Youth & educationFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 24, 2026.

Trust young Muslims with responsibility

“They are the future of this Ummah.”

The khateeb, at 3:28

In one sentence

Young Muslims should be trusted with responsibility and guided through worship, service, self-discipline, and detachment from worldly excess so they can strengthen the community and attain Jannah.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. The Prophet's cultivation of young Muslims is illustrated through Ibn Abbas and Mu'adh ibn Jabal.
  2. Mu'adh's mission to Yemen shows how tawhid, prayer, and zakat build faith and community solidarity.
  3. The Prophet's answer to Mu'adh presents the path to Jannah through the pillars and voluntary worship.
  4. Jihad is defined as resisting aggression and oppression while seeking to establish peace.
  5. Attachment to worldly life causes Muslims to neglect one another and become spiritually vulnerable.
  6. The story of the bread, gold, and thieves illustrates how lying and greed destroy people.
  7. The khutbah closes with an exhortation to guard the tongue and avoid useless speech.
Try this week
Fulfill the five pillars: testimony, five daily prayers, zakat, Ramadan fasting, and pilgrimage.
Add voluntary fasting, charity, and night prayer.
Stand against aggression and oppression in ways that establish peace.
Help fellow Muslims instead of becoming isolated by worldly concerns.
Guard the tongue and avoid useless speech.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Jihad is peace We making jihad To establish peace In the community”
NICC · Dublin, OH
Play from 15:33
“Hold Your tongue Don't release Your tongue Don't talk About everything”
NICC · Dublin, OH
Play from 26:21