Seeking knowledgeFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 14, 2026.
Use your time to seek true knowledge
“With that much time you can essentially learn anything you want to in this life.”
In one sentence
Muslims should use their limited time to seek, verify, preserve, and teach beneficial knowledge instead of surrendering attention to entertainment and misinformation.
The khutbah in 6 steps
- Explains that human time is finite while internet and phone use increasingly consume it.
- Urges moderation in entertainment and intentional pursuit of knowledge and useful skills.
- Uses Yusuf’s story to present knowledge and wisdom as divine blessings worth seeking.
- Warns that misinformation, including AI-generated fabrication, fuels hatred, stereotypes, conflict, and social division.
- Encourages preserving reliable knowledge and teaching it to others for lasting communal benefit.
- Concludes with a prayer for acceptance, forgiveness, and blessing for the community.
Try this week
Moderate phone use, entertainment, and doomscrolling.
Regularly seek knowledge, including a language or useful skill.
Verify information and resist misinformation or fabricated data.
Preserve beneficial knowledge and teach it to at least one other person.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“With that much time you can essentially learn anything you want to in this life.”
“But like most things in life, we have to have moderation.”
“It was because they had a means of controlling people through knowledge.”
“And if all those people keep educating more people, and keep learning true information, You can continue making this world a better place.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah reminds us that our time is limited, even though the internet makes knowledge feel endless. Taking breaks is fine, but we should practice moderation and make room to learn useful skills and religious knowledge. Because misinformation can create fear, stereotypes, and conflict, we should seek reliable information and preserve what is true. Then we can pass beneficial knowledge to others, helping our families and community become better.
- What is one useful thing you would like to learn this month?
- How can our family check whether information online is trustworthy?
- Who could you teach something helpful to this week?
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