Self-discipline is when the desire to become the highest version of yourself outweighs the desire for cheap pleasures.
A thread on reaching your potential:
❝Beware of every hour and how it passes, and only spend it in the best possible way, do not neglect yourself, but render it accustomed to the noblest and best of actions, and send to your grave that which will please you when you arrive to it.❞
— Ibn Qayyim
Shaykh al-Islām ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said,
"The one who abandons prayer is worse than a thief, an alcoholic drinker, an adulterer, and a cannabis consumer."
[Majmoo' al-Fatāwa 22/50]
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said,
“The state of a person in the grave will be like the state of the heart in the chest; in bliss or facing punishment, imprisoned or roaming freely. If you want to know what your state in the grave will be like, then look at the state of your heart in
Sabr isn't easy, sabr is torn, sabr is feeling alone, sabr is swallowing insults, sabr is smiling covering tears, sabr is crying for the response of Allah. Allah says: “Behold, I am near.” (2:186)
Are you waiting for Dhuhr prayer? I have a gift for you. Pray Duha prayer. What is Salāt al Duha? It is an optional two-rakʿah prayer that the Prophet ﷺ prayed frequently and advised the companions to pray, It’s benefits are vasts and its time is between sunrise and Dhuhr.
The Day of Judgement
You will be naked and barefooted. The sun will be right above you, blazing. Its heat will be unbearable, causing everyone to sweat profusely, with some fully drowning in their sweat. However, the special believers will be shaded under the shade of Allah’s Throne.
The Day will feel never-ending and gruelling: the worldly life will feel like a fleeting moment in comparison to this Day. It will be equivalent to 50,000 years.
The angels will be lined up in straight rows. You will be gathered with everyone in one plain: animals, humans, believers, disbelievers, from the beginning of the creation to its end.
Imagine the sheer number of people all gathered together in one space!
Your regrets will consume you: everything will be revealed and everyone will be humbled. The sinners will stare in horror, the hearts of the tyrants will leap into their throats, and the oppressors will be terrified. “Allah will hold the whole earth, and roll up the heavens in His Right Hand. Then He will say, ‘I am the King! Where are the kings of the earth?’” (Bukhārī). On that Day, all authority will solely belong to Allah — The One, The All-Dominant.
You will run away from your brother, spouse, parents, children and they will run away from you too. The sinner will wish that he could ransom himself with his own children, spouse and family to be spared from punishment. People will disown each other. As for the righteous believers, the angels will meet them and calm their souls.
Even the noble Messengers will be gripped with fear, and the mighty angels will tremble. The people will search desperately for someone to intercede for them. They will go to each Prophet asking them to plead to Allah to at least start the Judgement. Each Prophet will refuse, except for our beloved Prophet ﷺ who will prostrate and beg Allah to relieve the people’s suffering. His plea will be accepted. This honour is known as the maqām ma��mūd, the praiseworthy station, a status unique to the best of mankind ﷺ. With the entire creation beholding this spectacle, the true status of Allah’s most beloved servant will be revealed to all.