My Two Observations As a Muslim Chaplain | Imam Tom Facchine

Apart from being an Imam at ‪@UTICAMASJID‬, Imam Tom is a part time Chaplain at a local Liberal Arts College. In this segment, Imam Tom shares his observations.
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[@fadelmuthana]

Well said. Applying as a chaplain myself in a college here here in Detroit. I look up to you and others for guidance.

[@ismailbenlamlih9141]

Much gratitude from Morocco

[@ahmadalanazy5551]

thank u brother Tom, I like what ur saying.

[@shahnazmalik2399]

Allahumma AAmeen for thriving Masajid YARABB

[@qoobsmcdoobs1]

Well said! Most of this attitude of young Muslims who want to simply have a lucrative career is a result of poor child rearing practices from parents. Muslim parents mostly push their children to have high paying jobs/careers and they don’t put the same emphasis on their children to learn and serve their deen. Even volunteer work is often to include in their college applications and not for spiritual growth. I’m sorry to say that this past generation of Muslim parents mostly failed their duties from a spiritual side. People had children but they didn’t know how to give proper tarbiyyah.

[@أنقذ.نفسك]

جزاك الله خيرا 🤲🤲

[@qoobsmcdoobs1]

Also, many Muslim women are now divided in two camps, both of which are bad. They’re either stay at home moms who simply see their job as cooking and caring for the home OR they’re career oriented women who don’t get as much time with their children. In both cases, mothers are not striving to instil proper Islamic worldview in their children. The children often just end up being secular/liberal, or they see Islam as a side identity.

[@floatingino2200]

Yes and unfortunately in a lot of cases the father's are culturally used to being distant and very stoic without giving support to the mother when limits are given and creating an environment where they pretend to the mothers and hide things from the fathers only out of fear from the parents rather than fearing Allah because they have no real concept of islam instilled from either side. Unfortunately in a lot of cases it's ONLY if both sides are not close to the deen or are not knowledgeable and struggle on how to properly portray it to children.
As someone who's worked in 2 mosques and communicated with many parents from different backgrounds and ethnicities, it's very obvious this is the case.
It's also often because culturally they know very little about islam, unable to give advice and only know to try and get the children to pray their Salah and drop them off at tbe mosque expecting morals and behaviour to be taught by the teachers when they themselves do not enforce them and don't show islam from their own actions instead showing strong signs of racism and hatred, being inconsiderate & judgemental of others and making assumptions and gossiping in their own behaviour and not giving charity whenever possible and even avoiding it in some cases.
But the worst affect is only when both parents influence in a similar way. If even only one of the parents do a decent job of what's required from their part, InshaAllah the children will maybe make mistakes, which is human and natural but eventually find their own way through the respect and honour that 1 parents displays. Whether it's the mother or the father.
Also want to mention, that neither if willing to guide the other or advice in the way that the prophet Muhammad saw taught us as muslims to advice our spouses then neither will it benefit the spouses between themselves and neither will it benefit the children.

[@zealousideal]

That’s good, But How you get into this?? I always wanted to do this. But I have the opposite problem. I’ve always wanted to do those type of jobs, but I can’t get into it.
Everyone just says go to school but I’ve already been to college and got many degrees, but I don’t have the time and money to keep going back to college. But there has to be other ways to break into this career. Btw..Ex pastor myself anyway and became Muslim. Allhamdulilah!!

[@MrSongib]

Suggestion for the video, check your sound in post. it seems like all the sound came from the left side.

[@UTICAMASJID]

Final Cut runs it to stereo but now I see it always plays the right side lower, so thanks for brining it to my attention as I was able to fix this issue, thanks again! - camera man

[@sarahsamaria8283]

Very incisive talk and goes to the crux of the problems facing muslim youths. A career can serve two purposes _ to earn a livelihood but also a way to earn your hereafter. Too focused on the days in this world that we forget the eternity of the hereafter. What are we accumulating for the Lord of Universe.

[@sarahsamaria8283]

Your talk make me realise that in my own personal capacity that I could have done much more while going about my work. This talk brought awareness to my own deficiencies. May I have time enough to make amends or to ask for forgiveness for not doing enough.