The Islamic calendarFrom the masjid's own video, Jul 31, 2026.
Free time is a trust to use well
OUC · Saad
“Many people do not give their health the worth it deserves, nor their time the worth it deserves.”
The khutbah in 4 steps
- Summer weekends and long breaks come and go; they must not be spent only in sleep and entertainment
- Hadith of the two undervalued blessings (health and free time) with explanation of 'ghabn' as selling below worth, illustrated by the million-dollar business sold for a hundred dollars
- Hadith of the five questions on Judgment Day: how one spent one's life and youth; prepare your answer now
- Balance from Abu al-Darda': brief purposeful recreation to re-energize for worship is legitimate
Try this week
Do not spend weekends and breaks merely sleeping and consuming entertainment; treat the free day as a test to be answered
Prepare your answer for the five questions now by consciously spending your life and youth on good
Take short, intentional recreation only as a means to re-energize for worship and responsibility, not as an escape from them
Sources the khateeb cited
Sahih al-BukhariCore proof text: health and free time are two blessings most people short-sell; used to frame the whole khutbah
Quran 3:102Standard opening taqwa verses of the khutbah
Quran 4:1Standard opening taqwa verses of the khutbah
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“We praise Him knowing that the time He has given us is a trust and that free time is a gift and not a gap to be filled.”
“And this is to be noted that none of these breaks should be a time where we spend just to sleep and in entertainment.”
“Many people do not give their health the worth it deserves, nor their time the worth it deserves.”
“We live as if we own our time. We live as if this is our health.”
Where it was given
The masjid
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