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Guidelines for the Proper use of Time
By Shaikh Muhammed Saalih al-Uthaymeen
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> The Shaykh was asked, "What are your guidelines
> concerning usage of time,
> and protecting it from being wasted?" [1]
> He answered saying,"It is necessary for a student of
> knowledge to protect
> his time from being wasted. Time-wasting occurs in a
> number of ways:
>
> 1. That one leaves committing to memory and revising
> what one has read.
>
> 2. That one sits with his friends and indulges in
> vain talk which contains
> no benefit.
>
> 3. This is THE MOST HARMFUL OF THEM upon a student
> of knowledge: That he has
> no concern except pursuing people's statements,
> [for] "maa qeela wa maa
> qaala" (What was said and what he said), and [for]
> "maa hasala wa maa
> yahsul" (What occured and what is taking place),
> regarding an issue of no
> concern to him.
>
> No doubt, this is from a weak Islam, as the Prophet
> (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa
> sallam) said, "From a person's good Islam is to
> leave that which doesn't
> concern him".[2]
>
> Busying oneself with "Qeela wa qaala" (What was said
> and what he said), and
> excessive questioning are a time-waster. In reality
> it is a disease, which,
> when it comes into man - we ask Allaah for
> well-being - it becomes his
> greatest concern. He may show enmity to one who does
> not deserve enmity, or
> he may ally one who doesn't deserve alliance, due to
> concerning himself with
> these issues, which busy him away from knowledge,
> with the pretext of
> "championing the truth", while this is not the case.
> Rather, this is
> pertaining to occupying oneself with an issue which
> does not concern him. If
> a report comes to you, without you having pursued or
> sought it, then all
> people recieve news but they don't busy themselves
> with it, nor does it
> become their greatest concern, because this occupies
> the student of
> knowledge. It corrupts his affair, and opens for the
> ummah the door of
> hizbiyyah then the ummah will split."
>
>
>
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> [1] This Fatwa is taken from "Kitaabuil-'Ilm" of
> Shaykh 'Uthaymeen compiled
> by Shaykh Fahd ibn Naasir ibn Ibraaheem
> As-Sulaymaan, printed by Daar
> ath-Tharya lin-Naashir (First print 1417H 1996CE),
> pp204-205.
>
> [2] Collected by Imam Ahmed(1_201) and Tirmidhi
> (2318). An-Nawawi declared
> it Hasan in 'Riyaadh-us-Saaliheen' p73. Ahmed
> Shaakir declared it Saheeh in
> 'Al- Musnad' (1737)
>
'Abdul-Quddoos ibn Bakr narrated from Muhammad ibn an-Nadr
that he said:
"The greatest start of Knowledge is to listen and remain
silent, then to memorise it, then to act upon it, then to
spread it."
AL-LAALIKAA'EE [1/135-136/no. 252]
By Shaikh Muhammed Saalih al-Uthaymeen
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> The Shaykh was asked, "What are your guidelines
> concerning usage of time,
> and protecting it from being wasted?" [1]
> He answered saying,"It is necessary for a student of
> knowledge to protect
> his time from being wasted. Time-wasting occurs in a
> number of ways:
>
> 1. That one leaves committing to memory and revising
> what one has read.
>
> 2. That one sits with his friends and indulges in
> vain talk which contains
> no benefit.
>
> 3. This is THE MOST HARMFUL OF THEM upon a student
> of knowledge: That he has
> no concern except pursuing people's statements,
> [for] "maa qeela wa maa
> qaala" (What was said and what he said), and [for]
> "maa hasala wa maa
> yahsul" (What occured and what is taking place),
> regarding an issue of no
> concern to him.
>
> No doubt, this is from a weak Islam, as the Prophet
> (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa
> sallam) said, "From a person's good Islam is to
> leave that which doesn't
> concern him".[2]
>
> Busying oneself with "Qeela wa qaala" (What was said
> and what he said), and
> excessive questioning are a time-waster. In reality
> it is a disease, which,
> when it comes into man - we ask Allaah for
> well-being - it becomes his
> greatest concern. He may show enmity to one who does
> not deserve enmity, or
> he may ally one who doesn't deserve alliance, due to
> concerning himself with
> these issues, which busy him away from knowledge,
> with the pretext of
> "championing the truth", while this is not the case.
> Rather, this is
> pertaining to occupying oneself with an issue which
> does not concern him. If
> a report comes to you, without you having pursued or
> sought it, then all
> people recieve news but they don't busy themselves
> with it, nor does it
> become their greatest concern, because this occupies
> the student of
> knowledge. It corrupts his affair, and opens for the
> ummah the door of
> hizbiyyah then the ummah will split."
>
>
>
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>
> [1] This Fatwa is taken from "Kitaabuil-'Ilm" of
> Shaykh 'Uthaymeen compiled
> by Shaykh Fahd ibn Naasir ibn Ibraaheem
> As-Sulaymaan, printed by Daar
> ath-Tharya lin-Naashir (First print 1417H 1996CE),
> pp204-205.
>
> [2] Collected by Imam Ahmed(1_201) and Tirmidhi
> (2318). An-Nawawi declared
> it Hasan in 'Riyaadh-us-Saaliheen' p73. Ahmed
> Shaakir declared it Saheeh in
> 'Al- Musnad' (1737)
>
'Abdul-Quddoos ibn Bakr narrated from Muhammad ibn an-Nadr
that he said:
"The greatest start of Knowledge is to listen and remain
silent, then to memorise it, then to act upon it, then to
spread it."
AL-LAALIKAA'EE [1/135-136/no. 252]