Zoheeb Iqbal – Should Children Attend the Mosque

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			Salam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Today we speak about children attending of the masjid we
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			let me share my personal experience my past experiences This is that when I was in Turkey and I was
in a Masjid and it was time for I think it was a salah and in our Salah there was this young girl
she was about six years old with her brother maybe being a bit for there were causing the masjid to
go upside down man there was screaming laughing running UI thump thump and you know the moss
intercommunion jumper echoes here. So everything's echoing and I'm thinking my salada they are dead.
I'm like they're gone man. They're
		

			there. They're finished Monday this guy is going to take them down once the salon finishes right so
the Salah finishes and so behind Allah right everyone turns around and smiles at these kids. And the
the father is just chilling you just sitting in the corner and everyone else is going up to these
kids one guy old guys given a lollipop the other old guys given him given them time to comment to go
outside getting sweets coming back and giving it to them and they were so let you know taken by the
by the cuteness of these children playing in the masjid. Right. Then I see the sign and the masjid
which said please Do not shout at our children not at children, our children. If you do not hear
		

			children making noise at the back of our Masjid fear for the generations that are to come Subhan
Allah right. So they have a concept that children and the masjid is a blessing from Allah subhanho
wa Taala whereas in some Masjid unfortunately, you know muchas being mean children being in the
Masters like US federal law right they're like this cannot happen Art talde right. They're like
masters kid children shouldn't come to the master and one guy will come up with the with a nappy the
other guy will come up with you know the they don't have a clue they're distracting people's the
brother Brother if you're a bother is that week that you're going to get distracted by some kids
		

			crying here then you know me you need to work on yourself rectification and meditation towards Allah
subhanho wa Taala right. It's not the kids fault. You can't concentrate is your fault because you
haven't learned how to concentrate. Now what we should be doing no masjids like they've done because
one master went and two which was in just in a city in between sogard and borsa there was a city and
inside that local Masjid massive again, it's huge mustard. And in the back they had this massive
play area. So kids were there outside of sonar times, insights A lot of times, kids rather than
playing in the streets, we're going to play in the masjid and just play there. This is them,
		

			building a link with the house of Allah subhana wa Tada. This is them playing and learning how to
play Salah. praying and understanding that every man coming in and out has an obligation to Allah.
He's not this children are picking up from actions is very very important that we provide these
facilities within our Masjid, even in our Masjid. And in Glasgow here, we have made a small corner
in our mustard Where is just dedicated to toys, kitchen area and blocks and all these different
types of things. And we literally since we've done that we have at least seven kids coming a day
just to play in that corner. Once everybody plays Salah I don't see the issue in it. I rather see
		

			that the children's pick up the oven, they pick up sort of Fatiha, they pick up the actions they
then they excited to go to the masjid imagine a child been excited to go to the master. This is a
very, very big thing for a child. So one should remember is that if a youngster leaves the masjid
because of your arrogance, then you're going to have a lot of questioning on the day of judgment
because these youngsters are the ones that are going to replace you once you leave this dunya so
that stuff that you stand in and say Allahu Akbar and talk to Allah, that same kid playing in the
masjid is going to be the one to stand in that stuff and say Allahu Akbar and talk to Allah. Don't
		

			let them build the link with the masjid. Let them build the link with Allah subhanho wa Taala. And
remember, next time you hear a child crying in the back of the mustard, just remember, this is our
future generations Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah that we can hear them in the masjid because when we
hear them shouting and dancing and clubs, all we got to do is our home and just say that the worst
generation that the Earth has ever seen, and this generation is uncontrollable and this generation
is undestructible But brother You are the one
		

			Didn't want them in the master because of making too much noise. Now put up with it. Let them be in
the masjid let them make noise because they'll stay away from all the battle there. May Allah
subhanaw taala give us ability to recognize the importance of our children in the masjid And may
Allah Subhana Allah make our future generations able to take forward the message of Rasulullah
sallallahu alayhi Salaam Jakob Allah Hey salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah. He will that again Hey,