General remindersFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2025.
Use your time to serve Islam
“We have a duty to keep it going through our children for our own benefit and for the benefit of this whole nation.”
In one sentence
Time, health, skills, and family influence are trusts, so Muslims should stop wasting them and use them to serve Islam and leave a lasting legacy.
The khutbah in 7 steps
- Introduces the Hijri calendar and the significance of the Hijrah.
- Explains that Quranic stories provide lasting wisdom rather than exhaustive historical detail.
- Draws lessons about supporting Islam, accepting responsibility, and acting as successors on earth.
- Warns against wasting time and health, urging listeners to redirect their abilities toward serving the message.
- Uses the Hijrah’s reliance on Khadijah, Abu Talib, and Abu Bakr to illustrate communal support.
- Encourages a New Year resolution focused on responsibility, service, and purposeful time use.
- Concludes with Ibrahim’s concern for future generations and the duty to pass faith forward.
Try this week
Make a Muslim New Year resolution centered on religious responsibility.
Remove distractions that consume time without serving a meaningful purpose.
Redirect personal skills such as speaking, drawing, or programming toward serving Islam.
Use youth, health, knowledge, and wealth in ways that benefit the community.
Teach children values and practices that can continue producing good after one’s death.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Because the Quran is not a book of stories, it's a book of wisdom Allah gives us only the parts of a story that would be beneficial for us”
“So if we don't do our job In making this message prevail And go forward And put our time into use And keep wasting time This earth will be corrupt And it will be because of us”
“Some of us could speak Some of us could draw Some of us could program softwares These 5, 6, 3 hours we're putting at night Outside of being servants of this message Are going to waste”
“our message don't stop at our death and that we have a duty to keep it going through our children for our own benefit and for the benefit of this whole nation.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches that our time, health, abilities, and family influence are gifts from Allah. The Hijrah reminds us that faith requires courage, support, and purposeful action. We should reduce distractions and use our skills to benefit Islam and our community. Even small efforts matter when they help others and continue after we are gone. Like Ibrahim, we should care about the faith and character of future generations.
- What skill do you have that could help someone else?
- What is one distraction you could reduce this week?
- What good lesson would you want your family to remember from you?
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