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Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, May 2, 2026.

Strong families build healthy societies

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“Having a righteous family is having a righteous world.”

The khateeb, at 6:55

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In one sentence

A strong, righteous family grounded in the Qur'an and Sunnah is the foundation of a healthy society, so parents must actively protect and guide their children's faith and character.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Presents the righteous family as the foundation of a good society, using Hajar's trust in Allah as an example.
  2. Warns that secularism, individualism, feminism, and international conventions undermine marriage, parenthood, and family unity.
  3. Defends Islamic family roles and women's dignity, including marriage, motherhood, reciprocal rights, and restricted polygyny.
  4. Emphasizes parents, especially mothers, as children's first teachers and role models, citing examples from Islamic history.
  5. Warns that screens, advertisements, laws, and social pressures can displace parents as sources of values.
  6. Calls families back to the Qur'an and Sunnah, then closes with prayers and community announcements.
Try this week
Raise children directly and consistently according to the Qur'an and Sunnah, teaching faith, prayer, manners, patience, and responsibility.
Monitor children's screens, television, advertisements, and role models instead of surrendering moral formation to outside influences.
Support the masjid and Qur'an school through donations and community participation.
Support oppressed people in Gaza, Palestine, Sudan, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 66:6Grounds the duty to protect and guide one's family spiritually.
Quran 31:13-19
Quran 17:23Places kindness to parents immediately after worshipping Allah, supporting parental rights.
Quran 2:228Supports the claim that women have rights corresponding to their responsibilities.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“Because it's the core of this life. Having a righteous family is having a righteous world.”
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“if we to go back and if we to hold tight to the Quran and the Sunnah we will never suffer from such results and such rates”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb taught that a righteous family is the foundation of a healthy society. He urged parents to see raising children as a sacred trust, beginning with their own faith, character, and example. He warned that screens, social pressures, and competing ideologies can pull children away from family values, so parents should stay engaged and guide them through the Qur'an and Sunnah. He especially highlighted mothers as early educators while reminding fathers that leadership means care and service, not dictatorship. The sermon closed by asking Allah to protect families, guide young people, and help parents raise righteous children.

  1. What is one family value you want our home to be known for?
  2. What screen habit could we improve together this week?
  3. How can we show care when guiding or correcting someone younger?
Where it was given

The masjid

Bergen County Islamic Education Center78 Trinity Place, Hackensack, NJ 07601Jumu'ah English 12:30 PM · Arabic 1:30 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at BCIEC5 khutbahs
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