The Productive Muslim: Where faith meets productivity

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No compromises. The discipline to give up all your work and life’s distractions to perform salah strengthens your willpower to live a purposeful life. Just as you endeavor to be punctual for meetings with your colleagues or project team mates, you should perform your salah on time. Jun 17 Why Being Disorganized is Detrimental to The Iman and 6 Steps to Get Organized (25 Comments) Jul 1 Are you living the best version of yourself: Spiritually, Physically, & Socially? (0 Comments) The book explores spiritual productivity, emphasizing the significance of spiritual energy, focus, and time management. It provides guidance on nurturing one’s connection with Allah and incorporating spirituality into daily routines to enhance overall productivity. Nov 13 [Animation – Episode 3] Habits of Happy Productive Muslim Couples: They’re The Comfort of Each Other’s Eyes (18 Comments)

After you pray your istikharah prayer, see what your heart is inclined towards and write it down in the Istikharah notepad. Oct 16 Parents, Let’s Stop Yelling! Effective Tips to Help You Stop Yelling at Your Kids (19 Comments) Oct 31 [Animation – Episode 1] Habits of Happy Productive Muslim Couples: They Love Each Other for the Sake of Allah (56 Comments) Aug 22 Please Stop Pretending and Just Face It: There’s Nothing ‘Special’ About Special Needs! (115 Comments)

The book is well edited, structured in a mostly-logical manner, and contains dozens of productivity boosting tips. My personal favorite section is the chapter on spiritual productivity and especially the details about the benefits of Salah. This chapter is a must-read for every believer. Your nafs is a subtle substance that comes into existence when our souls and bodies meet in this world. It is the part of us that has desires, likes and dislikes, and particular inclinations based on pleasure and pain. As Dr. Abdallah Rothman outlines in this article, while the nafs is not bad in and of itself, it has the tendency to lead us away from Allah SWT because it tends to be attached to this world. Our challenge – as spiritual beings – is to train and discipline the nafs to turn towards Allah and not be connected to this temporal world so that it can be successful in the hereafter. Make your desk nice and clean and remove the clutter of paperwork on your desk (Try to put all the stuff on your desk on the floor and only the item you’re working on on your desk, your focus will improve immensely!)

Say [Prophet], ‘I have no control over benefit or harm, [even] to myself, except as God may please: if I had knowledge of what is hidden, I would have abundant good things, and no harm could touch me. I am no more than a bearer of warning and good news to those who believe.“ Quran 7:188 Dec 19 What I Learned From Interviewing 19 Muslim Experts About Islam and Personal Development (4 Comments)

If you study the seerah (life of Prophet Muhammad ) with specific focus on his daily and regular routines, it is an eye-opener. How meticulous he was in planning every aspect of his day; how he prioritized tasks; how serious he was about keeping his word and how he kept his speech precise and not indulging in idle talk. He was the best of creation, Khayru-l-Khalq, and it is natural we should learn from his example. Below are five lessons on time-management that we can draw from the Prophet’s enormously productive and purpose-driven life. Now that we have reviewed the significance of Imam Hussain’s (AS) movement, we realize that what happened in Karbala was not a simple battle. This event’s lessons of morality and humanity are not only limited to one place or a specific group of people but reach out to every human being, regardless of their religion, nationality, or time. Nov 21 [Animation – Episode 4] Habits of Happy Productive Muslim Couples: They are grateful to one another (38 Comments) Faris essentially views productivity as a product of three factors: Focus, Time, and Energy. The book goes into a lot more detail, but I won’t spoil it for the readers of this review. After settling on a definition, Faris sets about understanding how to maximise productivity in light of Islamic guidance. The author has a genuinely original perspective on this area, a rare feat considering how saturated the market is. Reading the Quran and contemplating over its stories, examples and even rulings can help us have a more creative and analytic mind, and this is aside from the miraculous impact that reciting the Quran has on human soul and body "We send down in the Quran that which is a cure and mercy for the faithful…" (17: 82) 7. A Productive Muslim Takes Practical steps

By an act of mercy from God, you [Prophet] were gentle in your dealings with them- had you been harsh, or hard-hearted, they would have dispersed and left you- so pardon them and ask forgiveness for them. Consult with them about matters, then, when you have decided on a course of action, put your trust in God: God loves those who put their trust in Him.” Quran 3:159 Apr 26 Do You Find it Difficult to Make a Decision? Here Are 7 Powerful Secrets about Ultimate Decision Making (9 Comments)

Therefore, keep a "to-do list" of your goals and plans for your years, months, weeks, and days. That will help you find less time in front of the TV, thinking that there is nothing else left to be done. It is inspired by the guidance of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He taught his companions to seek istikharah (goodness) from Allah SWT and istisharah (counsel) from people whenever they have a decision to make.