While we are cleansing our souls and bodies during Ramadan, why not take this opportunity to cleanse our schedules as well? Ramadan is the perfect time to go lean and cut away the unnecessary activities that lead us to a reduced state of productivity. Now that’s a broad area to handle. So in this article we
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[Ramadan Series] Rethinking Time Management this Ramadan: Part 3
Major Time Management Considerations 1. Sleep As alluded to already, one may have to adjust one’s sleep pattern. The Sunnah of sleeping after Zuhr (qaylula), is practised by many to help them re-energise. For workers fasting, the time immediately upon arriving home is ideal. Sleep can also stave off hunger. Just remember to make an intention before flopping down in exhaustion! An oft-neglected Sunnah is to talk
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[Ramadan Series] Rethinking Time Management this Ramadan: Part 2
Ramadan’s Inbuilt Time Management System Despite the plethora of time management systems, methods, organizers and techniques, the best have been often the simplest. Being able to schedule all your activities is actually the most efficient way of utilizing our time. That’s why schools, colleges, universities, businesses and countless other institutions do it. When you have a set programme to follow, you get things
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[Ramadan Series] Changing Habits in Ramadan
The manager of Productive Muslim – who also happens to be in my Habits for Allah GoogleGroup – asked me recently to write an article regarding changing habits in Ramadan. Since Ramadan is an excellent time to form habits, I agreed to share some key principles.I shall discuss the key ahadith about habit forming, the method
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[Ramadan Series] Rethinking Time Management this Ramadan: Part 1
The Time Management Imperative Before we begin, it’s worth reminding ourselves why Ramadan has a time management imperative. David Allen, creator of the world famous GTD system, has explained that when we want to do anything at any given moment, there are four criteria which should determine our choices: context, time available, energy and priority. If you think carefully, all
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The Concept of Time from Our Scholars (Part 3 of Series on Time)
In the last two articles [The Concept of Time in Quran – Part1 & The Concept of Time in Hadith -Part2] we mentioned some of the remarkable concepts and attitudes towards time in both Qur’an and Hadith. To see the fruits of practicing these principles, we can observe the statements and examples of our pious predecessors from the
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