Islam is a religion that calls for activity and action and fights against laziness and procrastination. Laziness is one of the diseases that Islam abhors and the Prophet of Islam sought Allah’s protection and refuge against. While combating laziness, the first thing to do is to recognize that like all negative habits we have formed, it is a habit that we have acquired through consistent practice. We persist in it because we find comfort and gain pleasure in it. So we cannot be expected to get rid of it entirely unless and until we learn to link this habit with ugliness, pain and suffering rather than glamorizing it. So, list… Read More

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It’s been so long, you need the hope come true soon but it doesn’t. Sometimes it becomes hopeless because you often begs Allah. Nevertheless, The Muslim must continue to pray because Allah is so close to those who pray. Maybe the hope was granted to be delayed. It may also that Allah changes your hope with the others but surely Allah’s choice is the best for you. Praying is a principal form of worship that shows an attitude of surrender and needs of Allah. We are prohibited from asking others than Allah because it is a form of associating partners with Allah. Keep praying because there is no place to… Read More

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مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ اْلآخِرِ فَليَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُت …he who believes in Allah and in the last day should speak good or keep silence. (Muttafaq ‘alaih: Al-Bukhari, no. 6018; Muslim, no.47) Learn not to tell people more than they need to know. This can be difficult but be conscious of the information that you choose to divulge. People have no business to know everything about you. The less you tell, the better for you. It can save you for a whole of troubles. The tongue of an intelligent person is under the control of his heart. When he wants to speak, he will ask his heart first. If… Read More

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Do we realize that science is more valuable than wealth? With the abundance of wealth will undoubtedly make us feel anxious for fear of losing it. Unlike with the knowledge that is able to protect us and can bring good blessings both in the world and in the hereafter. However, the knowledge can be disrupted if we have fallen asleep with immorality. Then the immoral is covering our hearts so that we are also difficult to do obedience, lazy to worship, it is also difficult in memorizing the Qur’an and memorizing other sciences. Imam As Syafi’i once said: شَكَوْت إلَى وَكِيعٍ سُوءَ حِفْظِي فَأَرْشَدَنِي إلَى تَرْكِ الْمَعَاصِي وَأَخْبَرَنِي بِأَنَّ الْعِلْمَ… Read More

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