بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

ASSALAMALIKUM BROTHER & SISTER.


What Can You Do In 10 Minutes?


Here is a list of 10 things that would not take more than 10 minutes of our time. And if we truly understood the happiness these actions bring in this life and the next, we would spend our life in dedication to these deeds:


#10. Pray 2 rakaat (Salat-ul-Duha) anytime after sunrise and before Salat-ul-Dhuhr
Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu-anhu) reported: My khaleel, Allah's Messenger (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) has instructed me to do three things: (1) three fasts during every month, (2) two rak'ahs of the forenoon prayer, and (3) observing Witr prayer before going to bed. [Sahih Muslim: Book 004, Chapter Number 107, Hadith Number 1558].

#09. Pray for Rasul Allah (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam)
Abu Huraira (Radi-Allahu-anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) said: "He who blesses me once, Allah would bless him ten times." [Sahih Muslim: Book 004, Chapter Number 015, Hadith Number 808].

#08. Repeat what the mu'adhdhin is saying
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As (Radi-Allahu-anhu): A man said: Apostle of Allah (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam), the mu'adhdhins excel us. The Apostle of Allah (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) said: "Say (the same words) as they say, and when you come to the end, make a petition and that will be granted to you." [Sunan Abu-Dawud: Book 2, Hadith Number 524].

#07. Say Subhan-Allah - How far Allah is from imperfection! –100 times
Mus'ab ibn Sa'd (Radi-Allahu-anhu) reported that his father told him that he had been in the company of Allah's Messenger (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) that he said: Is one amongst you powerless to get one thousand virtues every day. Amongst those who had been sitting there, one asked: How one amongst us can get one thousand virtues every day? He said: Recite: "Subhan-Allah" one hundred times for (by reciting them) one thousand virtues are recorded (to your credit) and one tbousand vices are blotted out. [Sahih Muslim: Book 035, Chapter Number 010, Hadith Number 6517].

#06. Play with your children for the sake of Allah
Jabir (Radi-Allahu-anhu) narrates: We were with Allah's Messenger (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) on our way to an invitation to a meal when we passed Al-Husayn playing in the alley with some Ansar children. Allah's Messenger () walked a little faster to go and play with him. He stuck out his hand to take him, but Al-Husayn ran here and there squealing gleefully until Allah's Messenger caught him. Then he (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) held his chin with one hand and his head with the other and kissed Al-Husayn and hugged him [Al-Adab al-Mufrad by Al-Bukhari: Chapter 19, Number 170].

#05. Make du’a often during times of ease
Rasul Allah (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) said, "Whoever it pleases that Allah answer his supplications during times of calamity and hardship, let him increase his supplication amidst the times of ease" [Sunan al-Tirmidhi and Al Hakim]

Bonus: Say the Dhikr after Making Wudu
Rasul Allah (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) said, "If anyone of you, after perfecting his wudu, says, 'Ash hadu an laa ilaaha illAllah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan 'Abduhu wa Rasooluh (I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is his slave and Messenger), the eight gates of Jannah will open for him and he will be permitted to enter from whichever he wishes" [Sahih Muslim: Book 002, Chapter Number 004, Hadith Number 451]

#04. Pick up the phone to call your mother (or a close relative) and tell them that you love them
Rasul Allah (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) said, "The Wasil (One who fulfils the rights of his ties of kinship) is not the one who does good when family members do good (and bad when they are bad). The Wasil is the one who, when family members cut him off he does good to them" (Interpretation of Al-Bukhari).

#03. Take a few minutes to stop and contemplate Allah's amazing creation, of your eyes, voice, and entire body
Allah says in the Qur'an:
"And on the earth are signs for those who have Faith with certainty. And also in your ownselves, will you not then see (and contemplate)?" (Surah Ad-Dhariyat: Chapter Number 051, Ayat 20-21)

#02. Share a part of your lunch with someone
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) as saying: "Abu Dharr, when you prepare the broth, add water to that and give that (as a present) to your neighbour." [Sahih Muslim: Book 032, Chapter Number 40, Hadith Number 6357]

And the number one deed you can do in less then 10 minutes...


#01. Make du'a for your brother in his absence
Rasul Allah (SallAllahu 'alayhi wa'alihi wa'sallam) said, “If a person prays for his (or her) brother in their absence (without them knowing), an angel (hears the du'a) and replies, ‘Ameen! And may Allah give you the same” (Musnad Ahmad and Sunan al-Tirmidhi).


In fact, whenever the Sahaabah and Taabi'een wanted their du'a to be answered quickly, they would ask the same thing for their brother in order to get the angel to reply, ‘Ameen! And may Allah give you the same.’


In sha Allah, let's all try at the very least to find one deed from this list and implement it in this coming week. After it has become habit, try another deed and so on. This is how we can all grow.


JAZAKALLAH KHAIR