💎 *The Value of Time* - *Benefits taken from the AMAU Student of Knowledge Program*-_with Ustadh Muhammad Tim Humble حفظهم الله_ If knowledge is the most honourable goal and your life withers like ice that melts, then real intellect is making good use of your time in it, and fearing that it will be spent without benefit, and asking about the Day of Resurrection (may Allah keep me and you in a state of extreme caution if it!) Ibn al-Jawzī رحمه الله said in Sayd al-Khāťir: "It is befitting for a person to know the honour of his lifespan and the value of his time, so he does not waste even a moment of it without doing an act of worship, and he puts forward the best of speech and action." Because of this, the scholars gave great importance to time, such that Muhammad ibn Abdul-Baqi al-Bazzār رحمه الله said: "I have not wasted even an hour of my time with amusement or play." Abul-Wafā ibn Aqeel رحمه الله - the one who authored 'al-Fanoon' in 800 volumes said: "It is not allowed for me to waste an hour of my life." The situation reached to such an extent with them that they would be read to while they were eating as Ahmad ibn Sulayman al-Bulqāsī, -who died at the age of twenty- eight - used to have the different recitations of the Qur'an read to him while he was eating, out of a fear of wasting time with something else. His companions used to read to him while he was taking his food and drink. More than that, they even used to be read to while they would be in the area of the land for relieving themselves! The elder Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله use to go to the area of land for relieving himself and he would say to those around him: "Read from this book, and raise your voice." (so that he could hear them from the distance). This attention to protecting time that these people رحمهم الله had becomes clear in that they reached such milestones as human civilization altogether had never reached. [Excerpt taken from the Twentieth Principle of Ta'dheem al-'Ilm (Glorifying Knowledge) which is authored by our beloved Shaykh Salih al-'Usaymi حفظه الله] 🎧 Listen:https://www.amauacademy.com/programs/introduction-to-studying-with-amau?cid=2812015&permalink=30-being-passionate-and-investing-timer #seekingknowledge #amau #imanshomeschool