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Pure choices should produce lasting benefit

ICBCS · Arsalan Majid

“Consumption also includes what I watch with my eyes.”

The khateeb, at 6:33

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In one sentence

Believers should emulate the bee by following divine guidance, consuming what is pure, producing benefit, avoiding harm, and practicing consistent good deeds.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Introduces the bee in Surah al-Nahl and the hadith comparing believers to bees.
  2. Explains that believers should follow the Qur'an, Sunnah, and obligatory duties.
  3. Expands purity beyond food to income, media, speech, sounds, and companionship.
  4. Connects pure consumption with producing varied beneficial deeds.
  5. Urges believers not to harm others and to sustain small good actions consistently.
Try this week
Prioritize obligatory acts such as prayer, zakah, honesty, and trust.
Evaluate the purity of what you watch, hear, earn, consume, and the company you keep.
Perform varied deeds that benefit Allah's creation, such as teaching, donating, reconciling relationships, or restoring trust.
Avoid breaking relationships, wounding hearts, breaking trusts, or causing harm.
Maintain small good deeds consistently over time.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 16The bee's divinely guided work and healing honey illustrate lessons for believers.
Musnad AhmadThe believer is compared to a bee that consumes purity, produces purity, and does not cause damage.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Consumption also includes what I watch with my eyes, what I hear with my ears, the company that is around me that I sit with.”
ICBCS · College Station, TX
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“Wherever he goes, he brings some type of benefit. And if he cannot bring any type of benefit, the least he does is that he stays away from bringing any type of harm.”
ICBCS · College Station, TX
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For the dinner table

Today, the khateeb invited us to learn from the bee and the guidance Allah has given it. He reminded us to follow the Qur’an and Sunnah, beginning with our obligations, including prayer, zakah, honesty, and keeping trust. Just as a bee consumes what is pure, we should care about our food and earnings, as well as what we watch, hear, and the company we keep. Like honey that benefits people, our different good deeds can help others through teaching, giving, and mending relationships. We should bring kindness wherever we go, avoid causing harm, and keep doing small good deeds consistently while supporting one another.

  1. How could something you watch or listen to help you become kinder?
  2. What is one way you could help someone with a skill you already have?
  3. What small good deed could our family practice together every day?
Where it was given

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Islamic Community of Bryan- College Station417 Stasney St, College Station, TX 77840KhateebArsalan MajidMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at ICBCS30 khutbahs
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