If you ever felt that you 'lost' materially due to choosing what Allah loves, remember:

والله خير وأبقى Allah is better and more enduring (20:73)

والله خير الرازقين Allah is the best of providers (62:11)

And He does 'not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good' (12:56)

This verse specifically addresses Friday prayers, but its message applies to all obligatory prayers. Pause and reflect—how many of us actually stop everything when the adhan is called? How many of us continue with work, meetings, or even entertainment, as if the adhan is just background noise? Allah commands us to hasten, not delay. But what do we do? We prioritize the dunya (worldly matters) and place Allah second. Solat (prayer) is an opportunity to remember Him, to put Him above all else. Yet we remain busy, claiming to be 'earning a living.' The irony is that the One commanding us to leave our worldly affairs and turn to Him in prayer is the same One who provides that livelihood. Noti

وَإِذَا رَأَوْا۟ تِجَـٰرَةً أَوْ لَهْوًا ٱنفَضُّوٓا۟ إِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَآئِمًۭا ۚ قُلْ مَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنَ ٱللَّهْوِ وَمِنَ ٱلتِّجَـٰرَةِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ ١١

Trade and entertaiment (tijaaratun and lahwun). They are the main distraction, a heavy factors that bring people away from remembering Allah.

In my case, the trade is my working time. I have pledged my time to my employee. Sometimes the responsibility embedded in such pledge forces me to, in some way, put Allah's command aside or put it to a second, third, fourth priority. Astaghfirullah. And the entertainment, for me, is mainly the Arsenal football game.🫣😖

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