General remindersFrom the masjid's own video, Oct 23, 2026.
Use every blessing before it is gone
“Every single day you wake up, you have a clean slate.”
In one sentence
Because life’s blessings are temporary, Muslims should urgently use their youth, health, wealth, time, and life to worship Allah and serve others.
The khutbah in 4 steps
- Uses Quranic commands to establish urgency in racing toward forgiveness and goodness.
- Explains the hadith of seizing five blessings before their opposites: youth, health, wealth, free time, and life.
- Shows Umar’s humility and fear of Allah at death as evidence of spiritual urgency.
- Warns through afterlife scenes that people will regret wasted opportunities, urging action every day.
Try this week
Use youth, health, wealth, free time, and life immediately for worship and service before they are lost.
Pray and read Quran while healthy and able.
Give from wealth before poverty and dedicate free time to beneficial deeds.
Look for concrete opportunities to help people in need, including quiet service without recognition.
Treat each morning as a clean slate and add small deeds, such as one more subhanAllah.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 92Contrasts those who give and fear Allah with those who are stingy, linking generosity to ease.
Surah 3Commands believers to hasten toward Allah’s forgiveness and Paradise.
Surah 28Uses Musa helping two women at the well to illustrate serving others despite personal hardship.
Surah 23Depicts the dying person’s regret and request to return for another chance to do good.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“islam does not teach us to believe in Allah azawajal and pray to Allah azawajal in the corner of the masjid and turn an eye back an eye to every single person else”
“Today you woke up, you had a new opportunity to do good. And tomorrow, insha'Allah, you will wake up and you have the opportunity to do good.”
“Every single day you wake up, you have a clean slate. You have time to come back to Allah Azza wa Jal. You have time to do good.”
“And about his time, his age, how did he spend it? You will be asked about every single minute that you spent.”
Talk about it at home
For the dinner table
The khutbah teaches us to race toward goodness because youth, health, wealth, free time, and life can all disappear. The Prophet’s advice, and the examples of Musa and Abu Bakr, show that good deeds should happen now and include serving people quietly. We should not wait for a perfect day or another chance, because every morning is a new opportunity to return to Allah. Even small deeds, such as an extra tasbih, matter and may raise a person’s rank. As a family, we can look for one concrete way each day to worship Allah and help someone else.
- Which blessing can you use better this week: your time, health, money, or energy?
- What is one quiet way our family could help someone without expecting praise?
- What small good deed could you repeat every morning?
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