|
In a discourse, Maulāna Ashraf Ali Thānvi rehmatullāhi alayh mentioned that idleness is the root of all evil. Shaytān seeks those who are idle to make them involve with his mischief. One old sheikh was walking along with his servant when they saw a man sitting idly on the side of the road. The Sheikh passed by without saying salaam. On the way back the sheikh saw the same man on the side of the road, but this time he has a small branch in his hand and was making marks on the dusty road. The Sheikh said salaam to him. The servant asked his master about the difference in treatment. The Sheikh replied that when he was idle, Shaytān was closer to him and when he busied himself with making marks on the road, Shaytān became distant from him. Even though this action of his was also not beneficial as well, it was safer than being idle. Malfuzāt Hakīmul Ummat Malfuz # 331 – vol. 1 pg. 250 We all know the English equivalent of this saying, “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop”. This is a fact which even the psychologists accept in the light of modern medicine. Hazrat Mufti Saheb said, “One wastes time when one has the free time to waste. So schedule yourself such that you are not left with any free time. Fill your day with such tasks which are religiously oriented and stick by the policy. You will see that your time will be spent in path of Allah doing His work and gaining His pleasure. This will also attain you a unique satisfaction in the end of the day, when out of sheer tiredness you will rest your head on the pillow”.
|
