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Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 24, 2025.

Building community through mercy and service

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“If we're here in this space already together, we should not be afraid or shy to say salam to each other.”

The khateeb, at 18:10

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In one sentence

Building a strong Muslim community requires greeting others warmly, showing mercy, supporting people through hardship, and taking practical action through service, charity, and dua.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Introduces Jumu'ah as a weekly gathering and explains the importance of community.
  2. Defines community through shared worship, values, interests, and goals.
  3. Encourages spreading salam, welcoming newcomers, and making space for others.
  4. Uses the one-body metaphor to call for solidarity with people facing hardship.
  5. Shares the story of kindness to a thirsty dog as evidence that mercy brings forgiveness.
  6. Lists practical support through money, time, mentoring, service, and dua.
  7. Concludes by urging listeners to greet others and check on struggling or absent community members.
Try this week
Listen attentively and silently during the khutbah.
Give salam to people, especially those you do not know.
Make room for people who are standing alone or left out.
Support people facing hardship through money, time, physical help, or emotional support.
Volunteer through food packing, masjid assistance, elder care, moving help, or youth mentoring.
Make dua for people experiencing hardship.
Check on someone who is struggling or has been absent from the community.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 33Speaking truthfully leads to righteous deeds and forgiveness.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“when you make dua for someone who's going through ailment that you know The angels, when you make that supplication, they say "Ameen" and they make the same dua for you.”
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“This is Juma, it means together. So if we're here in this space already together, we should not be afraid or shy to say salam to each other.”
ICNYU · Greenwich Village, NY
Play from 18:10
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that Jumu'ah is not only a prayer but also a weekly community gathering. We should greet people with salam, notice those who are alone, and make room for others. Because Muslims are like one body, we should respond to hardship with mercy and support through money, time, service, or dua. Even kindness to an animal is rewarded, so helping people is a way to draw closer to Allah. This week, we can greet someone new, check on someone struggling, and choose one practical way to help.

  1. When have you helped someone feel welcome, or when has someone welcomed you?
  2. Who could we check on this week?
  3. Which would you choose this week: giving time, giving money, helping physically, or making dua? Why?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center at NYU238 Thompson St, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10012ArchiveAll khutbahs at ICNYU22 khutbahs
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