Make the Most of your Fasting Time Time is not Money The Muslims Duty Regarding Time

How Islam Views Time: Islam Encourages us to care for it Encourages us to not waste it Holds us responsible for how we spend it

How the companions spent their time Hassan Al-Basry said, "I saw those people and how they were more careful about their time than about their Dirhams and Dinars [i.e. their money]."

The Believer is careful of time and invests and benefits from it This reflects Ibn Qayyim once said: "One's time is in fact his age. It is the material of his eternal life either in everlasting joy or painful torture. It passes more quickly than clouds do. It is only the time one dedicates to Allah that constitutes one's real life and age. The rest does not count..." Click to add text

Time is considered a vehicle for work Work towards the hereafter. As the clock ticks, your life passes you by. Did you spend the hours of the day doing what will benefit you in the hereafter or not?

The companions were the best example: They worked for the hereafter They made sure they spent the majority of their time remembering Allah and doing good deeds to bring them closer to him They did not put this world over the hereafter

As Muslims duty demands that we: Benefit from time Utilize leisure time Race for good deeds Learn from the passage of time Seek the superior times Plan and organize time Fulfil time commitments Have Necessary awareness of time wasters

The Prophet said The Prophet said : “Grab five things before five others: your youth before your decrepitude, your health before your illness, your wealth before your poverty, your leisure before your work, and your life before your death." [al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak]

This hadith brings about so much meaning: It points out the importance of time the initiative to invest it the importance of utilizing the power of the youth stage Importance of utilizing leisure time in fruitful good work. It also warns against five obstacles that prevent proper utilization of time

The Prophet (sa), used to call on Muslims to take the initiative to do good deeds before any obstacles arise He said: "Lose no time to do good deeds before you are caught up by one of seven calamities awaiting you: a starvation which may impair your wisdom; a prosperity which may mislead you; an ailment which may damage your health; an old age which may harm your senses; a sudden death; the Dajjal (Antichrist); or Doomsday, which is indeed the hardest and most bitter." [at-Tirmidhi, al-Baihaqi]

This Hadith teaches us: To take the initiative To not delay good deeds Also reminds us that man's life is not free from impediments, such as those calamities, which can prevent him from accomplishing what could have been done earlier. Wise are those who grab available opportunities before being handicapped by obstacles.

The Prophet (sa) also said The Prophet (sa) also said d: “If one becomes worried, he hurries up, and if he hurries up, he sooner reaches his destination." [at-Tirmidhi, al-Hakim] [at-Tirmidhi, al-Hakim]

From this hadith we learn the following: The Prophet gave this as an example to illustrate man's journey to a safe haven in the afterlife. Satan, supported by man's evil desires and wishful thinking, obstructs his way. If man is aware and has kept purity of intention regarding his deeds, he is safe from Satan's conniving." Also a person should set targets for himself.

To make the most of our time, the Prophet taught us to begin the day early: Aisha reported the Prophet (sa) said, " Rise early to earn your living and do your affairs, for it brings about blessing and success." [at- Tabarani] Fatima, the Prophet's daughter, said that when he saw her still lying in bed one morning, he told her, "My daughter, get up and witness your Lord's bounty, and do not be among the indifferent; Allah distributes daily bread between the break of dawn and sunrise." [al-Baihaqi]

Also the prophet made duaa saying: 'O Allah, bless my nation's early rising.' [Abu Dawud, Ibn Hibban] [Abu Dawud, Ibn Hibban]

So thus So thus : One of the first things we learn about time is that it should not be allowed to escape from us or be wasted. We should start the day off early and not fall victim to laziness or procrastination..