Parents must lead families toward Allah
“You ask your children if they did their homework.”
Muslim families must restore active religious leadership by prioritizing Allah, prayer, the Quran, and the Sunnah over wealth and worldly success, beginning with parents reforming themselves and guiding their households with compassion.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Calls families to fulfill religious responsibility, not merely provide material goods.
- Urges parents to reform themselves before guiding spouses and children.
- Contrasts homework and career focus with asking about salah and afterlife success.
- Warns that wealth and family can distract from remembrance and are tests.
- Closes by urging renewed family structure, compassionate correction, and hope for family Jannah.
In the khateeb's words
“When you come home from your job. You ask your children if they did their homework. But you do not ask them if they establish salah.”
“So you want him to be successful in this dunya. But you do not want him to be successful in the her after. Then you are doing him a disservice.”
“The same way. When the believer is reminded. He changes himself. This is also only unique to the believer.”
“So we must come back to the structure of the nuclear family. We must give a qima. We must give a value back to the nuclear family.”
For the dinner table
The khateeb reminded us that caring for our families includes helping one another obey Allah, alongside meeting everyday needs. He urged us to begin with ourselves and to give prayer and good conduct attention in our homes, just as we give attention to homework and future careers. Through the example of Umar, he encouraged us to accept reminders and make changes when we recognize a mistake. He also warned that wealth and children can distract us from remembering Allah, and reminded us that we will answer for how we earn and spend our money. When family members need correction, he called for avoiding harshness, and he ended by asking Allah for peaceful homes and for our families to enter Jannah together.
- What makes a reminder feel kind and helpful to you?
- How could we use some of our money in a way that pleases Allah?
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