Islamic Perspective on Time Management - Sayed Saleh Qazwini - Night 1 - Ramadan 1443/2022

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Lecture was delivered at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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[0:07]foreign foreign [Music] respected scholars respected brothers and sisters i congratulate you

[1:30]all on the beginning of the holy month of ramadan this month

[1:36]of closeness to allah the month of mercy the month where we

[1:46]discover ourselves by worshiping allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and indeed this time

[1:53]of the year is a holy time it's a sacred time that

[1:59]we have to thank allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala that we are witnessing it

[2:06]once again last year there were people with us this year they

[2:09]are no longer with us there are many people that are not

[2:13]privileged to be with us while we live through this holy month

[2:21]the month of ramadan during kovid over 6 million people died alhamdulillah

[2:28]we are alive we are around we are privileged we are lucky

[2:33]where we can commemorate and we can celebrate this holy month for

[2:41]another year my dear brothers and sisters when we talk about the

[2:45]month of ramadan we need to give it its value rasool allah

[2:56]it is a month that with allah it is the most sacred

[3:05]of all months its days are the best of days its nights

[3:21]are the best of nights the hours are the best of hours

[3:26]it is a month where you are the guests of allah subhanahu

[3:32]wa ta'ala imagine this we are the guests and allah subhanahu wa

[3:37]ta'ala is the host allah wants to honor us allah wants to

[3:43]give us anything that we ask for so this is why my

[3:46]dear brothers and sisters we have to take advantage of this holy

[3:54]month we have to appreciate this holy month and yes you think

[3:59]about it it might seem like it's a long time one whole

[4:05]month but this one month will pass by very quickly without you

[4:08]even realizing it and this is what i want to talk about

[4:10]tonight my dear brothers and sisters and that is time and the

[4:16]value of time alhamdulillah has given us time to live again one

[4:24]more year to celebrate the month of ramadan where others don't have

[4:30]that and alhamdulillah has given us time to practice and worship where

[4:36]others don't have time my dear brothers and sisters is one of

[4:40]the greatest gifts that allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has given us right

[4:46]now you ask any of the elderly you tell them what is

[4:52]that something that you would want in life probably the majority of

[4:56]them will tell you i want my time back because money what's

[5:00]the point of having money when you don't have time power what's

[5:04]the point of having power when you don't have enough time left

[5:07]everyone wants time back time is very precious my dear brothers and

[5:16]sisters and in order for us to appreciate the month of ramadan

[5:22]in order for us to make this month be a successful month

[5:25]and to make our lives be more successful then we have to

[5:31]appreciate every second of our time we have to appreciate every minute

[5:37]and every day of our time and we need to manage our

[5:41]times correctly this is the difference between a successful person and a

[5:45]person who's not successful you see two they were born in the

[5:51]same year they are the same age one of them is extremely

[5:55]productive and successful and the other is not successful at all the

[6:01]other is a failure why gave both of them the same amount

[6:08]of time everyone they're the same age let's say they have the

[6:14]same amount of time that they were given by allah but what's

[6:20]the difference the difference is that one of them knows how to

[6:23]manage their time correctly and the other does not know how to

[6:28]manage their time now of course there are many other reasons some

[6:30]people are more privileged and therefore they become more successful however time

[6:36]management is key if you learn just how to manage your time

[6:41]your hours your 24 hours you could become a very successful person

[6:47]you could make the most out of the month of ramadan and

[6:51]you could also make the most out of your life a few

[6:56]days ago i saw this post online and it was very catching

[7:02]and i wanted to share it because it's something you know i

[7:06]i saw it was really nice it caught my attention the post

[7:13]says netflix cost you 17.99 that's what you think right you think

[7:19]it cost you that much but in fact that's not how much

[7:21]it cost you it costs you your time it's not the money

[7:26]that you're losing it's the time that you're losing a fast food

[7:29]meal a hamburger might cost you 4.99 but it's actually not 4.99

[7:37]it's actually your health that's that it's costing you and social media

[7:41]isn't free it may seem like it's free social media is not

[7:47]free social media cost you your focus and your attention and also

[7:52]your time so this makes us think of the reality of things

[7:57]don't put a value on things on how much it costs to

[8:03]watch this movie to go to the movies to watch some to

[8:05]have a netflix subscription think about the time that you're losing think

[8:11]about that valuable time that you're losing so my dear brothers and

[8:16]sisters from an islamic perspective time is very important and we need

[8:21]to learn how to value our time and we also need to

[8:28]learn how to manage our time a lot of people don't know

[8:29]how to manage their time you give them a whole lifetime and

[8:34]they don't know how to manage it you give them many hours

[8:36]and you see that it is all wasted allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

[8:43]tells us value your time because this is a gift that allah

[8:46]has given you and many people don't have that gift many people

[8:49]they lose time of course every single one of us loses time

[8:55]do we ever regain back the time that we lost no this

[9:00]is why allah says allah swears by time by the token of

[9:12]time indeed man is a loss can you regain back that hour

[9:15]that you lost no you can't that's it that hour is a

[9:18]long lost hour of course that our could help you if you

[9:30]have iman if you do the good deeds if you stand for

[9:35]what's right if you're patient allah can reward you for the time

[9:40]that you had faith during that time however that's it in a

[9:49]statement he says if someone wants to summarize your whole life how

[9:56]would how would someone summarize your life your life is divided by

[10:01]days that's it [Music] and every day that passes by is a

[10:12]day that chips a part of you it chips a part of

[10:16]your life this is your life story that is going to be

[10:21]told it is taken away by the hours and by the days

[10:24]because we are all my dear brothers and sisters we are all

[10:29]on a journey we're traveling on a one-way trip there's no going

[10:34]back and this one-way journey eventually our end point our meeting point

[10:42]is allah you're on a marathon every day you're going further and

[10:58]further and further until you meet your lord so this is why

[11:05]we have to value our time we don't have an infinite number

[11:11]of days we don't have an infinite number of hours this is

[11:14]why every day is a gift from allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for

[11:18]us and we need to value it and we also need to

[11:24]value the sacred days and the sacred months of the year like

[11:27]this holy month of ramadan for some people the month of ramadan

[11:31]comes and goes and that's it there's that they're spending it on

[11:36]the food stands and they're spending it watching these shows and they're

[11:40]spending it on tick tock and on netflix and that's it before

[11:43]you know it the month of ramadan is over we need to

[11:49]value this holy month when the month of ramadan would enter he

[11:56]would tell his sons he would tell his children he would tell

[12:01]them it's a struggle work hard because this is the month where

[12:10]your risk and your sustenance is going to be divided for you

[12:14]it's not at your work that your work is that your sustenance

[12:18]is divided for you it's during this month and especially during the

[12:23]nights of and then he says and your life whether you're going

[12:29]to live another year another 10 years another 20 years it's going

[12:35]to be destined during the month of ramadan and within it is

[12:55]a night that is worth the action the worship in this night

[13:03]is worth greater than one thousand months and that is so this

[13:06]is one my dear brothers and sisters we need to value our

[13:11]time and we need to value this holy month and we need

[13:13]to value every single hour and second of this holy month this

[13:19]month is such a blessing that allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants to

[13:22]reward you even if you're not doing anything as long as you're

[13:29]not sinning allah will reward you rasulullah [Music] is a form of

[13:47]worship so for you young ones who your parents give you a

[13:51]hard time when you're sleeping this time tell them i'm worshiping even

[13:54]when you're in your bed there's nothing wrong with that this is

[13:58]the first point my dear brothers and sisters know the value of

[14:02]your time second in order to manage our time we need to

[14:08]set a schedule every single person needs to have a schedule you

[14:11]can't live your life without a schedule you need to divide your

[14:18]hours allah subhanahu ta'ala has given you 24 hours a day 7

[14:22]days a week a whole month 12 months 365 days out of

[14:27]the year if you don't set a schedule if you don't set

[14:31]your priorities and divide your time this whole year and another year

[14:37]and another year will pass and you have not accomplished anything set

[14:40]a schedule divide your time accordingly my dear brothers and sisters it

[14:49]seems like 24 hours is a long time but one third of

[14:51]it eight hours you're sleeping one third of it you're either at

[14:56]school or you're working so you only have eight hours left and

[15:00]with those eight hours what are you doing with it what are

[15:04]you doing with your life some people most of it is on

[15:09]tick tock some people most of it is being wasted on silly

[15:14]things the only time of actual productivity for your life for your

[15:18]afterlife is eight hours if someone lived that means one third you

[15:25]only have one third of your day so if someone lives for

[15:28]90 years that means on this person's grave on this person's gravestone

[15:33]they should write this person lift for 30 years one third of

[15:37]it that's it if you had 60 years that means you only

[15:40]lived for 20 years the other time you were working and you

[15:44]were sleeping that doesn't count so if you want to be productive

[15:51]use your time and set a schedule strive to have your time

[16:07]your days divided into four hours 1 hours for god you need

[16:15]to set that hour for allah and one hour is to make

[16:27]a living everyone needs to make a living he says in the

[16:44]third hour you need to set it to socialize but do you

[16:46]just socialize with anyone no the imam is very precise and very

[16:54]clear who are the brothers of the sisters you should you socialize

[16:58]with those who tell you your faults those who tell you are

[17:04]sincere with you not the ones who just laugh and say hey

[17:08]that's funny do that again even if it's something that's bad for

[17:12]you no the real friend is the one who's honest with you

[17:15]they are genuine and sincere with you and the fourth hour and

[17:28]also a time for entertainment as long as it's not haram so

[17:32]one hour for god one hour for work one hour for socializing

[17:39]with good friends not just any friend out there and one hour

[17:42]for yourself to have some halal pleasure there's nothing wrong with that

[17:46]this is how you should divide your time and my dear brothers

[17:51]and sisters when it comes to time management there's one key word

[17:54]if you are if you have that word down then you will

[18:00]be able to manage your life and that word is balance you

[18:05]need to be able to balance your responsibilities not only when it

[18:11]comes to worship allah doesn't want you to worship 24 hours a

[18:15]day allah wants you to go make a living allah wants you

[18:19]to socialize allah wants you to have a life and enjoy your

[18:21]life live a quality life allah doesn't expect that of you even

[18:26]we have a hadith it says that there were two brothers they

[18:31]go to hajj one of the brothers is always in the masjid

[18:34]praying prayer after prayer while the other brother is setting the camp

[18:42]and cooking and doing all of the responsibilities and the duties then

[18:46]they go to imam zayn in abu dhabi and the one who

[18:51]was cooking and doing everything he goes and he tells him he

[18:53]tells him i was working the whole time i didn't get the

[18:58]privilege i didn't have the opportunity to do enough tawaf to do

[19:01]enough prayers the imam tells him your talab is more than your

[19:06]brother because you were caring for other people while your brother was

[19:09]just thinking of himself in his ibadah so sometimes through work allah

[19:16]could reward you through taking care of family responsibilities allah will reward

[19:19]you these are all responsibilities that we have but balance is very

[19:24]important my dear brothers and sisters not only when it comes to

[19:27]god when it comes to living your life many divorces today why

[19:33]are they caused one of the most important reasons for divorces and

[19:38]family problems is there's no balance in the relationship either the husband

[19:43]is always at work and not thinking of the family or someone

[19:47]is doing one thing favoring something over something else and that causes

[19:53]struggle that causes problems this is why we need to focus on

[19:58]balancing living a balanced lifestyle and this is something very important he

[20:08]teaches us how to balance our life who was the right hand

[20:16]man of imam ali and the general and the commander of the

[20:18]army of ammunition while he was out during the day in the

[20:26]market he was giving giving admonishment after admonishment and joining the good

[20:34]and forbidding the evil and he says this was an exhausting job

[20:36]the whole day he's doing that he says after as soon as

[20:42]he goes home i saw him almighty he goes and he starts

[20:45]praying so he says i felt bad for him i tell him

[20:49]when are you going to give yourself some time to rest when

[20:53]are you going to give yourself some time to relax you were

[20:57]just busy working admonishing people and now immediately you come and you

[21:02]go to prayer if i have shortcomings during the day then i

[21:19]will lose my people i'm a leader i have to guide these

[21:22]people and if i have shortcomings and i rest at night that

[21:27]means i will lose myself this is why my dear brothers and

[21:32]sisters being means that you have to be able to balance this

[21:37]is what means a man is the one who's able to balance

[21:40]their responsibilities not the one who's praying 24 7 and they have

[21:44]their family and the children and the responsibility and the work all

[21:51]left no the men is the one who is able to balance

[21:53]you give the family their share you give the ibaada its share

[21:59]you give it the work it share and then you have some

[22:03]time to spend with the family so this is the second point

[22:06]set goals and live by those goals third my dear brothers and

[22:12]sisters the second was set a schedule and live by that schedule

[22:17]third point is that you need to set goals in life don't

[22:23]live your life without any goals be ambitious try to achieve things

[22:31]in life allah did not put a limit on you why are

[22:33]you putting a limit on yourself allah gave you the potential to

[22:42]become so great he says you think that you're nothing you think

[22:52]that you're irrelevant but created this whole universe for your sake allah

[22:59]created it for you everything is at your disposal so don't consider

[23:05]yourself as nothing don't consider yourself as insignificant no you have the

[23:11]potential you could achieve so much all you have to do is

[23:15]put your mind to it all you have to do is have

[23:16]the determination and this is also one of the reasons what makes

[23:23]successful people successful and the non-successful people non-successful why what is it

[23:29]it's determination the one who's successful they said nothing will stop me

[23:33]i'm going i'm going to go i'm going to carry forward and

[23:38]they are able to achieve they are able to achieve so this

[23:43]is why my dear brothers and sisters we have to set goals

[23:46]now of course realistic goals don't set a goal that you can't

[23:52]achieve set realistic goals and work and set a schedule to attain

[23:55]that goal one of the goals that we should all have during

[23:59]this month of ramadan my dear brothers and sisters is the recitation

[24:03]of the whole quran the quran is not much i know some

[24:08]people they read harry potter once a week so you could read

[24:11]you could read the whole quran in fact in less than a

[24:16]month you could read the whole quran but the quran has 30

[24:18]sections and the brother was talking about it that you it has

[24:24]30 sections 30 exact if you read a day by the end

[24:28]of ramadan you will have completed the whole quran my dear brothers

[24:33]and sisters the quran is not just some old 1400 year old

[24:39]book that is ancient and has no no significance in our lives

[24:43]no the quran is god speaking to you god speaking to every

[24:46]single one of us don't i want to know what allah is

[24:48]telling me if i want to know i have to read the

[24:52]quran i have to read the tafseer of the quran i have

[24:56]to read the analysis of the quran and we should make an

[25:01]effort set a goal to recite the quran throughout the holy month

[25:04]of ramadan if you couldn't at least set the goal then if

[25:08]you were not able to read the whole quran at least you

[25:12]will read three-fourths of the quran at least you will read half

[25:14]the quran this is better than not setting a goal and then

[25:18]not reading one page of the quran set a goal and try

[25:23]to attain that goal the fourth point my dear brothers and sisters

[25:27]is accountability in order to manage our times we need to hold

[25:33]ourselves accountable and in our traditions from the signs of a movement

[25:39]from the signs of a believer is that the believers the one

[25:45]who holds themselves accountable he's not from us the one who does

[25:57]not hold themselves accountable every day every day when your head is

[26:02]on the pillow before you sleep ask yourself this 24 hours what

[26:06]did i do with it how did i spend these 24 hours

[26:10]did i do any did i do any haram did i do

[26:13]any mustahab did i achieve my goals did i not this is

[26:16]very important because if you are holding yourself accountable then that means

[26:21]you're on the path towards improving yourself but if you're not holding

[26:25]yourself accountable then you don't even know where you are right now

[26:30]all of these successful companies and organizations they have a self-audit system

[26:34]they audit themselves every year because they see are we meeting our

[26:39]goals or are we not meeting our goals are we successful or

[26:44]are we a failure every business entity wherever you are you have

[26:48]to do that and as a person we need to hold ourselves

[26:54]accountable and accountability means that i discipline my snuffs if my nephs

[27:01]is cheating if my soul is cheating it's not doing what it's

[27:04]supposed to do then i need to discipline it how do you

[27:06]discipline the nerves one of the ways of disciplining the nerves is

[27:11]through fasting when you're fasting in the month of ramadan what is

[27:13]that does allah just want you to you know not eat because

[27:16]we all need to go on a diet no allah subhanahu wa

[27:22]ta'ala wants us to have self-control to learn that when i'm hungry

[27:26]no i should control myself when i want to fall in this

[27:30]haram when i want to look at haram when i want to

[27:34]listen to haram when i want to say something let me control

[27:37]myself this is what it is this is all that fasting is

[27:43]about and we need to discipline ourselves you could have lived a

[27:48]very comfortable life he could have lived in the mansion he has

[27:51]the jewelry has the gold he has everything but he was not

[27:55]like that used to walk in the bait man in the muslim

[27:57]treasury and he sees the bags of the gold and silver and

[28:03]he used to gently kick them and then he used to say

[28:05]yasaf go and fool someone other than ali he says [Music] he

[28:27]says my soul i have to train it just like when you're

[28:31]tr when you're when you're pumping iron when you're working out you

[28:35]need to it's a process it's not something that just happens by

[28:39]switch it's a process same with the soul you need to discipline

[28:42]your soul this is the fourth point and the fifth and final

[28:48]point which i will conclude with is that we have to ask

[28:51]allah to bless our time when we say ramadan mubarak what do

[28:56]we mean we mean i pray that allah blesses your ramadan i

[29:00]pray that allah blesses your time so that you are able to

[29:04]attain the goals of the holy month of ramadan ask allah to

[29:10]make you closer ask allah to make your time more beneficial he

[29:17]teaches us how to pray for time pray to manage our time

[29:21]correctly he says he says oh allah make my life be a

[29:46]life that is in service of you ask allah for that ask

[29:50]allah for thee for that blessing my dear brothers and sisters once

[29:56]again i congratulate you all on this holy month the holy month

[30:02]of ramadan and we ask allah to help us make this month

[30:04]a successful month to help us manage our affairs manage our time

[30:08]during this holy month of

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