4:39 Islam has encouraged…6:44 we should have this…16:23 technology only shows…
Seeking knowledgeFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 3, 2025.

Use AI with Islamic ethical guardrails

JSMC · Shakiel Humayun

“Use AI without compromising our morals and values but embrace it fully so that we can be leaders in this new technology.”

The khateeb, at 6:44

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Muslims should embrace artificial intelligence with ethical guardrails because Islamic tradition supports innovation and emerging technology can make prophetic accounts of animal and object communication more conceivable.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Islamic history demonstrates Muslim contributions to invention, while past hesitation toward new technologies sometimes delayed progress.
  2. AI should be approached with ethical standards that preserve Islamic morals while enabling Muslim leadership.
  3. The hadith of a speaking wolf is connected to modern research on animal consciousness, communication, and AI translation.
  4. End-times descriptions of speaking predators and objects are presented as technologically conceivable through biocomputing and human-machine fusion.
  5. The speaker introduces task-based, general, and super artificial intelligence, including the possibility of autonomous machines.
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Approach AI through ethical standards that preserve Islamic morals and values.
Embrace and study AI so Muslims can become leaders in the technology.
Use technological innovation without compromising faith or ethical principles.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Islam has encouraged inventiveness and throughout our history we have a rich experience of inventions innovations and creativity”
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“we should have this nuanced approach of employing ethical standards and how to use AI without compromising our morals and values but embrace it fully so that we can be leaders in this new technology”
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“technology only shows us that these things are able and possible and only increases our iman”
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The speaker's main message was that Muslims have a strong history of invention and should not automatically fear new technology. He encouraged embracing artificial intelligence while using ethical standards to protect Islamic morals and values. He connected the hadith of a speaking wolf and other end-times descriptions to modern research on animal communication and biocomputing. Technology, in his view, can make these possibilities easier to imagine and can strengthen faith. He also introduced the progression from basic AI to superintelligent machines, including the possibility of autonomous systems.

  1. Where should we draw ethical boundaries when using AI?
  2. What can modern research teach us about animals and consciousness?
  3. How might superintelligent machines change human life?
Where it was given

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Jesus Son of Mary Center3457 W Kenyon Ave, Tampa, FL 33614Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:30 PMKhateebShakiel HumayunMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at JSMC80 khutbahs
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