17:09 If you want them to be…17:24 You have to treat them…25:19 Make du'a. For…
Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.

Your family learns faith from your example

Jamiat Ul Ansar · Zahir Bacchus

“You have to treat them with respect and love and kindness.”

The khateeb, at 17:24

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In one sentence

A believer should make comprehensive dua for family, predecessors, and all people while personally modeling taqwa so their household becomes a source of joy and guidance.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Reflects on Allah’s blessings and the believer’s duty to remember others in dua
  2. Explains the qualities of Ibadur Rahman, including mercy, empathy, service, and selflessness
  3. Interprets the Surah al-Furqan dua for spouses and offspring as a prayer for family joy and faith
  4. Argues that personal taqwa and good example are essential to family spiritual growth
  5. Uses the Prophet’s supplication for Abu Salama as an example of praying for the deceased and their descendants
  6. Urges listeners to make comprehensive dua for everyone and engage with the Quran’s supplications
Try this week
Make dua for family, relatives, neighbors, friends, coworkers, fellow students, and people unknown to you.
Strive to improve your own taqwa, speech, reactions, and conduct.
Show family members respect, love, kindness, and faith in action.
Read the Quran and engage with its many supplications.
Pray for the deceased and for the people who come after them.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 25The dua for spouses and offspring is used to teach that family joy comes through faith, taqwa, and righteous example.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“If you want them to be the coolness of your eyes. Then you have to be the coolness of their eyes.”
Jamiat Ul Ansar · Brampton, ON
Play from 17:09
“You have to treat them with respect. And love. And kindness. You have to treat them. And show them what it means to be an Ibadur Rahman.”
Jamiat Ul Ansar · Brampton, ON
Play from 17:24
“Make du'a. For everyone. Everyone. Whether you know them. Or you don't know them. That you make du'a. For everyone.”
Jamiat Ul Ansar · Brampton, ON
Play from 25:19
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches us to ask Allah to make our spouses and children a source of joy because they are growing in faith and doing what is right. That begins with us: if we want others to improve, we must strive to improve ourselves and show respect, love, kindness, and faith in action. We should make dua not only for ourselves and our family but also for people we know and do not know. The Prophet’s supplication for Abu Salama is presented as an example of praying for the deceased and their descendants. We can make our duas more generous and comprehensive this week.

  1. Who is someone outside our family you could remember in your dua?
  2. What makes a home feel peaceful and joyful to you?
Where it was given

The masjid

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