Thread by @Realoilsheikh

SHAYTAN WANTS YOU TO BE LAZY. HERE ARE 3 STEPS TO OVERCOME IT!

Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “

During your sleep, the Shayṭān ties three knots at the back of the head of each of you, and he breathes the following words at each knot, ‘The night is long, so keep on sleeping.’

"If that person wakes up & remembers Allāh, one knot is undone. If they perform ablution, then the second knot is undone. If they pray, then all the knots are undone, and they get up in the morning lively and in good spirits, otherwise, they get up in low spirits and lazy.”

[Bukhāri 3269}

When one miss Fajr prayer, it affects his whole day, & Iblis knows this, which is why he ties the three knots. He tries hard to make sure we don’t wake up for fajr.

The Prophet ﷺ said if we don’t wake up for fajr, then the laziness will last throughout the day.

So how do you challenge laziness?

Here are 3 ways:

1. Prayer puts you in a schedule of worshipping Allah. The Prophet said in the Sunan of al-Tirmidhi 1937: “Shayṭān has given up hope that the people who pray will worship him.”

2. Seek refuge in Allah from Laziness. “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, anxiety and sorrow, and I seek refuge in You from the torments of the grave, and I seek refuge in You from the trials and tribulations of life and death.”

3. Seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan. It is very important to say “a’udhu billahi min al-Shayṭān’l-rajim” throughout your day to ward off laziness and other deceptions.

As you are about to hit the snooze button in the morning, say “a’udhu billahi min al-Shayṭān’l-rajim.”

Curled from the daily admonitions of brother Sa'ad Tasleem (may Allah preserve him upon goodness).