{"_id":"67685ae2bc817803e25898de","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"What’s considered haram in wasting time, especially if you may be injured and not feeling well? If fulfilling all obligations of prayer and such, is it okay to lay down all day? Or is that considered haram since ur not benefiting? Also, can someone judge you for how you choose to spend your time?\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"background\":\"transparent\",\"color\":\"#000000\"},\"insert\":\"What’s considered haram in wasting time, especially if you may be injured and not feeling well? If fulfilling all obligations of prayer and such, is it okay to lay down all day? Or is that considered haram since ur not benefiting? Also, can someone judge you for how you choose to spend your time?\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"As long as an individual fulfills their fundamental duties to Allah—such as performing the five prayers—and attends to responsibilities towards others, like caring for children or parents, as well as their own well-being, like maintaining good health, they aren't committing a sin by solely adhering to the obligatory. This aligns with the essence of what \\\"fard\\\" entails, illustrated in hadiths, such as the one involving the bedouin who pledged to abide by the obligatory, and the Prophet Muhammad, ﷺ , didn't refute his statement.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"Should someone fulfill these obligations and choose to spend their time idly, it doesn't constitute a sin, yet it deprives them of immense spiritual growth. Recognizing that fulfilling obligations represents the baseline, we should strive for higher spiritual levels in this life and the next. Although there'll be ample time for leisure in the afterlife, utilizing our brief earthly existence to ascend spiritually ensures a superior place in Paradise.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"Allah ﷻ says in a hadith Qudsi:\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"\\\"The most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have made obligator upon him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (praying or doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I become his sense of hearing with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My protection (Refuge), I will protect him; (i.e. give him My Refuge) and I do not hesitate to do anything as I hesitate to take the soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to disappoint him.\\\"\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"While it's inappropriate to criticize others for not surpassing the obligatory, it's commendable to encourage such actions. Even the Prophet Muhammad, ﷺ, urged loved ones like Ali and Fatima to engage in extra prayers without shaming them for not doing so.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"Finally, if someone is incapacitated due to injury, rather than idling away time or endlessly staring at a screen, it's advisable to dedicate time to reciting or listening to the Quran, listening to classes, or engaging in dhikr (remembrance of Allah).\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fff0b76658b4c232b60","tag":"Worship: Other","count":54},{"_id":"67685ae2bc817803e25898dc","tag":"Free Time","count":2}],"createdOn":"2024-12-22T18:30:58.219Z"}