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Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, Jul 3, 2026.

Let your heart guide your words

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“The believer weighs his words and his speech before he even says anything.”

The khateeb, at 21:46

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In one sentence

The khutbah teaches that believers should let the heart deliberate before the tongue speaks, guard their words, pray with farewell-level seriousness, and rely on Allah rather than on people.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. The opening calls for taqwa and careful, truthful speech.
  2. The believer's heart should evaluate words before the tongue releases them.
  3. Hasan al-Basri and Yahya ibn Mu'adh explain how speech exposes the heart.
  4. Prophetic advice links farewell-like prayer with avoiding words that require future apology.
  5. The sermon urges contentment and dignity by placing reliance on Allah, not people.
Try this week
Pause before speaking and consider whether your words are good, harmful, halal or haram, and pleasing to Allah.
Avoid saying anything that may require an apology tomorrow.
Pray salah with the seriousness and focus of someone bidding farewell.
Place reliance on Allah rather than depending on what other people possess.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 3:102The opening verses call for taqwa, truthful speech, and obedience to Allah and His Messenger.
Quran 4:1The opening verses call for taqwa, truthful speech, and obedience to Allah and His Messenger.
Quran 33:70-71The opening verses call for taqwa, truthful speech, and obedience to Allah and His Messenger.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“the believer weighs his words and his speech before he even says anything.”
ICN-BM · Bellevue, TN
Play from 21:46
“You want to know a person? Wait until they speak. Listen to how they speak.”
ICN-BM · Bellevue, TN
Play from 24:04
“Lock your heart away from relying on the people, the creation. Don't beg them.”
ICN-BM · Bellevue, TN
Play from 25:50
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us to let our hearts think before our tongues speak, considering whether our words please Allah and what consequences they might have. He compared the heart to a cooking pot and the tongue to a spoon that brings out what is inside. This encourages us to notice our words and avoid saying things we will need to excuse tomorrow. He also reminded us to pray with the care of someone bidding farewell. Finally, he called us toward contentment and reliance on Allah instead of attaching our hearts to what other people have.

  1. What could help you pause and choose kind words when you feel upset?
  2. How could you bring a little more attention to your next prayer?
  3. When you wish you had something someone else has, how could remembering Allah help?
Where it was given

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