The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: The blessed mother رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا of Sayyiduna Sulayman Bin Dawood عَـلَـيْهِ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّلَام said, ‘O my son, do not sleep till late at night, for sleeping too much at night will leave a man poor on the Day of Judgement.’ (Sunan Ibn Majah, vol. 2, pp. 125, Hadees 1332)

It is stated on page No. 125 of the book ‘Jannati Zaywar’, published by Maktaba-tul-Madina, the publication department of Dawat-e-Islami: All the pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی have said: Hold firm to three habits: less talking, less sleeping, and less eating; because excessive talking, excessive sleeping and excessive eating are all bad habits and a person suffers due to these habits in this world and the Hereafter. (Jannati Zaywar, pp. 125)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب    صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! Time is such a Divine blessing of Allah Almighty that has been bestowed upon all the humans equally. It is not the case that a poor person has 24 hours a day and a rich person has 27 hours a day. Rather, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has bestowed 24 hours upon everyone in the day and night. Now the question is that who appreciates the value of time and who wastes it? Because the journey of this mortal life is about to end soon.

Abode of son of Aadam

Sayyiduna Imam Hasan Basri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه used to say: O son of Aadam! You are a combination of different stages. Whenever any day or night passes by you, it brings one of your stages to an end. And when all of your stages come to an end, you will reach your destination i.e., Jannah or Hell.

(Qoot-ul-Quloob, vol. 1, pp. 187)

Dear Islamic sisters! What is meant by valuing time? How to value time? Let’s try to understand it in the light of the following Ayah of the Glorious Quran. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has says in part 30, Surah Al-‘Asr, Ayah no. 1 to 3: