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Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 19, 2025.

Marriage needs rights, family support, and care

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“Marriage is a bond between two families.”

The khateeb, at 83:12

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In one sentence

Marriage should be entered with education, family awareness, mutual rights, and communication, while divorce must follow precise Islamic and civil procedures rather than impulse.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. The speaker explains prayer postures, hand placement, row alignment, and sitting in tashahhud.
  2. He urges prospective spouses to seek counseling, learn mutual rights, and involve their families.
  3. He explains iddah and conditions for valid talaq, including capacity, intention, purity, timing, and witnesses.
  4. He distinguishes Shariah divorce from Canadian civil divorce and advises completing both processes.
  5. He closes with remembrance of Imam Hasan, Karbala, and devotional ziyarat.
Try this week
Before marriage, watch marriage-counseling material and study each spouse's rights, responsibilities, and duties.
Discuss plans and household expectations in advance, including visits to parents, so small issues do not grow.
Do not use divorce as a threat; verify the Islamic conditions, use the proper talaq formula, and have two witnesses.
Complete both the Islamic and Canadian legal divorce processes, consulting sistani.org or Tawzih ul-Masail for detailed rulings.
Involve both families and seek parental consent or approval before marriage.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 65:1Used to introduce regulated divorce timing and the waiting period, or iddah.
Surah 103Recited during prayer, emphasizing faith, righteous action, truth, and patience.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“I always say that and I strictly believe in this marriage is a bond between two families.”
RCC · East Hamilton, ON
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“Many of the times the talaq never happens. because one of these conditions is not met.”
RCC · East Hamilton, ON
Play from 98:04
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb began a discussion of Islamic divorce by encouraging people to prepare carefully for marriage. He urged future husbands and wives to learn their responsibilities and rights, and to take counseling seriously even when they feel deeply in love. He described marriage as a bond between two families and emphasized the importance of family involvement. He encouraged couples to discuss plans ahead of time, care for their relationship, and avoid threats of divorce. He also explained that divorce has specific religious conditions and that couples need to attend to both religious and civil processes.

  1. What is something people should learn before taking on a big responsibility like marriage?
  2. How can we talk about different plans in our family before anyone feels left out?
  3. What could you say when you are upset that helps someone understand you without threatening them?
Where it was given

The masjid

Razavi Community Centre95 Mead Ave, Hamilton, ON L8H 3T6Jumu'ah Friday, August 28, 2026 · 1:21 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at RCC10 khutbahs
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