Asalaamu Alaikum, Firstly my sister we must internalise the fact that the very purpose of our life is to worship Allah: "I have created the jinn and humankind only for My worship" The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 51, Verse 56 So therefore our main focus everyday should be to worship Allah as much as is possible becasue surely that is the purpose of this life and so that is what we should be spending our days doing. Almighty Allah also tells us what it is that will bring our hearts contentment, solace and peace that we are all looking for in everyday life: "Verily! Only in the Zikr(remembrance) of Allah will your heart find peace." Quran (Surah 13: Verse 29) So what you feel that is missing from your life is this peace, contentment and satisfaction which can ONLY be brought about by the constant remembrance and glorifcation of Allah. In order to remember Allah as much as possible throughout the day we need to spend our day worshipping him and doing everything to please him and refraining from anything which displeases him. So the main focus of your everyday life must be that you establish more worship and by doing more worship you will remember Allah much more and in turn you will find satisfaction, peace, solace and contentment that you have been yearning for. Rasulallah (Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam) urged us to use our time in a useful way when he said: “Grab five things before five others: your youth before your old age, your health before your illness, your wealth before your poverty, your leisure before your work, and your life before your death.” (Al-Hakim) He also indicated that we are to be asked about these times and how we invested them in the judgment day. Rasulallah (Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “A servants two feet will not move on the Day of Judgement until he is questioned about four (things): His youth, how he spent it, his knowledge, how he acted upon it, his wealth, how he earned it and how he spent it and his body, how he used/wasted it.” ( Al-Tirmidhi) Worship in ones youth is the best worship that one will do in all of ones lifetime and this is because of the fact that this is the time that one will have the most desires and this is the time when one has passion, drive, determination and energy. The youth must use all of these things in wanting to spend their time pleasing Allah and doing those actions which will benefit them forever and NOT wasting their time in useless talk or meetings and especially on social networks on the internet and video games all of which are of no benefit to one in this world or the next. So since you are still in your youth then it is even more crucial NOT to waste ones youth on useless pursuits but in the worship of Allah so that one can be raised on the day of judgement as one who spent their youth in the worship of Allah. The key to success in this life and the next is making the hereafter the MOST important thing to us and making it our main focus. If we constantly keep the hereafter as our main focus everyday of our lives and strive as much as we can everyday to ensure that each second is spent on building up our hereafter then we will not go wrong inshallah. Ibn Masood said: “I have never regretted anything as a day spent of my life without doing good deeds.” How many days have we had like this where we have completely wasted them? On the day of judgement we would want to go back so that we could gain the HUGE rewards that are available just for saying Subhanallah! Bilal ibn ass’d once said: if we are asked: ‘‘do you want to die?’’, we answer ‘‘No’’; and if we are asked ‘‘why?’’ we reply ‘‘in order to repent ad do good deeds’’. However if it’s said to us ‘‘Ok then do good deeds’’ we say: ‘‘Yes I will do’’; we keep working for this life everyday and postponing working for the hereafter. We CANNOT afford to waste a single second in this life wasting it on that which will give us no benefit in this world or the next. Once our focus becomes the hereafter then NOTHING else will matter. Even things that we do in this world like work, study, look after and provide for family, parents, wife children etc will be like worship for us because we will do them for the pleasure of Allah. Even going to the toilet can be a worship if done in accordance with the Sunnah. Our WHOLE life from sleeping, eating, going to sleep and even breathing can become reward and worship with the right intentions so let us not waste a second more. A clever and intelligent person realises that they have such limited time in this world and therefore each second should be spent on doing that which will benefit them in the long term as oppose to in the short term. Short term gains are what we do for this world and long term gains are what we do for the hereafter. Now if we spend our lives living for this world then we will have gains which are so short lived and after we die what will we have for eternity? Whereas if we lived this life to a minimum and spent our entire lives working for the hereafter then we will benefit FOREVER! This world is like a dream that will end at any moment and in the next world we will wake up from this dream and that is when reality will hit us but by then it will be too late to do anything about it. Our chance to act is NOW! Therefore we CANNOT waste a second more. So you need to fill your time throughout the day in the constant worship of Allah and soon you will realise that thing that you felt was missing has been filled. What you have been searching for would have been found and it is ONLY found by pleasing Allah, worshipping him and constantly remembering him. Do everything in your day to please him and refrain from anything that angers or displeases him. You will find such an amazing feeling in your heart that you will realise this is what you have always been searching for. Please use the following thread and threads pasted below to fill your day everyday in the constant worship and remembrance of Allah: 30 ways the youth should spend everyday of their lives!
http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...eir-lives.html (30 ways the youth should spend everyday of their lives!) Set yourself certain goals and targets like for eg. you will complete 1 juz a day or half or quarter. Or you will remember one ayah of the Qur'an a day or you will read one page of an Islamic book a day or that you will do 500 Dhikr a day etc. Set yourself realistic goals for the day and stick to them. Remember Allah loves that deed which is done constantly and consistantly even though it may be small. So get into the habit of doing many good deeds throughout the day. Remember: Never leave a good deed because of its difficulty for the difficulty will eventually go but the deed will remain forever! Never commit a sin because of it's enjoyment for the enjoyment will eventually go but the sin will remain with you forever. So spend your time each day everyday wisely because there may not be a tomorrow! These articles wil help you to maximise the amount of good deeds you do everyday so you can get closer to Allah inshallah: 10 Steps to Increasing our Iman(Faith) (10 Steps to Increasing our Iman(Faith))
http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...man-faith.html (10 Steps to Increasing our Iman(Faith)) 30 ways the youth should spend everyday of their lives! (30 ways the youth should spend everyday of their lives!)
http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...eir-lives.html (30 ways the youth should spend everyday of their lives!) Easy Dhikr which is light on the tongue but heavy on the scales! (Easy Dhikr which is light on the tongue but heavy on the scales!)
http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...vy-scales.html (Easy Dhikr which is light on the tongue but heavy on the scales!) My Daily Ibadah (worship) check! (My Daily Ibadah (worship) check!)
http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...hip-check.html (My Daily Ibadah (worship) check!) 10 steps to getting closer to Allah (10 steps to getting closer to Allah)
http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...ser-allah.html (10 steps to getting closer to Allah) Forty Very Easy, Quick & Rewarding Good Deeds for all of us to do Everyday! (Forty Very Easy, Quick & Rewarding Good Deeds for all of us to do Everyday!)
http://www.islamicboard.com/worship-...-everyday.html (Forty Very Easy, Quick & Rewarding Good Deeds for all of us to do Everyday!) VERY Rewarding Nafl Salaahs we can Pray Everyday!
http://www.islamicboard.com/worship-...-everyday.html (VERY Rewarding Nafl Salaahs we can Pray Everyday!) How much we will regret the precious seconds we wasted in this world!
http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-...ted-world.html (How much we will regret the precious seconds we wasted in this world!) Wasting Time is worse than Death!
http://www.islamicboard.com/general/...han-death.html (Wasting Time is worse than Death!) The Effects of Good deeds will remain forever!!!
http://www.islamicboard.com/general/...n-forever.html (The effects of Good deeds will remain forever!!!) Want to see the REAL appearance of Almighty Allah everyday?
http://www.islamicboard.com/general/...-everyday.html (Want to see the REAL appearance of Almighty Allah everyday?) Here are some very beneficial lectures to increase your imaan and fear of Allah: AMAZING short speech -"The Goodly Life"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fugf1DcNyc Remembrance: ask Allah for his forgiveness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-EK9r3rMzQ Angel of Death!!! - Sheikh Ahmed Ali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUzRJXlB2uA HARD HITTING Lecture on HELLFIRE & the Day of JUDGEMENT! يوم القيامة والجحيم
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O6L_fBk7VM Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 1/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWTehIeCOUU Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 2/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXTtk7rWx_U Sheikh Ahmad Ali - Hellfire Talk Part 3/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmiD86w9fBc Islam - Punishment of the Grave by Sheikh Riyadh ul Haq
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWb-hYIm2WE Death and the Grave by Murtaza Khan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r2nzJVecqo How can we not appreciate what we have after watching this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkEBUC0APMg If you need anymore help or advice then please do not hesitate to ask. And Allah knows best in all matters
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