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Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Apr 3, 2026.

Faith should unite Muslims beyond every divide

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“I will love people because they love Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.”

The khateeb, at 27:52

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In one sentence

Eid should renew Muslim unity and moral clarity by making faith, solidarity, and compassion, not ethnicity, status, wealth, or comfort, the basis of our loyalties and actions.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Thanks Allah and the community for Ramadan worship and Eid security.
  2. Contrasts peaceful Eid worship with restrictions and suffering around Masjid al-Aqsa and Gaza.
  3. Challenges divisions based on ethnicity, nationality, wealth, status, and comfort.
  4. Uses the hardships of the prophets to redefine success through faith and steadfastness.
  5. Calls listeners to begin ummah renewal through sincere brotherhood, greetings, gifts, and prayer.
  6. Closes with supplications for peace, protection, guidance, forgiveness, and lasting worship.
Try this week
Make a solemn vow to prioritize faith and Muslim unity over ethnic, national, linguistic, status, and geographical divisions.
Greet fellow Muslims sincerely, embrace them, offer salam from the heart, and express love for Allah’s sake.
Give Eid gifts beyond relatives and friends to Muslim children more broadly.
Make sincere dua for peace, suffering people in the Middle East, and guidance for oppressors.
Pray for the imams, board members, volunteers, employees, and their families.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The unity of ummah, the revival of ummah is not going to start in Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan, or India, or Australia. It's going to start with you and me.”
IAGD · Rochester Hills, MI
Play from 26:43
“From today on, I will love people because they love Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.”
IAGD · Rochester Hills, MI
Play from 27:52
“When you give a gift of Eidi, don't just look at your cousin's children, your friend's children, any Muslim.”
IAGD · Rochester Hills, MI
Play from 29:15
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

On Eid, we should thank Allah for the peace and worship we experienced during Ramadan. The khutbah asked us to remember Muslims suffering around Masjid al-Aqsa and in Gaza, and to let that awareness sharpen our moral clarity. It challenged us to value faith, brotherhood, and human dignity more than ethnicity, nationality, wealth, or status. We can begin by greeting fellow believers sincerely, loving them for Allah’s sake, sharing Eid gifts beyond our relatives, and making dua for peace and guidance. The message was that renewal of the wider ummah begins with the choices each of us makes.

  1. How can we show love for a Muslim who is outside our usual family or friend group?
  2. What is one way our family can make Eid generosity more inclusive?
  3. How can we remember suffering Muslims while still being grateful for our own blessings?
Where it was given

The masjid

IAGD Masjid879 W. Auburn Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48307Jumu'ah Three Jumu'ahs · 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at IAGD78 khutbahs
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