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Family & marriageFrom the masjid's own video, May 2, 2026.

Marriage is a sacred trust from Allah

ICSWO

“Husbands are amanah trusts with their wives and wives are amanah trusts with their husbands.”

The khateeb, at 7:21

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In one sentence

Marriage and even divorce are an amanah (sacred trust) from Allah, so couples must handle disputes with taqwa, honesty, privacy, and amicable conduct rather than through lawyer-driven conflict, and the community must build mediation and matchmaking structures to support them.

The khutbah in 8 steps

  1. Warning against lawyers who encourage lying in family court to win custody
  2. Winning in family court but losing in Allah's court on the Day of Judgment
  3. Call to live with the Quran continuously, not resort to it only in crisis
  4. Advice to young couples: the first five years are for discovering each other; don't rush to end marriages
  5. Do not vent private marital matters to neighbors; preserving spousal privacy is obligatory
  6. Marriage as amanah: spouses are trusts delivered by their parents to one another
  7. If divorce must happen, return the amanah amicably without insults or rumors, citing the amanah ayah
  8. Community action: mediation structures, brother Amir Tamimi's work, post-Jumu'ah matchmaking, parenting workshop, du'a and aid announcements
Try this week
Refuse to sign false statements in family court even if a lawyer insists it will win the case
Do not vent private marital matters to neighbors or friends; keep spousal privacy
If divorce is unavoidable, end it amicably without insults or rumor-spreading
Use community mediation (brother Amir Tamimi) before going to lawyers
Send confidential descriptions to the imam if you or someone you know is ready for marriage, to use the new matchmaking initiative
Attend the rescheduled parenting workshop on Sunday May 24th
Make du'a for the sisters with cancer and donate toward the operation and the Lebanon fundraiser if able
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 4Used to ground the duty of delivering trusts, applied to spouses as amanah and to returning that trust justly in divorce
Quran 2:231-232Recited in the prayer after the khutbah; commands retaining or releasing wives with kindness and not holding them to harm them
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“if you will win the case in the family court you will definitely lose it in front of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in in Allah's court on the day of judgment”
ICSWO · London, ON
Play from 0:45
“the outcome of the family court is temporary but the outcome of Allah's court is permanent”
ICSWO · London, ON
Play from 1:00
“husbands are amanah trusts with their wives and wives are amanah trusts with their husbands”
ICSWO · London, ON
Play from 7:21
“return it amicably return it properly return it without insults without spreading rumors without doing things that are not part of our deen”
ICSWO · London, ON
Play from 8:05
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us that winning a case in this world is not worth losing our standing before Allah, especially if it involves lies. He encouraged us to stay close to the Quran and make it part of our daily lives, because Allah places barakah in that. Marriage takes patience, since the early years involve learning about each other and working through disagreements. Spouses should treat one another as an amanah, with dignity and fairness even if the marriage ends. He also encouraged community mediation, privacy, and better parenting so families can grow stronger.

  1. What is one way our family can bring the Quran into everyday life this week?
  2. What does it mean to treat someone as an amanah?
  3. Who could we turn to for wise help without spreading someone’s private problems?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario951 Pond Mills Rd, London, ON N6N 1C3Jumu'ah Adhan 1:30 PM · sermon 1:35 PM · iqamah 1:55 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICSWO12 khutbahs
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