Death & the hereafterFrom the masjid's own video, Jan 23, 2026.
Stop wasting time on social media
“We need to invest in the Akhirah and not this world.”
In one sentence
Uncontrolled consumption of attention-grabbing social media wastes the time Allah entrusted to us and undermines religious growth, so believers should limit it and invest their time in the Hereafter.
The khutbah in 5 steps
- Defines “brain rot” as meaningless, attention-capturing social media and explains how phones make it easy to lose hours.
- Warns that wasted time harms the mental and religious capacities needed for daily life, Quran recitation, and learning Islam.
- Urges listeners to stop unbeneficial scrolling and seek accountability from friends or family.
- Contrasts investing in the Akhirah with investing in worldly phone consumption, while acknowledging that curated content often leads back to old habits.
- Cites the hadith about taking advantage of five opportunities before five losses and closes with a reminder of mortality.
Try this week
Stop spending time on social media that provides no religious or personal benefit.
Ask a friend, family member, or parent to help hold you accountable.
Replace idle phone use with Quran recitation, religious learning, and beneficial conversation.
Prioritize investing in the Akhirah when deciding how to use phone time.
Use youth, health, wealth, free time, and life before circumstances change.
Sources the khateeb cited
Surah 103Used to argue that people lose time except those who believe, do righteous deeds, encourage truth, and encourage patience.
Quotes
In the khateeb's words
“So get a friend or a family member, a parent, whoever, to work with you on this”
“But we need to invest in the Akhirah and not this world. That's what you're doing every time you get on that phone to watch social media that isn't beneficial to Islam.”
“The prophet reminded us, take advantage of five before five, your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, and your free time before you become busy, and your life before death”
Where it was given
The masjid
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