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Post by iloveAllah on Oct 25, 2011 20:54:09 GMT 5
T I M EAllah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala says in:
(the interpretation of the meaning)Surah Al ‘Asr
(Time Through The Ages)
103:1-3
By (the Token of)
Time (through the Ages),
Verily Man Is in loss,
Except such as have Faith
And do righteous deeds,
In the mutual teaching
Of Truth, and of
Patience and Constancy.
~ ~ ~
There is a Bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.
What would you do?
Draw out ALL of it,
of course!!!!
Each of us has such a Bank.
Its name is TIME. Every morning,
it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have
failed to invest to good purpose.
It carries over no balance.
It allows no overdraft.
Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits,
the loss is yours.
There is no going back.
There is no drawing against the “tomorrow.” You must live in the present on today’s deposits.
Invest it carefully with wisdom and knowledge.
Use your Time to pray sincerely and do good and charity;
To faithfully practice the Five Pillars and perfect your Deen.
To remember to thank Allah Subhanahu wa Ta’ala for everything;
To adhere to the commandments of the Holy Qur’an
and the teachings of the Sunnah of the
Prophet Sall Allahu alaihi wa sallam.
In order that you may benefit the utmost in
blessings and guidance in your life living with
strength of eemaan and taqwaa ~
Seeking only the pleasure of Allah Ta’ala
for the sake of your Hereafter.
The clock is running.
Make the most of each day.
Start working on your
‘Time’
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Post by Ummati on Oct 25, 2011 21:02:02 GMT 5
Ten Minutes | What can you do in that Time? [/font]
by Abdul Malik Al-Qasim
The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, said, “The best actions are continuous ones even if little…” (Muslim). After I looked at my own state and the state of those who waste their time, I wanted to encourage our souls to obey and worship Allah `azza wa jall by compiling a list of some well-known actions that Allah `azza wa jall has honored us with and prepared a great reward for those who do them. This list is also a reminder of better utilizing our time and seizing the opportunity of every hour and making use of it. My goal in compiling the list is not to point out the actions as much as to show the necessity of organizing and planning and preserving one’s time by investing it in something good.
First of all, let us talk about time, with which many are heedless and wasteful, and which importance only few recognize.
Time is like wealth, it requires our attention and care in both spending and managing. While it is possible to gather and store wealth, and even add to it, time, however, is in no way like that. For every minute that passes can never come back even if you were to spend all the wealth of this world.
So since time is preordained to be a specific period that can not be brought forward or delayed and since the value of it depends on what it is spent on, it is obligatory upon every human being to preserve time, be it little or long. One should use it in the best possible way and not be heedless about it.
In order to preserve one’s time, one must reflect on how and where to spend it. The best way to spend time is in obeying Allah ta`ala. One will never regret time spent in such acts of obedience. The only regret would be that if one were not to take yet more provisions in terms of good actions. So set your goal, O brother or sister, make your intention sincere, beginning with a desire to preserve your time and beware of wasting any minute of it.
My noble brother and sister,
I selected the time span of ten minutes (for performing particular righteous actions listed in this book) due to ease of application, so that one starts with them until he or she engages in good all the time, by Allah’s grace. In these actions there is conformity with the saying of the Messenger, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, “The most beloved action to Allah is the most continuous, even if little.” (Muslim)
Imam an-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said in relation to this hadeeth, “In it (the above hadeeth) is an exhortation to perform deeds regularly and continuously, and [an explanation] that a small deed done regularly is better than a great one that is interrupted. It is because by continuously doing a little of such actions as, [one’s] obedience, remembrance, awareness of Allah, sincerity and dedication to the Creator, subhanahu wa ta`ala, the outcome accumulates and it is multiplied exceeding what is greater but interrupted.”
My dear brother or sister, I will give you an example of the blessing of utilizing ten minutes in righteousness. Glorifying Allah subanahu wa ta`ala by saying “Subhan Allah” a hundred times daily means that one will do so 36,500 times in a year. So take account of your soul, my brother or sister. You can only glorify Allah this much in a year if you are regular in performing tasbeeh and if you make good use of your time.
Similarly, if one reads the Qur’an for ten minutes regularly, one can finish reading it in full every two months. Is this how you do it? Ask yourself, do you complete recitation of the full Qur’an outside of Ramadan? And do not limit, my dear brother or sister, these special ten minutes, devoted to obedience, to be performed only once a day. Perhaps you will find the time after the morning prayer, or after the sunrise, or after the noon prayer, or before sleep.
Likewise, if one manages to memorize only a single verse from the Book of Allah, `azza wa jall, every day, he or she will complete memorization the complete Qur’an in only eight years.
Most of the actions mentioned are performed with the tongue, so one is able to gain rewards at all times and in all situations. So whoever wants to strive in obedience to Allah, doors of good are open and one can make one’s days and indeed all of one’s life like the ten minutes. Abu Bakra, radhiallahu anhu, related that a person said: “O Messenger of Allah, which people are the best?” He said, “Whose life is long and his actions good.” He said, “And what people are the worst?” He said, “Whose life is long and his actions bad.” (Muslim)
This is an opportunity for you, dear brother or sister. Ten minutes in which one can taste the sweetness of regularity of performing righteous actions and which can be a step towards managing one’s time, until all of one’s life becomes beneficial. Ten minutes that are in agreement with the saying of Allah `azza wa jall, “And I have not created the Jinn or humans except to worship Me.” (adh-Dhaariyaat 51:56)
Ibn ul-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said: “In conclusion, the servant, when he turns away from Allah and becomes preoccupied with sins (in this world), he loses days of his true life (in the hereafter). He will see the consequence of losing them the Day he says, “He will say, ‘Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life (i.e. true, everlasting life in the Hereafter).’ (al-Fajr 89:24)
Some actions that can be done in ten minutes:
•The forenoon prayer
•Recitation of the Quran
•Salawat on the Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
•Praying Salat al-Janazah
•Remembrance of Allah, `azza wa jall
•Saying Subhan Allah, alhamdulillah and Laa ilaha ill Allah
•Teaching children
•Supplication
•Taking account of oneself
•Reading
•Removal of others’ difficulties and fulfillment of their needs
•Preserving ties of kinship
•Listening to da`wah tapes
•Visiting believers for Allah’s sake
•Remembering Allah after the obligatory prayers
•Making peace between people
•Advising
•Phoning relatives
•Writing one’s will
•Giving charity
•Reading traditions of the Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam
•Contemplating
•Mailing da`wah information
•Feeding the poor
•Praying Salat al-Istikharah
•Taking care of orphans
•Serving one’s family
•Seeking knowledge
•Ordering good
•Making sajdah
•Spreading Islamic knowledge
•Calling to Allah
•Giving Sadaqa jariyyah (charity that carries perpetual award)
•Guiding and nurturing one’s children
•Repeating after the mu’adhdhin
•Performing the night prayer
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Post by Mujaahid on Nov 9, 2011 22:42:04 GMT 5
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Post by Mujaahid on Nov 11, 2011 14:13:15 GMT 5
I have met many people who do not know the meaning of life. Allah has made some of them independent of means because they have a great deal of wealth, so they sit in the marketplace for most of the day, watching people, and they may see a great deal of evil deeds and objectionable things. Some of them focus on playing chess and some waste their time in talking about the rulers, or how expensive or cheap things are, and so on. I realized that Allah does not guide anyone to understanding the preciousness of life and the value of time and health, except the one whom He inspires to make the most of it. “and none is granted it except the owner of the great portion (of happiness in the Hereafter, i.e., Paradise and of a high moral character)” [Fussilat 41:35]
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Post by Mujaahid on Sept 19, 2012 0:29:01 GMT 5
Bin ‘Abbas narrated that Prophet Mohammad sall Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam said: “There are two blessings which many people lose: (They are) health and free time for doing good.” (Bukhaari 8/421)
Indeed, we displease Allaah the Most High when we abuse time. We must remember that time must be spent to fulfill our very purpose in life ¾ that is to worship Allah all throughout our lives. Allaah makes this very clear in the Qur’an when He says: “I have created not the jinn and men except that they should worship Me (Alone). I seek not any provision from them nor do I ask that they should feed Me. Verily, Allaah is the All-Provider, Owner of Power, Most Strong.” (51:56-58) “So glorify the praises of your Rabb (Only God and Sustainer) and be of those who prostrate themselves (to Him). And worship your Rabb until there comes unto you the Hour that is certain (i.e., death).” (15:98-99)
Everything we do in accordance with the Qur’aan and the Sunnah is an act of worship. Such worship must be done sincerely for the pleasure of Allaah alone. We should make use of our time (which includes our “free time”) in doing beneficial things especially those that will make us closer to Allaah and earn His Mercy.We have to make use of our time wisely by knowing more of the Qur’aan and the Sunnah. We must have correct knowledge of what Allah and His Messenger have commanded us to do and at the same time to refrain from what they have forbidden us. This is imperative so that we earn Allaah’s pleasure and reward. Allaah the Exalted makes it very clear, when he says: “O you who believe! Obey Allaah, and obey the Messenger (Muhammad) and render not vain your deeds.” (47:33)
Corollary to the above divine commandment, we must ask ourselves: => Have we been obeying Allaah and His Messenger? => To what extent have we used our time learning the Qur’aan and the Sunnah in order to have correct eeman (Faith), to do righteous deeds, to enjoin the Truth or do Da’wah, and be patient and constant? => As time passes by, are we sure we are devoting our time for the sincere worship and pleasure of Allaah the Most High? => Are we taking guidance from the following very enlightening Ayaat (Qur’anaic verses)? “By the time, verily man is in loss, except such as have Faith, and does righteous deeds, and joins (together) in the mutual enjoining of Truth, and of patience and constancy.” (103:1-3)
In line with the above Qur’aanic injunction, we have to discipline ourselves by giving value to the importance of time. We must be prompt in doing good deeds, which will increase our faith and subsequently enable us to gain Allaah’s pleasure and mercy. We have to remember that on the day of judgement we shall be asked how we spent our lives, wealth and knowledge. In other words, we will be questioned on how we spent everything that Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala has given us as implied in the following Hadeeth: Narrated Abdullah Bin Mas`ud Allaah’s Messenger sall allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam said:
“A man shall be asked concerning five things on the day of resurrection: 1. concerning his life, how he spent it; 2. concerning his youth, how he grew old; 3. concerning his wealth, whence he acquired it, 4. and in what way he spent it; 5. and what was it that he did with the knowledge that he had.”
Aboo Barzah Nadlah ibn Ubayd al-Aslami narrated that the Prophet sall allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam said “A servant of Allaah will remain standing on the Day of Judgment till he is questioned: about his age and how he spent it; and about his knowledge and how he utilized it; about his wealth from where he acquired it and in what (activities) he spent it; and about his body as to how he used it.”If we are to evaluate ourselves objectively, have we been spending our time wisely for the pleasure of Allaah the Almighty? Have we been spending our lives based on the Qur’aan and the Sunnah? Have we been practicing Muslims? How many of us are Muminoon (faithful Muslims) and/or Mutaqqoon (God-fearing Muslims)? How much knowledge of the Qur’aan and the Sunnah do we know? Do we practice what we learn and impart the same to others or at least share them to our families and kin? Have we ever enjoined to others what is right and forbid what is wrong? To be successful, we have to manage our time wisely by making plans for virtuous deeds that please Allaah the Almighty. We must spend time learning Islam (based on the Qur’aan and the Sunnah and the right deductions from these two scriptures). Source: www.islamonline.com
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Post by Mujaahid on Oct 13, 2012 19:36:48 GMT 5
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Post by Ummati on Dec 3, 2012 20:10:00 GMT 5
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