You & Hourglass

 *You & Hourglass*

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Hourglass is a glass container filled with sand that takes one hour to move from an upper to a lower part through a narrow opening in the middle, used especially in the past to measure time.

Now,

Life is like an hourglass. Yes. Since birth, a person’s life of hourglass starts to run down toward the empty part, reducing the grains of life gradually.

Servants of Allah!

The sands of time keep running out until the last grain in the hourglass slides down from the narrow neck of the hourglass. And only Allah knows the remaining grains of sand in everyone’s hourglass.

My People,

It only the *"Most Wisest "* who who always remember death & prepare for it.

Evidence:

Ibn Umar reported: A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, which of the believers is best?” The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Those with the best character.” The man said, *“Which of the believers is the wisest?” The Prophet said, “Those who remember death often and have best prepared for it with good deeds; those are the wisest.”* 📚Sunan Ibn Ma‌jah 4259

Now,

Are you amongst the *"Most Wisest"* according to the above hadeeth?

Servants of Allah!

I'm always worried each time I remember hadeeth narrated by Abu Hurayra (R.a.) that, our beloved Prophet (pbuh) said: *“Indeed the first deed by which a servant will be called to account on the Day of Resurrection is his Swalat. If it is complete, he or she is successful and saved, but if it is defective, he or she has failed and lost. So, if something is deficient in his or her obligatory (prayers) then Allah (swt) will say: ‘Look! Are there any voluntary (prayers) for my worshipper?’ So, with them, what was deficient in his or her obligatory (prayers) will be completed...”* 📚(Tirmizi)

Remember that,

Of all the nawafl prayers, Tahajjud is the most beloved to Allah (swt), most rewarding and beneficial.

Evidence:

The Prophet (pbuh) said:👉 *“The best prayer after the obligatory prayers is the night prayer.”* 📚(Muslim)

Also,

Our good deeds will appear in the form of a companion in our grave:

Evidence:

From a long narration of hadeeth narrated, al-Bara’ ibn ‘Aazib (r.a.) that the Prophet (pbuh) said:

"....Then there comes to him a man with a handsome face and handsome clothes, and a good fragrance, who says, ‘Receive the glad tidings that will bring you joy this day.’ He says, ‘Who are you? Your face is a face which brings glad tidings.’ He says, ‘I am your righteous deeds...." 📚 Ahmad (4/362)

Imagine urself sacrificing 15minutes everyday (consistently) establishing Tahajjud and standing a chance of having Tahajjud as a companion in ur grave till the day of judgement!

My People,

If u have not yet set ur phone alarm in a repeating mode, to wake u up for midnight nawafil *(Tahajjud)* everyday till the end of ur life, pls do so immediately.

Let assume you wake up by 2AM, use 3minutes to perform ablution, 2minutes to get dressed, 5minutes to establish ONLY 2rakaat nawafil, 5minutes to make Du'a to Allah. Total time spent = 15minutes. *Everything In 15minutes,* then, go back to catch up with sleep.