Parents must bring children back to the masjid
“Bring our children and youth yourselves.”
Parents and Muslim communities must intentionally reclaim their children by orienting them toward family, elders, scholars, and the masjid while practicing merciful, informed parenting and giving them meaningful time.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Establishes parental responsibility through Quranic warnings and the shepherd hadith.
- Describes modern pressures, work, urbanization, technology, and peer influence, that weaken family guidance.
- Urges families to rebuild a village of wisdom, worship, and mentorship through the masjid.
- Calls parents to study parenting and intentionally improve themselves.
- Presents Prophetic examples of listening, verbal mercy, physical affection, and age-appropriate companionship.
- Closes by urging parents to prioritize meaningful time with their children and praying for righteous families.
In the khateeb's words
“We want to create the village that we have lost in our masjid And so bring our children and youth yourselves Show up at the masjid Participate in classes at the masjid Attend Salah Jemaah”
“give some of that to our children not in just how we provide for them but in how we sit with them eat with them and spend time with them”
For the dinner table
Today we talked about how parents are responsible for guiding and protecting their families. Children can be pulled away from parents, elders, scholars, and the masjid by busy work lives, technology, and peer influence, so families should rebuild a wise and worshipful community around them. Parents also need to work on themselves by learning healthy parenting and following the Prophet’s example of listening, showing mercy, giving affection, and adapting care as children grow. Most of all, we should give our children real time by sitting, eating, talking, and being present with them.
- Which adults or elders help you make wise choices, and how can you spend more time with them?
- What helps you feel listened to and cared for at home?
- What family time would you like us to protect each week?
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