"Whoever truly trusts Allah in attaining something, he attains it."

[Madarij al-Salikin | 2/114]

Abdullah ibn Masud رضي الله عنه said:

“I hate to see a man completely idle —

striving neither for his dunya

nor for his akhirah.” (Al-Ḥilyah)

No work.

No ibadah.

That is not rest —

that is decay.

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> Imām al-Sakhāwī (raḥimahullāh)

Whoever rectifies his inner self, Allah will rectify his outer state.

— Umar ibn Khattab

Al-Hasan al-Basei رحمه الله said:

“If you saw the companions, you would say: ‘They are crazy.’ And if they saw you, they would say: ‘These are not Muslims.’”

(Ḥilyat al-Awliyāʾ)

The standard changed.

Not the deen —

but the people.

After you break free

from social media addiction,

you will realize:

Others moved ahead.

Some memorized the Qur’an.

Some mastered tajwid.

Some grew in knowledge.

While you sat — scrolling.

Your life didn’t pause.

It moved.

And you are now

closer to your grave

than you think.

Reflect —

before regret becomes useless.

You leave beneficial circles —

others take your place.

You stay away from the masjid —

others fill the rows.

You abandon the Qur’an —

others carry it in their hearts.

You distance yourself from Allah —

others draw closer.

Understand this clearly:

Nothing you left

needed you.

The loss

is entirely yours.

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The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

“You will never leave something for the sake of Allah except that He replaces it with something better.” [Musnad Ahmad 23074]

You think you’re losing.

But you’re being upgraded.

Let go

for His sake.