Yaser Birjas – Becoming Productive

			The speaker about their goals and their dreams and what they wanted to do and so forth. And one of
the brother Actually,
		

			I asked him, so basically, how do you spend your time? What is it that you do right now? Now the
school is out and summers coming almost an end right now, which means they're going to go back to
school very soon. So what is it that you do? He goes, Chef, honestly, I'm always bored.
		

			Like, I'm bored. I'm not so panelized think about it, the statement that he just he said that I'm
bored. Looking at the time that we all spend, it's the same 24 hours, we all have the same amount of
time, we all have the same opportunity to do things. But now the word unborn is becoming an iconic
definition for our time, whether for the younger generation, or even other ones Subhanallah the word
I'm bored, like, I don't know what to do. You know, even when you try to do something, suddenly you
realize, okay, Subhanallah Time is up right now. So the word on board is just a reflection of our
time. And then what do we do with it with the time that is left for us? We try to get ourselves
		

			busy, so we can feel that they have done something? You see, there's a big difference between being
busy and being productive. You have to learn to be productive, and this is the time this is the life
and this what Allah Subhana Allah has given you in this life in this world, that you should be
productive. Why is it that many people after Ramadan, until
		

			it seems that this time is usually actually that time? For many people, it's a dead time they wait
until it comes. And then once it's over, then you hit restart, and then we start counting our days
and our armor in between, we're still recovering from Odin. By the time we'll handle it, we recover
it raw comes we start catching up for the hygiene, hygiene events and so on. So this time becomes
kind of wasted because people just they stay busy until the time comes and the time is up for them.
So how can you become How can you become productive in this life? And I want you to remember that
lives of panela flies time life goes so fast just like life. Many people today they're lonely or the
		

			middle aged and then they look at themselves of how long was just just got married, you know, just
yesterday. And I already have two three kids other people that say my kid is about to get married to
Halliwell just like happened like yesterday. What happened with all this time? Are we happy with
what we're achieving? Are we being productive in our lives? That is the thing that we need to talk
about a shout louder Baraka word Allah, how can you become more productive in this life? We have the
same 24 hours. How can I benefit from my time in this dunya so that when I meet my lords of hanawa,
to Allah, I feel true that I have accomplished when I come to my to the end of this time in this in
		

			this life, I feel that I have already accomplished accomplishing what whatever that you had in your
mind whether on a personal level, social level, spiritual level, a financial level, are you being
productive? Our Deen is all about productivity. It is all about productivity, which is why the
prophets Allah says in the Hadith,
		

			of the law of the land, that when you stand before the Lord subhanho wa Taala, on the day of
judgment, you feed will not be removed from that station, until you're asked about five things.
		

			You're going to be asked about your time you asked about your life. You asked about your wealth, you
asked about the time that the gift that you've been given in this life. It's about what have you
done with it? Have you been productive? Our Deen is all about productivity. If we don't take that
seriously. We're gonna regret it as we stand before Allah subhanho wa Taala. So therefore, when it
comes to the principles of productivity, they say Actually, there are four major principles, four
major principles and they're very valuable for us in our Deen as Muslims number one.
		

			Number one is the ability which means to be skillful. What does that mean? I need to learn. Our Deen
is all about learning. The first thing that came down in the Quran is what Oprah which means what
learn? It is me recite but what's the essence of reciting and reading what is the essence of it is
learning. When the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam after the after the Battle of better they
captured about 70 plus of the prisoners of wars from the Meccans part of the deal that the
settlement he had with the prisoners of war that if if each one of you could teach 10 Muslim kids
how to read and write your set free.
		

			what he was doing Salalah Salaam teaching people skills, if you can read and write so can you
imagine Can you imagine the doors that will be open to you if you can just learn that? Can you
imagine this? When the Prophet salla semi so some of the Sahaba of the landed on him they were they
were practicing archery, he said irmo bunnies in mulberry smile for an Iranian keep doing it. The
key practicing obon was my family was my because your father used to be a good Archer. And he even
he practiced with them. salallahu alayhi wasallam it's all about building skills, because skills
will produce will give you some results. You see. It's not about knowledge. Keep that in mind.
		

			It's not about knowledge. It's about the skill. Because many, many people, they have so much
knowledge, but they don't have the skill to convey that to the people.
		

			Sometimes, you have so much knowledge, but you don't have the right skill to help you produce. And
that's why it's not just about knowing it. It's about do you have the means and the ability and the
skills to make it happen? Part of our Deen is to learn from others as well. We learn so we can learn
skills when Allah subhana wa tada mentioned the Quran, he says to sort of a lot of folk social
causes Allah Allah amiata for karoun to the prophets, Allah Allah His calling, he said, Spano what
Allah narrate to them the stories and the parables of the past, so that they might reflect. So it's
our duty that we see what can we learn from other people, so we increase our skills Rasulullah
		

			sallallahu Sallam was a very skillful man. Remember this? He in Mecca used to used to be a shepherd,
a skill that he learned and being a shepherd Subhanallah it's an interesting skill that teaches
leadership. No matter how much you think about how long you think about this profession. It teaches
people a lot of qualities and skills you need for leadership. It teaches you patience. It uses
perseverance. It teaches us pilot compassion on Brockman, mercy, many, many, many skills. He was
very skillful salvato law he was lmra. And even when he was at home, he learned also the skills of
taking care of himself. He wasn't always dependent on others for his needs salata Allahu wa salam O
		

			Allah, he was very productive. He's not going to wait for his wife to cook for him or do his job on
this data. We can do it with him himself. He used to do it's a lower level ceremony, as I showed
you, around her when she was asked, how was the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam around the
house. She said like everybody else he would speak sweeps the floor, he would fix his shoes if it if
it if it breaks, or this or that he does, like everybody else are allowed to lie. He was allamani
MADI brothers and sisters, learn to be skillful, and action item for you. On this mountain. This
point in particular, I want you all to learn something new every single day. Don't let a day pass
		

			without learning something new. And if that thing can be put into practice, make sure that you do
such as language for example, learn a new language, something that you could practice and use and
shallow to Bhagavatam. Learn how to read the Quran properly, probably maybe you pass 50 years old
right now, and you still could barely barely pronounce two letters together. panela isn't about time
that you now spend more time with the camera than the TV probably learn it. learn the skill. If you
already know how to read the Quran, the learn the skill of Tajweed upgrade, always learn a new
skill, make something useful out of it too shallow to Ireland. And if you can, if you have some
		

			issues with your families of highlights about time that you start learning the skill of mastering
relationships, or parenting, or talking to other people or negotiating difficult things, and so
forth, learn a new skill for life, it will help in the dunya. And number two, the second principle
of productivity in this life, they say after you have the ability and the skill, you need to focus,
focus. When you say focus, what does it mean exactly? It actually means self discipline. In our
Deen, that's what it means to say focus, self discipline. And we can see that in many, many things.
SubhanAllah look at
		

			look at the people on how they don't focus. They lost completely focus and they're always
distracted.
		

			Look at the people when you go to a restaurant, see how they eat, they eat while they have their
phone on the table face up.
		

			When they type on their keyboards at work, they're having the phone in front of them as well. And
they call it multitasking.
		

			Well, multitasking for something productive and useful is okay to handle the most dangerous thing
I've heard about. People will be driving while watching Netflix.
		

			And like somehow you're endangering yourself and the life of other people. Some of them are in your
car with you, your family members of how you drive and you watch Netflix. What is this? Can we just
focus on driving 15 minutes or 20 minutes or even let it be 10 hours.
		

			But that's something for life. You focus on this, but people are so distracted and focus and self
discipline is a great principle or Dean, look at fasting. What is fasting is all about.
		

			It's about focus. Like you remove all the other distractions from your life, eating, drinking, you
know, partying, enjoying life in certain ways and so forth. All of this to focus on one particular
area and that time and as your spirituality focus in your heart, focus in your mind and taqwa focus.
When it comes to Salah, Allah subhanho wa Taala says mineral Ladino Salatin has your own successful
other believers those when they pray, they focus they have who should concentration it's the quiet
self. This
		

			Most people when they pray, they start their Salah because they do it just to get over with it. They
just get distracted with many things. Even hotel Juma. You have people sitting here and their mind
is somewhere else. Or they have called on the phone and watching something else until the hotel
finishes. It's called bus ohana. We call it multitasking again. No, that's not multitasking. That's
a waste of time, waste of life. You focus one thing at a time Allah subhanaw taala says in the
Quran, Allah Allah Allah, Allah Allah, Allah in the future of Allah didn't give you two hearts in
you know in your body. One, so one at a time. And you focus on this Yes, there are certain areas
		

			where can you do multitasking when it's productive on both ways, but definitely you need to focus
upon Rasulullah sallallahu wasallam is teaching us the essence of focusing requires what leads to
what leads to excellence. Because when you focus on one thing you'll produce and you will make an
excellent just like when you pray. When you start what your Salah and you focus on your Salah you
produce what do you produce? serenity and peacefulness. Use yourself as a say like wow, that was
awesome. I want to do it again. Subhan Allah but when you always pray and you always distract, you
don't get the benefit of it. Because you're not connected with Allah subhanho wa Taala. So focus for
		

			these five minutes when you make in your Salah. They can give you energy for the rest of the day
probably focus is very important. Having that sense of self discipline. A man to show you how self
discipline is very important and focus is very important to do a sin and excellence in everything. A
man came to the masjid and he prayed on the side and then came to the Prophet sallallahu wasallam
Minnesota salaam aleikum Rasul Allah Rasulullah sallallahu Sallam replied walaikum salam
Rahmatullah. And then he says, urgent for Sullivan column to suddenly go back, do you redo your
Salah because whatever you did, there didn't count. So the man goes back again, and he prayed one
		

			more time, then he comes back, he's trying this time you're trying to make it better. So when he
came back, he said to the Prophet, the prophet SAW some says, go back again and redo it. That didn't
count as well. The mandate for the third time. And then he comes to the Prophet Allah and the
Prophet told him still didn't count. Go do it again. The man he said coloratura La, La ilaha limini
era so this is the best I know, please teach me teach me. So the prophet SAW Sam told him he taught
him how to pray his Salah, like first thing when you do you stand up before Allah subhanho wa Taala.
You focus your mind on saying Allahu Akbar. He was teaching him how to do it with sun with
		

			excellence. Our Deen is based on a sun and you can reach that sound without you having that focus on
what you're doing. Even to things that we don't consider major, like in Hades, abu allah shadab and
also the Allahu Allahu Akbar, the Messenger of Allah, Allah, Allah, Sam says, in Allah but cuttable
Santa Allah coalition, Allah subhanho wa Taala prescribed and he ordered you that you do, Sam, which
means you observe excellence in doing everything. I look at example, out of all the examples of
processes and materials, something that might not be considered something you know, of importance to
many people, such as when you sacrifice your animal, probably the context of the story was in that
		

			in that in that area, but he says further.
		

			When you hunt the animal, do it correct. Do it right. And if you're going to sacrifice the animal,
then do it right.
		

			Do it with excellence with a son. And then he mentioned some details he said Sarah, Lhasa is bilasa
la Selim when you hit that had to come to Florida to make sure that your blade is sharp. And when
you kill the animal dude quickly would need to put a tourist. So the point is the prophet SAW SMS
saying you need to observe the sun and everything. When you come to eat. Do you take two three hours
eating? Or do you take you know, 1015 minutes with focus with the sun I want to eat and then go do
something else or just want to kill the time while you're eating for half an hour to three hours for
this panel. What do you do with that stuff? What do you wake up? How much? How long does it take you
		

			to get out of your bed.
		

			Just think about it. Everything has a son, and you need to learn. You need to learn that you do it
with perfection. So an action item for you. If you would like to have that focus on sound and your
life. Make sure to remove a lot of distractions from your life. move some of it, think think about
what distracts you really just remove that stuff. If you have some apps on your phone that kills
your time, get them out of your phone. Make sure that you just take them out and focus. Use it for
the right reason. Also, learn to trust people and delegate you don't have to do everything yourself.
Because when you delegate you free some of your time, and you can do your things would focus on what
		

			they're saying as well. And as a suggestion. Make sure to take some time and pray at night to hedge
it because we're law hedges will teach you discipline will teach you focus and concentration when no
one is there awake with you. You're doing it only for that purpose that has to do please
		

			Allah subhanho wa Taala that is the ultimate s and that is the ultimate concentration and focus. Get
up at night 1015 minutes before Miko do pray to rocket with a sun, connect with Allah subhanho wa
Taala. Number three, to become productive, in addition
		

			to that, is to have the time for it. So you have the ability, you have the focus. And now we need
time, obviously. And what is time time span is the envelope of everything, all our activities
require that time and time is abundant. Until we run out of it. You have all the time until the end
of the period didn't realize also palai wasted my time. You see, so the lawsuit is very well known
for all of us, while also in the incentive to host the losses of panel data that allows by swear by
time that human beings in San are in constant state of loss, except for those who have faith,
practice upon this faith. And then they enjoy and good with each other and also the preserving
		

			persevere and patience. So that's what Allah subhanho wa Taala is telling us about time it's the
most valuable thing and on the Day of Judgment. Allah azza wa jal mentions an incident that happens
a conversation with the people of Johanna May Allah protect us from jahannam samina Gemma, so the
people of Johanna Allah somehow described that he says, Well homeo study Hoon and fear and they all
cry out in *. They are crying out right now. What are the things Robin? are they calling upon the
Lords of Hamlet or our Lord? Krishna min Hannah Amazon. Our Lord just give us the opportunity to
leave * one more time, just one more time. Just give us the chance to get out of jahannam out of
		

			*. So we can do righteousness and good deeds, the hydrological animals so we can replace what
we've done before with something good. Allah somehow replies to them he says, Allah, Allah,
Mohammed, American, our American didn't give you enough time.
		

			We gave you all almost all the Armor All the lifetime you had to give it to Karla, our alumna
American Maya that copy him into the car like we gave you time that is sufficient for those who want
to remap to reflect and remember, they will remember
		

			no matter how long or short, still have the opportunity. But unfortunately, a lot of people don't do
so. And the law community it's not just your left on your own, we send you reminders. But what did
you do with that? You chose not to follow it for Dooku just taste that that fire of * family
Ballymena minasi they will have no help in Johanna melas pepper Texas, herbal Allah mean. So the
point from the ayah Allah Subhana Allah says, we've given you enough time in this life that will
make the one who's heatless to remember the one who would goes up and down and if you still have
opportunities to reflect and remember so no excuse basically time my brothers and sisters is very
		

			valuable. And in the hadith of an ambassador the allowed and mandated by a human and by herpe Carlos
de la Sol I'm the Messenger of Allah, Allah Sam says aeternum Hampson, couple of humps take
advantage of five things before other five things come come to you. What are these five things he
says? Shabaab aka Kabbalah harmik. Your use before your old age, when you're young and capable
handle of doing things learn the skill, do something useful in your life, before you get old and he
started saying I can't know make gurukula sujood it's hard for me to make Salah long. Do it while
you can, was a headache, a couple of supplements and take advantage of your health before your
		

			illness. Because at some point we start you know, getting old and so getting ill. So if you have 100
of the time to smilla take care of it. Well enact a couple of fabric and take care of your rich and
your wealth, your wealth basically on what you can handle and prosperity before times gets become
hard because you don't own the economy. Things go up and down so can also take advantage of your
wealth and your prosperity to do the right thing before you know hardships come your way. Well for
Africa couple of shivalik and your leisure time, your free time before you get busy. A lot of the
young ones are not married yet don't have kids of Hanalei they think that the busiest people on
		

			earth doing what I don't know is getting busy probably. Is it productive
		

			people that have different ways of looking at how productive it means for them some they spend three
four hours in gym some they live in the gymnasium and all their job is just taking pictures on from
the gym and send it on Instagram or on their Snapchat whatever. Do something productive with your
time span Allah. It is very crucial that remember the number five the professor Sam says well hyah
taka kablammo take a new life before you die.
		

			They have to have the armor as Allah says and you have all the lifetime so use it wisely. As an
action item for this point I would like to turn few things number one, my dear brothers and sisters
please please please learn to unplug.
		

			Get out of the
		

			phone every now and then
		

			just leave it, turn it off, put it somewhere at home and just enjoy time with your family doesn't
have to be on the phone, when you come back from work, don't make the first thing you know, to go to
your phone, go to your spouse, have some quality time, enjoy that time will lie is so precious,
don't wasted likeness, same thing, you know, between Aaron's focus, and use that time wisely as
well. Even when you're driving many people to Palawan, they drive they have the habit right now, the
moment they stopped at a traffic light or even now nowadays on stop a stop sign, they grab their
phone just to kill some time. Use this for the kid.
		

			Just Just how to love him the low level awkward, it's gonna take 15 seconds for 20 seconds, make it
productive, do some liquor during those times. So unplug and minimize your social obligations,
because one of our biggest problems is that we engage with lots of relations. And now we spend the
rest of our lives trying to make maintenance of these relationships.
		

			Some of these relationships are very important, others not necessary, but we just we get out there.
Especially when you start on social media, you feel obliged right now to please all your followers.
		

			And you're going to spend more time just maintaining these relationships than your relationship with
the most important people in your life. Pray on time, it will teach you how to be disciplined, and
how to appreciate them. And the last point of becoming productive is shallow to Allah. So after
having the ability and the skills, and you have the focus for it, how do you have the time right
now? So what do I do? I need to I need to live a purposeful life goals. You have to have goals, all
that skill, all that focus and energy all the time you have it has to drive you somewhere. Where is
that somewhere that you go into? What's the direction? You know, people come to me for counseling,
		

			and they asked me to share, what do I do?
		

			And I'm just like, Are you serious? What kind of question is that? Like what I do in my life? I
said, Where do you want to go? That's the first question. If you don't know where you're going, how
can I help you with what you want to do? You first need to know where you want to go. And I'll tell
you what to do to get there. But coming to me says What do I do? I don't know what you want to do.
That's exactly many people's life is just like this. Their life is on hold, waiting until they
figure it out. How long is gonna take you to figure it out. It's not going to happen by itself. You
need to put these caps. You need to put these goals for yourself and start having that purpose for
		

			life. Allah subhanho wa Taala is teaching us that life is not the Sabbath is not in vain. It's
purposeful. This is the purpose behind a Carlos panna cotta Allah of septum Anima hallak nakoma
avison. One Nakula told john, what do you think that we have created you in vain for no purpose, and
you're not going to be returned back to us. Now that is the ultimate goal. If you know that your
return is going to be to Allah subhanho wa Taala. Make sure that all your long term and short term
lead you there,
		

			learn the skills that will get you there. Put that energy and time to get you there. Keep focus,
don't look good, distract, don't remove any distraction that will take you out of that achieving
that goal in your life. This is so important. The professor says in the Hadith, in MLM Albania, that
these are just by their actions are just by their intentions. What does that mean? When you do
something, do it with purpose? What is your intention for it, make sure whether you're spending five
minutes on the phone, or five minutes, you know in the bathroom even or whatever that you're doing,
there has to be some some purpose for this.
		

			That purpose should lead you to where you're supposed to go. Where you need what you need to
achieve, whether again, it's a personal goal that you achieve or spiritual goal, or social goal,
whatever that is. Your time is very precious. The skills you learn should lead you there and make
sure to have a goal of be purposeful inshallah robotica Watada my brother and sisters, I would like
to remind you, Charlotte Allah as part of the goals, she would like to achieve something before you
do anything. Ask yourself why
		

			before you grab the phone, make this a habit. Ask yourself, Why Why are you grabbing the phone Are
you just going to go to one of these videos which are going to keep our play forever and you don't
even know when to stop? And all of it is just seven seconds each. And you realize after two hours,
you missed actually two valuable hours of night's sleep. Why? Because you are on your phone in bed
and just wasting your life. Make sure that you keep focus ask yourself why am I going to do this
right now has to be purpose for this. Look for the ACA and make a good plan. These are the four
major principles to be productive as Muslim I'm responsible for this. I am responsible to make sure
		

			that I have all these qualities together in shallow terracotta The first thing I want you to
remember is that you have the skill the skill for learning something new every single day in shallow
data focus. Make sure to be self discipline. Use your time wisely and set goals that are religious
		

			The Acura akula call you had that was tough for a lot Emily welcome
		

			through in order for Rahim
		

			al hamdu Lillahi Rabbil alameen wa sallahu wa barakaatuh Bina Muhammad Ali was a Muslim and cotton
mama dad, my brothers and sisters, and a whole different topic today as I was listening and watching
the news Subhanallah we've seen what happened in the Lok Sabha as we speak today are actually as a
matter of fact, it just happened earlier when they finished the hook but of Juma there, the IDF
which is the Israeli Defense Forces they came in and they start kind of going after the people so
pantalon attacking them will Selena the worshipers in that area. It's such a disgraceful site will
lie to see that people unarmed, and they just know after the event of times panela and just being
		

			harassed. Why because that they commemorates what happened last year, I don't know how many of you
remember that when they wanted to enforce electronic electric gates for the people the worshipers
when they come into metal oxide to monitor who comes in and who comes out. And the people that
policies they refuse to go through these doors. And it was a big thing. People lost their lives as
in protested these things. They refuse to get into there, finally they were removed. But after a
while, a lot of harassment, a lot of injustice being committed against the policies and the
residents of the area over there. And today was just at the university for many people, they just
		

			kind of like they felt that the idea felt that they something's going to happen and they prepared
themselves for that provoking the worshippers, creating another injustice and Allah Subhana Allah to
protect the people that are behind me. malice harboring peace of menorah him to them your particular
metal oxide Allah, may Allah Subhana Allah protect them as acceptable and I mean, Allah subhanaw
taala give us the ability to protect our brand I mean, a lot of melanoma and Phantom in front of me
my alum Tina in the country lollywood Hakeem Allah Martin fusina taqwa was Herman Zika Antonio Oh,
la la la la la la mallacoota saloon. Allenby Yeah, you Latina Manasa lucilla Motors Lima, la masala
		

			wa Sallim wa barik ala nabina Muhammad Ali was a big marine. What de la Mancha Russia Dena be back
and Mama was Nana Valley one sir Sahaba Tasmanian woman tambien via celluma Dean, welcome Salam
		

			Alaikum