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Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 3, 2025.

Parents protect family faith by living it

Worcester Islamic Center

“You have to make sure you spend time with your kids teaching them who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is.”

The khateeb, at 5:12

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In one sentence

Parents must protect their families' faith by treating their own parents with mercy, actively teaching and modeling Islam for their children, staying engaged with their lives and community, and never giving up on dua.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Calls children to stop yelling at parents and speak gently.
  2. Urges mercy, kindness, time, and dua for aging parents.
  3. Challenges parents to examine their contribution to children's behavior.
  4. Teaches parents to teach Islam, Quran, and salah at home.
  5. Calls the community to build better conditions for Muslim children.
  6. Encourages dua for deceased parents and children struggling with iman.
Try this week
Speak to parents gently instead of yelling or talking back.
Show parents mercy, spend time with them, be kind, and make dua for them.
Teach children who Allah and Rasulullah are, and explain prayer and other acts of worship.
Make time for Quran and require children to join family salah.
Become a religious role model before correcting children.
Know children's friends, whereabouts, and daily environment.
Spend meaningful time engaging with children so they feel comfortable sharing problems.
Make dua for children struggling with iman and do not give up on them.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The importance of speaking to them in a kindly and gentle manner.”
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Play from 0:27
“They had mercy upon you when you were a child. When you were one years old, two years old, four years old.”
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Play from 1:28
“You as a parent, you have to make sure you spend time with your kids teaching them who Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is.”
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Play from 5:12
“The reality of what's happening is that parents, your kids are paying attention to you.”
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Play from 8:03
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds children to treat their parents with gentleness, mercy, kindness, and patience. It also reminds parents that they are responsible for teaching Islam at home, modeling prayer, and spending meaningful time with their children. Parents should know their children's friends and environments while building trust so children can share their struggles. The wider community must work together to support Muslim children growing up in America. Even when children struggle with faith, families should keep making dua and never give up.

  1. What is one gentle way we can respond when we disagree with our parents?
  2. What do our actions teach younger people in our family?
  3. How can our family make more time for prayer and conversation?
Where it was given

The masjid

Worcester Islamic Center248 East Mountain Street, Worcester, MA 01606ArchiveAll khutbahs at Worcester Islamic Center39 khutbahs
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