BISMILLAHI AR-RAHMANI AR-RAHEEM

Allah (SWT) says: (Muhsin Khan translation)

“Successful indeed are the believers.

Those who offer their Salat (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness. (i.e humble in salah)

And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allah has forbidden). (Q 23: 1- 3)

Al-Laghw, as used in this verse is translated to mean dirty, false, evil vain talks etc., but it really goes beyond these words, it also includes activities that have no benefits, neither in this life nor in the hereafter. Engaging in these activities happens to be one of the stumbling blocks mitigating Muslims to attain Islamic spirituality, especially the youths. We all know how we waste time; perhaps let us look at some of them, especially during this month of Ramadhan

1. Television: The television needs no introduction, it is found almost in every home, some can be glued to the T.V all day, watching one programme after another. Some people carry out almost all their daily activities in front of the T.V, and no thanks to cable T.V, and 24hrs broadcast, the T.V can continue to be switched on forever, or else you live in Nigeria with frequent blackouts lol. Don’t get me wrong, their quite a number of beneficial programmes on T.V, but we all know that the non beneficial quite overshadows those that have benefits, so this Ramadan, quite those DSTV/STARTIMES/GO T.V etc. Channels (you all know them) tune to Islamic channel and Iqra if you have to watch, unless your life depends on it, quite the news channels too…

2. Laptop, Smart Phones and the Internet: Okay, you say I don’t watch T.V (actually I don’t myself), but you’ve got a laptop and a smart phone, and what? A 24hrs internet access? Cool! But wait a minute, what have you been doing with your gigabytes of data consumed monthly? How many Islamic lectures have you downloaded and how many beneficial articles have you read online? We all know what we do, and Alhamdulilah most seasonal that do have a huge followership has ended (I think), so stop looking for others to download, its Ramadhan! Quit the movies and the seasonal, quite the sites that have eroded your hearts of light, and let in the Nur of the Qur’an. Too much data? Stream/download Qur’an recitations, Islamic lectures, and hey why not even make an effort to learn Arabic?


3. Social media: Yeah, we've taken socializing to a whole new level, facebook, instagram, twitter, weechat, whatsapp, google+( I kind of prefer this), Nairaland etc. We can spend eternity actually doing nothing in some cases other than just viewing pictures, liking and commenting “lol” on peoples posts, yeah and reading several pages of comments with absolutely no single benefit, especially on Nairaland. Guys this is ramadhan! Tune your social attention to Allah (SWT) and his book, be in the companion of the righteous and see your faith grow.

4. Hanging out with friends: I know you’ve got a tight click, you guys are BFFs, hope your hangouts brings you closer to Allah? If not, you might need to assess your BFFs and your click, cos it absolutely makes no sense, especially in this month of Ramadhan, to gist with friends for hours and no good deed is recorded for you throughout the duration, and it would be a disaster, if sins were recorded because your “click” don’t care about Allah, and all they want to do is hang out and talk about stuffs, yeah stuffs…


5. Sleep: Now this can be funny, you are like, come-on can’t I also sleep? Yeah you can, but if you really need to, not because you trying to avoid the effects of fasting, then you abandon your responsibilities and become bedridden. The reward in this month is overwhelmingly astounding, it is like winning the best thing you can ever imagine, it is Allah’s Bonanza, and you must adhere to the terms and conditions. Rest your body when you need to, then engage in activities that are beneficial to your person in this life, and most importantly, in the hereafter.

So guys, do you know any other way we waste time? Please add yours….Jazakumullahu Khayran as you do.

And remember, Ramadhan is a training process, so whatever you do to achieve drawing closer to Allah (SWT) in this month, make sure you continue after Ramadhan. May Allah accept our acts of Ibadah in this holy month amen.

6) Playing Video Games
People do waste time in Ramadan by playing video games like Pes, FIFA etc. Don't get me wrong, scholars say video games are not haram if it doesn't waste your time and prevent you from your ibadaah. But in Ramadan it should be limited or even stopped

May Allah assits us.

Wayakum... JazakaAllahu kaeran @Op

lanrexlan:
6) Playing Video Games
People do waste time in Ramadan by playing video games like Pes, FIFA etc. Don't get me wrong, scholars say video games are not haram if it doesn't waste your time and prevent you from your ibadaah. But in Ramadan it should be limited or even stopped

May Allah assits us.

Well done.

Ya Allah, Don't let this be my last ramadan..Ya Allah! Grant me a long life to witness many ramadans. May Allah grant whoever is reading this a long life with many blessings and happiness in this life and in the akhira too. Ameen!

Ahmed4002:
Ya Allah, Don't let this be my last ramadan..Ya Allah! Grant me a long life to witness many ramadans. May Allah grant whoever is reading this a long life with many blessings and happiness in this life and in the akhira too. Ameen!

Allahumo Amin

lanrexlan:
6) Playing Video Games
People do waste time in Ramadan by playing video games like Pes, FIFA etc. Don't get me wrong, scholars say video games are not haram if it doesn't waste your time and prevent you from your ibadaah. But in Ramadan it should be limited or even stopped

May Allah assits us.

Really

Thanks for this

Jazakumullahu khaeran

Wasting time on nairaland

sino:
BISMILLAHI AR-RAHMANI AR-RAHEEM

Allah (SWT) says: (Muhsin Khan translation)

“Successful indeed are the believers.

Those who offer their Salat (prayers) with all solemnity and full submissiveness. (i.e humble in salah)

And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk, falsehood, and all that Allah has forbidden). (Q 23: 1- 3)

Al-Laghw, as used in this verse is translated to mean dirty, false, evil vain talks etc., but it really goes beyond these words, it also includes activities that have no benefits, neither in this life nor in the hereafter. Engaging in these activities happens to be one of the stumbling blocks mitigating Muslims to attain Islamic spirituality, especially the youths. We all know how we waste time; perhaps let us look at some of them, especially during this month of Ramadhan

1. Television: The television needs no introduction, it is found almost in every home, some can be glued to the T.V all day, watching one programme after another. Some people carry out almost all their daily activities in front of the T.V, and no thanks to cable T.V, and 24hrs broadcast, the T.V can continue to be switched on forever, or else you live in Nigeria with frequent blackouts lol. Don’t get me wrong, their quite a number of beneficial programmes on T.V, but we all know that the non beneficial quite overshadows those that have benefits, so this Ramadan, quite those DSTV/STARTIMES/GO T.V etc. Channels (you all know them) tune to Islamic channel and Iqra if you have to watch, unless your life depends on it, quite the news channels too…

2. Laptop, Smart Phones and the Internet: Okay, you say I don’t watch T.V (actually I don’t myself), but you’ve got a laptop and a smart phone, and what? A 24hrs internet access? Cool! But wait a minute, what have you been doing with your gigabytes of data consumed monthly? How many Islamic lectures have you downloaded and how many beneficial articles have you read online? We all know what we do, and Alhamdulilah most seasonal that do have a huge followership has ended (I think), so stop looking for others to download, its Ramadhan! Quit the movies and the seasonal, quite the sites that have eroded your hearts of light, and let in the Nur of the Qur’an. Too much data? Stream/download Qur’an recitations, Islamic lectures, and hey why not even make an effort to learn Arabic?


3. Social media: Yeah, we've taken socializing to a whole new level, facebook, instagram, twitter, weechat, whatsapp, google+( I kind of prefer this), Nairaland etc. We can spend eternity actually doing nothing in some cases other than just viewing pictures, liking and commenting “lol” on peoples posts, yeah and reading several pages of comments with absolutely no single benefit, especially on Nairaland. Guys this is ramadhan! Tune your social attention to Allah (SWT) and his book, be in the companion of the righteous and see your faith grow.

4. Hanging out with friends: I know you’ve got a tight click, you guys are BFFs, hope your hangouts brings you closer to Allah? If not, you might need to assess your BFFs and your click, cos it absolutely makes no sense, especially in this month of Ramadhan, to gist with friends for hours and no good deed is recorded for you throughout the duration, and it would be a disaster, if sins were recorded because your “click” don’t care about Allah, and all they want to do is hang out and talk about stuffs, yeah stuffs…


5. Sleep: Now this can be funny, you are like, come-on can’t I also sleep? Yeah you can, but if you really need to, not because you trying to avoid the effects of fasting, then you abandon your responsibilities and become bedridden. The reward in this month is overwhelmingly astounding, it is like winning the best thing you can ever imagine, it is Allah’s Bonanza, and you must adhere to the terms and conditions. Rest your body when you need to, then engage in activities that are beneficial to your person in this life, and most importantly, in the hereafter.

So guys, do you know any other way we waste time? Please add yours….Jazakumullahu Khayran as you do.

And remember, Ramadhan is a training process, so whatever you do to achieve drawing closer to Allah (SWT) in this month, make sure you continue after Ramadhan. May Allah accept our acts of Ibadah in this holy month amen.

Jazakallah khairan
pls help me with any Islamic site for download

Hey wat about carry oloshos..cos I no many oloshos who r Muslims ooo

poweredcom:
Hey wat about carry oloshos..cos I no many oloshos who r Muslims ooo

subhanallah. always have the fear of ALLAH

u11gs:

Jazakallah khairan
pls help me with any Islamic site for download

www.muslimcentralaudio.com


You will find lectures from any Islamic lecturer... Or Better still, if u re using an android phone, go to playstore and search for muslim central media app. Download it. Then you can use it to download Islamic Lectures and podcast from many lecturers... May Allah accept our Ibadah

Hardheolar:
subhanallah. always have the fear of ALLAH

I don't think he believe in God. I don't normally quote such type of people. Coz no matter what you say brother, it's just like slapping the shell of a tortoise... He will never feel it. You just ignore coz at the end of the day, they will make you say what you don't intend to say...

The only thing that need be done is pray for their type.

May Allah guide us to the right path and may He bless us abundantly in this Holy month of Ramadan

Jazakallahu Khayran

u11gs:
Jazakallah khairan pls help me with any Islamic site for download

www.islamhouse.com

Bismillah Most people have heard of Shaykh Khalid Yasin and his famous lecture, “Purpose of Life.” What they may not know is that this lecture has converted people in crowds, in some versions of it 10-20 people convert en masse at the end of the lecture. So I thought, well this speech could make for some pretty effective dawah literature. And so here it is:

https://muslimology.files./2008/09/purpose-of-life-in-islam.pdf

Oh Allah guide me in this holy month and accept my duas as an act of Ibadah

We all know Fasting has two greatest benefits amongst many,
1) Physical benefits
2)Spiritual development benefits.

The Physical benefits helps us cleanse some part of the toxics we have store in our bodies, over a period of a year of over eating. Fasting makes us get rid of some toxic elements within and without our body. Thus fasting should not be limited to just once a year, it should be everyday.
In this case, we may pass time with TV, Internet, hangout etc.

For The Spiritual growth benefits, We will have to limit the tv, internets etc, stop all bad habit and limit intercourse, if possible non within the Ramadam period.
Allah, The Creator does not live somewhere in the sky or in a thin air, Allah lives directly inside of Us. Without Allah in us, we won't breath or live.
Complete Fasting brings us in oneness to The Creator inside of us. The Creator loves cleanliness (as the saying goes, cleanliness is closest to Godliness). Once our body is cleanse of toxic materials and waste, Our minds cleanse of negative thoughts and immoralities. You would see Allah face to face. We have had examples in the past, Jesus, Muhammad, Musa/Moses. One would note that during all their sojourns, there was a particular period of time When the prophets were secluded and in most part for 40 days in the valley or mountain.

Well, I am not all Holy, I have my area of unjust deeds, as anyone can percieve, I'm also on the internet.
Bless You all My Brothers and Sisters, Get rid of the toxic in the body and in the mind. PEACE!

Jazakhallah Khairan,Thanks OP

u11gs:
Jazakallah khairan pls help me with any Islamic site for download

www.aswatalislam.net

Yes great i think every Muslim should give more and more his time to Ibadh Of God in Ramadan and he should not waste his time in other activities like playing games etc. So Allah will give you its reward.

Jazakallahu'khairan....
We can inculcate d habit of doin Azkar on d slightest opportunity we got, even while walking, we can be sayin d Tasbeeh(Subhanallah), doin d Tahmeed(Alhamdulillah) and many oda forms of Azkar. Here even menstruating ladies re not left behind...
May Allah (SWT) accept all dis frm us as acts of Ibadah...
Assalamun alaikum...
Ramadan Mufeed

olayoungz:



www.muslimcentralaudio.com


You will find lectures from any Islamic lecturer... Or Better still, if u re using an android phone, go to playstore and search for muslim central media app. Download it. Then you can use it to download Islamic Lectures and podcast from many lecturers... May Allah accept our Ibadah

Amin amin ya Rabbi
thanks bro

u11gs:
Amin amin ya Rabbi thanks bro

Don't mention bro

Hardheolar:
subhanallah. always have the fear of ALLAH

Allah also should make tins right his kids

gatiano:
We all know Fasting has two greatest benefits amongst many,
1) Physical benefits
2)Spiritual development benefits.

The Physical benefits helps us cleanse some part of the toxics we have store in our bodies, over a period of a year of over eating. Fasting makes us get rid of some toxic elements within and without our body. Thus fasting should not be limited to just once a year, it should be everyday.
In this case, we may pass time with TV, Internet, hangout etc.

For The Spiritual growth benefits, We will have to limit the tv, internets etc, stop all bad habit and limit intercourse, if possible non within the Ramadam period.
Allah, The Creator does not live somewhere in the sky or in a thin air, Allah lives directly inside of Us. Without Allah in us, we won't breath or live.
Complete Fasting brings us in oneness to The Creator inside of us. The Creator loves cleanliness (as the saying goes, cleanliness is closest to Godliness). Once our body is cleanse of toxic materials and waste, Our minds cleanse of negative thoughts and immoralities. You would see Allah face to face. We have had examples in the past, Jesus, Muhammad, Musa/Moses. One would note that during all their sojourns, there was a particular period of time When the prophets were secluded and in most part for 40 days in the valley or mountain.

Well, I am not all Holy, I have my area of unjust deeds, as anyone can percieve, I'm also on the internet.
Bless You all My Brothers and Sisters, Get rid of the toxic in the body and in the mind. PEACE!

Jazakhallahu Khairan!!!

Amin, May the Peace, Blessings, Mercies of Allah be with you. Sister.

debolly:

Jazakhallahu Khairan!!!