Hold to the Quran and stay united
“When we are concerned about the need of a person and less of ourselves, we can be a group of compassion.”
Muslims must submit to Allah by holding to the Qur'an and Sunnah, resisting forces that divide them, and showing brotherhood through patient sacrifice and compassion.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- The sermon uses Pharaoh and divide-and-conquer as examples of how oppression exploits communal division.
- Surah Al-Imran is invoked to emphasize holding firmly to Allah, revelation, and the Messenger while rejecting factionalism.
- The unity of the Aws and Khazraj, Muhajirun, and Ansar illustrates Islam's power to transform enemies into brothers.
- The difficult path of faith includes freeing the enslaved, feeding people during famine, and caring for orphans and the poor.
- The speaker contrasts demanding one's rights with prioritizing others' needs, patience, compassion, and mutual protection.
- The khutbah urges unity despite fear and anger over current crises, then closes with prayers and recitation.
In the khateeb's words
“It's the difficulty in the implementation of these things. It is the forbearance and the patience. in using this and preferring it over ourselves.”
“don't allow that, those emotions to sway us and disunite us here. Because those who are succeeding at disuniting us elsewhere would love to disunite us here as well.”
“When we are concerned about the need of a person and less of ourselves, we can be a group of compassion.”
“This Quran calls us to be submissive to Allah and to no one else.”
For the dinner table
Islam calls us to submit to Allah by holding onto the Qur'an and the Prophet's way. The khutbah reminded us that Muslims become strong when they stay united across race, language, nationality, and differences. Brotherhood is not just a feeling: it means patience, compassion, protecting one another's rights, and helping people in hardship. The harder path is often to give when we feel stretched, feed someone hungry, care for orphans and the poor, and put another person's need before our own. This week, our family can resist arguments that divide us and look for one practical way to support someone around us.
- What is one way our family can help someone who is struggling this week?
- When have anger or fear made it harder to treat someone with compassion?
- What does putting another person's need before our own look like at home?
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