Khutbahs for Kids Audio Collection

Khutbahs for Kids Audio Collection is an Islamic audiobook for children aged 4 to 9: nine short khutbahs, the kind of talk given before the Friday prayer, in which Imam Ajmal Masroor speaks to children about the values at the heart of Islam.

Each khutbah opens with the traditional Arabic praise of Allah and blessings on the Prophet ﷺ, then turns to one topic, told through stories and everyday examples. Being Cheerful tells a story, not found in the hadith books, of the Prophet ﷺ coming home hungry after a day of fasting to find that Anas had eaten his iftar, and saying nothing, and reminds children that a smile is a charity. Parents recalls a son who waited all night with a glass of water for his sleeping mother. Being Kind tells the popular story, with no source in the hadith books, of the Prophet ﷺ carrying an old woman's bags. Anger uses the story of a boy who hammers a nail into the fence each time he loses his temper. Racism tells how the Prophet ﷺ corrected Abu Dharr for insulting a man (Bilal, in some reports), and teaches that all people are children of Adam. Why We Pray compares salah to charging a phone. Halal and Haram explains that the forbidden things are few and the allowed things endless. Humility and Planet Earth close the collection, with not showing off, and saving water, energy and plastic.

The talks are warm, funny in places and full of practical tips, with the Qur'an and hadith woven through. They are best heard one at a time, perhaps on a Friday. The collection lasts about an hour, is music-free and is a Miraj original.

1. Being Cheerful
2. Parents
3. Being Kind
4. Anger
5. Racism
6. Why We Pray
7. Halal and Haram
8. Humility
9. Planet Earth

• Jami at-Tirmidhi 1956: Your smile in the face of your brother is charity.
• Surah Al-Isra 17:23-24: Be good to your parents, do not speak harshly to them, and lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy.
• Sahih al-Bukhari 5971: A man asked who most deserves his good company; the Prophet ﷺ said "your mother" three times, then "your father".
• Surah Al-Anbiya 21:107: We have not sent you except as a mercy to all the worlds.
• Sahih al-Bukhari 6116: A man asked for advice, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not get angry."
• Sunan Abi Dawud 4782: If one of you is angry while standing, let him sit down; if the anger does not leave him, let him lie down.
• Surah Al-Hujurat 49:13: Allah made people into nations and tribes so that they may know one another; the noblest of them in His sight is the most righteous.
• Sahih al-Bukhari 30: The Prophet ﷺ told Abu Dharr, after he insulted a man by his mother, that he still had ignorance in him.
• Surah Al-Ankabut 29:45: Prayer keeps a person away from shameful and wrong deeds.
• Surah Luqman 31:18-19: Luqman tells his son not to turn his face away from people in pride or to walk on the earth arrogantly.
• Surah Al-Furqan 25:63: The servants of the Most Merciful walk on the earth humbly.