Think about your habits. Hitting snooze despite sleeping eight hours. Promising yourself you'd start the day strong, then scrolling through Instagram. We treat time like it's infinite.

Ibn al-Qayyim said: wasting time is worse than death. Death separates you from people. Wasting time separates you from Allah.

We obsess over finances. Check our balance religiously. Freak out over a $20 overdraft. But we bleed hours daily without blinking. If time had the same visibility as money, we'd panic at how broke we actually are.

The Prophet (ﷺ) warned us: health and free time are two blessings people don't appreciate until they're gone. And as we all know, we;re only getting busier. Life doesn't slow down.

He (ﷺ) also gave us this reality check: Seize five before five arrives—your youth before aging, health before illness, wealth before poverty, free time before being busy, and life before death.

Notice how three of those five are time-related?

Optimizing your time doesn't mean praying 24/7. It means intentionality. Renew your niyah for meals, workouts, even leisure. Make them tools that support your ultimate goal and everything has purpose.

Steve Jobs wore the same black turtleneck every day. He refused to waste mental energy choosing outfits when he had bigger problems to solve. If billionaires obsess over minutes, what's our excuse when we're chasing something infinitely more valuable?

Imagine if Muslims actually maximized our hours with that same intensity. We'd dominate every field. Education. Tech. Medicine. Leadership.

It starts with one person. Why not you?

Time is a sword. Use it to carve something, or get cut with it.

And the smartest people don’t just manage time. They convert it into impact.

A masjid being built right now in Africa will host prayers, Qur’an, barakah, and generations of learning long after this email is forgotten.

Long after we are.

Click here to build what outlives you.

Reflect on this:

What's stealing hours from you daily that serves no real purpose?

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