Civic engagementFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 1, 2026.
Defend the Prophet's legacy through knowledge
In one sentence
Just as Nusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara) physically defended the Prophet at Uhud, Muslims today must defend his legacy and Islam's reputation by learning the sunnah, knowing their own history and ethics, and speaking up through every available channel.
The khutbah in 8 steps
- Battle of Uhud setup: Muslims at 700 vs 3000 after Abdullah ibn Ubayy's defection
- The 50 archers' disobedience on Jabl al-Rumat and Khalid ibn Walid's flanking
- Nusayba bint Ka'b's defense of the Prophet, her wounds, and the dua for companionship in Jannah
- Abu Dujana sparing Hind and the Islamic ethics of warfare vs modern civilian casualties
- Application: defending the Prophet's legacy today through speech, civic engagement, and correcting misrepresentation
- The classroom anecdote: Muslim students unable to speak one minute about their deen
- Call to learn and revive the sunnah, with the Tirmidhi hadith on reviving it
- Closing dua for the ummah and iqamah/prayer
Try this week
Speak up against misrepresentation of Islam using every mode of communication: call or email your congressman, write letters, send text messages
Show up at education board meetings to shape how Islam is written in textbooks and taught to children
Test your own children: have them speak about Allah and the Prophet for one minute to gauge their knowledge
Learn the answers to controversial/cherry-picked questions Islamophobes raise about the Prophet
Learn and practice the sunnah externally and internally, including adopting the Prophet's character
Read the story of Abu Dujana
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 3The events of Uhud and Allah's forgiveness of the archers who left their post
Quran 48:29Description of the Prophet's companions: stern against disbelievers, merciful among themselves
Surah 94Recited in salah, not argued from
Jami` at-Tirmidhi'Whoever revives my sunnah has loved me, and whoever loves me will be with me in Jannah', used to urge learning and living the sunnah
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“she goes to her son she bandages him up and that was the only time that she put her sword down”
“and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said Allahumma ja'al hum rufaqai fi Jannah”
“And we as Muslims, though we can no longer defend the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam”
“That even in the heat of war”
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