The Prophet (saws) said, "There are two blessings that most people are deluded by. Health and available time."
[Bukhari]
Explanation : In personal life, companions of the Prophet (saws) used to spend a lot more time in worship than we do. This would seem to leave a lot less time for other pursuits in life. We also know that means of communications were very poor at that time. Sometimes they (sahaba) had to travel on horseback for weeks or months to another area, say, to collect a report of a hadith from someone who had heard it directly from the Prophet (saws). Yet during this period and despite all the logistics problems, together they collected the hundreds of thousands of Ahadith . How in the world did they find time for that ?
The answer is simple . They (sahaba) valued time as the gift whose proper or improper use would determine the outcome for the eternity. Abdullah ibn Hasan(ra) reports that whenever two companions met, they would not depart till they had recited Surah Al-Asr to each other reminding themselves of the eternal loss everyone faces if we waste our time in foolish pursuits . They did not waste any moment of their life in gossips, useless talks or meaningless pursuits.
We are becoming older every day.One day our time will be up and we will leave the world forever.What happens afterwards depends solely on how we used all the moments available to us before that certain but unknown moment comes.
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