opposition to the verse: یُسَارِعُوۡنَ فِی الۡخَیۡرٰتِ ؕ (Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: and are swift to perform good deeds), as there, not delaying religious works but instead rushing towards fulfilling them quickly has been praised. Whereas, here (in the Hadees) it is referring to a person being hasty within the actual performance of the action such that it gets ruined; this is what is prohibited. Some people offer four units of Salah in two minutes, this is what hastiness is, and hastiness is a bad thing within the actual performance of an act of worship. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 6, pp. 625)

‘Allamah Imam Ahmad Bin Hajar Makki Shaafi’i رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه states: Haste is from Satan, however, he is not hasty himself. Rather, he slowly makes man fall into evil in such a way that he does not even realise. However, the one who ponders and reflects thoroughly before taking an action, he attains insight into it. Therefore, until you do not gain insight into a matter, you should not hasten in it, except in the case where it is Wajib to do an action immediately and there is no room to ponder and reflect in it at all. (Az-Zawajir ‘Aniqtiraf-ul-Kabair, vol. 1, pp. 181)

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Hastiness in driving and crossing the road

Dear Islamic brothers! Road traffic accidents are swiftly increasing in Pakistan. According to the government agencies in charge of roads in Pakistan, approximately fifteen to sixteen thousand people lose their lives in road traffic accidents every year on main roads. According to one estimate, a total of approximately thirty thousand lose their lives in road traffic accidents every year. This does not include the deaths of those who lose their lives in railway and airplane accidents. (Derived from different websites)

O devotees of the Prophet! Do we ever ponder as to why this is occurring? One very big reason for this is also hastiness. It is due to hastiness that cars are crashing into each other, cars are severely damaged, pedestrians walking on the pathways are also crashed into; the driver not only ends up causing harm to himself, but also to others, many people get injured and become