Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Aug 14, 2026.
Faith means living for your children and wife
In one sentence
True commitment to the Qur'an means living its guidance through worship, righteousness, and sustained care for one's children and spouse, not merely being willing to die for faith or family.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Frames Islamic obedience and Qur'anic justice as a form of real life.
- Uses the Musa, Khidr account to show how parental righteousness benefits children.
- Warns that parents' righteousness or wickedness shapes their children's character.
- Calls parents to support their children religiously, intellectually, emotionally, physically, and financially.
- Extends the same standard to marriage through kindness and holistic support for one's wife.
- Closes with a supplication for excellent conduct and congregational prayer.
Try this week
Practice Islamic obligations such as salah, zakat, fasting, and hajj, while leaving zina, drugs, drinking, and gambling.
Be present for sons and daughters and support their religious, intellectual, emotional, physical, and financial development.
Live with one's wife in kindness and support her religiously, intellectually, emotionally, physically, and financially.
Call to good conduct and discourage wrongdoing.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“in salah is life in zakat is life in fasting is life in making hajj is life in leaving off zina is life”
“Your righteousness affects your children. So, brothers and sisters in Islam, you're ready to die for. But are you ready to live for your sons?”
“They need your help in being religiously inclined. They need your help in being intellectually inclined. They need your help in being emotionally correct and right, physically fit, and to teach them how to get their finances.”
“You're ready to die for your wife, but she doesn't care that you're ready to die for her. She wants to know that you are ready to live for her.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah taught that the Qur'an offers a way of life, so faith must show up in worship, choices, and character. It emphasized that a parent's righteousness can become a treasure for children, while a parent's wrongdoing can also shape them. The speaker asked parents to be present for sons and daughters, religiously, intellectually, emotionally, physically, and financially. He extended that call to marriage, urging spouses to live with one another in kindness and care for each other's whole well-being.
- When do you feel most supported by a parent?
- What good habit could our family practice together this week?
- How can we show more kindness at home?
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