Put children's deen before worldly success
“Worry about the deen of your children.”
Muslim parents must treat their children's upbringing as a sacred trust from Allah, prioritizing religious knowledge and character over worldly success and planning the summer around the deen.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- A generational crisis: children are growing up without Deen
- Parenting is an amanah, parents will be questioned by Allah
- Misplaced priorities: careers, wealth, and lifestyle over akhirah
- True success is children passing Allah's test; parents are shepherds of their flock
- Children must be taught beneficial knowledge and surrounded by mentors and halaqat
- Plan the summer around disciplined learning, halal fun, and investing in the deen
In the khateeb's words
“The true success. Is the success when. Your son and daughter. Stands before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And is questioned. That is the true test.”
“if you want to worry day and night worry about the deen of your children the guidance of your children and commit the time and the effort and the resources”
“don't be generous with all the worldly manners and come with the masajid and the halakhat and be like that class is expensive that course is too much”
For the dinner table
Today's khutbah was a strong reminder that our children are an amanah, a trust from Allah, and that one day we will be asked how we raised them. The speaker said many young people are growing up Muslim by name but don't really know their deen, and he urged parents to put their children's akhira ahead of careers, nice clothes, or big inheritances. True success, he explained, is when our sons and daughters stand before Allah and pass that test. He asked us to make a real summer plan: balance fun and sports with learning Quran and attending halaqat at the masjid, and to spend our time and money on our children's faith as easily as we spend it on other things.
- What's one thing you want to learn about Islam this summer?
- How can our family make going to the masjid or halaqah as normal as soccer practice?
- If our deen were our biggest priority, what would we spend less time or money on?
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