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Civic engagementFrom the masjid's own video, Jun 3, 2026.

Why faith requires resisting wrongdoing

Al Huda

“We must forbid each other from doing that which is evil even if it's small.”

The khateeb, at 37:00

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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that Muslims earn the distinction of being the best community by believing in Allah and consistently enjoining good and forbidding evil, beginning with their own hearts and extending to family and society.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Defines the best community through faith, enjoining good, and forbidding evil.
  2. Explains how repeated trials gradually darken or purify the heart.
  3. Warns that normalizing persistent wrongdoing contributed to the downfall of Bani Israel.
  4. Calls for continuous, hopeful correction as personal accountability and communal reform.
  5. Connects enjoining good with Allah’s mercy, salvation, and protection from punishment.
  6. Closes with supplications for Muslim communities, including Gaza and Sudan, followed by prayer.
Try this week
Treat daily temptations as tests and respond with timely obedience, even when difficult.
Repent after falling into sin and use tawbah to restore the heart.
Consistently advise people who persist in wrongdoing without treating the sin as acceptable.
Maintain prayer, give zakat, obey Allah and His Messenger, and work to improve yourself, your family, and society.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 3Defines the best community through faith, enjoining good, and forbidding evil.
Surah 9Contrasts hypocrites who command evil with believers who command good and receive mercy.
Surah 5Explains the curse on those who failed to prevent one another from wrongdoing.
Surah 7Uses the story of the Sabbath-breakers to explain persistent advice and hope for reform.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“this person will eventually be worshipping his desires and sometimes that which is evil will be something that he dislikes”
Al Huda · Chelsea, MA
Play from 28:38
“every time you're tested with something small or big your reaction to that test how you deal with the test will determine how your heart is going to be in the future”
Al Huda · Chelsea, MA
Play from 29:47
“there's a personal responsibility and a personal benefit which is that when you stand in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you tell Him oh Allah I did my best”
Al Huda · Chelsea, MA
Play from 35:45
“we must call to that which is good we must forbid each other from doing that which is evil even if it's small”
Al Huda · Chelsea, MA
Play from 37:00
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that our hearts are shaped by how we respond to repeated tests. When we fall into sin, our hearts can darken, but obedience and repentance can clean and strengthen them. Allah describes believers as people who encourage good and discourage evil, and the speaker says this should be done consistently, with dislike for the sin and hope that people can change. We should begin with ourselves, then help our families and communities, remembering that this effort is both accountability before Allah and a path to His mercy.

  1. What is one small choice that can strengthen your heart this week?
  2. How can we help someone do better without giving up on them?
  3. What good habit could our family encourage together?
Where it was given

The masjid

Al Huda Society60 Willow Street, Chelsea, MA 02150Jumu'ah 1:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at Al Huda20 khutbahs
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