secular countries should support what is good around them and work peacefully and legally to change what is harmful. Our mission is larger than earning money or getting an education: we should show Islam through sincere service, good manners, safe neighborhoods, strong institutions, and opportunities for young people. At home, husbands and wives should understand each other's rights, pressures, and responsibilities. Families should prioritize raising and educating children, practice flexibility and respect, and remember that Allah will hold us accountable for how we treat those closest to us.

  1. How can our manners show Islam to someone who does not know much about it?
  2. What makes a family feel respectful, flexible, and safe?
Where it was given

The masjid

The Islamic Center of Greater Worcester57 Laurel St, Worcester, MA 01605Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:00 PM · Iqamah 1:30 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ISGW49 khutbahs
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