Importance of Time According to Sunnah of the Prophet (SAW)

 Importance of Time According to Sunnah of the Prophet (SAW)

We have so many examples from the life of our Beloved Prophet (SAW) to know about the importance of time. Below we will discuss some of them so we can take lessons and utilize our time in the best manner.

The Prophet Mohammad (SAW), used to call on Muslims to take the initiative to do good deeds before any obstacles arise. He (SAW) said, 

“Lose no time to do good deeds before you are caught up by one of seven calamities awaiting you: 

a starvation which may impair your wisdom; 

prosperity which may mislead you; 

an ailment that may damage your health; 

an old age which may harm your senses; 

a sudden death; the Dajjal (Antichrist); or Doomsday, which is indeed the hardest and most bitter.” (At-Tirmidhi)

Prophet (SAW) also said in one of His Hadiths: 

“Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: 

your youth before you become old; 

your health, before you fall sick; 

your wealth, before you become poor; 

your free time before you become preoccupied, and your life, before your death” 

(Musnad Imam Ahmad)

The whole hadith is about the limited nature of our lives and how time is running out. We should utilize the time in the best manner before it’s too late.

In another Hadith Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said: 

“Allah said, ‘The son of Adam wrongs me for he curses Ad-Dahr (Time); though I am Ad-Dahr (Time). In My Hands are all things, and I cause the revolution of day and night’” (Al-Bukhari). The one who is misusing the time is doing things that are beyond Allah’s commandments. And those who act against Allah’s commandments will be at loss in this life and in the Hereafter too.

In short, humankind is told to be conscious of time. 

 Allah Almighty reminds us that life in this world is but temporary and we do not know our appointed time of death.  We should utilize our time to do good deeds in the best manner. As believers we must never waste or misuse time, instead we must value it as a blessing from Almighty Allah.  We must all understand that wasting even a single moment is an opportunity gone, never to return. We are accountable for everything that we did in this life and when our time in this world is up we can’t do anything because our time in this world is up and that time will never going to come back. Time is precious we should try to invest it in the best manner!