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Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 13, 2026.

Parents need your time, not money

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“They need you, not your money.”

The khateeb, at 7:17

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In one sentence

Honoring parents and maintaining kinship bring blessing, provision, and potentially longer life, while righteous action and dua operate within Allah’s decree.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Introduces a hadith about maintaining family ties for increased provision and prolonged life.
  2. Explains prolonged life as either blessed time or an actual extension of lifespan.
  3. Reconciles dua, action, and changed outcomes with divine decree using the plague narrative.
  4. Applies the teaching to parents, emphasizing personal time, attention, and service over money alone.
  5. Urges listeners to examine their treatment of parents during hardship and gratitude, then closes with supplication.
Try this week
Maintain good ties with blood relatives.
Give parents personal time, attention, and service rather than only financial support or arranging care.
When facing hardship, examine whether you are fulfilling your duties toward your parents.
Make dua and take responsible means, such as seeking medication, rather than treating hardship as unchangeable destiny.
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih al-BukhariUsed to teach that maintaining blood ties brings ample provision and prolonged life.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“he who desires ample provision and his life be prolonged should maintain good ties with his blood relations.”
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“Whatever time you give to them will be double and multiplied more and more for you.”
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“They need you, not your money. They need your attention”
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“if you face it in a problem, obstacle, calamity, any things in your life that's unpleasant, question your relation with your parents.”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah begins with a hadith saying that maintaining ties with relatives can bring greater provision and a longer or more blessed life. It explains that this does not oppose divine decree, because even changes brought through dua and good actions remain within Allah’s decree. The main application is to parents: they need our time, attention, and service, not only our money. When life becomes difficult, we are encouraged to examine how we are treating our parents and family. The khutbah closes by asking Allah to help us fulfill these duties.

  1. What is one way we can give our parents more attention this week?
  2. How can we take action while still trusting Allah’s decree?
  3. What does serving family look like beyond giving money?
Where it was given

The masjid

London Muslim Mosque151 Oxford St W, London, ON N6H 1S3Jumu'ah First prayer 12:00 PM · second prayer 1:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at London Muslim Mosque193 khutbahs
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