 الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والسناء الجميل وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهدي سبيل وأشهد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد محمد ابن عبدالله صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد تلاي إن شاء الله تعالى المدينة is on أهمية الوقت في حياتي مسلم المهمة في حياتي المسلم ومسلم بليبة but before I start to speak about this topic I want to start by making an authentically transmitted دعاء الإمام المسلم narrated in his صحيح من حديث أبي هوريرا that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said أصلح لي ديمي أصلح لي ديمي أولا بفكت my religion for me الذي هو عصمة أمرين in which infallability is connected to it وأصلح لي دنيايا وأولا بفكت my worldly affairs التي فيها بعاشي in it is my life my living وأصلح لي أولا بفكت أخيلاتي ما هيرافتا اللتي فيها معادي in which I will turn back to and I will go to واجعلي الحياة أولا make my life for me زيادة اللي في كل خير if a place where I increase myself in good واجعلي الموتا أولا make death for me راحة اللي من كل شر make it a comfort for me from all evil now you might think to yourself what does this dua have to do with the topic that we're speaking about which is the importance of time for a Muslim and this dua is truly connected to the topic at hand which is the person who wants Allah to perfect his hereafter affairs or even his worldly affairs is connected to knowing the value of time and how important it is and benefiting from every minute and every opportunity in time for a person so if you want Allah سبحانه وتعالى to give you the ability to benefit from your time you need to memorize and learn this dua and you need to make this dua and supplicate to Allah to allow you to benefit from your life here and to be able to come with hard work whilst you live in this world one of the aimah to salaf he said ادركت قوما I met a group of people هم احرصوا على ديبهم اما على اوقاتهم I met a one of the aimah to salaf he said I met a group of people who were very striving in their time then you all على دنانيركم the way you guys strive on your money and your dunya and strive in war when it came to their time have you not seen how people make sure that every single penny when they are trying to close their daily calculation of the income that came through how much profit did we make a penny won't drop everything will be registered and everything will be written he said I met a group of people who were more striving more hardworking towards their time than you when it comes to money الله سبحانه وتعالى gave a lot of importance to time and if you think about it today the way that we have become to think we have been made to believe that time has no value so we have a saying which is kill the time I'm killing time is it killing you or are you killing it it's killing you because the time that goes on is you going closer to your grave and your meeting of الله سبحانه وتعالى الله gave a lot of importance so insha'Allah وتعالى some وقفات some فوائد insha'Allah وتعالى number one the textual evidence that show the importance of time is in more than one place in the Quran Allah swore by time he either swore by it unrestrictedly على احد القولي اليهل العلم according to one of the views of the people of knowledge which is that while asr it means مطلق الزمان it means time unrestricted so Allah swore by time unrestrictedly there's another view that says while asr here means the don't pray up it means the what it means the not the don't pray up it means asr time it means the asr time and the scholars that say that they say that the asr according to the shari'a is that it means asr time so the orf of the Quran should be what unrestricted are we all together we find the last ways in the Quran other times for instance he says he says Allah swore by time Allah also swore by night Allah also swore by day Allah also swore by on all of these are portion of the time and Allah swt he swore by it ابن القيم says رحمه الله that الله سبحانه وتعالى when he swore by time دليل على أهمية الوقتي وعظم شاله it shows the importance of time and how great it is لأن الله عز و جل عندما يقسم بهذه الأجزاء because when Allah swore by these portion which is one lady إذا يغشى والنهار إذا تجل and when Allah swore by والفجر وليال عشر والقمر إذا تلاها when Allah says إذا جلها all of this which are portion of time ابن القيم he says دلالة على عظم المقسم به it shows the importance of the thing that has been swore by which is that time so something Allah swt gave in that importance which should be very important to us point number 2 which is دلالة على أهمية الوقت the evidences that show the importance of time there is Allah swt في غير آية in more than one verse in the Quran he considered it from the blessing that he bestowed upon us ملاع من الله تباربه تعالى there is a sura in the Quran which some of the scholars they call it sura to nima does anyone know what it is about sura to nima if you make it plural does anyone know what sura it is in the Quran and if you do know it put your hand up yes sura to nima in the Quran does anyone know a sura in the Quran that is called sura to nima ها ها ها يفضل sura to nahl the reason is because in sura to nahl الله سبحانه و تعالى he states the blessings that he bestowed upon his creation سبحانه و تعالى and from the blessings that he mentions is و سخرة لكم الليلة والنهارة Allah has bestowed but he has made it easy for you the day and the night والشبس والقمر the sun and the moon all of them are what they are all all of them have been made easy in accordance to your need so the reason why Allah is saying I have made the night and the day مصخر means at night you benefit by sleeping and at day you wake up and you benefit from that time and then Allah is saying these are the blessings I have given you و لذلك many people don't realize the value of time and so the scholars they said that those who don't value time are not Ulul Al-Bab wherever the Quran addresses the Ulul Al-Bab it is addressing the people who realize the value of time that's what Allah سبحانه و تعالى he says و اختلاف الليل والنهار لآيات اللي Ulul Al-Bab الذين اذكرون الله قياما و قعودا و علاج جنوبهم و يتفكرون في خلق السماوات و الأرض ربنا با خلقت هذا باطلا سبحانك فقل عذاب النار so before Allah says الذين اذكرون الله قياما and those who remember Allah standing up and those who remember Allah sitting down and those who remember Allah lying down before they would say اذن في ذلك all of that is a آيات اللي Ulul Al-Bab هاما و اختلاف الليل والنهار آيات اللي Ulul Al-Bab هو they are the ones who benefit from the what الليل والنهار والشمس والقمن they benefit from the day they benefit from the night و لذلك he said و أراه أسهل عما عليك يضيع و أراه أسهل عما عليك يضيع time is the most important and the most valuable thing and I see it is the most easiest of things that we let go of جمال الدين القاسمي the great scholar جمال الدين القاسمي he is from the great scholars of Damascus he saw a group of people playing on the middle of the road he saw them playing they were playing chess and games and he said if time was that which is sold and brought that I would have bought it from these people if time could be bought from people give me money give me your time and I would have bought it from them because he saw a people who are who are not benefitting from their time and for him he is struggling to benefit benefit from the 24 hours it is finishing for me quickly و لذلك he mentions in the Quran in Surat Al-Furqan he says he says و هو الذي جعل الليلة والنهارة الله has made the night and he made the day خلفة اللي من أراد أن يدكر أو أراد الشكورة what is the word خلفة خلفة means the night comes then the day comes after it one comes after the other الله has made the day and the night like that to root each other but look what he said لمن أراد the reason why Allah made the day come and the night comes after it لمن أراد أن يدكر the one who wants to remember Allah أو أراد الشكورة or wants to come with gratitude then this is an opportunity for them to benefit from the day and the night لمن أراد يدكر the one who wants to remember Allah أو أراد الشكورة also from the ayat that indicate the importance of time is that which Allah has mentioned in some verses of a group of people who did not benefit from their time and they destroyed their time and when they come the day of judgment they are going to ask Allah if they can be brought back to the dunya so they can benefit from their time الله says يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تلهكم those of you who believe do not let your children destroy you and your wealth أموالكم أموالكم do not let your wealth يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تلهكم أموالكم ولا أولادكم عن ذكر الله do not let your wealth and your children destroy you and divert you from the remembrance of Allah ومن يفعل ذلك فأولائك هم الخاصرون and anyone who allows his children and his wealth to divert him from the remembrance of Allah that is very from the lost then look what Allah says وَاَنْ فِلْقُواْ قِفْ مِنْ مَا أَيْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا رَزَقَ كُمْ اللَّهَ from some of the things Allah has given you give it out in charity and in fact من قبل أن يأتي يوم before it comes a day to you one of you that the individual says رب لو لا أخرتني لا أجل قريب فأصدق وأقوم من الصالحين you regret it right what would he say فيقول رب my lord لو لا أخرتني if only you delay and you allow me to benefit from my time a bit more so what am I going to be فأصدق I can give charity وأقوم من الصالحين and I can be from those who are writers إبن القيب said فأصدق هي is used for these people because that was what they were lacking but if the person was praying he would say and the one who was lacking he would say every person whatever they were not doing is what they are going to wish that they could do so if time was not a valuable thing these people would not have asked for it the poet said في اللبه مصائب قبل أن تنزل فإن نزلت بغتة لم تروعه لما كان في نفسه مثلا وذل جهل يا من أيامه وينسى مصالع من قد حقلا فإن دهبت وصروف الزمان ببعض مصائبه أعلى the self what they used to do is they used to bury a hole inside their houses and they would lay in there and they sleep in there and they would say you must do the loopy for loopy مصائب قبل أن تنزل he would make himself visualize and leave the reality of the day that's going to come to him فإن نزلت بغتة if that day comes to him suddenly it doesn't scare because he used to what he compared this to himself before he lived that reality before وذل جهل يا من أيامه but the person who lived with ignorance and heedlessness and wasn't aware of this time when it comes to him it's going to be a shock so they would lay down in the grave pretending to be their moment and they would say صالحا في ما يترك صالحا في ما يترك and then he would take the dust of his clothing and his body parts and he would get up and then he would say to himself you would be given the opportunity again يا عبد الله benefit from it so he would get up and he would work hard وذلك حصل البصري رحمه الله he saw a man in janaza and he said to him the man who was standing with him لو كنتا if you were مكان هذا الرجل if you were in the place of the man who was in this grave right now what would you have hoped for what would have it ماذا تتمنى and then he said اتمنى I would wish that Allah brings me back to the dunya so I can do righteous deeds and then he said to him when he grabbed him by the hand he said to him الله has now given you that opportunity and he has allowed you to benefit from that time الله سبحانه وتعالى he said in the Quran this ayah he says those who disbelieve in Allah لهم نار جهنم for them is the punishment of the hellfire they are going to be punished لا يقبى عليهم فا يموتوا that is not going to come to them so they die in them that's what they want they would wish to die ولا يخففوا عليهم من عجابها and the punishment of the hellfire will not be reduced for them كذلك نجزي and like that we reward كل كفور every disbeliever the kuffar that's how Allah deals with them which is to keep them in the hellfire لا يقبى فا يموتوا they are not going to die that's what they want ولا يخففوا من عجابها and the hellfire will not be reduced for them they will be like the sister of Allah forever look what Allah says وهم يصطرخون فيها and they are wailing and screaming and asking and begging for help look what they say ربنا أخيجنا or Allah take us out of this hellfire نعمل so we can come with and we can bring صالحا and righteous deeds look what Allah غير اللذي كنا نعمل or Allah give us the opportunity to do it and then look what Allah says to them أولم نعمل didn't we give you the opportunity to live and they may not give you time عمر a portion of time أولم نعمل didn't we give you a portion of time ما يتذكر فيه من تذكر in which you can come to your senses and you can realize the reality around you وجاءكم الندير and the reminder came to you عباسة and others they said that ندير was what the shave that enters the person's beard the white hair it came to your beard signs were given to you why is it that you didn't benefit from the reminder that was given to you فدو قو taste of punishment فمالي وضالي مينة من لصير for verily the oppressors and transgressors they have no one to give them victory brothers pay attention these people are in the hellfire they are burning in the hellfire they want to get out so what is it that they ask they ask Allah to take them back to what the dunya when they ask Allah if he can take them back to the dunya what is it that they want to do is it business that they want to do is it coach with their friends is that what they want to do لا the thing that they want to do is to come back to this world and do righteous deeds but then look at the response الله رب العرض والسباة says to them أولا من عمركم ما يتذكروا فيه من تذكروا وجاءكم والنبير Allah says to them have I not given you the opportunity to live for that time you lived for 20 years 30 years 40 years and however long you lived for didn't I give you that time to live also many people died around you and so on you took him to his jalaaza so many people all of these were signs for you that your time is coming وجاءكم النبير then it said to you فضوقوا فباة للغالي من المنصير taste the punishment of the hellfire the oppressors and the wrongdoers they don't have no one giving them victory so this shows us the importance of time also الله سبحانه وتعالى الله عليه وسلم he said نعمتاني two blessings are مضمون فيهما كثيروا من الناس two blessings the people are very heedless about and they don't know its value the first one is الصحة to health and the free time that you have when you're a youth and you're a young person شي عبد الرزاق العبد المحسن العباد البدر he mentions a story he mentions a story he said I knew a man that had one leg missing he had what one leg missing and he said in the Ka'ba many years ago when he was praying they used to make sure that the last 10 days nights of Ramadan they used to pray 3 أجزاء they used to pray with what 3 أجزاء in other words they used to finish the whole Quran in the last 10 days it reduced this it started to make it easier he said I saw him a man with one leg standing for all of these 3 أجزاء 3 جزاء for the 200 he had one leg he said he would pray in front of me he has a God his whole body he also mentioned another story of a شاب a youth who was 20 years of age and what happened to him his whole skin and everything went and his tongue and everything the sheikh mentioned that they took him to hospital he just became a piece of me somewhere but he loved to read the Quran so the sheikh said I asked him what is this Quran with you in front of me what are you doing with it he said sheikh I read it he said how do you get the Quran do you turn it over he called he screams and out for the nurses to come the doctor to come and to take the page over for him so he reads the Quran in his bed he is a person whose body is like that and that is benefitted from it so who is the disabled one here the disabled one is the one who is unable to read the book of Allah even though he has the body parts that he has the one who doesn't benefit from his time the one who doesn't remember Allah that's the disabled one not the one who's what who's got body parts missing from him and that's the statement that the sheikh حفظه الله he mentions I want you to all Insha'Allah تعالى listen to this final point that I'm going to mention and that is a very powerful advice given by رحمه الله تعالى فليلم عيال had a very good discussion between himself and a man who reached the age of 60 and many of you have already had this story before but we will conclude by taking benefit from it this man at the age of 60 he met فليلم عيال and a very beautiful discussion that took place between the two of them فليلم عيال said to him كم أنت عليك how many years how old are you he asked him how old are you he said 62 years I'm 60 years of age فليلم عيال then said to him فأنت منذ 60 years you for 60 years تصير إلى ربك you've been moving towards your lord you should go and talk you're very close you're going to reach your lord soon then the man said to فليلم عيال إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون فليلم عيال then said to him تعرف تفسيره do you know what the meaning of إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون do you know what it means do you know it's meaning and this is a powerful point فليلم عيال which is many of us say things they will say سبحان الله what does سبحان الله mean they will say الله أكبر what does الله أكبر mean they will say لا إله إلا الله what does لا إله إلا الله mean it's very important that the person learns the meaning of these words so the man said إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون for they said to him اتعرفوا do you know the تفسير of إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون meaning do you know and the man said to him إنا لله means that أنا لله مملك I am owned by Allah سبحانه وتعالى أنا مخلوق لله I am a creation for Allah سبحانه وتعالى أنا مدبر that I am one who is controlled by Allah سبحانه وتعالى that's what إنا لله means وإنا إليه راجعون a means to him Allah سبحانه وتعالى I will turn back to meaning to him I will go back to as Allah said in the Quran وإنا إلى ربك المنتهى and to your Lord is your final turning that the person will go إنا إلى ربك الرجع the person will go back to الله سبحانه وتعالى then the man for they said to him after he responded for they said to him after he explained to him what إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون means for they said to him من علمة anyone who comes to know أنه مسؤول anyone who knows that he is going to go back to his Lord and he is going to be questioned فاليعدة للسؤالي جوابة then let him ask himself a question for the answer that awaits him if Allah is going to question you the day of judgment and questions are going to be asked then prepare the answer for those questions ask yourself these questions in advance and have the answers prepared and the beauty about the day of judgment brothers is we all know the questions and we all know the answers and then some people are still going to fail and it's dimwittedness that you have questions set of questions and you've already been given the answer in advance and then you fail that test what would you think a person was given a question test a question and they will tell the answer and they will say this is the answer for the test tomorrow and then he comes and he fails and he ends up going to the hellfire it shows that this person is dimwitted then the man he became very scared he said what is the way out what is the solution for this issue and he said the solution out of this problem is very easy he said he said you just have to perfect what is the hell of you that you need to perfect ياظو فيرو لكا الله will forgive for you that which has passed that which has passed الله will forgive for you those 60 years what you've done if they were sins ask for forgiveness but make sure you perfect what awaits you but what's in front of you perfect your situation and this what light shows us how our light is very merciful 80 years of sins and crimes the last day if he repents to Allah the one who has done sins if he repents الله will accept his repentance الإسلام يجب ما قبله إسلام will eradicate and it will get rid of everything that has happened before it and the طوبة تجب ما قبلها and the طوبة it gets rid of everything that is before it so if a person sins and he repents the repentance will it will take away everything that's what Allah said القرآن قل يا عبادي الذين أسرفوا على أنفسهم لا تقنطوا من رحمة الله إن الله يغفروا الدروبة جميعا إنه هو الغفر الرحيم الله says here my slaves who have transgressed and exceeded their limits لا تقنطوا من رحمة الله do not give up on Allah's mercy very little Allah forgives everything that a person does if they repent from it الله is very kind and generous and forgiving and merciful towards his creation two things that a person if they do they can benefit from their time number one seek help from Allah and turn back to him and by saying اللهم إلك أسلمته الله to you I surrender و بك أمنته to you I believe in و عليك توقلته on you alone و الله I rely و إلك أنابته and to you و الله I turn back to و بك أخاصمته and through you و الله I argue اللهم إني أعود بإزتك و الله I seek refuge in your honor لا إله إلا أنتا there is none worthy of worship except you that person makes that dua the second thing that the person does is that they repent from their previous sins sins are what make you heavy not to benefit from your time sometimes you wake up and you can't leave your bed what's kept you in your bed and has taken away from you the strength to get out of your bed is the disobedience of Allah and sins they take away from you the ability to benefit from your time that's why Allah says in the Qur'an يَا أَيُّا اللَّيْنَا آمَلُوا تُوبُوا إِلَا اللَّهِ تَوْبَةً لَصُحَةً those of you who believe repent to Allah a perfect correct repentance و تُوبُوا إِلَا اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا أيها المؤمنونة لعلكم إش تُفلِحُون فلاح is to benefit from your time and does it not تُوبُوا إِلَا اللَّهِ لعلكم تُفلِحُون to receive felaah success in your day prosperity it comes with what to repent to Him anything which I have said that was wrong and incorrect is from me and Shaykh Bar and Allah has messaged I am free from it سبحانك الله وبحمدك أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله أستطيع أن أشهد أن أشهد منه