Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 5, 2026.
Mercy must shape how we live
“Humanity is created to serve and honor the entire creation of Allah the Almighty.”
In one sentence
The mercy brought by Prophet Muhammad must be actively lived through knowledge, worship, moral character, humane relationships, honest work, and care for all creation.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Contrasts pre-Islamic brutality with the Prophet’s mission to restore human dignity.
- Presents the early revelations as a roadmap centered on reading, knowledge, the pen, and character.
- Explains Islam’s golden triangle of knowledge, worship, and outreach.
- Uses examples involving Abraham, Ibn Umm al-Maktum, women, animals, and Uhud to illustrate prophetic mercy.
- Describes humans as stewards within creation and identifies knowledge and trustworthiness as leadership requirements.
- Applies mercy to work, parenting, small good deeds, personal responsibility, repentance, and purification of the heart.
Try this week
Read the Quran with contemplation and reflect on the physical universe.
Build knowledge together with worship and spiritual discipline before trying to warn or guide others.
Treat people with dignity, protect their rights, and act kindly toward women.
Be trustworthy at work: do not overlook corruption, deceive customers, or pass off flawed work.
Parents should provide halal earnings, develop their children’s moral character, and lead by example.
Remove harmful obstacles from people’s paths and value small righteous actions.
Focus on fulfilling your own duties while advising others without becoming consumed by their corruption.
Seek Allah’s forgiveness regularly and purify the heart from envy, hatred, and malice.
Support the mosque’s work through a contribution if able.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 17Used to establish that Allah honored humanity.
Surah 96Used to connect reading, revelation, knowledge, the pen, and reflection on creation.
Surah 68Used to emphasize the Prophet’s great moral character.
Surah 73Used to argue that knowledge requires spiritual discipline and worship.
Surah 74Used to place outreach after knowledge and spiritual purification.
Quran 21:107Used to present the Prophet as a mercy to the worlds.
Quran 12:55Used to identify knowledge and trustworthiness as leadership qualities.
Quran 5:105Used to emphasize personal responsibility and focusing on one’s own duties.
Quran 8:33Used to encourage constant seeking of forgiveness.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“The first pillar is humanity. The second pillar is knowledge. And the third pillar is values.”
“Knowledge becomes a destructive weapon if there are no values.”
“humanity is created to serve and honor the entire creation of Allah the Almighty.”
“Invest in the minds and moral character of your children. Feed them from pure halal earnings. and lead them by personal example, not just by spoken words and lectures.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that Prophet Muhammad came to restore human dignity and show mercy to every part of creation. We should seek knowledge, strengthen our worship, and only then guide others, because knowledge without values can harm. Mercy becomes real in honest work, kindness to family and animals, protecting people from harm, and doing small good deeds. Each of us can serve Allah where we are by being trustworthy, caring for our children, forgiving, and asking Allah to purify our hearts.
- What is one small good deed we can do this week that helps someone or something around us?
- How can we show mercy and honesty in our home, school, or workplace?
- What helps us keep our hearts free from envy and anger?
Where it was given
The masjids
Masjid Fulton1852 Fulton Ave, Sacramento, CA 95825Jumu'ah 1:00 PM Arabic-English (Imam Ahmadullah Masoud) · 2:00 PM Dari (Br. Mirwais Hydari)SALAM Arden Center985 Enterprise Dr, Sacramento, CA 95825Jumu'ah English khutbah 12:00 PMSALAM Islamic Center4545 College Oak Dr, Sacramento, CA 95841Jumu'ah 12:00 PM Arabic · English khutbah 1:15 PM, prayer 1:35 PMKhateebKhalid SayediMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Fulton13 khutbahs
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