Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2026.
Worship includes honoring your parents
In one sentence
Pleasing Allah is inseparable from honoring and serving one's parents throughout life, including respectful care in old age and ongoing prayer and charity after their death.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Opens with praise of Allah and a call to full submission.
- Tells the story of Uwais, whose care for his sick mother prevented him from visiting the Prophet.
- Connects worship of Allah with honoring parents, especially through respectful speech and service in old age.
- Uses prophetic examples and hadith to warn against parental disobedience.
- Extends filial duty to deceased parents through prayer, charity, Hajj, and Umrah.
- Urges children to comfort their parents and parents to pray for their children.
- Closes with prayers for the community and a Friday prayer timing announcement.
Try this week
Speak to parents respectfully and do not yell or show irritation.
Serve and obey parents unless they command disobedience to Allah.
Be a source of comfort, peace, help, and stability for parents.
Pray for deceased parents, give charity on their behalf, and perform Hajj or Umrah on their behalf.
Parents should avoid praying against their children, even when angry.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“worshiping Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and fulfilling our duties would not be complete if we do not fulfill the rights towards our parents.”
“birrul walidain is not only for little children it's for little children for young adults for people in their forties for parents for grandparents as well”
“even if your parents are not alive anymore how could you continue to do birr for them the least is making istighfar making dua paying sadaqah on their behalf doing hajj and umrah on their behalf whatever it may be”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that pleasing Allah includes honoring our parents throughout every stage of life. The story of Uwais shows how caring for a sick mother can be an extraordinary act of worship. We should speak gently, serve our parents, and bring them comfort rather than stress. Even after parents die, we can continue honoring them through prayer, charity, and good deeds on their behalf. Parents should also pray for their children and avoid making angry supplications against them.
- What is one way we can bring comfort to our parents this week?
- How can we remember and benefit a grandparent or relative who has passed away?
- What should we do when we feel frustrated with our parents or children?
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