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Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 11, 2026.

The Sunnah begins with mercy at home

IIT · Ahmad Kutty

“Your home is not built only with money. It is built with smiles, embraces, appreciation, forgiveness, and the reassuring feeling, I belong here.”

The khateeb, at 15:57

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In one sentence

Bringing the Sunnah home means expressing Islam through mercy, attention, service, forgiveness, and visible love toward one's family.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces the challenge of practicing the Sunnah privately at home.
  2. Uses the Prophet's family conduct to emphasize mercy without humiliation.
  3. Urges attentive listening and emotional connection with spouses and children.
  4. Calls believers to serve aging parents as a path to Jannah.
  5. Encourages household service, tenderness, apology, and reconciliation.
  6. Concludes with five practical lessons and prayers for merciful homes.
Try this week
Repeat the testimony of Allah's oneness at least one hundred times daily and send one hundred salutations upon the Prophet.
During conflict, ask whether you want to solve the problem or defeat the person you love.
Put down the phone, notice signs of hurt, and listen attentively to family members.
Tell your spouse, parents, and children explicitly that you appreciate and love them.
Connect with children and understand their feelings before correcting or lecturing them.
Serve aging parents by spending time with them, helping with needs, seeking their forgiveness, and asking for their dua.
Apologize, reconnect with distant children, call living parents, and take the first step toward estranged siblings.
Make the home a place where Islam is experienced through prayer, Qur'an, smiles, forgiveness, tenderness, and service.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The prophetic manner is correct the behavior without crushing the heart.”
IIT · Malvern, ON
Play from 11:17
“Sometimes those we love do not need another lecture. They need someone to notice that they are hurting.”
IIT · Malvern, ON
Play from 15:12
“Your home is not built only with money. It is built with smiles, embraces, appreciation, forgiveness, and the reassuring feeling, I belong here.”
IIT · Malvern, ON
Play from 15:57
“Don't say, "Why should I call first?" Someone must choose Jannah over pride.”
IIT · Malvern, ON
Play from 25:46
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The sunnah is not only something we talk about in public; it should be felt at home through mercy, patience, forgiveness, and love. The Prophet corrected mistakes without humiliating people, noticed when others were hurting, and made affection visible. Parents are a precious opportunity for service, so we should care for them, spend time with them, and seek their prayers while we can. The speaker urged spouses, parents, children, and siblings to apologize, reconnect, and choose reconciliation over pride. A home should be a place where Islam is not merely taught but experienced as mercy.

  1. What helps you feel noticed and loved at home?
  2. How can we show service to someone in our family this week?
  3. When is it hard to apologize or take the first step? If you could, what would you say?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Institute of Toronto1630 Neilson Rd, Scarborough, ON M1X 1S3Jumu'ah 1:00 PM · in-person and live onlineKhateebAhmad KuttyMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at IIT44 khutbahs
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