ভূমিকা

Al-Laghwu (Time-wasting activities) | Hubeali Skip to content Hubeali Menu Topics Quran Tafseer Books Urdu Books English Books Sermons School of Wilayat Search for: Search Button Home Articles Al-Laghwu (Time-wasting activities) Details Sidebar Table of contents Summary: Introduction: Vanities Implies as fiction (stories): Buying/involving in amusing discourse Excessive indulgence in playful activities: A case of a Momin who is addicted to music: Those who run away from vanities: Advise of Amir-Al-Momineen-asws to Hisham The Regret in the Hereafter: Amir-ul-Momineen-asws cautioned those having free time: Those who watch/listen to fiction: Al-Laghwu (Time-wasting activities) Summary: The new trend of ‘have a good time’ or ‘have fun’ are frequently used in our society.

This may mean ‘do whatever is within the law of the land’ without much consideration for the outcome our activities with respect to the Hereafter. We frequently waste valuable time without realising its better alternatives, sometimes just browsing interest, (i.e., social media) or outside loafing/window shopping, gaming, clubbing, watching/reading fiction – all these are good examples of wasteful activities and Islam forbids these.

Amir-ul-Momineen -asws says: ‘hours of leisure (i.e., chilling around) pass away like summer-clouds, therefore, do not waste opportunity of doing good’ [1] .

It’s a beautiful connexion to wasteful activities, since vegetation needs water in summer but not so during the winter, so these clouds of summer are important for the ‘good return’ from the earth in terms of food for human and animals – similarly our free time and energy should not be wasted on unnecessary activities but never in disobedience to Allah -azwj . Although that is never at back of our minds when we, initially, get engaged in these activities.

In many Ahadith, we are advised: ‘to stay away from the matters of doubts (if these are lawful or unlawful), who walks around these eventually falls into the sins’. [2] Also Amir-ul-Momineen -asws says: four things never get tired from the other four things, among those are the eyes, which never get tired from watching.

[3] Hence we frequently end-up spending more time on watching that – which is spiritually harmful and physically useless, as it keeps us away from the remembrance of Allah -azwj and His Pious and Infallible People -asws .