Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, May 1, 2026.
Faith must shape our words and actions
“Sometimes we make commitment and we do not fulfill it.”
In one sentence
Believers should turn faith into integrity, disciplined unity, and diverse forms of jihad, including education, charity, worship, and truthful speech, while seeking Allah's help for justice and victory.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Calls listeners to glorify Allah and practice integrity by aligning words with actions.
- Explains disciplined unity through the image of believers standing together.
- Clarifies jihad as striving in many forms, distinguishing it from authorized armed conflict.
- Applies jihad to education, charity, worship, protecting prayer, and speaking truth to power.
- Uses prophetic history and the promise of divine forgiveness, paradise, help, and victory.
- Closes by urging Muslim unity, justice, support for suffering communities, and prayer.
Try this week
Read the surah and its translation for thirty to sixty minutes and consider its application.
Align speech with conduct, fulfill commitments, and practice fairness.
Support suffering communities through charity and donations.
Teach children moral values and pursue educational striving.
Request time at work to perform salah and protect regular worship.
Speak truthfully for justice and fairness.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 61Used to frame glorifying Allah, integrity, disciplined unity, jihad, divine forgiveness, victory, and being helpers of Allah.
Surah 60Used to discuss the believing woman who came from Mecca after Hudaybiyyah and the exception to returning her.
Surah 48Used to show that victory followed the apparently difficult Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Sometimes we are saying something, but we are not doing this. Am I right? Sometimes, sometimes we make commitment and we do not fulfill it.”
“Jihad, this word comes from jihad, jihad, jihad means stride, struggle, to stride, right? This is the meaning of the word jihad.”
“Educational jihad is there. Our children in the school, public school, we give them moral. This is another kind of jihad.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
Today, the imam reminded us to glorify Allah and read the Quran with attention to how we can live by its guidance. He asked us to show integrity by keeping our promises and practicing what we tell others to do. He explained that striving for Allah includes education, charity, moral effort, and worship. He encouraged us to help people who are suffering and to support one another in practicing our faith. He ended by calling us to stay united and speak for justice and fairness.
- What is one promise you want to take special care to keep this week?
- How could we share something we have with someone who needs help?
- What could you say or do when someone at school is treated unfairly?
Where it was given
The masjid
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