Repentance & taqwaFrom the masjid's own video, Jun 26, 2026.
Use your time before it runs out
“You're going to be asked about what you did with your time.”
In one sentence
Because every person is constantly losing the finite gift of time, believers should use it with taqwa, worship, beneficial learning, disciplined habits, and good deeds in preparation for accountability before Allah.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Introduces taqwa as living meaningfully with Allah, then connects summer break, Muharram, Ashura, and Karbala with faith and justice.
- Connects school graduation with the ultimate graduation of receiving one's record in the right hand on Yawm al-Qiyamah.
- Uses summer's roughly 70 days, Qur'anic examples, and prophetic teaching to emphasize the brevity of life and the value of health and free time.
- Explains accountability for time, knowledge, money, and the body, urging listeners to perform good deeds before death.
- Recommends Quran memorization, exercise, habit-building, language learning, reading, prioritizing salah, and forty consecutive days of congregational prayer.
Try this week
Use the roughly 70 days of summer intentionally rather than allowing free time to drift.
Aim to memorize two to five juz of the Quran during the summer.
Build a consistent exercise routine for weight loss or muscle gain.
Break a bad habit or establish a beneficial routine through sustained discipline.
Learn the basics of a new language.
Read two to ten books, minimizing distractions and protecting attention.
Prioritize salah over games and turn away from entertainment when prayer begins.
Attend Isha in congregation for forty consecutive days, with Fajr presented as an even stronger goal.
Count daily blessings and teach children to practice gratitude.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 3Taqwa and remaining in Islam until death frame a life lived with Allah.
Surah 59Self-assessment and preparing for tomorrow, understood as the Day of Judgment.
Surah 103Time signifies human loss, with salvation tied to faith, good deeds, truth, and patience.
Surah 16Human beings begin without knowledge and receive hearing, sight, and hearts as blessings requiring gratitude.
Surah 18The worldly life is compared with vegetation that grows and then withers, emphasizing life's brevity.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“Because living a life with Allah is a life worth living And living a life without Allah is a catastrophe”
“Everyone is constantly losing time When you wake up in the morning Your time goes down And when you go to sleep at night Your time goes down”
“our lives are an amanah to Allah you're going to be asked about what you did with your time”
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