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By Hassan Saroya
Not too long ago, in my capacity as City ISoc volunteer – I was handing out leaflets at our Freshers Fair. A month later, we were on the streets of London begging for money as part of Charity Week (we raised £22,501.40p in case your wondering.) Ramadan came and Ramadan went – followed closely by exams – the new term, and here we are winding up to a close – the home straight – spring time, exams around the corner and then, of course – the Summer Break.
Brilliant round up of the year I know – but looking back, it is nothing short of amazing how quickly the year has flow by. How quickly has the mood changed – from excitement and nerves – to dread and inevitability. The point of this build up? To drive home a message of course. Not a second ticks by that we don’t come closer to our death, not a second ticks by that we aren’t held accountable for what we have done. And as these seconds tick by, what will we be remembered for? What will we have done to earn our place in the hereafter?
Time is a gift – nay, a blessing from Allah. I spent the best part of 8 hours watching the cricket on Tuesday (although, in my defence – I did have the laptop in front of me, so I was at least pretending to do work) – 8 hours of my life gone – like that, in an instant. And what a waste of time that was (perhaps wouldn’t have been such of a waste had the Pakistan team not collectively forgotten how to hold a bat). And that was just one day – one eight hour period. I’d need a super computer to calculate how much time I’ve wasted over the years – be it running away from the multitude of girls who want to make me their husband, or running after the multitude of girls who I want as a wife – what I’ve done with my time has served no benefit to anyone or anything. And I’m sure I’m not alone – our ISoc president, for instance – is far worse than I am.
Right, so we’ve established that we all waste time (we’ve also established that I am a certified ladies man) – now for the treatment, the antidote, the medicine, the cure the < >. Here are some sure fire tips to help get your life back on track.
Watch less TV. Hands down the most important tip in my opinion. People nowadays watch a ridiculous amount of TV – it’s almost as though we cannott live without spending a portion of our day glued in front of the idiot box – our life being sapped away before our very eyes. Program after program. Half hour slot after half hour slot One mind-numbing, brain cell killing TV show after another.
Solution? Spend more time with the family. Increasing the social bond between the family is incumbent amongst all Muslims. Be it siblings, parents, cousins or second cousins – keeping the family bond is not only a form of worship, but devastatingly important to ones mental well being. After all, paradise lies under your mother’s feet.
Spend more time reading. Reading not only stimulates the mind – it gives you knowledge you can use (and hopefully not abuse). Try to spend at least an hour a day reading something – anything (and no, reading the “Sky” Magazine that comes through your door doesn’t count). We have been blessed with a huge library at City ISoc – please make the most of it.
And my final recommendation? Spend more time in remembering Allah – be it through Salah, Quran or Dhikr – the time we spend worshiping our creator, enjoining in the good and forbidding the evil is the time that will count the most in the hereafter. One of the signs of Aakhira is that “Time will pass quickly” – subhannalah, Freshers Fair seemed like yesterday.
I leave you, with the words of the Holy Quran:
1 By the declining day,
2 Lo! man is a state of loss,
3 Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.
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