The Poison of Wasting Time Is Killing Your Potential.

I think most of us know the feeling. The feeling of loss.

• Loss of a loved one.

• Loss of financial stability.

• Loss of health.

• Loss of love.

But there is one type of loss that’s different.

1. You are responsible for it.

2. You will be asked about it.

3. And you are losing it — constantly.

There is a very specific type of loss that hurts so much, that when you stand before Allah on the Day of Judgement, you won’t move until you’re asked about it.

Even worse than that: this type of loss decides how your life goes. The pattern of your life is literally dictated by how you choose.

Because believe it or not, depending on your actions and decisions, it might not even be a loss.

It might be the very thing that saves you from the Hellfire.
The thing that raises you to the highest ranks in Jannah.
The thing that fills your life with barakah.

It’s the loss of time.

The Concept of Time in The Quran

To prepare for this newsletter, I read an article by The Productive Muslim — which I’ll continue reading, in shaa Allah — and I hope every one of you supports this important company run by our brother (Read it here).

What struck me the most is how Allah compares the loss of time to a loss in business. And I think that’s so incredibly remarkable, subhaanAllah.

In reality, wasting time is the key to everything else in life. Whatever door you use that key for — if you do it right — you’ll be able to enter, by the will of Allah.

You just need to turn it correctly. Literally.

When you start a business, there’s no other currency than time.

You need time to figure out what kind of business you want to build.
You need time to write things down.
You need time to start the business, to make calls, to write emails, to set up a shop, to open a bank account, to hire people…
You need time for every single detail the business is built upon.

But most importantly:
You need time for yourself.

– Time to feed your brain
– Time to feed your heart
– Time to feed your family

On the other hand, if you start wasting your time on useless stuff, two main things will inevitably happen:

1. It will throw you back — maybe years behind your actual potential.

2. It will make you miserable.

I feel like the pandemic was the starting point for a lot of this.
We were all stuck at home. Many lost their jobs. Most — if not everyone — worked from home, and suddenly, there was more time.

That’s why so many new “influencers” or small businesses popped up during that period.

So many new children, relationships, skills… and honestly, so many new Muslims.

I saw everything on social media: people who used their time wisely and ended up with businesses, learned their deen, picked up new skills — whatever it was.

And others just returned to their old lives… sometimes even more miserable.

The pandemic turned so many of us into mindless scrollers and consumers. TikTok is thriving — in good and bad ways.

But I think I’ve made my point clear:
Time is a currency that is tied to your potential.

And by throwing away this currency — by not treating it properly — you will end up wasting away your potential.

You Are Not Talentless

Maybe it’s a double-edged sword.

On one hand, we waste time because we don’t know what to do with the extra hours left on our hands.

On the other hand, we panic because time flies by so quickly, and we have no idea how to finish everything in so little time.

A paradox, it might seem.

At face value, it could just look like one person is productive and the other is not.

But what if Person A is doing nothing except the bare minimum — and still has so much time —
while Person B procrastinates until they feel the pressure of deadlines, and suddenly time vanishes?

Very specific, I know.

What I’m saying is: both people have the same 24 hours.

Some use it to create, to strive, to add meaning to their life — for both dunya and akhira.
While the other slowly starts to wither.

And when you start withering away, you ask yourself:

Why am I feeling this way?
Why do I feel anxious?
Why do I feel far from Allah?
Why do I feel like my life has no meaning, like I’m purposeless?

And then what happens next?

You scroll. You compare. You feel worse.

The cycle continues.

But don’t you want to break it?
Don’t you want to finally be free from the shackles of your nafs?

Instead of being jealous of others on social media — especially our brothers and sisters — try getting inspired.

Admit it:
They have great things because they worked for it.
They have what they have because Allah blessed them with it.
They are where they are because Allah blessed their work.

And you can have beautiful things too — as long as Allah has written it for you and you put in the effort.

You’re not talentless.
You’re just wasting your potential on your phone.

So let’s change that — starting today.

Let’s become the Ummah that supports our brothers and sisters around the world.
Let’s be the Ummah that wakes up this sleeping giant.

Because just like this Ummah, the message of Islam, your body, your family — basically anything you own or that is related to you — is a trust (amanah) from Allah, so is time.

Time is Allah’s gift to us.
He is the only One holding onto it.
He is the only One in control of it.
And it is the only thing so precious that we are constantly losing — second by second.

We always say, “I don’t have time.” 

But the truth is: Allah can put so much barakah in just two hours that they feel like two days.

And a lack of barakah can make two whole days feel like two wasted hours.

Just like Imam al-Hasan al-Basri (رحمه الله) said:

Read this article for details on how to start working on your problem of wasting time and if you need further help, I made a 10-Page guide to help you go through it step by step.

Get your copy here!

That’s all for today, dear brothers and sisters.

This is a topic I really want to make more content about because, honestly, I believe that wasting time is the root problem behind us losing our way — and eventually falling into Shayṭān’s traps or listening too much to our own nafs.

So I truly hope this letter helped in some way and gives you that little push to keep moving in the direction of real change, in shaa Allah.

Stay tuned for more on this topic since im very passionate about that.

Until next time, I leave you

في امان الله_{(in the protection of Allah)}

❦ Dunja ❦