Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 3, 2025.
Choose companions who strengthen your faith
“You want to be with people who, if you make a mistake, will correct you.”
In one sentence
Believers should choose companions who remind them of Allah, encourage goodness, gently correct mistakes, and protect their faith.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Expresses gratitude for iman, guidance, mercy, and belonging to the ummah.
- Explains Surah At-Tawbah's call to taqwa and keeping company with truthful people.
- Contrasts beneficial and harmful companions through the perfume seller and blacksmith analogy.
- Urges listeners to examine how friendships influence their religious practice and character.
- Describes the best companions as those whose appearance, words, and deeds remind others of Allah.
- Emphasizes that believers should honor and protect one another's reputation, life, and wealth.
Try this week
Choose friends who remind you of Allah and encourage good deeds.
Reflect on how you behave before, during, and after spending time with close companions.
Accept and offer gentle correction when mistakes occur.
Protect believers' reputations, lives, and wealth, and avoid disparaging others.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 9Used to teach God-consciousness and keeping company with truthful people.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“You want to be with people who, if you make a mistake, will correct you. Gently or what not. Hopefully, gently is the way of the Sunnah.”
“Who are the ones you're befriending? Who are the ones that you're sitting with? Who are the ones you're talking to?”
“The very deeds, the very work that they do, their prayer, their recitation of the Quran, I'm doing it. It reminds me.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that our companions shape our faith and our habits. We should seek people who remind us of Allah, encourage good, and gently correct us when we slip. We should also examine whether our own presence helps others become better. Believers are meant to protect one another's reputation, life, and wealth, while honoring people rather than disparaging them.
- Who is someone who helps you remember Allah or do what is right?
- How can you gently help a friend when they make a mistake?
- What can we do this week to protect someone else's reputation?
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