I gave this khutba at the Muslim Unity Center in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA . This was the first Friday after the new year (2025), and I tried to summarize a lot of messages about Barakah-oriented time management principles. I strongly recommend taking the time to listen to the whole speech. But here’s some key takeaways in case you didn’t have the 'time' - pun intended:
(1) One of the Signs of the day of judgment is the actual - or metaphoric - shrinkage of time. Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'The Hour will not be established until time passes rapidly, such that a year is like a month, a month is like a week, a week is like a day, a day is like an hour, and an hour is like the flicker of a flame.' Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī
(2) The Quran already told us that most people are in a state of loss when it comes to using their time effectively. Surah Al Asr (Surah No. 103) - one of the shortest chapters in the Quran - states that fact with a clear plan to turn that loss into a gain.
(3) Zooming out of the Surah into the one before and the one after: we learn quickly about two main reasons that make people in a state of loss are: Surah 102: Al-Takathur, competition in accumulating more worldly matters, and Surah 104: Al-Humaza, backbiting, slandering, and busying ourselves with other people’s lives.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To listen to the Khutba recording:
https://hakeemblog.substack.com/p/khutba-recording-how-surah-al-asr
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no ramadan reflections ?