What can you do in 10 minutes?

 

What can
you do in 10 minutes?

Compiled by Muhammad Alshareef

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Bismillaah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Raheem 

 

Here is a list of 10 things that would
not take more then 10 minutes of our time. And if we knew what good these
actions bring for our happiness in this life and the next, we would spend
our life in dedication to these deeds: 

"All work is as a seed sown; it grows and
spreads and sows itself anew."

 

10. Pray 2 Rakahs (Salatul Duha) anytime
after sunrise and before Dhuhr

Abu Hurayrah - radi Allahu 'anhu - said,
"My Khaleel - Allah's Messenger sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - advised me
to do three things (1) That I fast 3 days of each month and (2) To pray
2 rakahs of Duha and (3) That I do my witr before sleeping." - Bukhari
and Muslim

9. Pray for Rasul Allah - sal Allahu
alayhi wa sallam

He - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - said,
"Whoever prays for me once, Allah blesses that person 10 times (because
of that prayer)." - Muslim

8. Repeat what the Mu'adhdhin is saying

Abdullah ibn Amr narrates: a man said,
"O Messenger of Allah, the ones that call the people to prayer receive
more reward than us." So Allah's Messenger - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam
- replied, "Say what they say, then when you finish pray for anything and
you shall be given it." - Abu Dawood

7. Say 'Subhan Allah - How far Allah
is from imperfection!' 100 times

Mus'ab ibn Sa'd said: My father told me
that he was with Allah's Messenger - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - when
he remarked, "Does any one of you not have the ability to attain 1000 good
deeds (hasanaat) every day? Let him do tasbeeh (Subhan Allah!) 100 times,
it will be written for him 1000 hasanat or 1000 sins will be wiped from
his record." - Muslim

6. Play with your children for the sake
of Allah

Jabir narrates: We were with Allah's Messenger
- sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam - invited for a meal when we passed al-Husayn
playing in the alley with some Ansar children. Allah's Messenger - sal
Allahu alayhi wa sallam - walked a little faster to go and play with him.
He stuck out his hand to take him, but Al-Husayn ran here and there squealing
gleefully until Allah's Messenger caught him. Then he - sal Allahu alayhi
wa sallam - held his chin with one hand and his head with the other and
kissed Al-Husayn and hugged him. - A sound hadith narrated by Bukhari in
al adab al mufrad

5. Make Dua' often during times of ease

Rasul Allah - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam
- said, "Whoever it pleases that Allah answers his supplications during
times of calamity and hardship, let him increase his supplication amidst
the times of ease." - narrated by Tirmidhi and Al Hakim who classified
it as authentic.

 

BONUS: Say the Dhikr after Making Wudu

Rasul Allah - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam
- said, "If anyone of you, after perfecting his Wudu, says, 'Ash hadu An
Laa ilaaha illa Allah, Wa Ash hadu Anna Muhammadan 'Abduhu wa Rasooluh-
I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is his
slave and the eight gates of Jannah will open for him and he will permitted
to enter from whichever he wishes

Narrated by Muslim

(4) Pick up the phone to call your mother
(or a close  relative) and tell them that you love them

Rasul Allah - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam
- said, "The Wasil  (One who fulfils the rights of his ties of kinship)
is not the one who does good when family members do good (and bad when
they are badstyle The Wasil is the one who, when family members cut him
off he does good to them." - Interpretation of a Bukhari Hadith.

(3) Take a few minutes to stop and contemplate
Allah's  amazing creation of your eyes, voice, and entire body

Allah says in the Qur'an: [And on the earth
are signs for the  certain (in faithin yourselves, will you not see
(and  contemplate).]

- Surah AdhDhariyaat 51/20,21

(2)Share a part of your lunch with someone

Rasul Allah - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam
- said, "Oh Abu Dharr! If you cook any soup increase it's water; then look
to your neighbors and give them some of it." Narrated by Muslim

And the number one deed you can do in less
then 10 minutes...

Make Du'a for your brother in his absence

Rasul Allah - sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam
- said, "If a  person prays for his (or her) brother in their absence
(without them knowing), an Angel (hears the Du'a) and replies: 'Aameen!
And may Allah give you the same.' - narrated by Ahmad, Abu Dawood and Tirmidhi

In fact, whenever the Sahaabah and Taabi'een
wanted their Du'a to be answered quickly, they would ask the same thing
for their brother in order to get the angel to reply, 'Aameen! And may
Allah give you the same.'