Investing in Time (rather than hanging round the internet)

Ask yourself - Am I utilising my time in a way that pleases Allah or in a way that brings shame to myself andAllah would punish me for?

Duties that are demanded of us by Allah:
1. Ensuring benefit from time
2. Race to do good deeds - who have I helped, who have I harmed?
3. Fulfill your commitments


Hadeeth Rasulullah - Grab 5 things before 5 things affect you

1. Make the best of your youth before you become decrepitude
2. Make the best of your health before you become sick
3. Make the best of your wealth before you become poor
   
4. Make the best of your leisure time before you have to work
   
5. Make the best of your life before your death

Hadeeth Rasulullah - Lose no time to do good deeds before we are hit with one of 7 calamities which may be awaiting you

1. Starvation which may impair your wisdom
   
2. Prosperity which may mislead you
   
3. Ailment which may damage your health
4. Old-age which may harm your senses
5. Sudden death
   
6. Dajjal
7. The Last Hour which is indeed the hardest and most bitter
   

Hadeeth Rasulullah - If a person becomes worried, it is then that he rushes and rushes to try and do as many good deeds as he can



Hadeeth Rasulullah - Rise early to earn your living and do your affairs because it brings blessings and success

Hadeeth Rasulullah - Get up, and witness your Lord's bounty and do not be among those who are indifferent. Allah distributes daily bread between the break of dawn and sunrise.

Hadeeth Rasulullah - During your sleep, Shaitan ties 3 knots at the back of your neck and he says " the night is long so keep on sleeping". When the person gets up and praises Allah, one knot is loosened, when the person goes and make wudu' another knot is loosened, and when the person goes and pray, the last knot is loosened. And after that the person becomes energetic and happy, otherwise the person becomes listless and grouchy.

Hadeeth Rasulullah - When one of you wakes up from your sleep, you should make your wudu rinse your nose three times because Shaitan stays in the upper part of your nose during the night.

Hadeeth Rasulullah - (Of a man who sleeps throughThis is a man whom Shaitan had urinated into his two ears.

If your heart is weak in faith Shaitan whispers to you to become lazy, to put off doing deeds, so we have to be on guard against the Shaitan, against laziness, and procrastination

The strong believer does not procrastinate. He wakes up in the morning and gets his deeds done early and enjoys his day.

The believer asks -
what can I do today to get closer to Allah?
is there something else I can do?
is this something I should be doing or is this a waste of my time?
is this beneficial for me or is this not beneficial for me?

The believer does not sit around and allow Shaitan to dupe him- into getting involved in frivolous things - talking too much, sleeping too much, eating too much, drinking too much.
This things all can deaden the heart


The believer will fight those urges and he will make sure whatever he does whatever he spends his time is going to be beneficial, going to bring him closer to Allah and not something that will take him away from Allah

Reflect upon these words today!