Do you need a hadith to see that ? Even if the hadith is considered weak by Albani, its meaning is still applicable in this day and age. All over the word the richest are those who have their businesses or engaged in some business trade. Whilst the vast majority of the employed by someone are struggling financially…

Agreed. And then there are individuals who are lethargic due to sihr (black magic), others who don’t have the oportunities to do what they wish they could do, others have other obligations, others have problematic parents blocking the road to productivity etc.

To admins.
Is laziness really ALWAYS something you can change when there are factors out of your control?

Me for instance, i get lazy when i smell a smell i don’t like. I have a smell disorder so i am very sensitive to cooking smell, perfume etc and it causes me to lose energy and be unable even though i hate it and wish my body and mind wouldn’t react that way.
I ususally don’t pray right away and often end up praying when it’s only little time left of the prayer because i can’t keep my wudu for long and we “only” have two bathrooms in the house, one is used by my elderly father who gets urine and other najas over things and he is almost always in there so i cant go make wudu there. The other bathroom is shared by three people minimum and is often not available so i have to wait for it to become available, or i will be waiting for bowel movement to happen so i can go to the toilet before praying in order not to lose my wudu during prayer but in order to get a bowel movement i usually have to eat and drink first and then wait for it to happen. I have to make wudu around 5-6 times a day or more, including cleaning discharge, going to the toilet, washing the privste area and other hardship that im not mentioning here. Imagine doing this while your sister often will be banging at the door telling you to hurry up which causes stress and gas. So going up to pray isen’t exactly easy for me so im lazy about it. I do it with laziness because of these obsticles. I didn’t choose this type of laziness yet i worry about it especially whenever i see these verses about the hyocrites who go up to pray with laziness. I pray that Allah will guide me to worship him better which i really want but i currently don’t know how to.

This isen’t the first time i come here for motivation but end up feeling bad and feeling like the artcle is unjust. It’s like they are written by someone with a simplified, unqualified understanding of the greater issue (i mean the articles i have read and not the entire website which i haven’t read). I think i read 3 artcles that have been unrealistic for many who don’t have the means to be and do what the articles suggests yet the article will be written like it’s a fact for everyone and “how it is”. Wallahul musta’an

Salaam. Have you ever considered eating Organic food? When Allah speaks about food in the Qur’an he says:”Halalan Tayyiban” meaning Halal and pure. Pure means in this context the income that you use to purchase the food must be pure and it also means that it must be organic. That is free from chemical pollutants or genetic engineering such as GMOs, MSGs, Pesticides….GMOs and MSG influence our brain and taste and makes us addict it to food hence they cause an uncontrollable impulse to consume more food. People who eat organic food actually eat less food than people who eat non organic food. Not to mention that they are healthier and have more energy! May Allah bless you and all Muslims with lots of energy and self discipline. Ameen.

Fast Monday’s and Thursday’s, wake up for fajr, let’s not forget Adam and Hawa were sent to Earth for eating, don’t take eating so lightly, over eating is a minor sin and is a tool of shaytan.

Eating less also holds some great benefits. Describing these benefits the most eminent scholar of the 20th Century Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi Sahib (rah) who at the age of 25 became an Alim (scholar). For the aid of the muslim ummah (generation) he began writing Kitabs (islamic books) regarding the muslim law in which he wrote a great number of kitabs which come to a calculation of over 950. Until now these kitabs are flourishing around the whole globe very rapidly. His kitabs can be found in every topic: Fiqh (jurisprudence), Qur’an, T.V, Music, etc. An article had been published in a magazine called ‘Al-Mu’min’ in which it states that he has scientifically warned:

“Many sins are the consequences of providing excessive nourishment to the stomach, i.e.. Abstain from haram food. Do not become addicted to delicious food. Do not eat excessively. Leave some space in the stomach, i.e.. Do not eat to satiation.
The benefits of eating less are:
1. The heart remains pure. This leads to recognition of the Ni’mat (bounties) of Allah (sw).
2. Love for Allah (sw) develops in the purified heart.
3. Mercy and Tenderness become the attributes of the heart.
4. Pleasure is experienced in Du’aa (supplication) and Zikr (rememberence of Allah)
5. Pride and Rebellion of the Nafs are restraint and eliminated.
6. The difficulty of even a little hunger leads to abstention from sins. The inclination for sins
decreases.
7. One stays healthy.
8. One feels less sleepy, and laziness in regard to Tahajjud (a virtuous prayer read between
the night and morning) and other acts of Ibaadah (worship) is uprooted.