It was reported from Umar ibn al-Khattab: “إني لأكره أن أرى أحدكم سبهللاً، لا في عمل دنيا ولا في عمل آخرة.” I truly hate a person who is idle, doing no work for this world nor for the Hereafter.” It really made me sit and think. How much time do we let pass doing nothing of real value? Not building our dunya… and not investing in our akhirah. Just drifting. This quote is heavy because it removes excuses. You are either working towards something… or you are being idle/empty. Even rest has a purpose. But mindless time? That’s what costs us. It made me reflect on how intentional I actually am with my time. Am I using it in a way that benefits me in this life or the next? A believer should not be empty. We should be people of action. People of purpose. People who are always trying — even if it’s small. Because time is passing anyway. The question is: what are we filling it with?

In the recent call, Mohammed spoke about the importance of having a POS,to live with intention and purpose. When you don’t have that clear purpose or meaning in what you’re doing: Your attention starts to drift and pulled in different directions by doubts, distractions, and uncertainty. It becomes easier to lose focus, to keep switching tasks, causing your mind to be scattered all over the place and to slowly lose sight of what actually matters to you. This is known as psychic entropy, having a system without an objective. A POS can prevent this. Enabling intentional action, to stop relying on your mood and distractions, while also keeping yourself aligned with your true goals and values.

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Your energy is not a battery that you keep draining until you have nothing left. Your energy is a generator. And a generator does not work by being forced. It works when it is fuelled, maintained, and connected to the right source. Sometimes we blame ourselves for being “lazy” when the real issue is that we are trying to operate in a way we were never built to sustain. You cannot expect clarity from a mind that is overloaded. You cannot expect discipline from a body that is neglected. You cannot expect barakah in your work if your soul is disconnected from Allah. Working with your energy is not weakness It is wisdom. It means knowing when to push, when to pause, when to reflect, when to act, and when to return back to Allah before returning back to the task. Because not every low-energy moment is a failure.Sometimes it is feedback. Feedback that your system needs refining. Feedback that your sleep, food, training, environment, or spiritual connection needs attention. The successful person is not the one who burns themselves out trying to prove they are disciplined. The successful person is the one who learns how to operate with ihsan — with excellence, awareness, and intention. Don’t fight your energy. Understand it. Fuel it Direct it. Because when your energy is connected to the right intention, even small actions can carry huge barakah.

Every action is judged by its intention. If you want Barakah in your marriage, career, or children, then turn your daily activities into acts of worship by making the heartfelt desire that you are doing those actions for Allah. Iman Al-Haddad said: “Utter no word, do no action , and decide no matter without the intention of drawing nearer thereby to Allah…” The messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: “He who intends to do a good deed, but he does not do it, then Allah records it for him as a full good deed, but if he carries of his intention then Allah the Exalted, writes it down for him as from ten to seven hundred folds, and even more. But if he intends to do an evil act and has not done it, then Allah writes for him a good deed, but if he intends it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed.” Why does Allah reward all three? First off, every intention in the above scenarios is a sincere intention, meaning the person firmly resolves to do something. These are not wishful thinking intentions Secondly ,if someone has a habit of resolving to do something and they fail at it - either because they lacked determination or they were unable to - the fact remains that this is a person that who is trying to do good. Usually , it’s only a matter of time before this person acts on their good intentions. Similarly, If someone resolves to do bad and then decided against it, or is unable to act on it , Allah rewards him depending on what stops him.If it’s fear of Allah , then that’s a sign that his heart is purer than the inclinations of his self. And if circumstances simply didn’t add up ,the realisation that the sin would’ve caused serious harm will deter him from having such intentions in the future. Thirdly, sometimes, you want to achieve something sincerely for Allah , but the life circumstances get in the way. Instead of giving up hope, you’re encouraged to make sincere intention anyway.This is not about wishful thinking.this is about people who are constantly thinking of how to please Allah, and sometimes all a person has is sincere intentions given there circumstances.