General remindersFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 25, 2026.
Use your time before it is gone
“Once we lose time, no matter how much of it we lose, it is gone forever.”
In one sentence
Because time is constantly disappearing, believers should treat it as a trust by filling it with faith, righteous deeds, truth, patience, and preparation for the Hereafter.
The khutbah in 4 steps
- Faith, righteous deeds, enjoining truth, and patience are presented as the exceptions to that loss.
- Modern distractions such as doom-scrolling illustrate how people waste valuable time.
- Imam Ibn al-Jawzi's five life stages provide age-specific guidance for using time well.
- The khutbah closes by recommending worship, learning, charity, service, family guidance, and preparation for the next life.
Try this week
Review your daily schedule and identify wasted time, especially doom-scrolling.
Use time for salah, optional prayers, fasting, charity, learning, and strengthening iman.
Encourage good and discourage evil within your family, workplace, and community.
Parents should teach children iman, manners, and awareness of wrongdoing.
People in every life stage should value their time and prepare for the Hereafter.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 103Used to teach that humanity is in loss except through faith, righteous deeds, truth, and patience.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Once we lose time, no matter how much of it we lose, it is gone forever.”
“The believer is exceptional when it comes to the management of time.”
“So brothers and sisters in Islam. We have to start to look at our time. And strive to fill it with things that are going to benefit us.”
“The wise person is the one. Who will use this life. Use these. Hours. And days. And years. That were mentioned. In order to get closer to Allah Ta'ala. And thus. Achieve the objective of Jannah.”
Where it was given
The masjid
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