Wael Ibrahim – Train your Brain Deen & Screen Finding Balance in a Digital World
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The speaker is providing tips for insha matter to avoid being addicted to technology and maintain a healthy balance. They suggest tune in and tune out, choosing wisely what you consume, and finding joy elsewhere away from the internet world. The speaker also advises to turn off notifications and designate specific times to check messages, emails, and social media accounts. Finally, they remind individuals to find happiness and fulfillment through real world activities like spending time with family members, with friends, volunteering in Islamic centers, and creating a healthy balance with technology.
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This is your brother Wa'ad Ibrahim and I'm
here to teach you how to train your
brain, specifically when it comes to screen time.
How can we avoid
being addictive to our screens? I bet you
relate. Screens are everywhere but they shouldn't at
all dictate our lives. They shouldn't get in
control of our behavior. If your wife has
already complained so many times about your screen
time and coming from work, sitting on the
couch, browsing your internet, then you've got a
problem. If your wife is cooking
your favorite biryani or whatever dishes that you
like while she's browsing her internet and watching
videos here and there, then she's got a
problem as well. If your children are crying
and screaming because you have taken away the
devices from their hands then they too have
got a problem. So here are a few
tips for you inshaAllah
to maintain a healthy balance when it comes
to using technology
and internet devices. Number 1, tune in and
tune out. We are encouraged in Islam to
be mindful of our time, our actions, and
basically everything. Be mindful of Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala. The Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Wa Salam reminded
us, and Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala will look after
salah
time
prayers,
family
gatherings,
dining
and
so
on. Be salah time prayers, family gatherings, dining,
and so on. Be present at these moments.
When you pray, focus. When you're with family
members, pay attention to them and don't ever
allow yourself to be pulled into the digital
world that easily. Number 2, choose wisely what
you consume. Just like how many of us
are selective when it comes to what we
eat and what we drink and our preferences
when it comes to food and drink.
Be selective too and be conscious of what
you consume online. Follow accounts and pages that
are aligned with your faith and values with
Islam. Nicki Minaj fans, can you hear me?
To use your social media accounts, technology, and
Internet
to bring you closer to Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala. Use them as tools to spread goodness
and positivity among the people. But be careful,
Those same tools can lead to your destruction.
Number 3, scan your scrolling.
Go through your social media accounts.
Scroll down all you want. Get acquainted with
what's happening around the world, but be careful.
You must protect your eyes, your hearts, and
your minds from harmful content that are also
available on these same platforms.
Be mindful of entertainment
platforms on social media and on other platforms
on the Internet. Be mindful of negative or
excessive negative news that you get access to.
Balance between being informed and preserving your mental
health and peace of mind. Number 4, turn
off notifications.
Constant notifications
will pull you away from that which is
necessary from the remembrance of Allah Subhanahu Wa
Ta'ala from dhikr, from Quran,
from whatever else you dream of achieving to
something which is completely
unnecessary,
completely useless sometimes. So turn off all non
essential notifications
and designate
specific times to check your messages,
your emails, and other social media accounts that
you have. In this case, you will allow
your brain to maintain focus
and execute
essential activities
without any interruptions. Number 5 and the last
on the list in this video is find
joy elsewhere away from the internet world, engage
yourself in actual activities in the masjids, in
Islamic centers,
outside your homes, build relationship with real people,
friends, actual
human beings not only hiding behind keyboards and
behind screens on the internet. Seek happiness and
fulfillment
through real world activities like spending time with
your family members, with your friends, volunteering
in Islamic centers and other activities
like voluntary salah, reading Quran, memorizing a hadith
of the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam, and
sharing what you have learned with others. Remember
my brothers and sisters in Islam, maintaining a
healthy balance with technology is so essential for
our well-being whether it is spiritually, mentally, emotionally,
psychologically, whatever the case may be, it is
absolutely essential. And this is how anyone can
take care of their brain because if you
don't look after them, if you do not
control them, they will control you. And this
is by definition is called
addiction.