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Youth & educationFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 17, 2026.

Parents must teach children Islam

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In one sentence

Parents must treat raising their children in Islam as a primary trust from Allah, giving them time, teaching, discipline, example, care, and dua rather than outsourcing their upbringing to schools, screens, or material provision.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Defines orphanhood as including parental neglect, then connects it to the duty to care for children.
  2. Warns that marriage and parenting must involve more than satisfying desires or providing material comforts.
  3. Explains that parents are accountable for their children's religious upbringing and cannot delegate it entirely to schools, imams, media, or peers.
  4. Calls for regular family time, discipline, religious conversations, and stronger bonds before children reach adulthood.
  5. Closes by emphasizing the lasting benefit of righteous children and urging parents to spend time together and make dua for them.
Try this week
Set aside regular time with children after work and discuss Islam at home.
Make the five pillars a family learning topic over the course of a month.
Model religious practice by accompanying children to Quran study and reading Quran at home.
Take children along during vacations and build shared family experiences.
Teach, discipline, and provide for children instead of relying primarily on schools, screens, or peers.
Make dua regularly for children's guidance, protection, righteousness, and chastity.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 25Used to present righteous spouses and children as the comfort of believers' eyes.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The way you treat them while they are kids, the way you would receive that treatment when you are old.”
ICOPS · Lynnwood, WA
Play from 21:02
“Islam is not your name, Muhammad or Abdullah or Abdulrahman. That is not Islam.”
ICOPS · Lynnwood, WA
Play from 23:56
“Don't rely on anyone. Don't leave your kids live the life of an orphan kid. Be responsible for them. Have time for your kids.”
ICOPS · Lynnwood, WA
Play from 34:34
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds parents that children are a trust from Allah, not a side project. Parents are responsible for more than food, money, phones, and schooling; they must teach faith, set boundaries, and show Islam through their own lives. Children need regular presence and conversation, especially about basics such as the five pillars. Neglect in childhood can become distance and resentment later. Families are encouraged to spend time together, include children in religious learning, and keep making dua for their guidance and righteousness.

  1. What is one way our family can spend more meaningful time together?
  2. What good habit do you hope your parents or children learn from your example?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of Puget Sound (ICOPS)15709 Hwy 99, Lynnwood, WA 98087Jumu'ah 2:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICOPS6 khutbahs
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