A blessed marriage needs shared worship
“It's an appointment with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”
A blessed marriage is sustained by bringing barakah into the home through shared worship, contentment, living within one's means, true partnership modeled on the Prophet, and raising children upon iman.
The khutbah in 8 steps
- Recap of parts 1-2: intention, spousal rights, expectations, anger control, protecting marriage from shaitan
- Bringing barakah home: praying together, adhan, dhikr, tilawah; husband as responsible khalifa who has done tazkiyah
- The masjid as the soul of a mu'min; families estranged from it raise children estranged from deen
- Marriage unites two families; honoring parents and elders as a source of barakah
- Living within your means; comparison, extravagance, and insecurity as destroyers of marriages
- From 'me' to 'us': partnership and the Prophet's example of serving his household (Bukhari)
- The greatest investment: raising children upon iman; the UK crisis of teens leaving Islam; affection toward kids
- Begin and continue marriage with dua and istikhara; closing supplications
In the khateeb's words
“before I wrap up in the next few minutes inshallah I want to highlight this important matter”
“hundreds of parents are coming to local imams girls boys age group between 12 and 16 are leaving”
“that's one aspect the other aspect the kids our children they're growing up in the west they're influenced they're impacted by”
“prepare same thing with dua it's an appointment with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala it's a special”
For the dinner table
Today's khutbah finished the series on a blessed Nikah by asking how we bring barakah into our homes. The imam reminded us that the masjid is like the soul of a believer, when we keep Allah, salah, and dhikr at the center, our children grow up loving Islam instead of seeing it as strange. He warned against comparing our lives, homes, or cars with others and urged us to live simply within our means. He also emphasized partnership: a marriage works when both spouses say 'us' instead of 'me,' share responsibilities, and follow the Prophet's example of helping at home. Finally, he said the greatest investment we can make is raising our children upon iman, with love, time, and dua.
- The imam said the masjid is like the soul of a fish's water, what is one way we can keep salah and dhikr alive in our home this week?
- What does 'living within our means' mean for us, and how can we be happy with what Allah has given instead of comparing?
- The Prophet used to help with work at home before going to pray, how can we be a better team in our family?
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