Ten Things We Waste

(based on a lesson of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah)

1. --Our Knowledge-- Wasted by not taking action with it.

2. --Our Actions-- Wasted by committing them with out sincerity.

3. --Our Wealth-- Wasted by using on things that will not bring us ajr. We waste our money, our status, our authority, on things which have no benefit in this life or in akhirah.

4. --Our Hearts-- Wasted because they are empty from the love of Allah, and the feeling of longing to go to Him, and a feeling of peace and contentment. In it's place, our hearts are filled with something or someone else.

5. --Our Bodies-- Wasted because we don't use them in ibadah and service of Allah

6. --Our Love-- Our emotional love is misdirected, not towards Allah, but towards something/someone else.

7. --Our Time-- Wasted, not used properly, to compensate for that which has passed, by doing what is righteous to make up for past deeds

8. --Our Intellect-- Wasted on things that are not beneficial, that are detremental to society and the individual, not in contemplation or reflection.

9. --Our Service-- Wasted in service of someone who will not bring us closer to Allah, or benefit in dunyaa

10. --Our Dhikr-- Wasted, because it does not effect us or our hearts.

bagusnya. saya nak print. thank you!

what a big waste!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's see how much an individual worships Allah if he is to live for 60 years and pray 5 times a day. Fajr would take about 15 minutes, Dhuhr would take about 20 minutes, Asr would take about 10 minutes, Magrib would take about 15 minutes and Isha would take about 25 minutes. That would on average equal to 1 hour and 45 minutes of worship everyday. Now, there are 30 days every month, so the person would worship about 43.5 hours apa month. There are 12 months every year, so he would worship about 522 hours apa year. Now, if he lives for 60 years then he had worshipped for 31,320 hours. To convert this total hours into years, it comes to about 3 years and 6 months!!! So, a man living for 60 years have only spent 3.6 years in worshipping Allah in the form of Salah, that is also if he started praying before reaching the age of 1. What about the other 56 years of his life? In order to turn that into ibadah, we have to do everything according to Qur'an and Sunnah. For example, if we sleep according to sunnah then 20 years would be counted as ibadah which we spent sleeping (8 hours of sleep is 1/3 of a day. So, 1/3 of 60 years is 20 years!). Similarly, all other actions will be counted as ibadah if we do them according to Qur'an and Sunnah. So, let us try to turn all our life into ibadah, rather than depending on prayers alone which won't even turn a fraction of our life into ibadah.......assalammuailaikum.........

nice info, thanks a lot..

thanks 4 your reminder...