Give your family time, not just money
“How much is one hour with your kids and family worth?”
Because time and affectionate attention are the priceless foundation of family faith and legacy, parents must prioritize their children, spouses, and aging parents over work, express love, and apologize humbly when wrong.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Frames time with children as parental responsibility and invokes a Quranic prayer for family and righteous leadership.
- Warns that close parent-child relationships are increasingly rare, then explains how parental religious investment shaped his own life.
- Contrasts providing through work with using work to avoid home, urging listeners to make home like Jannah through angelic conduct.
- Calls for leaving workplace stress behind and investing in affection, play, verbal love, and presence rather than material goods.
- Closes with the forty-dollar and one-hour story, urging listeners to schedule priceless family time.
In the khateeb's words
“Make your homes Make your homes like Jannah But remember In order for your house to be like Jannah You got to be like an angel”
“Leave that at home Leave that at work Don't bring that baggage to your home They deserve your time unadulterated They don't deserve the baggage”
“Dad Here's forty dollars Can I get one hour Of your time How much Is one hour With your kids And family worth”
For the dinner table
This khutbah reminds us that our relationships with our children, parents, and spouses are priceless blessings from Allah. Providing for a family matters, but so does giving them our time, attention, and kindness. The khateeb encourages us to make home peaceful through our own behavior and to show love through words and shared activities. He also reminds adults that apologizing to children shows humility and teaches them how to take responsibility for mistakes. His closing story, about a child wanting to buy an hour with his father, invites us to schedule time with the people we love.
- What is something we do together that makes you feel loved?
- What helps you feel ready to talk again after an argument?
- If we had an hour together this week, how would you like to spend it?
More on Family & marriage
Don't let a moment of disagreement turn into conflict where years of good are forgotten like that.14:45IAR Atwater · Southwest Raleigh, NC · Oct 31, 2026Protect relationships when disagreements arise
EPIC · Plano, TX · Oct 30, 2026Honor your mother while you still can“Call sometimes just because you want to hear her voice.”
We cannot have disrespectful parents disrespecting each other in the presence of their kids.22:41UMMA · Southfield, MI · Sep 19, 2026Faith shows in how we treat family