Parents must raise children with care and faith
“Children have rights before they are born.”
Children are a gift and responsibility from Allah, so parents must protect, nurture, educate, guide, and remain close to them so they become righteous and beneficial people.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Children are a divine gift whose rights begin before birth and continue until independence.
- Parents should provide a good upbringing, care, nourishment, financial support, and a suitable name.
- Children need faith education, prayer, Quran, moral instruction, good examples, and protection from harmful influences.
- Parents should begin early and combine play, teaching, discipline, honesty, companionship, patience, and dua.
- Righteous children benefit their communities and remain a source of reward and prayer for parents after death.
In the khateeb's words
“Children have rights Before they are born After they are born And until they grow up And live on their own”
“play with your children teach them discipline them be close to them talk honestly with them”
“they are the good legacy that people remember they are from your efforts and their dua for you continues even after your death”
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that children are a gift from Allah and a responsibility, with rights before birth and throughout childhood. Parents should provide care, a good name, nourishment, safety, and support until children can stand on their own. They should also teach faith, prayer, Quran, good character, and the difference between halal and haram, while being good examples. The speaker urges parents to begin early and to play with children, guide them, speak honestly, stay close, be patient, and make dua for them. Righteous children can become a lasting benefit to their families and communities, including by praying for their parents after death.
- What is one way we can be more honest or close with each other this week?
- Which good character trait should our family practice together?
- How can we make dua for our family and other children?
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