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Community & unityFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Build unity by supporting one another

Dar-us-Salaam

“We want everybody to make it to the finish line.”

The khateeb, at 27:16

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In one sentence

The Sahaba built an unshakable Muslim community not only through individual courage and generosity but by supporting one another, assuming good, forgiving wrongs, and resisting gossip and division.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces the Sahaba’s individual excellence and asks what made their generation collectively great.
  2. Presents the believer-as-building hadith and Surah al-Hujarat’s commands against ridicule, insults, suspicion, spying, backbiting, and division.
  3. Uses stories involving Ka'b ibn Malik and the slander of Aisha to show defending others, remembering their good qualities, and maintaining support despite wrongs.
  4. Uses the promised-Paradise Ansari to emphasize nightly forgiveness and removing ill will.
  5. Extends the lesson through disabled athletes and the Battle of Siffin: compete while helping everyone reach the finish line and reconcile.
  6. Ends with Abu Bakr forgiving the man whose arrow killed his son, urging listeners to be a brick rather than a match.
Try this week
Reconcile disputes between Muslims and help restore strained relationships.
Avoid ridicule, insults, offensive nicknames, suspicion, spying, and backbiting.
Defend absent Muslims and assume good reasons before judging them.
Forgive those who wrong you before sleeping and remove ill will from your heart.
Support struggling fellow Muslims so everyone can reach Jannah.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The relationship of the believer with another believer is like a building. right the bricks of a building each strengthening the other”
Dar-us-Salaam · College Park, MD
Play from 4:13
“Every night before I go to sleep, I forgive whoever has wronged me. and I remove any bad feelings, any ill will towards anyone from my heart.”
Dar-us-Salaam · College Park, MD
Play from 22:25
“Even if it's a race. It is a race. We are competing with each other. But we want everybody to make it to the finish line.”
Dar-us-Salaam · College Park, MD
Play from 27:16
“Be a brick, then a match. When you have a chance to throw that match, hold it. Don't throw the match.”
Dar-us-Salaam · College Park, MD
Play from 34:24
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Allah wants us to be like bricks in a strong building, supporting one another instead of tearing one another down. The Sahaba showed this by defending people, remembering their good qualities, forgiving wrongs, and reconciling disputes. The khutbah reminds us to avoid gossip, suspicion, insults, and backbiting because these weaken the Muslim community. We should forgive before sleeping and remove ill will from our hearts. Even when Muslims compete, we should help everyone reach the finish line together.

  1. Who has been a supporting brick for you recently, and how could you support someone else?
  2. What is one hurt or grudge you could begin releasing before bedtime?
  3. How can our family help someone who is struggling instead of criticizing them?
Where it was given

The masjid

Dar-us-Salaam (Al-Huda Inc.)5301 Edgewood Road, College Park, MD 20740Jumu'ah 12:15 PM & 1:15 PM · held off-site at Knights of ColumbusArchiveAll khutbahs at Dar-us-Salaam48 khutbahs
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