4:27 This responsibility is…5:21 Advise one another…25:30 the community should…
Character & conductFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 10, 2026.

Every Muslim must resist wrongdoing wisely

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“Every Muslim has a role according to their knowledge, ability and circumstances.”

The khateeb, at 4:27

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In one sentence

Every Muslim should promote good and resist wrongdoing according to their ability, using wisdom, mercy, fairness, and concern for communal wellbeing.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Establishes enjoining good and forbidding wrong as every Muslim’s responsibility.
  2. Uses Quranic examples to show communal success and the danger of silent complicity.
  3. Explains Prophetic methods for correcting wrongdoing with wisdom, privacy, and education.
  4. Warns that ignoring wrongdoing can bring collective spiritual consequences.
  5. Applies the lesson to community division, construction priorities, and parking concerns.
  6. Closes with prayers for ill community members and congregational prayer.
Try this week
Encourage good and discourage wrongdoing according to your knowledge and ability.
Advise others sincerely and oppose injustice with wisdom, mercy, and fairness.
When facing wrongdoing, respond by action, speech, or inward rejection according to your ability.
Do not publicize personal sins; avoid influencing others openly through wrongdoing.
Contact the community board respectfully about parking and construction priorities.
Make dua for the named sick and hospitalized community members.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 3Used to identify faith, enjoining good, and forbidding wrong as qualities of the best community.
Surah 7Used to show that those who forbid wrongdoing are saved, while persistent violators face punishment.
Sahih MuslimUsed to explain correcting wrong by hand, tongue, or at least the heart.
Jami` at-TirmidhiUsed to warn that failing to restrain wrongdoing can bring collective harm.
Surah 5Used to condemn people who did not forbid wrongdoing among themselves.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“This responsibility is not limited to scholars and religious speakers Every Muslim has a role according to their knowledge, ability and circumstances”
Islamic Association of · Flower Mound, TX
Play from 4:27
“Advise one another sincerely, help one another to obey Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala And oppose injustice through wisdom, mercy and fairness”
Islamic Association of · Flower Mound, TX
Play from 5:21
“the community should not be divided and we should stick together”
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Play from 25:30
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah taught that every Muslim has a responsibility to encourage good and discourage wrong according to their knowledge and ability. The speaker emphasized that this work should be done with wisdom, mercy, fairness, and by making matters easier rather than harder. Quranic stories and Prophetic examples showed both the danger of ignoring wrongdoing and the importance of correcting people without humiliating them. He also asked the community to stay united and respectfully share concerns with the board, especially about parking priorities. The khutbah ended with prayers for sick community members, families, and Muslims everywhere.

  1. What is one kind way you could help someone make a better choice?
  2. How can we disagree about community decisions without becoming divided?
  3. When should we speak up, and how can we do it gently?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Association of Lewisville-Flower Mound3430 Peters Colony Road, Flower Mound, TX 75022Jumu'ah “the service is held every Friday from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM”ArchiveAll khutbahs at Islamic Association of11 khutbahs
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