Hadees:->the Messenger of Allah (sws) said, “Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your youth, before you become old; and your health, before you fall sick; and your richness, before you become poor; and your free time before you

If not now, when?
The time is now, the place is here, the person is you. You are hereby
appointed. Fulfill the mission that Allah has placed you here to do.
Exercise your unique talents fee-sabeel-illah. You'll never hear a
starting gun telling you to sprint. Just do it, inch one foot forward,
then the other, and you will find yourself moving toward your dream.
Don't let yourself be stopped by naysayers. Remember what Allah said
to Musa: "…let not the one who believes not therein but follows his
own lusts, divert you therefrom, lest you perish."
Do what's in your heart, and don't listen to those who wouldcut you
down, mock you, or doubt your ability.
Raise your children as Muslims. Often Muslim parents do not actively
teach their children the deen, thinking that the children will somehow
pick it up by osmosis. Or they fool themselves into thinking that
dropping the kids off for Sunday school at the Masjid is sufficient
(it's not). Don't wait, and don't count on anyone else to educate your
children. Remember that your children do not belong to you, but to
Allah. They are an
amanah (a trust), and you are their shepherd, so raise your flock
well. The time is now, and you are the person. Make time for your
kids, teach them by example and by textbook, raise them with care as
you would a garden.
So many of us want to be betterMuslims. We envision a time in the
future, near or far, when wewill give up bad habits, perfect our
salat, memorize more Quran, worship more fully in Ramadan, and ready
ourselves for Jannah. And yet that time does not arrive… we're not
quite ready, not there yet… But the Messenger of Allah (sws) said,
"Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your youth,
before you become old; and your health, before you fall sick; and your
richness, before you become poor; and your free time before you become
busy; and your life, before your death."
(Musnad Imam Ahmad, Narratedby Ibn Abbaas).
The place is here. The time is this moment, while you have your youth,
health, wealth, time and life itself. None of us is assured another
sunrise, or another evening on this earth. Death waits for no man or
woman, but comes upon us on the wing, like a raven in the night.
The time is now. The place is here. The person is you.

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