How does a person address procrastination...? | Sayyid Moneer Al-Khabaaz | #Ramadan Reflections

How does a person address procrastination in their work and actions?
Sayyid Moneer Al-Khabaaz, The Holy City of Najaf

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BIOGRAPHY
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Sayyid Moneer al-Khabbaz, is a scholar, thinker, author, and professor of Islamic sciences. At the age of 14, he traveled to the Holy City of #Najaf to begin his training in the Islamic seminary. He studied under renowned scholars such as Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abulqasim al-Khoei, Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Murtada al-Boroujerdi, Grand Ayatollah Mirza Jawad Tabrizi, Grand Ayatollah Wahid Khorasani, and Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani.

Under the tutelage of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, he benefited greatly in the study of Usool, or principles of jurisprudence, as well as an extensive examination of modern sciences and their correlation with Islamic sciences. He has authored numerous publications, two of which have been translated in English: 1) The Mahdi: Understanding the Awaited One, and 2) Begin with Praise: Inspirations from Du’a al-Iftitah.

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A person teeters between two states.
A state of fear and a state of false hope in time.
The first state is fear.
Fear gives a person the feeling that they cannot do a task.
Or that they cannot accomplish it with perfection.
This fear that they cannot do or perfect the task
makes them falter in performing it.
They begin to delay and procrastinate.
The second state is false hope in time.
Many of us delay our tasks because we have time.
There is still time, or there's a better time, or I'll do it in my free time.
This leads to delay and procrastination.
Thus, delay and procrastination go back to two states.
Fear and false hope in time and its permanence.
Both these states are addressed by our faith.
For the first state, Imam #Ali (a) said,
"If you fear something, tackle it.
For your waiting on it is harder than tackling it."
In other words, do not give in to fear.
Be a rational person.
A rational person studies a task before approaching it.
If its advantages are greater than its disadvantages, he will do it.
Because he is a rational individual.
Even if there is some fear or caution in the heart.
So long as advantages are greater than its disadvantages, he will do it.
The second state is false hope in time.
Time is like a knife, if you don't cut it, it will cut you.
Time does not stay. It is not everlasting.
Every minute that passes will never come back.
Be proactive in your endeavors before time and opportunities are lost.
The Noble Quran says, "So take the lead in all good works."
Hasten in doing good works.
The Messenger of #God (s) says,
"If you wish to undertake a task, think of its consequences.
If they are good, then do it."
In other words, do not stop, delay, or procrastinate.
Hasten and take the lead in doing good work; all good work.
Do not leave a place for procrastination in your heart.
Rid yourself of fear.
Rid yourself of false hope in time by being proactive.
Time will not have mercy on you.
So be proactive and hasten.
Especially utilizing the Month of #Ramadan by reciting the Quran,
Recommender prayers, supplications, and repentance.
Time is like a knife, if you don't cut it, it will cut you.

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