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Youth & educationFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 2, 2026.

Parents must shape Islamic education

Islamic Society of

“We must take control of the education of our own children.”

The khateeb, at 22:01

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In one sentence

Parents and Muslim communities must actively shape an Islamic educational environment for children because surrounding society, schools, and media can form worldviews that conflict with Islam.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Parents are responsible for protecting their families from spiritual loss.
  2. The upbringing of Musa illustrates how his mother’s influence was preserved despite Fir'aun’s palace.
  3. Materialist education and surrounding culture can conflict with belief in Allah and produce confusion.
  4. Historical examples show education systems can be used for cultural assimilation and ideological control.
  5. Parents must reclaim responsibility through Islamic schools, maktab, Quran programs, and media oversight.
  6. Communities should invest resources, enroll children, and actively strengthen Islamic educational institutions.
Try this week
Monitor and take responsibility for children’s education, media, social media, and role models.
Find an Islamic educational environment in the local community.
Enroll children in available Islamic schools, maktab, Sunday school, Quran, or full-time hifz programs.
Invest time, resources, wealth, and talent in building and improving Islamic education.
Participate actively in strengthening existing community programs.
Contact community leaders if finances prevent a child from accessing Islamic learning.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“So ensuring that not only we ourselves, but our families, our children are successful in the hereafter is a responsibility of the parents.”
Islamic Society of · Rolling Meadows, IL
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“We must take control of the education of our own children.”
Islamic Society of · Rolling Meadows, IL
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“They have to be there. It's not optional. It's a requirement.”
Islamic Society of · Rolling Meadows, IL
Play from 25:50
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today the imam reminded us that Allah tells us to protect ourselves and our families from the Fire, so helping our children love and understand Islam is a parent's job. He told the story of baby Musa, who grew up in Fir'aun's palace. Even there, Allah sent him back to his own mother so she could raise him with good values. The imam said the world around us can be like that palace: much of what we see and learn doesn't help us believe in Allah, whom we cannot see. He said real faith means trusting that what Allah calls good is good and what He calls wrong is wrong, not only praying. So, like Musa's mother, our family can make a special space for Islam at home, at the masjid, and in Islamic classes, where we learn about Allah together.

  1. If you were Musa's sister, how brave would you have to be to walk into Fir'aun's palace and help your baby brother?
  2. A fish doesn't know it's in water. What is something around you every day that you never really notice?
  3. What is one thing you learned at the masjid or Islamic class that you really like?
Where it was given

The masjid

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