يه صحيح هے كه آدمی كی زندگی موت الله تعالی كے هاتھ ميں هے، پھر بھی ​يه فرض كر ليں كه آپ 60 سال جيتے هيں۔​

ان 60 سال ميں اگر آپ يوميه 8 گھنٹے سوتے، اٹھتے بیٹھتے اور اس کی تیاری کرتے هيں تو گويا آپ ​20 سال سونے ميں گزار ديتے هيں۔​

اگر آپ يوميه 8 گھنٹے كام اور کام کے لیے آنا جانا كرتے هيں تو يه بھی 20 سال بنتے هيں۔ لہذا ​20 سال کام کاج میں گزارتے ہیں۔

 آپ كا بچپن، نہ سمجھی قبل بلوغت عمر، ٹی وی، انٹرنٹ، گھومنا پھرنا، دیگر معاملات 15 سالوں پر محیط هے۔​

اگر آپ دن ميں دو مرتبه كھانا كھاتے هيں تو كم و بيش نصف گھنٹا صرف هوتا هے۔ يوں آپ كی عمر كے ​3 سال كھانے پینے ميں صرف هوتے هيں۔​

 (20+20+15+8)كھانے پينے، سونے، كام كرنے اور بچپن كے يه ​مجموعی طور پر 58 سال بنتے هيں۔​

باقی بچے 2 سال۔​​

اب سوال يه هے كه ان دو سالوں میں آپ نے زندگی کیسے گزاری. عبادت كے ليے كتنا وقت مختص كرتے هيں؟

حقوق العباد میں کیا کیا. کس کا حق مارا اور کس کو حق دیا

قرآن کتنی بار اور سمجھ کر پڑھا

پورے دن میں 15 منٹ ہر نماز اور اس کی تیاری کے لیے وقت نکالا کے نہیں

قرآن جو کے الله کی کتاب کی ایک رکوع روز پڑھی. ایک رکوع نہ سہی ایک صفحہ پڑھا. ایک صفحہ نہ سہی ایک آیات پڑھی. جو پڑھا اسے سمجھا اور اپنی زندگی کو اس کے مطابق بنایا کے نہیں

صرف ان دو سالوں میں؟

سوچو کے الله تعالی نے اگر آپ سے روزِ قيامت يه پوچھ ليا كه تم نے اپنی عمر كن كاموں ميں صرف کی تو آپ كا جواب كيا هوگا؟

کیا جواب یہ ہو گا کے زندگی کو سونے، اٹھتے بیٹھتے اور اس کی تیاری میں، کام کاج اور آنے جانے میں، کھانے پینے میں، انٹرنیٹ، گھومنے پھرنے میں گزارا، حلال طریقہ اختیار کیا یا حرام، حلال کھایا اور کھلایا یا حرام

 اور کیا جواب یہ ہو گا کے زندگی کو حوس اور نفس کی پوجا کرنے میں، حق چھینے اور مارنے میں، خواھشات کو پورا کرنے میں اور تیری اور تیرے رسول صلی اللہ علیھ و سلم کی سنّت اور ان کی بتائی ہی زندگی پر عمل نہ کرنے میں گزارا

سوچو قبل اس کے کہ الله سے کہنا نہ پر جائے ایک اور زندگی دے دو

زندگی میں بہت راستے لیکن موت کے بعد صرف دو راستے، ایک جنّت دوسرا جہنم

کس راستے جانا ہے اسی زندگی میں سوچ لیجئے

قرآن اور حدیث روز ہر نماز کے بعد تھوڑا سا چاہے ایک آیات ہی کیوں نہ ہو سمجھ کر پڑھیے

مع السلام

Dr. Waleed Hakeem 

I am really shocked! I know there are more important deaths to talk about, but there are a few reflections I would like to share that have valuable life lessons for me.

I personally was extremely inspired by Anthony Bourdain's travels, success story, and I learned so much from his travels about what to eat in each country, and learned to be brave in trying new things. In fact, I own his entire collection of episodes and use them as a reference when travelling. He was a chef who was stuck inside a kitchen working long hours, wrote a best selling book in his spare time, and from there, his dunya success was nonstop. His work in supporting Palestinians through his show and humanzing them is just monumental!

Then again, we could clearly see the pattern. Someone who has achieved everything they could achieve in life: fame, money, awards, travels, you wonder, how could someone like this commit suicide? Let's be honest. There are many of us who could only DREAM to have even one-tenth of his life!

When a person achieves everything, they get to a point where they start feeling there is no more bigger purpose in life. There is nothing else to achieve, so they may lose the meaning of life, feel depressed, and take away their life (If you want to protect yourself from this, always find a higher purpose in life. A mission that drives you!)

Believing in an afterlife and a Creator protects a person from many forms of depression, as they live for a higher purporse (although religious people may have depression too for chemical imbalances or from other life traumas, so don't mix both please!). 

We also learn that looks may be deceiving. You may think someone is the happiest person alive because you see them travel, eat best food, have enough money to never work, etc, but deep inside they may feel something else. I personally went through this, where people on my page think that I am super happy because they saw me travel to 100+ countries, but they have no idea how much pain, problems, or suffering I have in my life from other issues that Allah tested me with (and I'm always thankful to Allah for everything, AlhamduliLlah!)

Make time for people. Talk to them, listen to their pains. You never know how many lives you could save when you save someone from depression. When you empathize with their pains! Robin Williams, Michael Jackson, Anthony Bourdain, and many others, remind us that even if you appear to have it all, you may still suffer depression, which is intensified by not having a purpose and not having a connection with our Creator or afterlife. Return to your lord, and seek his help. Especially in these blessed days!

Thank you Anthony for inspiring me to travel, try food that I never imagined to try, and teaching me about other cultures. I learned from you that even if a person is small and unknown, they could work hard to make their message global, not just food, but for a bigger and better legacy. It is sad that even though you have visited many Muslim countries, you didn't find your path to guidance. You are now with your Creator!

P.S I know he used foul language a lot in his shows, and that's really bad, but always observe and see what positive things you can learn from each person you meet, regardless of their background.

By Dr. Waleed Hakeem, Traveling Imam

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TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS

Five Time Management Mistakes that Wastes a lot of Time

For all those who would like to master their time management skills, must avoid these 5 major Time Management Mistakes.

 1. Procrastination:

Those things which have to be done now are being procrastinated of being postponed. This is one of the traits which is not outside but within us. We have made up a habit that we will do it later as it is not urgent now, we keep on delaying it till one day it becomes burning and urgent, and then we have no choice to act on it. At this point of time, we have to leave aside something that was important but not urgent to complete this task. Many of the corporate executives also get a kick from doing something that is urgent, they love to take pressure, their common phrase is “ohh, don't worry there is still a lot of time”.

2. Do it Myself Attitude:

 "This is too important. Better let me do it." "By the time I show them how to do it, I will finish it myself." There are these executives and managers who always want to be in the thick of the things. They also get a feeling of threat if some one else starts doing what I do. Some have this misconception about their indispensability.

3. No Clearly Defined Goals:

Because we do not know what to do, we keep on doing whatever comes our way. We keep on working very hard but still do not get results or the sense of achievement because we never have defined what we want to achieve. “A journey of thousand miles begins with the first single step.” We all want to take the first step and we are ready to take it, unfortunately we have not defined our journey so we do not know in which direction to take the first step.

4. Not taking Decisions:

One of the major mistakes which waste a lot of our time is in-decision. We keep on pro-castigating our decisions. We do not take the right decision at the right time be it with our professional life or our personal or social life or be it related to our health. And unfortunately many of our decisions are not our decisions at all. They are being imposed on us by our boss, colleagues, family and friends. We also have this urge to be perfect at time and we need a lot of data and testimony to justify our decisions and also always we want to be right at all the time so we remain in-decisive.

5. No Action:

This one is the giant of the time waster which waste chunk of our time. We do not Act on our Goals, we do not take any action on the decisions we make. Many a time people decide to change their habits and behavior but seldom they take any action step on their plan. So no action – no results. Some times people, who do not have clarity of goals, do not see the destination, so, if this set of people act today and cloud sit with a book and pen and start writing down their goal, probably this action step will bring them closer towards their goal.

So if you want to start managing your time, start managing the above five mistakes.  So here is your short brief powerful action plan:

Step 1: Stop Procrastination

Step 2: Empower people around you

Step 3:  Write down your goals of paper

Step 4:  Make those tough decisions

Step 5: ACT now on the above 4 steps.

Wish you all the best. Time management is all about self management. The better you manage your self; automatically your time is managed.