Time and Technology

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From ashrafiya.com

Sayyidi wa sanadi Shaikh Mufti Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) said,
‘These days most of us are preoccupied by the past events or future apprehensions. In doing so we neglect the present.’
An individual inquired,
‘In our era due to technological advances every day chores are done relatively quickly. Hence we have extra time available to us. This usually results in preoccupation with useless involvements including those you mention. How can we utilize time more effectively?’
Sayyidi wa sanadi replied,
‘I repeatedly tell the people the same and ask them what are they doing with the time they save by using these new technologies.
An individual has to develop the importance of value of time.
Once this importance is developed then it will be impossible for him to waste a single second. Moreover, Allah will give barakah in his time and he will be able to do more work effectively in the same amount of time.’

Comments

Nasrullah said…
"An individual has to develop the importance of value of time" ...golden words, such a crucial premise. Without this, all planners, schedulers, alerts, alarms, reminders and everything fall flat and procrastination goes on. The end result is a feeling of incompetence and further lack of determination - downward spiral.

"Ab horahi hai umr misl-e-barf kam
Chupke Chupke rafta rafta dam ba dam
Saans hai ek rahravey mulk-e-adam,
daf-atan ek roz ye jaayega thham."

Its one of the toughest lessons to learn and is all taufeeq, I feel. Hazat Thanvi (rah) said "susti ka ilaaj bas hai chusti" : (...

Any tips on how to inculcate the importance of time into oneself, sir?
6:42 PM
Naeema Akram-Jehanzeb said…
Brother, I myself am trying to develop this sense of value in me these days. In no way near to give out any tips. I will, however, shortly post a write-up by Mr Suleman Ahmer, a highly gifted individual my country has, who is an expert in time management. The best thing about him is that is no time management 'guru' nor does he follow blindly in the tradition of the ideals given in the Western success literature. I would highly recommend that you listen to his talks on sleep management and personal effectiveness. They are available on Youtube. You will actually find the true Islamic perspective in the ideals he puts forth.

Apart from that, what can beat the reading and absorbing the daily routines of our akaabireen. The perfect time managers! I feel we must make it a point to take inspiration form the accounts of the daily life of our pious elders, and try our best to emulate them. Emulating them would help us incorporate the various sunnah of our Beloved Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wassallam.

Jazaakumullahu khaira for visiting.

-Your sister in Islam.
8:06 AM
Nasrullah said…
"Reading and absorbing the daily routines of our akaabireen..."

that was a very helpful, pertinent advice; to think aloud, hidden in it I guess is the concept that nafs feels ashamed on seeing examples and then pushes one into action - a case of nafs doing good things...very important to understand for people like me with stubborn, stupid nafs, astaghfirullah.

I would be grateful if you could list down some books which describe our akaabireen's schedules. I only know of "akaabir ka ramzaan" which details on schedules. Biographies would be a tad long for students like me to take out time.

Since the comments section first needs to be approved by you and you can edit it, sister, I would like to relate that I will not be comfortable discussing things with you unless you are atleast over 38 yrs. I am also reluctant to directly cut off, as I feel good on visiting your blog and the poetic feel. Can you kindly just answer "yes to your last question" or "no to your last question" in the reply comment, for Allah swt's sake, please.

Apologies for being shallow perhaps, but guys like me are better off being wary of themselves.

jazaakAllahu khaira.
8:38 AM
Naeema Akram-Jehanzeb said…
No to your last question, brother. And there was nothing shallow about it. I am happy people think from such perspective as well. If you wish you can freely continue to read my blog without commenting or discussing on it. Further, I would also recommend that if you feel like discontinuing to read it, then too you should go ahead. Being wary of our nafs is the first priority. The rest gets sorted out from Allah SWT. My Allah give you success in both duniya and aakhirah.

Wassalam
9:27 AM
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