Nadim Bashir – Hadith of the Day #16 – I am Time

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			Salam alaykum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh. Brothers and sisters Welcome to another segment of Hadith
of the day where we take a quote of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and we understand it in
our current context. So in my last video, if you remember I talked about time the importance of
managing our time, and today I want to take a hadith as also related to time. However, this time
there's not a hadith of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa salam but this is a Hadith of Bootsy, which
means that this is something that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, that Allah subhanho
wa Taala said, so this is a Hadith that is found, even in Bihari, where Allah subhanho wa Taala
		

			first of all, the Hadith narrated is by Ebola or the Allah to dawn, and that the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam said that ALLAH SubhanA wa Taala said and what did he say? Jalla wa Ala. By the
law? Yes, so Boo. Boo Adam Adara Yes, so boo boo them at the hara, what Anna Dahar be ba D a ladle
when Howard. This is the hadith of kotse, where Allah subhanho wa taala. He says, The son of Adam
wrongs me. And he curses time, and I am time and in my hands is all things including the changing of
the day and the night. So this is a Hadith of the hadith of Cozzi. Now, first of all, what exactly
does this mean? When a lot of time I'm sure you've heard this hadith before? And you've tried to
		

			make sense that what does it mean that when Allah says, I am time, see a long time ago, when you
talk about the Arabs, one of the things that they were, they would most pride themselves about is
strength, power, resources, status value, these were things that they used to highly value. Now, as
they will get old in life, they will begin to lose all these things, they will begin to lose
strength, they begin to lose position in society, they will begin to lose power and wealth and
status. So because of this, they will eventually curse time. And they will say that because of the
passage of time, because the time has gone by so quickly, as gone by time has made us old and tired
		

			has made time has made us fragile. So therefore they will begin to curse time. And Allah subhanho wa
Taala is saying that when you curse time, first of all, he's saying and Adar Iam time. Now, of
course, we cannot take this literally, that when ALLAH SubhanA says I am time. But what that means
is that I am in control of time, that if there is one thing that no one can have any control over,
it is time that you can own everything in life. The most richest man in history can own whatever he
wants, whatever she wants. But if there's one thing that no one can own, it is time. Everyone has 24
hours in a day. And this is why Allah subhanho wa Taala and this hadith could say what do you say,
		

			is in my control the changing of the day in the night. Now what does that mean? It means that when a
day in a night passes 24 hours has passed by a day has gone by days make up weeks, weeks, make up
months, months, make up years, and eventually so many years, it leads a person to getting old and so
forth. So this is why this is the meaning of this hadith that ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada is saying do not
curse time. Now of course you may ask Is that what is this mean? What is the meaning of this hadith
in our context? Like how do we understand it and our times and the orlimar have explained that the
way we can understand it in our times is that we would generally ask Is that why do I have such and
		

			such a day, like when we have a really bad day, or especially in this current situation that we all
are in this pandemic and the fact that we have to go through this pandemic and we're being isolated
at home and Ramadan is in jeopardy. Then the question that meantime we will ask
		

			Is that why did Allah make this happen? Or why is this happening and many orlimar they say that this
is also a form of cursing time. Because we are saying because time is all this has happened because
of time Allah Subhan, Allah had already destined that this pandemic will take place. And all this
time has passed by and we have come to this point in life, the fact that when we ask these kind of
questions, it is a one way cursing and is a one way criticizing time. This is why our alumni have
always said that in a situation like this that we are going through right now, instead of saying
that, Why did Allah bring this upon us? Rather, we should first of all think that this is all this
		

			is a punishment from Allah subhanho wa taala, what sins have you and I we have committed at the same
time, we should always look at the fact that this is also a mercy from Allah subhanho wa taala. And
how we can understand it as a mercy. So this is why it's very important that we understand that
first of all, Allah subhanaw taala is time. And with time, there are certain situations, certain
events that come upon us. And we cannot be very critical of those. Because becoming critical of
those is as if we are being critical of Allah subhanho wa taala. Now, of course, there's many things
that we can learn from this number one is, as I mentioned last time, the importance of taking care
		

			of our time. You also Hala I was reading an article not long ago, that doing this pandemic people,
especially when it comes to companies and big companies, they are saying that if there's one thing
that especially adults that they can do during this time, is to make sure that they learned some
certain new skill sets during this time. While you're at home, try to take some online courses, try
to use your time wisely, try to learn something online that can benefit you once we come out of this
pandemic. And subhanAllah. One thing that was written very beautifully and very profound in that
article is that many of us we complain about time, we usually complain that had a hard time, I will
		

			take care of such and such, there is something that I've been wanting to do for the last two or
three years for because I don't have time, I cannot I cannot get to it. But now we have time. Now
we're all at home. Now we have minimum responsibilities. And so that's why if a person comes out of
this pandemic, and we don't use our time wisely, and we don't learn some new things during this
time, then these researchers are saying that then after this, we can never complain that we don't
have time. If there's one thing that we should be complaining is the lack that we is the lack of
discipline is not a lack of time, it is a lack of discipline, that because I lacked discipline in my
		

			life. That's why even during a time like this, I was never able to learn anything new. A second
thing else. Another thing that we learned from this hadith Cozzi is when you talk about time and so
forth, you know, I was just thinking about this the other day, that when we talk about our mahadi
thing, when we talk about our Mo Hadith that the people who came in, in our history, who were
experts in Hadith amongst the men and the women, did we do we ever really think that they did not
have any responsibilities? The answer is yes, they did have responsibilities. They had a family,
they had children, and then not have resources like we have today. You know, subhanAllah Have we
		

			ever thought about that we are going through this pandemic. But one of the most beautiful things
about this pandemic is that we have something called the Internet, we have something called you
under something called online. There's something that going online and learning and, you know,
watching videos and enhancing our knowledge, you know, staying connected to Allah subhanho wa taala.
And just imagine for a moment, like if we don't have internet, like if I did not have access to
going online, think about the people of the past. And if they had to go through pandemics like we
are going through today, and they never had the internet, they had they never had any idea of what
		

			is going on around the world. They never had an idea how to remain connected, they never had the
opportunity to learn from scholars, online and so forth. So we are truly blessed by Allah subhanho
wa Taala yet we find that they were able to contribute so much to Islam, while taking care of the
other responsibilities. But today on the other hand, no matter how much technology we have, we find
the complete opposite. I mean, technology was supposed to come and help us it was supposed to kind
of make our life easy, and know that it has made our life easy. But at the same time we have seen
that we have gone down way down in terms of productivity. So that's why it's very important that we
		

			use our time wisely. And this leads me to something else which is regarding Ramadan. You know when
it comes to Ramadan to especially the Madonna coming in schools
		

			Time. And you know, we have to go to work every day, especially if you're living like in, in, in a
country that is not governed by Islamic ethics and so forth. And you know, you have to go to work
and everything is still a status quo, and you're fasting, the one thing that many people would say
is that, you know, if I did not have work, or if I did not have school, I couldn't do so much. And I
remember one thing, Brother and Sisters is that the way things are looking right now is it seems to
us that Ramadan is going to be you know, spent at home. And there's a very, very big chance that Eid
will also be spent at home. But here's the thing I really want to focus on. Allah is giving us a
		

			chance. Yes, we don't have to actually go to work. And work may have gone down in some cases. I
mean, in some cases, for some people work has even gone up. But there also are brothers and sisters,
many of them who have lost their jobs and I pray to Allah replaces that last job was something even
better amenable Alameen. But think about your situation on Milan. I mean, the one thing that we used
to always complain about, for many of us, Allah is giving us that opportunity. Now think about this,
Allah, Allah is saying to us, you kept on complaining that you don't have time, I'm going to give
you time, you complained about not having an opportunity. I'm creating an opportunity for you. Let's
		

			see how much now you do. You keep on criticizing your responsibilities. Let's see how disciplined
you are. And this is a test from Allah subhanho wa Taala to all of us here. So this is why it is
very important that especially during this time that Ramadan is coming, let us not waste some of on.
I know that, you know when it comes to our being productive, and when it comes to our spirituality,
it is going to be tough, I'm not saying it's going to be easy, it is going to be tough, is easy that
when you come to the masjid in your own community, or locality, and you're able to see everyone fast
and you're able to see everyone pray that all we're and so forth, and that becomes easy for you to
		

			push yourself. But same time now this is a test from Allah subhanaw taala let's see this can this is
this is a way for us to show Allah subhanaw taala that do I really lack the opportunity? Or do I
like discipline? So this is why I ask Allah subhana wa Taala that in every aspect of our life, may
Allah subhanaw taala give us the ability to manage our time wisely. Because once again, it is very
important that we use our time wisely and in sha Allah. What I want to do in the next upcoming
videos, when it comes to the Hadith of the day is that I may not necessarily share a hadith with
you, but I want to go through something about the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam and just in the
		

			next few three or four videos, what was the daily routine of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
penance when we're talking about time, then the first thing that comes to our mind is that okay, I
understand that the Prophet saw some was very productive in his life, but then we don't even know
what was the daily routine of the Prophet sallallahu it was set up. So the next few videos inshallah
I want to share with you also, that what was the daily routine of the Prophet SAW Salem, because a
prophet was able to divide his day in an amazing way that he was able to fulfill everyone's rights.
So inshallah we'll talk about that in the upcoming videos by conclude by saying that may Allah
		

			subhanaw taala give us the ability to use our time wisely and may Allah subhanaw taala make this
Ramadan, make this Ramadan, especially one of the most productive ones in our life. I mean, obalon
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