Imam Al Ghazali - Time Management For Muslims [PDF]

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Bismillah, “Imam Al Ghazali’s Advice on Time Management - #SpiritualPsychologist”



YouTube channel: Ink of Knowledge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97A9bBRPezQ Your time is your life. Don’t let time melt away like ice. Organise your day. Structure it. Assign an activity to each period, including worship. This is a method for constantly remembering Allah, for this is essential in attaining spiritual happiness. Below are the 4 steps of this method. This will enable you to get BARAKAH in your time. A rare commodity! 1. Wake up and remember your Lord, Allah. a) Purify yourself, then b) Pray the sunnah at home, and then make your way to the congregational mosque in tranquility Don’t fail this profitable act for there is a great benefit in it in the pursuit of knowledge. Therefore, don’t be negligent in this great action. Indeed, the fruit of knowledge is in acting upon it. 2. Until sunrise, use your time in 4 ways. a) Supplication b) Glorification c) Recitation d) Reflectation (on your mistakes) and the nearness of your end. Carefully plan your day with the intention to obey Allah (SWT). 3. By daylight a) Seek useful knowledge. It is the highest form of worship. It increases God consciousness b) If unable to do this, then perform extra acts of worship (such as dhikr) c) Making believers happy (using good words, relieving their problems, making things easy for them, visiting the sick, feeding the poor) d) Earn a honest living to provide for yourself and your family, for it is also a form of worship. However, beware of wordly greed, for it will ruin your religion. 4. At sunset When the sun turns red, try Glorifying Allah whilst seeking forgiveness. Set time for family, the community and worldly necessities. Then, before you sleep, review your knowledge. Writing down the most important life lessons of this day will dramatically increase your personal growth; learn from your sins by not repeating them; in this italic is the note takers commentary. In conclusion: The whole point of this method of Imam Al-Ghazali (Rahimullah) is to have every precious moment accounted for, as you will be asked about every moment spent. Keep your time as particular as possible. Don’t be like animals, which do things as they come along. We are distinguished with an intellect that we can choose to use. You should always strive to be doing good, and not harm or cause inconvenience / evil to ourselves and others. If you claim "you can't help to do wrong", then go to sleep. This is a neutral state. (This isn’t a good fatwa to sleep ) But because sleep is the sister of death then what good is there in sleep, in which so much part of it is death? Therefore, the only way to achieve spiritual happiness and growth is to do good and not to do anything bad. May this be of benefit for you. Amien.