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The Juma Khutba
Leveraging the Ummah
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1. Whats was your core message?
2. Why were you telling them this?
3. What was the take-away for the audience?
The 3 Critical Questions
If it is not clear to you,
it will not be clear to them
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Whats unique about it?
How the Juma Khutba is different
from other lectures and why?
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What is unique about it? Please list what in your view are the
features of the Juma Khutba which are
unique to it, in terms of its potential toleverage the strength of the Ummah.
15 minutes
Think of your own responsibility as a Khateeb
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Some thoughts The Juma is a unique opportunity for us to
address important issues of the Ummah
Sometimes we dont prepare for the Khutba
with enough seriousness and it shows
Remember that this is also a chance to build
bridges with the people who are yourconstituents
Because even people who are irregular with salah
go to Juma
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Key matters to keep in mind Only time in the week to have some
taaleem
Current issues
Profile of people we are addressing
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Suggested Topics Current Events & their impact
Historic Events: Remote & Recent
Family, Community, Treating non-Muslims
Importance of Education, Unity among
Muslims, Strategic Thinking, FinancialIndependence, Presenting Islam to the world
Focus on Applied Islam & Stay out of politics
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Preparation is key
Your Khutba is only as good as
your preparation
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Sources of informationAsk Allah for His help
Quran & Hadith Explanations
Seeratun Nabi wa Sahaba
Science, nature, philosophy, literature
Internet Khutbas of other Khateebs News Current events
http://khutba.org/php/index.php
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Pre-work The 3 Rs Research
Good research is critical to impact
Record
Write your Khutba and keep it handy
Rehearse
Unless you are the worlds greatest expert,
rehearsing is essential.
Impact is directly proportional to preparation
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Designing the Khutba Use current events to highlight the need for
change
Create a theme that you follow for several
weeks
Monitor and report on progress
Network with other Khateebs to multiply theimpact of the message
Let people hear the same message in every masjid
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Make open handed gestures between waist &
chin
Be aware of your body language
Ensure that your gestures support your words
It is okay to be nervous
It is not okay to show it
Your Body Language
Who you are speaks louder than what you say
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Body language Gestures Body language should always support
the words. It should not convey
nervousness or distract attention. The solution is to develop self
awareness of what you are doing at all
times.Ask people to give you feedback and
listen with openness.
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Be confident
Make and hold eye contact
Make open-handed gestures
Move only with purpose
Stand straight & smile it indicatesconfidence
On the Minbar
Avoid the crutch it is for the lame
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DO Lock your eyes with
one person
Complete a thought
with each person
Pause and take abreath while moving to
another person
DONT Scan the room
Look at the ceiling,
floor or walls for your
thoughts
Get hooked to oneperson in the audience
Regulating Visual Input
Be cheerful but not frivolous
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Use Voice energy
Modulate your voice appropriately
Make purposeful gestures to support your
words
Let your gestures emphasize the key points
Avoid distracting, purposeless gestures
They convey nervousness
Gestures & Voice
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Dos Be brief and to the point. Not more than 20 minutes
Be optimistic and positive. Never complain
Be cheerful and sincere. Always a genuine smile
Be honest, clear and straight in your statements
Be careful regarding nationalities, gender and
ethnicity in your language
Give people things to do
Remember you are in the place of Rasoolullah
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Donts Never speak without preparing
Never use the Minbar to attack people
regardless of your justification
Never speak about controversial issues
Never say anything without its daleel
Never speak about issues of fiqh except when
these are well known and agreed upon
The Minbar is not a political platform
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Mirza Yawar Baig
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