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Prayer & worshipFrom the masjid's own video, Sep 5, 2025.

Put worship before productivity

The Deen Center

“We do not schedule the worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala within our life; we schedule our life within the worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.”

The khateeb, at 10:10

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In one sentence

The khutbah argues that Muslims should maximize time by prioritizing worship, eliminating distractions, and following the Prophet’s disciplined lifestyle.

The khutbah in 5 steps

  1. Reframes time management as choosing how to use limited hours.
  2. Urges investing time in Allah through unhurried salah, dhikr, dua, and charity.
  3. Warns against wasting time on phones, television, games, and social media.
  4. Presents early sleep, early rising, morning productivity, activity, and moderate eating as Prophetic habits.
  5. Concludes by urging listeners to use free time for deen, dunya, and akhirah.
Try this week
Do not rush salah; complete sunnah prayers, dhikr, and dua.
Slow down dhikr and reflect on the meaning of what you say.
Stop other work when prayer time arrives and pray attentively.
Remove time-wasting phone, television, gaming, and social-media habits.
Sleep early, avoid late-night socializing, wake before or at Fajr, and use mornings productively.
Stay physically active and avoid eating to fullness.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“so instead of thinking about how much time you have think about what you will use in that amount of time”
The Deen Center · Valrico, FL
Play from 3:13
“we do not schedule the worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala within our life we schedule our life within the worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala”
The Deen Center · Valrico, FL
Play from 10:10
“wasting your time is burning your time and even so it's actually worse to waste your time than your money”
The Deen Center · Valrico, FL
Play from 12:56
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah reminds us that everyone receives the same number of hours in a day, but our choices decide whether that time becomes meaningful. We are encouraged to give Allah unhurried attention through salah, dhikr, dua, and charity, rather than treating worship as an interruption. We should cut back on phones and other time-wasting habits because wasted time cannot be recovered. Following the Prophet’s example means sleeping earlier, rising for Fajr, using the morning well, staying active, and eating with moderation. In short, our free time should serve our deen, our daily responsibilities, and our akhirah.

  1. How can we make our mornings more useful?
  2. What act of worship deserves more unhurried time from us?
Where it was given

The masjid

The Deen Center (Jesus Islamic Center: House of Monotheism)2802 E State Road 60, Valrico, FL 33594ArchiveAll khutbahs at The Deen Center12 khutbahs
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