The Prophet said, 

"There are two blessings which many people lose: Health and free time for doing good." (It was Narrated Ibn 'Abbas, Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 76, Number 421:)

Nowadays two things are built in commonly in our lifestyle:

BUSY

Today, what has made us so busy?

The fact of the matter is that we became providers for ourselves, and are obedient to Satan. 

And this is by doing over commitments which we can't actually handle, by dreaming to build the perfect model house, in the place where we live. Or by driving the most luxurious car available, or by having the most luxurious and unique things that we use in our daily lifestyles. And buying the most expensive decoration pieces, regardless if we have any time to clean their dust off.  

We end up spending so much so that we may ensure we are up to the standard of this world, which is never ending. 

And we may make sure, that if anyone were to see our house, must be shocked. And must admit that we have a unique personality, and be impressed on the heaven we built ourselves. By getting fully devoted to such acts, we forget the never ending life, which is after death, and which will last for eternity. 

These are over commitments, which lead us to being busy, up to the point of stress, heart attacks, nervous breakdowns, blood pressures, diabetes, and many other diseases as a result. Just because we want to maintain our showing off and busy lifestyle. 

Dreams of life are that which comes from Satan, so that we may make sure that we never die, and ensure all comforts are in place for ourselves, families, and guests. 

And we make sure that we are only praised, and whomever sees us he should praise us, and call us a great, creative, smart, and brilliant. 

The real praises are only for Allah, and we must realize his greatness and the endless blessings which he bestowed upon us for our comfort of life. 

Satan ensures that we worship him, by obeying our  unlawful desires, which eventually leads us towards Kufr (disbelief), by teaching us to  make sure that all praises are only for us. 

We work hard to build our status and wealth, regardless of the diseases we may face as a result. 

We forget, that usually it is busy, worldly successful people who finally reached their goals and achievements for worldly success are the ones who mostly suffer. By the time they reach their goals, they start to lose their health in normal conditions, or by having major diseases such as blood pressure, heart attacks, cancer and so on. Their hard work and earnings pay off the balance of their lives in medical treatment and hospital bills, all the hospitals are always full of them. All the money they earned, regardless lawful or unlawful, involve in diseases like cancer, or many other deadly diseases. 

The achievements of this life are similar to one eating the highest grade food and the highest grade restraunt, eat but have to digest it, turning in to waste. LIkewise we work our whole lives earning, but once we die, it all goes to waste. Excluding the one who works towards his soul, and is obedient to the laws of Allah and the examples of the Prophet .

They pay hospital bills for the rest of their lives, with all of their hard work earning, they strived their entire lives to earn. 

Which they fought over when they were healthy, so they may make sure that every dollar they earn is smartly used, and no one takes a single cent from them. And all needy people are only faking, and do not deserve any money from them, and Satan teaches them, that this is the way it is suppose to be. After they involve in disease, all of their earning they ready to pay so that they become normal again. We can visit any hospital and see how many rich people are sitting there, with the hope that they will become normal one day, and will have the same life they had when they started from their youth, to enjoy their money. We can admire our busy life, what did we gain from this crown we put on ourselves, by the word busy? So people may admire that we are very valuable, and they will be lucky to even talk to us. 

Those who claim to be busy and successful people, there is nothing wrong being a true Muslim to be successful. The same day we spend without the examples of the Holy Prophet, is the day of ours that goes to waste. If someone were to follow the enlightened examples of the Holy Prophet, it never changes a person, regardless of his status, his soul follows it, and no one would see him to be outdated from his face or looks. It is only for us to say they sayings of the Holy Prophet in our life routines according to the situation they are needed in such as, waking up, going to the restroom, etc. This saves us from all calamities and problems, and we realize the greatness of our Provider. Being a Muslim, our day will be very satisfactory for us. Any busy person, whenever he realizes being a Muslim, he feels guilt. There is no special requirements we just have to say those words which would take 15 or 20 seconds, and it will bring us towards the path of the laws of Allah here and in the hereafter, and inshallah we do not fall in to the categories of a hypocrite (Munafiq) or Kaafir. 

When we start our days instead of thinking about our routines and chores, we should realize Allah by saying that which the holy Prophet taught us to realize, while doing our daily actions.

Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi ahyaana ba'da ma amaatana wa ilaihin nushur.

Praise is to Allah Who bring us life after He has brought us death and unto Him is the return.

When we say this we realize that we were dead and not in our senses, but by Allah's will we came back to our senses. There are some who sleep, while breathing, they go in to a coma, and never wake up. There is a man who works in a hospital in Houston Texas, who has experienced patients who beg their attendants not to unplug their lives, when they wake from the coma. They do not worry about their bank balances, business, or about the condition. Their living off the machines in the hospitals. They are those who are depending on their life insurances. There bills are all paid, but they cannot feel it because they are "dead". There houses are all set with luxurious furniture, their building are still there, but it is useless because they are not using it, and wasted the most essential time of their lives to earn it, however when the time to use it came, they fall in to a coma, and everything they earned becomes useless.The crowned busy person forgets, that a second in his life will come, while he is busy, will take him away forever from his wealth, status, families, relatives, and friends.

 We must remind ourselves, of the following dua:

"Our Lord, no one can ever deprive aught of what You have bestowed and no one can ever give aught of what You have deprived."  

Laa ilaaha illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu. Lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa 'alaa kulli shai'in Qadeer.

Subhaan Allahi, wa-hamdu lilaahi, wa laa ilaaha illallaahu, wa llaahu akbar, wa laa hawla wa laa Quwwata illa billaahi-'Aliyyil-Aadheem, Rabbigh firlee

There is none worthy of worship but Allah alone. Who has no partner, His is the dominion and to Him belongs all praises. And He is able to do all things, glory be unto Allah, praises be to Allah, there is none worthy of worship but Allah. Allah is the gracious, their is no mighty, and no power except by Allah's leave, the Exalted, the Mighty, my Lord, forgive me.

After realizing all of Allah's power, which is out of human comprehension, we cannot do anything by ourselves, and we cannot save ourselves from a calamity. When our soul realizes this, then that is a insurance from Allah for the day, and we come under the umbrella of his protection. Instead of thinking about our routines and chores every morning, or by starting our day with music and the news, from our alarm clocks.

Today as we know, restrooms became a library, where people would sit comfortably, and read their magazines and newspapers, instead of doing our business and leaving immediately.

If we were to sit and contemplate, we could come up with more then mentioned in this article. 

BORED

After all of these achievements mentioned above from the busy lifestyle, lets realize when we are bored. This comes in our minds immediately, because we worked so hard, and deserve a break.

How does Satan work with us, he fills us with ideas to enjoy our time, and plan for weekends or holidays. He shows all work should be done in our holidays, so we make sure that our house becomes more up to date, or to make sure we have all our groceries and things we need. We look from store to store, to make sure we find something unique and unusual at a give away price. Our evenings on holidays are spent in having a movie, or worrying about worldly matters. Or planning a vacation or a picnic. And we make sure ourselves, our wives, and children are up to date, from hair designing to all of our useless things filled in our houses. So we make sure, our time is worthwhile to use, and not to be relaxed. Some people, who do not have enough things to do, are lazy and are bored because they have nothing to do, so all they do is rent movies for a dollar. Satan ensures, that our time must be killed in worldly affairs, regardless if we are building an empire for our children, or if we are relaxing. He wants to catch us from both windows, so he can make sure we do not turn to our provider, our creator and sustainer, who is the all knower of each and every second in our lives, what we reveal and conceal. We forget that we claim to be a mother, father, brother sister, husband or wife, these relations have nothing to do with a soul, when we leave from this world. We must realize our time and activities, because what we feed in our brains day and night about worldly matters, and we ignore Allah. So how can these things work, being a Muslim? We can imagine the treatment given to those who denied Allah's law, and the prophets examples, what treatment will they face?

The Prophet said, "When a human being is laid in his grave and his companions return and he even hears their foot steps, two angels come to him and make him sit and ask him: What did you use to say about this man, Muhammad ? He will say: I testify that he is Allah's slave and His Apostle. Then it will be said to him, 'Look at your place in the Hell-Fire. Allah has given you a place in Paradise instead of it.' " The Prophet added, "The dead person will see both his places. But a non-believer or a hypocrite will say to the angels, 'I do not know, but I used to say what the people used to say! It will be said to him, 'Neither did you know nor did you take the guidance (by reciting the Quran).' Then he will be hit with an iron hammer between his two ears, and he will cry and that cry will be heard by whatever approaches him except human beings and jinns. (It was narrated by Anas (R.A), in Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 23, Number 422)

BORED AND BUSY, has to be changed, before the second comes, and we close our eyes and account for our deeds. 

One is "bored" when we relax from our busy life, right away this world comes in our mind.

Then we look at entertainments immediately, to think how we can pass our time. Maybe rent a movie, or go out for food, some songs, the question is why?

And the life of this world is nothing but play and amusement. But far better is the house in the Hereafter for those who are Al­Muttaqûn (the pious - see V.2:2). Will you not then understand? (6:22)

Because Satan keeps us away from the connection with Allah, so we cannot think about him. 

And indeed he (Satan) did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did you not, then, understand? (36:62)

As one can see today, when one is working at the workplace, or on the telephone holding time, or while traveling in a car, or on air plane, there is music everywhere. And most of the places, there is also a TV, or even when we are on vacation, it seems to be in today's world that one cannot live without music. And during our "busy" or "bored" time.

Lets say for example, while we are trying to struggle with our busy life, or when we are bored we are entertaining ourselves, and in the mean time the angel of death comes, wouldn't that be a very big surprise? What we forgot all about. And after that whatever heavily we are involved in that will be coming out of our mouth during the time of death, or when the angels will question us in the grave. Instead of reading the Shahadah, and remembering Allah and his Messenger, we would world so much and singing the loving songs, which learned from movies, and our "favorite" singers, would be coming out of our mouth. 

The mutual rivalry for piling up of worldly things diverts you, (102:1)

Until you visit the graves (i.e. till you die). (102:2)

Because our mind was always busy and and bored in these matters. From the time when the baby grows until death, the mind is always occupied in experiencing and absorbing new and new things, which records in our memory. So in the grave, our memory instead of remembering the Shahadah before dying, and asking Allah's forgiveness, if we do not know those words, which are especially recommended, we would be treated just like a non-believer. Is it worth it to keep storing in our memory bank only things related to this world? When one is struggling in a life and death situation, and putting pressure on your brain, to remember to seek repentance from Allah, however your brain never received any message from the Qur'an and the examples of our Prophet (SAW), how would you be reminded of those things, when you never stored in your memory bank, the Qur'an and the examples of the Prophet which would help at the time of death and in the grave.

Please remind and train yourself, if one is close to taste death, while someone is harming him with a knife or gun, then how much would we remember and ask protection from Allah during that situation. Then how can we forget the second that would come in our lifetimes that would transfer us to death, and this is only controlled by Allah (SWT). Never listen to Satan who gives us assurance of our life, the way Adam (AS) was given assurance.

Say (O Muhammad SAW to these hypocrites who ask your permission to run away from you): "Flight will not avail you if you flee from death or killing, and then you will enjoy no more than a little while!" (33:16)

...desiring the pomp and glitter of the life of the world; and obey not him whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, one who follows his own lusts and whose affair (deeds) has been lost. (18:28)

Say (O Muhammad SAW): "Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds? (18:103)

"Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds! (18:104)

"They are those who deny the Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of their Lord and the Meeting with Him (in the Hereafter). So their works are in vain, and on the Day of Resurrection, We shall not give them any weight. (18:105)

"That shall be their recompense, Hell; because they disbelieved and took My Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and My Messengers by way of jest and mockery. (18:106)

Author: Souladvisor

Stay in your bed, don’t make a fuss.
Your prayers can wait, give in to your nafs.

What! Go to the mosque, the path you’ll pave?
Don’t bother, think of the gas you’ll save.

Why go the extra miles to be kind?
Don’t share that smile, they won’t mind

Listen to your parents, why should you?
You’re big enough, don’t let them tell you what to do!

Don’t look at those orphans, what could they need?
You have your own problems, and family to feed.

Wear good hijab? Oh me, Oh my, you’ll be targeted as a Muslim and put to shame.
Just wear no makeup, and dress simple and plain.

Don’t worry about Jannah, your place is reserved.
I promise you’ll get all you deserve.

Preach about Islam, and be nice?
Listen to me, and take my advice!!!

Don’t fast during Ramadan, you’ll feel dead.
Don’t go for Hajj, the heat you’ll dread.

Why give charity, or feed the poor?
Don’t do it I say, They’ll just ask for more.

Don’t visit the Muslims, they’ll bite your back.
Don’t stop your work for prayer, it’s money you lack.

Then he makes you hoard your wealth.
He thinks while he talks, and laughs to himself.

You take me as your friend, and don’t give me a fight.
I’ll take you to hell to gain respite.

On the judgement day we will meet.
Allah’s plan we can not defeat.

Shaytan thinks and thinks of more to say.
Say A’ oothoo billahi, and make him run away.

Dear believer, don’t let shaytan put you to the test.
You can overcome him, just do your best.