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General remindersFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 3, 2026.

Use your time before it is gone

Masjid Al-Noor

“I want to give half an hour to my children just to be with them to be present.”

The khateeb, at 29:02

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In one sentence

Because time is our most valuable and accountable possession, Muslims should structure their days around prayer, purposeful priorities, and consistent habits that produce lasting good.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Explains accountability for one's entire life and prime years on the Day of Judgment.
  2. Describes end-times time acceleration and the loss of barakah, or blessing, in time.
  3. Advises building a regular daily routine around salah and other priorities.
  4. Urges listeners to use the early morning for purposeful priorities instead of scrolling.
  5. Encourages scheduling purposes, Allah, family, responsibilities, and self-care, rather than merely tasks.
  6. Closes with a five-year consistency test and a call to begin now.
Try this week
Build a consistent daily routine around the five prayers and hold yourself accountable to it.
Begin the day early, ideally after the dawn prayer, and use the early hours for personal priorities instead of scrolling.
Schedule purposes, not only tasks: strengthen your relationship with Allah, support your family, fulfill responsibilities, and care for yourself.
Choose one beneficial practice to sustain consistently for five years, using future regret as a test.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 102Used to warn that accumulating more can distract people from what matters.
Surah 103Used to argue that passing time means humanity is continually losing its most valuable asset.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“while we're being distracted in this dunya by trying to get more of whatever it is that we want more of”
Masjid Al-Noor · Brookfield, WI
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“two out of the five questions meaning 40% 40% of your entrance exam if I may on the day of judgment is about what is about your time”
Masjid Al-Noor · Brookfield, WI
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“if I give my time to my children every single day I want to give half an hour to my children just to be with them to be present”
Masjid Al-Noor · Brookfield, WI
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

Our time is one of the greatest gifts Allah has given us, and we will be asked how we used both our life and our prime years. The khutbah reminds us that blessing in time is not only having more hours, but receiving more good from the hours we have. We can seek that blessing by building a steady daily routine around salah, beginning the day early, and giving our attention to priorities rather than merely checking off tasks. Those priorities include our relationship with Allah, our family, our responsibilities, and healthy care for ourselves. A small act done consistently, especially one we will not regret years from now, can become a lasting source of good.

  1. What is one good habit you would like to make part of your daily routine?
  2. How can our family protect the early part of the day from distractions?
  3. What would you be proud to have done consistently five years from now?
Where it was given

The masjid

ISM Brookfield (Masjid Al-Noor)16670 Pheasant Drive, Brookfield, WI 53005Jumu'ah 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM
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