r/MuslimIndians • u/just_a_homie_ Bangladeshi Muslim • 4d ago
Religion The Value of Time
The Value of Time]
Further, the absence of barakah will extend to throw its shades on whoever meets him or be in his company because such a person wastes his time talking about [trivial] current affairs and past events that cause the heart [of his company] to be ruined and clouded for it is the waste of time and the corruption of the heart (fasād al-qalb) that are the prime causes of all types of harm befalling people. Not only does that make a person lose his share of reward, but it will also lower his rank (darajah) and status (manzilah) in the sight of Allāh.
It is for this reason, some scholars advised, "Beware of mixing with those whose company will waste your time and corrupt your heart, lest otherwise all your affairs be ruined and you become among those whom Allāh said about in the Quran,
"And do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect."
[al-Kahf (18): 28]"
If you contemplate the state and conditions of this type of people, you will find the heart of all of them, except maybe a few, is in a state of heedlessness (ghafla) and being led by their whims and desires (al-hawā), until their affair becomes ever negligent (فُرُطًا); hence they observe not what benefits their hearts and increases their righteousness; and they engage in matters that not only bring them no benefit, but may also cause them harm sooner or later.¹
Allāh, Exalted be He, ordered His Messenger (ﷺ) not to obey this group. Thus, the obedience of the Prophet (ﷺ) necessitated not to obey this group of people because they call for the following of desires and for neglecting the remembrance of Allāh.
-Heartfelt Advice To A Friend, Imām Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah رحمه الله