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28/10/2025

*Muslims and Su***de*

If you read our post yesterday, you’d understand why time is a gift. Why su***de should never be a resort for a Muslim, irrespective of what they are going through.

When you die, your deeds stop. Your next thousands of years (an eternity, really) will be built on the foundation of what you did in the years you spent alive. Every extra second you have is a chance to lay another brick, to prepare for that real, everlasting life.

When a person commits su***de, it is them rejecting that gift of time - the gift and the immense luxury of having a new chance, a new breath to prepare for the hereafter. It’s like rejecting an extension for the date of an exam you've not prepared well for.

The beautiful, almost liberating thing about preparing for the hereafter is that whatever situation you find yourself in becomes a vehicle for it. There is no single situation except it can be used as a means of preparing your hereafter.

If you find yourself in a deeply troubling situation - a pain that feels endless, a sadness that sits heavy in your chest - every second of it that you endure patiently, with hope of reward from Allah, is actively building your place in the hereafter. You are not just "getting through it"; you are constructing your eternal home with your patience.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were the prick of a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it." (Bukhari, 5641)

Read that again. Fatigue - like mere tiredness. A prick of a thorn. The smallest inconvenience, the deepest grief - none of it is wasted, if you endure them purposefully knowing you're working towards your hereafter. Each one is a tool of purification, washing away sins you might not even remember, lightening the load you will carry in your grave and on the Day of Judgment.

Understanding what it really means for the hereafter to be your focus is that you start to see time and life itself as a special, limited gift. Every extra second is a gift, a tool - irrespective of the condition it meets you.

And so, even if you face severe difficulties in life, instead of seeing su***de as a way out, you begin to see the difficulties themselves as gifts.

The difficulties are not punishments if you use them purposefully and respond to them with patience. They are vehicles - sometimes rugged and uncomfortable - carrying you directly towards your hereafter, where biidhnillah, you will find all the peace you need.

Live with purpose!

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27/10/2025

Today, I randomly remembered the young sister who died after Ramadhan in 2023.

We wrote a lot of things about her and death then. It was just a few weeks after one of us had also written about a young brother from the University of Ilorin whom he heard about his death during Ramadhan.

Randomly I just remembered. It's been over 2 years. 2 years away from her family, from the ability to do more work.

Where she is now is based on what she did in just under 25 years alive. No, not even 25 years but less - because a person's record only starts when they reach puberty.

Now think it! She's been in the grave for 2 years now. And there's still 100s, no, rather thousands of years left to spend there. And all of what she faces will be based on what she did in just 12-13 years.

Imagine dying at 21 and living in eternal bliss for what you did within 8 years. Imagine dying at 21 and living in eternal punishment for what you did in 8 years.

Would it be unfair? No. Nor after all the reminders we got.

Allah keeps reminding us in the Quran, "This world is illussion, this world is deceit, this life is a quick-passing enjoyment, the hereafter is the real life."

And in many verses, Allah talks about the day you'll meet Him - how all the time you spent in this world would be as if you spent just one day. In some he says, as if you spent just a night, in some he says as if you spent just a morning.

And Umar Ibn Abdulazeez was reported to have said, "The wise one is the one who buys what is longer (the life of the hereafter) by giving up what is short (the enjoyment of this world).

And Ibn Jawzi said, "The life of this world is short, and the the period which you will be held in your grave is long, and the punishment for following your wrong desires is severe."

And Allah says,
{ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنَّمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَا مَتَٰعٞ وَإِنَّ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ هِيَ دَارُ ٱلۡقَرَارِ }
[Surah Ghāfir: 39]
"This life of the world is nothing but a (quick passing) enjoyment, and verily, the Hereafter, that is the home."

And He says,
{ وَمَا هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ إِلَّا لَهۡوٞ وَلَعِبٞۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلدَّارَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةَ لَهِيَ ٱلۡحَيَوَانُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ }
[Surah Al-ʿAnkabūt: 64]
And this life of the world is only an amusement and a play! Verily, the home of the Hereafter - that is the life indeed, if they but knew."

And He says, [Q 35:37]
"Therein they will cry: Our Lord! Bring us out, we shall do righteous good deeds, not (the evil deeds) that we used to do. (Allâh will reply): Did We not give you lives long enough, so that whosoever would receive admonition could receive it?"

You have only a short time to buy your hereafter, be stingy with it. Guard your time jealously. Be wary of sleep, amusement, entertainment and chasing after illussions taking most of your time.

Be wary of chasing fame, be wary of chasing status, be wary of chasing "I want to be remembered ..."

Let all of what you do be for Allah. If He wishes, he'd grant you good rememberance.

The sister who died was never seen posting around social media, yet when she died, Allah granted her good mention. And the brother was obscure even within the university. He spent almost all his time in the school mosque. You could almost swear he was either in the classroom or he was at the mosque reading the Quran.

Oh Allah, forgive your slaves Hikmah and Abdurrahman, and the rest of the dead Muslims.

NB: If you say a dua for them, perhaps Allah will cause someone to randomly remember you after death and do the same too.

*LRH*
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27/10/2025

*Hell Yeah or No*

I once read this personal reflection of a writer some years ago, and one principle I that stuck with me was his "hell yeah or no" principle.

The principle has helped me make a lot of decisions as I got busier.

People who are considered smart or having some knowledge would often get a lot of requests, "can you mentor my child? can you come speak at our school? can you help us with a few recordings? can you give me some time weekly? we started a new organization and will like your contribution, even if little."

Each person making these requests feels, "it's just 20 minutes a week, you can't be so busy that you won't have 20 minutes a week", but in reality, if you keep accepting every request for your time here and there, by the time you add everything up, you would be spending several hours everyday on people's requests and will soon overwhelm yourself.

But that's not the worst part: the worst part is that these "small requests" are so small sometimes that you just completely forget about them. Now, when they pile up, they leave you with a feeling of guilt and serious overwhelm.

So, the "hell yeah or no" principle is: whatever you are not saying helllll yes to, then don't say yes. The only other option is a no.

In other words: it is either the idea or request incredibly resonates with you, or you say no.
One good way I practice this is that I have a full schedule for all of my days. If you make a request for 30 minutes of my time, it means I will have to give up something on my schedule to accomodate your request.

So, it's not just me saying "yes or no" it's me looking at my schedule and asking myself, "Is this thing so interesting that I can sacrifice something on my schedule for it?"

*LRH*
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23/10/2025

* #34 One Idea: Avoid "a Little Taste"*

One afternoon In 2015, I was memorizing the Quran when a young brother came to meet me at the mosque. He was in secondary school. He told me he had a friend who was struggling to be steadfast but kept getting pushed back into his old lifestyle.

Then he gave me an example that'd stick with me forever, he said (paraphrased), "For example, he just deleted all the songs he used to listen to, but today some of our classmates started talking about a newly released hot single, and he also got carried away and downloaded it. Just that one though."

It's been 10 years and I do not know if he has finally found a way out, byt for most people stuck in the "just this once" cycle, breaking free is an impossibility.

The "Little taste" / "just this once" idea is a vey big problem, but it seems subtle and harmless at first.

It’s what happens when you’ve already made a clear decision to stop something harmful and then your mind whispers:
“Just a little. One last time.”

It's a deadly and life-wrecking trap. because once you convince your mind to do something “just once,” it will end up presenting you with several “just once’s” before the week ends.

This “little taste" or "just once" is what breaks discipline. It’s what kills momentum. It’s what makes people stuck in endless cycles of regret and restarts.

If you truly want to become a new person, you have to cut off the old habits completely and never allow them even for a little while.

It may seem like a grand idea but it applies to very subtle things:

For example, If you don’t plan to sleep back after Fajr, don’t “just rest a little on the bed.”

If you don't plan to go back to music, then don't read "just this one news."

If you don't plan to go back to watching football, then don't check "just this highlight."

If you don't plan to continue overeating, don’t “just take this extra spoon.”

If you’re avoiding carbonated drinks, don’t “just drink one today because it’s a party.”

If you want to do your hifdh early in the morning and avoid distractions, don’t “just check this one message” on WhatsApp.

If you want to stop watching movies, don't watch "just this one everyone is talking about."

Every time you say yes to a “little taste,” you’re teaching your brain that your decisions don’t matter.

*Action Step:*

Whenever you want to make a decision about a bad habit, tell yourself:

“If I don’t plan to continue, then I won’t do it even once. If I don’t plan to do it fully then I won't do even a little."

If you're studying and you think of resting your back for a little while on the couch, tell yourself, "If I do not want to go in fully by sleeping, then I have no reason to rest my back for even a minute."

I pray Allah eases your affairs and helps you out of the current difficulties. The issues you have listed are numerous, ...
22/10/2025

I pray Allah eases your affairs and helps you out of the current difficulties.

The issues you have listed are numerous, and addressing them all at once will only lead to more overwhelm. But there are foundational solutions which, when applied, would solve all the problems biidhnillah or at least reveal the exact ones that need to be addressed.

*The solution:*

*Step 1:*
Tonight, before you sleep, write a list of all the things you NEED to do tomorrow. This list should consist majorly of the accumulated small tasks causing you overwhelm.

*Step 2:*
Write a schedule for how you will spend every hour tomorrow, from waking up till you sleep.

e.g
4am - Fajr: Tahajjud, Memorize
Fajr - 7am: Morning Adhkar, tidy up, cook + adhkar
7am - 9am: Study etc…

*Step 3:*
Put off your social media notifications and block access to your social media accounts. If you MUST, then you can leave WhatsApp and Telegram, but block access to statuses and set a time limit that should not exceed 1 hour on both. Your time for checking WhatsApp should also be included in your schedule, so you do not check it randomly. You can do all of this using StayFocused.

*Step 4:*
Put your phone aside 30 minutes before sleeping. Make dua about your major worries and your tasks for the next day, and if possible, read/listen to the Quran as the last thing before you sleep.

*Step 5:*
Stay away from your phone for the first 2 hours of waking up. I suggest using StayFocused to enforce a block on your phone. Follow the things on your schedule for these 2 hours. It is best when the tasks that are most important to you (the ones that overwhelm you the most when you do not do them) are done early.

*Step 6:*
Set an alarm for every one hour, except for your sleeping hours. Each time this alarm rings, do these:

Shukr: If the alarm rings while you’re in a state of doing something good, productive or reasonable, show gratitude to Allah by acknowledging it wouldn’t have been without his support. This could be as simple as saying Alhamdulillah, or saying سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّ (Glory be to Allah, and all praise is due to Allah. There is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest. There is no power and no strength except with Allah.) repeatedly while thinking about how the same task would have been extremely difficult some days back.

However, if the alarm rings while you are in a state of wasting time or doing something non-beneficial, true servitude necessitates that you immediately halt the action, see your deficiency, and turn to Allah in humility, but you still show gratitude to Him for sending you a reminder.

Istighfaar: Immediately follow your gratitude by pondering on your shortcomings or mistakes and seeking forgiveness.

Here are some adhkār and duʿāʾs for inaabah (turning back to Allah) and recognizing one’s deficiency, especially after realizing time was wasted or spent in something non-beneficial.

These adhkar should be said while you ponder on the fact the greatness of Allah, both in his punishment and his mercy. You think: "Subhanllah, i've been so negligent, I seek the forgiveness of Allah who is great in punishment and can cause my whole
day to turn upside down because of this thing I did, and who is also so great in His mercy that He can cause this return to Him to open the doors of mercy for me and change everything about my day.

• أستغفر الله/ أستغفر الله العظيم
Astaghfirullāh
Meaning: I seek forgiveness from Allah, or I seek forgiveness from Allah, the great.

• لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، سُبْحَانَكَ، إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
Lā ilāha illā anta, subḥānaka, innī kuntu min aẓ-ẓālimīn
Meaning: There is no god but You; glory be to You; indeed, I was among the wrongdoers.

Dua: Finally, make dua about your next steps, next tasks or next cause of action. Ask Allah for ease, ask Him for strength and ask Him for support.

Do these 3 repeatedly each time the alarm sounds, but if the hourly alarms are uncomfortable, just stack the 3 steps to your salawaat - review your day between the salat that is due and the previous one, do shukr for the things you were able to do, istighfaar for the shortcomings, and dua about the tasks ahead of you.

*Step 7:*
During the day, read as much of the Quran as you possibly can. Include it in your schedule. Attempt to read up to 5 ajzaa if possible. If you feel too weak, listen while following the meaning.

Also, ensure that in your schedule, all activities that do not require much mental input (cooking, washing, walking etc..) are paired with dhikr or Quran.

*Step 8:*
Say as much no's to yourself as possible to please Allah. This is the most important of these steps. Say as much no's as possible. See yourself as a servant who has no will and only follows what pleases Allah. Each time you subdue your will to please Allah, you become more beloved to Allah, and He takes charge of your affairs. This will lead to you feeling more energetic to engage in beneficial acts.

This could be as simple as wanting to click on WhatsApp and saying, “No, Allah would be happier with me if I read the Quran instead”, or hearing the adhan while engaging in something interesting and telling your mind, “No! I can't keep doing this, Allah will be more pleased if I hastened to Him.”, or lowering your gaze from looking at the opposite gender, or saying no to extra food because it will make you weak.

*Finally,*
Every night, reflect on your day, identify things that went right and do shukr. And identify the ones that went wrong, what you’d do differently to avoid a repeat, and then make dua seeking Allah’s support.

After three days of doing this, please give us feedback, even if it doesn’t go well. Just ensure the feedback is detailed enough to make us understand what exactly went wrong.

Wa’alaykumussalam warahmatullah. May Allah bless you and increase you in consciousness about His limits. What you have r...
22/10/2025

Wa’alaykumussalam warahmatullah.

May Allah bless you and increase you in consciousness about His limits.

What you have raised is a valid concern: a person must strive as much as possible to limit interaction with the opposite gender except when necessary.

Many do not understand the danger in this; but unrestricted access and constant loose engagement with the opposite gender is not only a door to several illicit acts but also one of the chief causes of lack of satisfaction and contentment in marriages.

When a man is familiar with all kinds of women - he knows which one gets jokes faster, and which one is more witty, which one greets with so much “oyaya” when he marries his wife - no matter how good she is, he will miss these things in her. And the reverse - where the woman is the perpetrator - is even worse.

Summarily, it is a dangerous practice to share unrestricted talks and all with the opposite gender.

As for your question on how to avoid it, what the scholars recommend is to completely stay away from places of free mixing - places where you'd have to constantly engage with, sit with and mix the opposite gender unnecessarily.

If this is impossible right now for you due to an acceptable reason in the shari'ah, then the solution is to safeguard yourself as much as you can by not engaging the opposite gender except in cases of utter necessity.

As for those who had been “friends” with you earlier, it might be very difficult to not sound rude to them when you limit interactions to only necessary ones, but remember that whatever difficulty, insult, or harm that comes to you on the path of safeguarding your deen will be rewarded immensely by Allah, and whoever leaves something for Allah, Allah replaces it with something better.

But generally, if you can completely leave that environment where you had “friends” of the opposite gender, then this would be the best.

This is how I live. I recently decided to become more active on LinkedIn. On the first day, I launched the app with the ...
22/10/2025

This is how I live.

I recently decided to become more active on LinkedIn. On the first day, I launched the app with the intention of just posting and leaving, but before I realized, I had spent 13 minutes scorlling about.

I immediately set a 15-minute daily limit on my Linkedn app using StayFocused. I had the Strict Mode on for a month, which meant I could not reverse that decision for the next one month - so once 15 minutes is up on LinkedIn, I get shooed out.

The funny discovery? I realized that on most days, I ended up spending 5-10 minutes only on LinkedIn. This is because as soon as I launch the app, I know my time is counting, so I ignore everything that is not what I came for - even if it seems interesting.

Lessons?

1. Do not rely on willpower, look for systems that make bad habits impossible for you!

2. Any app that has the potential to waste your time, set a stringent time limit on it, you'll find it easy to ignore the distractions.

*LRH*
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20/10/2025

*You Are Closer Than You Think*

Even if your life feels miserable. Even if it seems like you have achieved nothing in years. Even if you feel completely overwhelmed. Even if It feels like it would take 15 years to fix your life...

Know this: By Allah, you are closer than you think.

Turning your life around is not as difficult as it seems - when Allah eases the path for you.

One truly productive year can erase years of regret and bring you so much closer to your goals than you could ever imagine.

A simple routine around your salawaat can change everything about your connection to Allah.

Leaving social media, reducing your smartphone usage, and working around a structured daily routine can change everything about your struggles to achieve your goals.

Yes, it demands crazy discipline.
Yes, it means ignoring countless distractions.
Yes, it requires turning away from many so-called "opportunities" that are, in reality, just diversions.

But you can catch up in a very short time if you start now!!!

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18/10/2025

*TB: Don't Be a Victim*

Two weeks ago, we started a new semester at school. I could feel the frustration rising as I thought about how my classes are run.

One constant issue I have is the lack of regard for our time. The timetable isn’t followed, lecturers often fail to show up, and classes are scheduled haphazardly at inconvenient times.

For a long time, all of this drove me to unimaginable levels of frustration. Couldn't these people see that we have lives and commitments outside of pursuing a master's degree?!

This semester, I vowed not to let frustration take over - bi idhniLlaah - by refusing to play the victim.

It’s easy to fall into that mindset. We tend to focus on everything going wrong rather than on what we can control and improve.

I decided to leave behind the victim mentality and turn my full attention to myself and what I could control.

For example, if a lecturer fails to show up, I would immediately leave the class and head to the library or the masjid. If the lecturer later appears, someone in the class would fill me in, bi idhniLlaah. That would ensure I wouldn't wasted time waiting.

You can always apply this too by always asking yourself, "what do I do next?" rather than complaining.

If you miss a scheduled class—perhaps because you heard about it late or had another commitment—make up for it during your personal study time rather than complaining about the inconvenience.

One frustration I still struggled with though was the money spent on transportation when a lecturer failed to show up. I eventually learnt to look at it through the lens of qadar - predestination - to accept that if I hadn’t spent the money on transport for that class, it would have gone in another way.

Ultimately, if we fail to take control of our lives, we give that power to those who act solely in their own interest. We must choose to manage our time and energy wisely, and work with whatever situations we find ourselves.

Addition: No system is against you. It is you against yourself. In 5 years, no one will care whether it was the frustration at school that hindered you from memorizing the Quran or doing things that'd aid your growth - they'd only know what you achieved and what you did not.

Ummu 'Abbaad
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17/10/2025

*You May Need to Quit Your Phone Completely*

I once took my phone to a technician and asked him to permanently disable its volume button.

Why? Because I believe that as much as possible, you should avoid relying on willpower alone to overcome addictions.

Before then, I used to set restrictions on my phone to help me focus better. But I eventually discovered loopholes. I found myself booting the phone into a mode that allowed me to bypass the restrictions - dragging me right back into the same things draining me, but the good news was that booting my phone into that mode required my volume button.

After repeatedly failing, I realized the only solution was to remove the button completely.

When I got to the technician, he thought I was crazy to want to "spoil" such perfectly working phone.

What shocked me was what happened afterward. Not only could I no longer return to those draining distractions, but my mind also became much clearer and more focused simply because I knew there was no way back.

And this taught me something powerful:

Knowing you can go back to an addiction but holding yourself back with willpower is very different from knowing you don’t even have the means to return, even if you wished to.

As long as there is still a way back, the thought will linger in your mind, pulling you into constant inner conflict: Should I? Should I not? This robs you of peace and focus.

That’s why my strongest recommendation to anyone battling a stubborn addiction is this: if possible, make it completely impossible to return to it.

If your addiction is tied to your smartphone and you’ve tried every trick to live with it but failed, the bitter truth is that your only solution might be to completely get rid of the smartphone at least for a time.

I know more than one person who did this. They did not die.

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17/10/2025

*The “I’ll Come Back to It” Syndrome*

I once looked at my brother’s computer screen and nearly lost it. His browser had about 25 tabs open at once. I couldn’t help but scream, “Why do you have so many tabs open?”

When I looked closer, I noticed at least four of those tabs were of different YouTube videos.

He simply old me, “Leave them. Those are things I want to come back to later.”

I screamed in my head, "Man, you were watching one video, then paused it because you thought you’d return. Then you opened another, paused it too, and moved on to yet another????"

This is what I call the “I’ll Come Back to It” syndrome: the bad habit of piling up unfinished things in the hope that you’ll eventually return to them, and it applies to a lot of things.

1. Browser Tabs
Every extra tab is a piece of mental clutter. Whether you realize it or not, your brain registers each open tab as “unfinished business.” Even if you’re not actively thinking about it, it lingers at the back of your mind. Having 20+ tabs open will make you mentally heavy; it’s not just your laptop slowing down; it’s your brain too.

If you’re not actively watching, reading, or using it - close it. One or two tabs for later? No. Twenty-five tabs? No. That’s chaos disguised as productivity.

2. Books

Many of us do the same thing with books. You read one up to halfway, then jump into another. You get a quarter way through that, then abandon it for yet another. Soon you’re surrounded by half-read books and half-retained knowledge.

Nobody says you must finish every single book you start. But if you’re dropping one book for another, make sure it’s a conscious decision: “This book isn’t worth finishing, I’m done with it.” That way, you free yourself instead of dragging along mental bookmarks of half-finished journeys.

3. Courses and Learning

Online courses are the graveyard of the “I’ll come back to it” syndrome. How many people have signed up for 10+ courses, watched the introduction, maybe one or two modules, then jumped to another course?

Each unfinished course is a silent reminder: “I still haven’t finished that.” And such a feeling breeds guilt, not growth.

4. Tasks and Projects

It shows up in work too. Someone starts a side business, pauses it. Starts a blog, pauses it. Launches a YouTube channel, pauses it. Before long, they’ve got a trail of half-baked projects, none strong enough to bear fruit.

It’s not that experimenting is wrong, but the danger is when you keep all of them open in your life, still telling yourself, “I’ll go back to it someday.”

The Cost of Unfinished Things

When you leave too many things - books, courses, tabs - half-done, you create mental clutter. Your brain doesn’t fully close the loop, so it keeps those things floating in the background. That’s why people often feel tired, distracted, or guilty without knowing why.

Clarity comes from decisiveness. Either finish it NOW, or axe it.

• If you’re not using a tab NOW, axe it.

• If you’re going to pick up a new book, make a conscious decision about the last one - don’t lie to yourself that you’ll return. Either finish it now or axe it.

You’ll find that the more you practice closing loops, the lighter and clearer your mind feels.

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17/10/2025

*The Hidden Punishment of Wasting Time*

From the punishments of wasting time is that it makes you lose your taste buds. Not the physical ones that let you taste food, but the spiritual ones that allow you to enjoy the most delightful thing ever: the remembrance of Allah and His worship.

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله once narrated that he entered upon his teacher, Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله, and found him engaged in the remembrance of Allah from the time of Fajr until very close to midday. When Ibn Taymiyyah finally concluded, he turned to Ibn al-Qayyim and said:

“This remembrance is like my breakfast. If I do not take it, I will not find strength for the rest of the day.”

Remembrance of Allah was to Ibn Taymiyyah what food is to us: the very source of energy, clarity, and strength. Without it, his soul would be drained.

The reason many of us lack energy to pursue what truly benefits us in this world and the next is because our remembrance of Allah and our acts of worship are worryingly deficient. And the reason we struggle with remembrance and worship is because we have filled our time and environment with things that are incompatible with closeness to Allah.

How can the heart that is always scrolling through endless feeds, chatting without purpose, and consuming trivial content find joy in solitude with Allah? How can the tongue that is always busy with statuses and updates taste the sweetness of dhikr?

Closeness to Allah rarely coexists with constant intake of information, endless distractions, and continuous mixing with people. The heart is like a vessel: if it is always full of noise, it has no space for tranquility.

The simple truth is: when you spend the bulk of your time on social media, you will not enjoy solitude with Allah. You may still pray, you may still make dhikr, but the taste is gone, the sweetness is absent, and the strength that comes from sincere connection with Allah will not be yours.

So, if you find yourself restless, energyless, and detached from worship, look closely at how you spend your time. It might be that your constant indulgence in distractions has robbed you of the most precious nourishment - the remembrance of Allah, which is the soul’s true food.

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