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Youth & educationFrom the masjid's own video, Jul 12, 2024.

Use your opportunities before they disappear

Masjid Ar-Rahman

“Any good deed that you do will be an investment for you for your next life for the real life.”

The khateeb, at 15:29

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In one sentence

Muslims should use youth, health, wealth, free time, and life for worship and good deeds before old age, illness, poverty, busyness, and death remove those opportunities.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Introduces the Prophet’s counsel to seize five opportunities before they disappear.
  2. Explains using youth for worship, Qur’an learning, prayer, service, and balanced religious practice, while elders encourage young people.
  3. Urges listeners to use health before sickness for worship and good deeds.
  4. Calls for wise stewardship of wealth through family support, necessities, and charity.
  5. Warns against wasting free time on sinful or distracting pursuits and encourages beneficial activities.
  6. Concludes that life is an investment for the Hereafter, calling listeners to follow the Qur’an and Sunnah and pray for oppressed communities.
Try this week
Young people should set worship goals, pray on time, study and memorize Qur’an, attend the masjid, help parents, and avoid haram relationships.
Parents and elders should encourage young people’s religious practice and support balanced, knowledgeable commitment.
Use wealth carefully for family needs, necessities, and charity rather than foolish purchases.
Reserve free time for Qur’an, beneficial gatherings, learning, and other good deeds instead of sinful or distracting activities.
Follow the Qur’an and Sunnah and strive to live and die as believers.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“take advantage of your youth when you're young before your old age”
Masjid Ar-Rahman · North Vancouver
Play from 4:11
“we should be wise in how we spend and take care of the things that we have”
Masjid Ar-Rahman · North Vancouver
Play from 12:06
“any good deed that you do will be an investment for you for your next life for the real life”
Masjid Ar-Rahman · North Vancouver
Play from 15:29
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khateeb reminded us that five gifts can disappear: youth can become old age, health can become sickness, wealth can become poverty, free time can become busyness, and life ends in death. We should use these gifts for prayer, Qur’an, learning, service, family responsibilities, and charity. Parents and elders should encourage young people toward Islam with balance and wisdom, not discourage them. We should spend our time and money carefully, avoid distractions and sinful choices, and keep building deeds for the Hereafter. The sermon closed by asking Allah to keep hearts firm and help suffering Muslims, including those in Gaza and Sudan.

  1. What is one gift you have right now that you could use more wisely this week?
  2. Which distractions most often take away your free time?
  3. What good deed could our family do together before the next Jumu’ah?
Where it was given

The masjid

Masjid Ar-Rahman Foundation of North Vancouver1398 West 15th Street, North Vancouver, BCJumu'ah Khutbah 12:30 PM (standard time, through March 13, 2027; 1:30 PM during daylight saving time)ArchiveAll khutbahs at Masjid Ar-Rahman11 khutbahs
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