How To Spend Our Days And Nights

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example, make the following intentions: I will recite dhikr and send ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم on the way, I will give salām to Muslims, I will keep my gaze lowered, I will adhere to the Sunan of walking, etc. After arriving at the masjid, if there is time, offer the nawāfil of taḥiyyat al-masjid and taḥiyyat al-wuḍūˈ (remember these nawāfil cannot be offered after the azan of Fajr and Maghrib). If you wish, you may make the intention for these nawafil when offering the preceding Sunan (those offered before the obligatory units). Now, sit and wait for the congregational prayer. Know that waiting for prayer has many benefits too.

Do the following four things after every prayer

The Proof of Islam, Imam Muhammad al-Ghazali رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه, states: “Four things should be done after every prayer: (1) Recitation of the Quran (2) dhikr (3) reflection (4) supplication.”^{^[1]}

If you have time then take part, and even if you have less time, it is still not difficult. You can do these four things within five minutes. For example, recite three verses of the Quran; recite a short litany, such as Tasbīḥ Fāṭimah or any other litany given by your spiritual guide; ponder about the grave, death, Hereafter, the Day of Judgement and how you will stand before Allah Almighty; then supplicate at the end. In this manner اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه, you can easily do these things in five minutes.

3. Spend the first and last part of the day in good deeds

The third point in this regard is one should set a schedule that means they will start the day and end the day in doing good deeds, as these are times of great blessings and importance. Allah Almighty

[1] Iḥyāˈ al-ʿUlūm, vol. 1, p. 447

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