Ramadan Calls For The Preservation Of Time
Creator: `Aa'id Abdullah al-Qarnee
Date: 2007-08-18
Format: text
Identifier: http://www.islamworld.net/preserve_time.html
Language: en
Subject: ramadhan
Title: Ramadan Calls For The Preservation Of Time
Created on: Sat Aug 18 19:17:47 -0400 2007
Updated on: Sat Aug 18 19:17:47 -0400 2007
Version: 1
Abstract: ... sons will be of no avail but instead only those who returned to Allah with clean hearts. Thus, those who spent their lives in negligence, disobedience and play will on that Day regret in such a manner that will never be equalled thereafter. They will say: 'Alas for us, that we disregarded our lives.' In effect, both the night and day are like riding animals that transport man to either eternal happiness or loss. Our righteous forbears used to take every initiative to preserve their time. There are strange stories about them concerning this matter. There were among them those who used to read the Quran and they were on the threshold of death. Such an example was Junaid ibn Muhammad. His sons said to him, 'You are exhausting yourself.' He replied, 'And should there be among the people one who exerts himself more than me?' Al Aswad ibn Yazid used to stand in prayer for most of the night. Some of his friends advised him to relax at least for a small portion of the night. He told them it is this very relaxation he is in search of; meaning in the Hereafter. Sufiyan al Thowri once sat in the Sacred Mosque speaking to some people. Then suddenly he arose terrified and said; we are sitting here and the day is doing its work. There were among our forbears those who used to div... [Full Article...]
