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GratitudeFrom the masjid's own video, Nov 1, 2025.

Use your blessings before they disappear

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“When we count our blessings, when we are appreciative of our blessings, this is when we are rich.”

The khateeb, at 42:16

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In one sentence

Believers should cultivate gratitude by using their youth, health, wealth, free time, and life for Allah before those blessings are lost, rather than letting comparison and distraction make them feel deprived.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Shift attention from complaints and comparison toward gratitude for existing blessings.
  2. Explain ingratitude as Shaytan’s trap, amplified by social-media comparison.
  3. Present the Prophetic teaching to value five blessings before they disappear.
  4. Urge listeners to use youth and health for worship before age or illness.
  5. Encourage contentment, moderate spending, and purposeful use of free time.
  6. Remind listeners to use life itself for righteous action before death.
Try this week
Say Alhamdulillah sincerely for daily blessings such as health, family, provision, and faith.
Compare material circumstances with those who have less, rather than those who have more.
Use youth and health for worship, including qiyam al-layl, optional fasting, and Sunnah practices when able.
Spend moderately, avoid squandering wealth, and use it for beneficial purposes.
Replace dead scrolling with religious activity, learning a skill, certification, or trade.
Use remaining life for even small acts of prayer and obedience without postponing them.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“When we count our blessings, when we are appreciative of our blessings, this is when we are rich. But when we count our problems, when we count what we don't have, despite having a tremendous amount, we still feel poor.”
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“Youth is a time of energy. It is a time of desire. It is a time of ambition.”
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“The free time that we have, we should not waste it. Sometimes, if a person goes back to their screen time, there's hours and hours of just dead scrolling.”
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Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that Allah has already surrounded us with blessings such as health, family, provision, faith, and ordinary daily abilities. Constant comparison, especially through social media, can make us overlook those gifts and feel poor even when we have much. The Prophet’s advice is to value five blessings before they disappear: youth, health, wealth, free time, and life. We should use them now for worship, learning, moderate spending, service, and other acts that please Allah. Gratitude brings contentment, so our family can practice noticing blessings and saying Alhamdulillah sincerely.

  1. Which blessing in your life do you notice most often, and which one do you overlook?
  2. How can we show gratitude for our health or free time today?
Where it was given

The masjid

Islamic Center of South Bay - LA (Masjid Al-Noor)25816 Walnut St, Lomita, CA 90717Jumu'ah 1:00 PM & 2:00 PMArchiveAll khutbahs at ICSB32 khutbahs
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