Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Jul 31, 2026.
Silence phones to be present with family
“Silence all notifications except maybe the phone ringing for a phone call.”
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Opening praise and salawat on the Prophet
- Hadith of the ring from Sunan An-Nasa'i: the Prophet wore a ring, found it distracting, and threw it away
- Modern parallel: smartphones as our generation's 'ring', especially harming marriages
- Practical step one: silence all non-essential notifications
- Practical step two: device-free times and spaces in the home (dinner table, family room)
- Summary tying back to the Prophet's attentiveness and du'a
- Second-khutbah Arabic formulas and closing du'as
Try this week
Silence all non-essential notifications (keep only phone calls and messages from a few key people like parents, siblings, spouse) and try it for a week
Physically remove devices from shared family spaces and times, no phones at the dinner table or in the family/living room during time together, not even in pockets
Try both changes for the next week and observe whether presence and relationships at home measurably improve
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 92Recited at the opening of the khutbah but not explained or tied to the argument
Quran 33:56Standard second-khutbah verse commanding salawat on the Prophet
Quran 16:90Standard closing verse of the khutbah
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“The narration continues right after and it says that the Prophet took the ring off and he threw it away”
“This ring wasn't a smart ring. It wasn't tracking his steps”
“to silence all notifications except maybe the phone ringing for a phone call because those can be”
“There should just be a rule that when the family is having dinner. There's absolutely no device”
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