18:07 What you don't…23:15 Bring your families to…23:54 I cannot ask you. To…
Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 24, 2026.

How parents shape a child's future

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“How you treat your spouse is directly correlated with how that child will treat their spouse in the future.”

The khateeb, at 18:07

Watch the khutbah

The khutbah in 4 steps

  1. Marital speech and domestic instability affect children’s emotional safety, learning, and future relationships.
  2. The Prophet Muhammad’s gentleness with children illustrates a nurturing family environment.
  3. Families should worship together through salah, mosque attendance, du'a, adhkar, and Qur'an reading.
  4. The khutbah closes with supplications for family well-being, good manners, and children who establish salah.
Try this week
Bring family members to the masjid and pray together.
Read du'as before eating, perform adhkar, and read Qur'an as a family.
When angry, seek refuge with Allah, make wudu, pray two rak'ahs, then return to discuss the issue.
Learn to handle disputes without raising your voice or trying to dominate others.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“What you don't realize. Is that how you treat your spouse. Is directly correlated. With how that child. Will treat their spouse in the future. And how they'll treat their children in the future. And how they feel about themselves.”
ICJC · South Overland Park, KS
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“Bring your families to the masjid. Create this environment. Of coming close to Allah. Read du'as with your family. Before you eat. Read du'a together with your family. Do adhkar with your family. Read Qur'an with your family.”
ICJC · South Overland Park, KS
Play from 23:15
“I cannot ask you. To not be angry. No human being. Can delete their emotions. But what we can ask. Of ourselves. Is learn. How to handle your anger. Learn how to handle dispute.”
ICJC · South Overland Park, KS
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Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of Johnson County9005 W 151st Street, Overland Park, KS 66221Jumu'ah First prayer 1:00 PM · Second prayer 2:15 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICJC7 khutbahs
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