Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.
Give children faith, not only care
“You will balance how you deal with your children.”
In one sentence
Parents must treat their children's spiritual and Islamic upbringing as a deliberate responsibility, modeled at home, reinforced through friendships and the masjid, and sustained through teaching and dua, not merely provide physical care.
The khutbah in 4 steps
- Ibrahim and Ismail building the Kaaba, along with Yaqub's deathbed question, illustrate religious legacy.
- Parents should carefully choose close friends and monitor their children's influences.
- Parents should balance physical care with spiritual upbringing through prayer, fasting, and Islamic principles.
- Dua and righteous parenting can become worship with continuing reward after death.
Try this week
Bring children along when volunteering at the masjid or a food bank.
Involve children in the masjid and help them feel that it is their place of comfort.
Set a goal to balance physical care with spiritual upbringing.
Teach children how to pray, fast, and practice Islamic principles.
Make dua for children and ask Allah to make them righteous.
Choose close friends carefully and pay attention to children's friendships and role models.
Connect children with Allah, the Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the masjid.
Sources the khateeb cited
Quran 2:133Yaqub's deathbed question emphasizes concern for his children's worship and faith.
Quran 25:74Provides a dua for righteous spouses, offspring, and leadership among the righteous.
Quran 46:15Offers a prayer asking Allah to rectify one's descendants.
Musnad AhmadSays a righteous person's status may be elevated because their child seeks forgiveness for them.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Making it there feel like this is my place. This is my place. This is my place of comfort. To come.”
“Make it a goal in this year. That you will inshallah course correct. You will balance how you deal with your children.”
“Let's not just focus about caring for them physically. But also let's focus about upbringing them islamically. And connecting them with Allah.”
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