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Let prayer organize your time

Abu Huraira · Amar Abdelwali

“Take advantage of your health before your illness.”

The khateeb, at 12:20

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In one sentence

Because time is a finite blessing for which every person will be accountable, believers should protect it by centering their schedules on prayer and filling ordinary moments with beneficial worship and remembrance.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. The khutbah opens with praise, taqwa, correct speech, and commitment to Quran and Sunnah.
  2. Repeated Quranic oaths and prophetic teachings establish time, health, and spare time as major blessings.
  3. Reflections on passing days, death, and Judgment Day emphasize accountability for how life is spent.
  4. The story of Handhalah explains that iman fluctuates and that daily responsibilities can coexist with worship.
  5. Listeners are urged to let prayer organize their schedules and to practice dhikr during ordinary activities.
  6. The khutbah closes by warning against distraction through wealth and family and asking Allah for barakah.
Try this week
Make the daily schedule revolve around the five prayers rather than squeezing prayer into the schedule.
Use health and spare time for dhikr, beneficial learning, worship, and other worthwhile activities.
Practice remembrance of Allah during ordinary family, work, and travel activities.
Review each day by asking whether it increased knowledge or closeness to Allah.
Protect time from excessive distraction by wealth, entertainment, and other non-beneficial pursuits.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 63Warns believers not to let wealth and children distract them from Allah’s remembrance.
Surah 102Warns that accumulation can consume life until death and that blessings will be questioned.
Surah 103Uses an oath by time to emphasize that time is the believer’s greatest resource.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“take advantage of five before five take advantage of your health before your illness take advantage of your wealth before your poverty”
Abu Huraira · Don Mills, ON
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“There's a time for this And there's a time for that How you busy yourself With your time Is up to you”
Abu Huraira · Don Mills, ON
Play from 17:20
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Today’s khutbah reminds us that time is one of Allah’s greatest gifts, alongside health and free time. Every day that passes is a part of our life that cannot return, so we should use it for what benefits us in this world and the next. Faith naturally rises and falls, but we can keep returning to Allah through prayer, remembrance, learning, and good responsibilities. Our prayers should shape our schedules, while family and work can also become meaningful when we remember Allah during them. We should ask Allah to bless our time, health, and wealth.

  1. What is one part of your day that you could use more purposefully?
  2. How could prayer help organize your schedule this week?
  3. What ordinary activity could you turn into a moment of remembering Allah?
Where it was given

The masjid

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