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Youth & educationFrom the masjid's own video, Dec 16, 2025.

Reclaim your time from passive entertainment

SNMC · Atif Kabir

“O son of Adam, all you are is time.”

The khateeb, at 6:58

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In one sentence

Youth should reject passive, phone-driven entertainment and reclaim their health and free time through prayer, purposeful action, disciplined habits, and uplifting companionship.

The khutbah in 6 steps

  1. Defines bed rotting as spending whole days in bed scrolling through entertainment.
  2. Contrasts modern passivity with the perseverance of young Sahaba at Uhud.
  3. Explains that health and free time are precious blessings people commonly squander.
  4. Describes Shaytan's nightly knots and connects Fajr, remembrance, wudu, and prayer with energy.
  5. Offers five remedies: prioritize Fajr, use small steps, plan tomorrow, keep phones out of bed, and choose good companions.
  6. Closes with a death announcement, a collection notice, and supplications.
Try this week
Win the battle of Salat al-Fajr through remembrance, wudu, and prayer.
Break large tasks into small five-minute steps.
Choose one meaningful task before going to bed for the next day.
Keep the phone out of bed and reserve the bed for sleeping and remembrance.
Spend time with people who learn faith, study, work hard, and pursue beneficial goals.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 23Used to argue that people were not created for purposeless play and will face accountability.
Sahih al-BukhariThe hadith of Shaytan tying three knots at a sleeper's head; remembrance, wudu, and Fajr untie them.
Quotes

In the khateeb's words

“The reality is, as Al-Hasn al-Basriyya says, O son of Adam, all you are is time. That's all you are.”
SNMC · Nepean, ON
Play from 6:58
“So the first step is win the battle of salatul fajr.”
SNMC · Nepean, ON
Play from 19:30
“breaking the cycle is understand your bed is for sleeping and just remembering allahu ta'ala azza wa jal don't think your bed is for scrolling on your phone”
SNMC · Nepean, ON
Play from 23:31
“If you hang around people who are scrolling, vaping, wasting time, looking at haram, what do you think is going to happen to you?”
SNMC · Nepean, ON
Play from 24:00
Talk about it at home

For the dinner table

The khutbah warns about spending whole days in bed scrolling through phones and entertainment. It reminds us that health and free time are precious blessings that cannot be recovered once lost. The speaker encourages us to begin with Fajr, break important tasks into small steps, plan one meaningful action for tomorrow, and keep phones away from bed. He also stresses that our companions shape us, so we should spend time with people who learn, work hard, and pursue good goals. The message is not simply to avoid entertainment, but to use our time and energy for a purposeful life.

  1. What is one meaningful thing you would like to accomplish tomorrow?
  2. What helps you get out of bed and start the day with energy?
  3. Which kinds of friends bring out your best qualities?
Where it was given

The masjid

South Nepean Muslim Community3020 Woodroffe Ave, Nepean, ON K2J 4G3Jumu'ah 12:00 PM & 1:15 PMKhateebAtif KabirMore khutbahsArchiveAll khutbahs at SNMC58 khutbahs
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