Comments on: Your Life is a Battle: Here are 7 Ways to Win

By: Fatim Unnisa

Fatim Unnisa — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:15:33 +0000

wow wonderful article.
According to my experience i always make new routine plans and schedules and fail to follow.
It`s because life is so unpredictable.
Sometimes we have to attend party or wedding
sometimes shopping
sometimes guests have come
sometimes not well
sometimes someone is not well
sometimes no electricity so cannot work
sometimes household chores and sometimes maid did not come so have to cook and wash vessels.
So how can we follow a schedule
i end up making one routine sheet where i will just check whether iam wasting time if yes i do something productive.
And i have written in that sheet
two columns one for things or tasks which are time wasters and next time utilisers.

By: Erfan Nobari

Erfan Nobari — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 14:52:56 +0000

May Allah reward you for the motivating words my dear brother Mohammed Faris! I actually recognized myself in point number six, may Allah protect us from arrogance and make us His humble servants.

I have to make a remark concerning the narration which is attributed to the Prophet (peace be upon him) which in he would have said: “We are finished with the lesser jihad; now we are starting the greater jihad.”

This saying isn’t narrated by any of the scholars of the narrations, let alone to be classified as “authentic” or “good” or even “weak”. Since there is no source which relates it back to the Prophet (peace be upon him), we shouldn’t attribute it to him.

And Allah knows best.

By: Aimen Saifullah

Aimen Saifullah — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:59:23 +0000

In reply to Mohammed Faris. JazakAllah brother! :)

By: Aimen Saifullah

Aimen Saifullah — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:49:14 +0000

Salamualaikum brother!

All the points beautifully capture the essentials of a “battle with SELF”. The first tip is hands-down the best. I believe that planning a night before is crucial to achieving the most out of your day as it gives your entire day a clear structure you can follow.

And the part where you mention that little mistakes make you lose your battle for the day- so on-point! Specially the fact that it’s so easy to become a victim of your “phone” or other gadgets in these times.

Most of us wake up in the morning, and right after we turn off the alarm on our phones, we end up surfing through social media to see if we missed anything interesting while we were sleeping :D (I’m guilty of that). And that just kills the productivity for the next few hours.

I would love to read a more detailed version of this article, JazakAllah! :)

By: Mohammed Faris

Mohammed Faris — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:41:54 +0000

In reply to Aimen Saifullah.

Wa alaikum assalam Aimen,

Thank you for your feedback! We’ll definitely be going in depth on some of the above challenges.

Fight on! :)

By: Mohammed Faris

Mohammed Faris — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 08:41:54 +0000

In reply to Aimen Saifullah.

Wa alaikum assalam Aimen,

Thank you for your feedback! We’ll definitely be going in depth on some of the above challenges.

Fight on! :)

By: Mahina Miyuki

Mahina Miyuki — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:56:57 +0000

JazakAllahu Khair! I’m motivated to give it my best tomorrow, inshaAllah!

By: Iqra Begum

Iqra Begum — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 09:07:41 +0000

JazakiAllaahu khairan. This is so empowering especially when ur exams are on ur head. Motivation

By: Mohammed Faris

Mohammed Faris — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 08:47:56 +0000

In reply to Boi-Amina. Awesome! Thanks for your feedback :) Yes, that balance is key.

By: Boi-Amina

Boi-Amina — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 07:35:41 +0000

Mashallah… A great reminder this is. I had fallen into some sort of despair and after a lot of internal reflection was able to bounce back up. I’m continuing to learn to find a good balance between hopefulness and fear without being excessive on either side.