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Hajj, Umrah & EidFrom the masjid's own video, May 30, 2026.

Sacrifice means lifelong giving and obedience

FMCCNJ · Nady Kishk

“They have to learn how to give.”

The khateeb, at 27:35

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In one sentence

The true meaning of sacrifice is lifelong, faith-driven giving and steadfast obedience to Allah, cultivated through hardship and taught to children through balanced parenting.

The khutbah in 7 steps

  1. Introduces sacrifice as a lifelong form of giving and a lesson to teach children.
  2. Uses Ibrahim’s search for tawhid, rejection of idols, and steadfastness in the fire as examples.
  3. Examines Ibrahim and Hajar’s trust when leaving Hajar and Ismail in the desert.
  4. Connects prophetic hardship, testing, and the demand to rise to responsibility.
  5. Explores Ibrahim and Ismail’s willingness to obey during the sacrifice test, and Allah’s provision of the ram.
  6. Applies the lesson to parenting: cultivate generosity, faith, patience, and balanced firmness.
  7. Closes with reminders about seeking protection during trials and Quranic recitation.
Try this week
Teach children the meaning of giving and sacrifice.
Keep working on faith, stay close to Allah, and ask Him for steadfastness during trials.
Pray more and strengthen worship when facing fitan.
Parent with balance by combining kindness with firm limits and teaching children to accept no.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 16
Surah 29The verse about believers being tested supports the claim that faith requires enduring trials.
Surah 30Mentioned while discussing testing, though the connection was not explained clearly.
Surah 99The closing recitation emphasizes that every deed, however small, will be seen.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“the real meaning for the sacrifice it's giving without even to wait the response without even to wait to have price for that”
FMCCNJ · Paramus, NJ
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“We have to plant in their personality the real meaning for the for giving. They have to learn how to give”
FMCCNJ · Paramus, NJ
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“you have to always have balance teach him how to accept no and you have to have balance between the time when you have to say no and when you have to say yes”
FMCCNJ · Paramus, NJ
Play from 28:51
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah invited us to understand sacrifice through the lives of Ibrahim, Hajar, and Ismail. The khateeb described their patience and trust in Allah during very difficult tests, reminding us that faith involves giving and effort. He explained that real sacrifice means giving without waiting for something in return. He also encouraged us to stay close to Allah, ask for protection from trials, and ask for strength when difficulties come. For our families, he emphasized teaching children generosity over time, with a balance of kindness and firm boundaries.

  1. What is one way you could give your time or help this week without expecting a reward?
  2. What stood out to you about Hajar’s trust in Allah when she faced uncertainty?
  3. How can our family practice generosity together this week?
Where it was given

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