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Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 17, 2026.

Islamic parenting begins before birth

ISCN · Obair Katchi

“With children you have to be kind.”

The khateeb, at 5:40

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In one sentence

Islamic parenting begins before birth and requires loving discipline, faithful role-modeling, religious education, quality time, and accountability before Allah.

The khutbah in 4 steps

  1. A child’s rights begin before birth through choosing a righteous spouse, while children remain both blessings and tests.
  2. Children owe parents kindness and respect, including after death, while disobedience to Allah is never obeyed.
  3. Neglecting deen, adab, and family time while prioritizing money or grades can damage parent-child relationships.
  4. Parents should teach faith early, prioritize Quran and Islamic classes alongside school and sports, and accept responsibility before Allah.
Try this week
Choose a righteous spouse, recognizing this as one of a child’s earliest rights.
Model kindness, loyalty, and faithfulness toward your own parents.
Correct children gently and positively, teaching manners without threats or harshness.
Teach children who Allah is, along with Quran, salah, deen, and adab from an early age.
Protect regular quality time with children, even if that requires limiting work hours.
Prioritize Quran and Islamic classes alongside school and extracurricular activities, including the mosque’s 4, 6 classes four days weekly.
Children should refuse disobedience to Allah while continuing to treat parents with kindness and respect.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam always chose the latter and he always showed us that with children you have to be kind”
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“i was able to spend 5-6 hours of quality time with my children”
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For the dinner table

The khutbah teaches that children are both a blessing and a test, and that parenting begins before a child is born with the choice of a righteous spouse. The Prophet’s example was gentle: he taught children with patience, affection, and calm correction. Parents are their children’s first role models, so family character, deen, Quran, adab, salah, and quality time matter alongside school and sports. Children owe parents respect and kindness, while parents owe children a sound religious upbringing and should work with teachers. The message is to make time, teach faith early, and remember that Allah will ask how we cared for our families.

  1. Which act of kindness or patience can we practice with one another this week?
  2. How can we make regular time for Quran, deen, and family conversation?
  3. What do children learn by watching adults, even when adults are not teaching directly?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Society of Corona-Norco465 Santana Way, Corona, CA 92881Jumu'ah Khutbah 1:10 PM and 2:20 PMKhateebObair KatchiMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at ISCN40 khutbahs
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