When Time Becomes Your Ally

Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim (may Allāh have mercy upon him) writes in Madārij As-Sālikīn (3/547): «وإذا أراد اللهُ بالعبد خيرًا أعانَه بالوقت، وجعل وقتَه مساعدًا له. وإذا أراد به شرًّا جعلَ وقتَه عليه، فكلّما أراد التّأهُّبَ للمسير لم يساعده الوقت. والأول كلَّما همَّتْ نفسه بالقعود أقامه الوقت وساعده». “When Allāh wills good for His servant, He assists him through time itself, making time serve and support him. But when He wills otherwise, time turns against him—so that whenever he seeks to set out on the path, time fails to aid him. As for the one blessed, whenever his soul inclines to sit idle, time stirs him and lends him its strength.” From this you come to realise, dear brother, that the matter is not merely one of time management. It is, before all else, a gift of divine aid and success. Whoever is granted this blessing should praise Allāh Most High, and whoever is deprived of it should implore his Lord to make his time an ally rather than a burden. For when Allāh blesses a servant’s time, its minutes become treasures, its hours beacons of light, and its days enduring marks upon the path. Benefitted from Abū Usāmah Al-Wādi’ee Source: T.me/masjidsahabah