Youth & educationFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 3, 2026.
Children need patient guidance and good friends
“It takes a village to raise a child.”
In one sentence
Because guidance, character, and children’s futures are shaped through patient learning and companionship, Muslims should avoid judging others and take shared responsibility for nurturing faith at home, in the mosque, and across the community.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Affirms Allah’s oneness, transcendence, mercy, justice, and final accountability.
- Warns against judging fellow believers or assuming anyone’s place in Paradise.
- Connects faith to taking practical means, especially good companionship.
- Uses Surah al-Kahf’s Cave and Musa, Khidr stories to teach protecting faith, patience, and staged learning.
- Applies companionship and questioning to children facing peer pressure and local carjackings.
Try this week
Read or listen to Surah al-Kahf on Friday and reflect on its lessons.
Seek good companions and spend time with people who strengthen faith.
Teach children Islam by example, bring them to the mosque, and know who their friends are.
Question harmful behavior instead of following peers blindly.
Begin supporting vulnerable children through the mosque and wider community today.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 18Used the Companions of the Cave and Musa, Khidr narratives to teach companionship, patience, questioning, and protecting faith.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“You got to have some patience. And you got to work. And you got to be with those.”
“It takes a village to raise a child. All of us have to be part of it.”
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