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Life changing incident

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Assalamualaikum was Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

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However, we take note of the life changing experience in class and feeling ashamed of spending your time in videos. The question posed by the teacher were thought provoking. Are we using our time productively or wasting our time? If you wish to be super productive, ponder upon a short verse of the Quran of time which consist of only three verses:

وَالْعَصْرِ (1) إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ (2) إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ (3)

Translation: 1. By the oath of time! (the passage of time that overtakes everything material). 2. Verily man is at a loss (in both worlds)… 3… except those who have Imaan, who do good deeds, who encourage (urge and counsel) each other towards (remaining steadfast on and propagate) the truth and who encourage each other to exercise Sabr. (This Surah is so comprehensive that the renowned scholar Imaam Shafi’ee (R.A) stated that if nothing but this surah was revealed, it would have been sufficient for the guidance of man.)

Life is actually time. A poet explains the value of life in the following two couplets:

حياتك أنفاس تعد فكلما....مضى نفس منها انتقصت به جزءا

Your life comprises of a few breaths that can be counted;

As one breath goes out, one part of your life has diminished.

Hazrat Mufti Mahmood Hasan Gangohi Rahmatullahi Alaih used to state, Life is like a block of ice. If a person selling ice does not sell the ice before sunrise, the ice will melt and the person will go home empty handed.

Our focus is life after death which is eternal. We surely do not want to the hereafter empty handed. Use your time as productively as possible.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Aboobakr Siddeeq bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad

Student Darul Iftaa

Azaadville, JHB, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.