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Frankly, and I say speak as a parent to all the other parents out there. What is more important in your lives than having good children?

What use is all, you know, the wealth and what not if your children don't turn out to be, you know, righteous and good?

So constantly make duaatua Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

constantly turn to Allah, the makallib al-Kulub, to give thabat to your children,

even our father Ibrahim alaihi s-salam when he's building the Kaaba. One of the duaatuhaz he makes is,

O Allah, make me and my children of those who established the salah.

That is ingrained in him, he wants to make his children righteous,

do not trivialize the spiritual aspect between you and your Lord.

We are living in a time where the evil is considered pure and the pure is considered evil.

We're living in a time where no matter how pious you try to be in your personal life,

your children cannot be protected from the evil around them.

And they're going to see things that you could not even have imagined growing up.

Social media, the pressures around this, even if you don't have a television subhanallah,

it's only a matter of time before your children come across stuff that is mind boggling for anybody of a previous generation.

And they're going to see all of this stuff. There is no complete isolation or bubble,

but Allah has tested us, and if he has tested us, then he's given us the tools to pass the test.

O Allah, make me and your children of those who have tested us,

and your children of those who have tested us,

then you are born in a time where no matter how pious you try to be in your personal life,

you are born in a time where no matter how pious you try to be in your personal life,