How to manage your time as a Muslim and balance your Deen and Dunya.

I’m so excited for you because TODAY is a beautiful day to start building a balanced, successful life as a Muslim.

A life that gives you permission to spend time on yourself and your career- because now you are consistently making time for your Deen.

Where you begin your day energetic and focused and end it deeply satisfied with yourself because you were able to achieve in a SINGLE DAY that which you haven’t been able to achieve in WEEKS. *Whaaa*

Because THAT kind of barakah has entered your day.

Where you are in better control of the way you spend your time. Not your wandering mind. Not Shaytan pulling the strings of your Nafs. But YOU.

Because now you’re actually finishing everything that you need to do in a day, even when you don’t want to do it. Because THAT kind of discipline has now entered your day.

And motivation? Oh, you are brimming with energy. You wake up excited for a new day and set a greater challenge for yourself than yesterday. Why? Because you know you can do it.

I know. It all sounds too good to be true.

But I’m here. And I’m telling you this: it’s absolutely possible.

That’s because if I can do it, you can too.

So what did I do that helped me find the time to:

1. Grow closer to Allah S.W.T by dedicating time consistently to my Deen- Islam 

2. Continue pursuing Medicine (my career of choice); take multiple post-grad exams and work as a Doctor while growing MYP to thousands of monthly readers

3. Have deep conversations and lots of fun with my family every day while doing all of that (because family is everything)

4. Work on my SELF- develop better eating habits, exercise regularly, read my favorite books, and above all- do nothing but RELAX for a few hours everyday

5. Make a bigger impact by helping Muslims from all around the globe with my online platform, aka… Muslim Youth Programme

But I wasn’t always like this. 7 years ago, when I was running fast in the rat race of career, I would sleep every day with an overbearing sense of guilt.

I’d think that I was a horrible Muslim who was spending so much time on her Dunya-related goals (in my case- ‘career’).

I wasn’t able to pray all 5 prayers on time or read Quran consistently and felt quite estranged from Islam.

And it wasn’t ‘doing everything’… It wasn’t just ‘working harder’ that got me to a better place. I experimented with ALL kinds of time-saving techniques and began assembling parts of a system.

And using that system, with the help of Allah S.W.T, I (finally) got rid of the habits that were destroying my productivity- procrastination, daydreaming, and laziness- once and for all.

Today I get more things done in a day than I previously could in a week. And over time, I even started to save hours from a day to have “ME-time”. Alhamdulillah.

That’s when I started getting asked this question a lot “How do you manage to do all these things in a day?” It made me realize that I was managing my time better than most Muslims who weren’t even busy.

And to double-check whether I had just gotten ‘lucky’, I tested a small part of the system on all kinds of Muslims… people of different ages, countries, careers, and intellects!

This is what happened when my students applied only one tiny part of the system that I teach in my course Balance Deen and Dunya:

…I love it that you show us that working for deen and for dunya is possible. That was my biggest fault, I was thinking that this both together are not possible in our generation. But you show me that this is possible and I’m so thankful, for your hard work– Humeyra

My biggest take away is to have action on goals and not goal achieving mind. And I love how you laid every step I really needed… simple and effective steps to take control of myself and my life, with Allah’s permission. I have been feeling lost and unfulfilled for the last year and so. My quest to [search] for a simple and effective plan led me to your videos– DAH

Assalam aleakum, your goal setting formula has really change a lot in my life since I started following it. May Allah reward you in this word and the hereafter– FATAI 

Not by applying random time-management tips picked off the internet or using the latest ‘productivity apps’ to help you stop procrastinating.

Instead, we’re going to create the much-needed balance in our day by using:

• The exact time-management strategies, frameworks and tactics that work for you (even if you’re working a 9-to-5 job)
• Daily systems to “prioritize” your tasks and get things DONE.
• Advanced strategies to discipline your Nafs so you can complete goals you’ve started, start goals you’ve been putting off for a long time and do things you ‘should’ be doing even when you don’t want to (these strategies have deep psychology baked into them)
• In-depth solutions to all time-wasting problems such as “procrastination” and “laziness” (that are derived from the Quran and Sunnah)

I’m hosting a brand new FREE Live Masterclass on “How to Create a Dream Balance between All Your Roles, Responsibilities, and Goals as a Working Muslim Professional.” 

In the masterclass you’ll learn:

• The single MOST effective strategy of cutting stress and overwhelm from your life dramatically and why you MUST know this to become a finisher.
• How to get BIG things done even if you are a procrastinator. 
• The 3-part framework of consistency that’ll help you stay consistent in new habits and routines as well as find Istiqamah in Ibadah.
• How simple and easy it is to create a healthy balance between your responsibilities, Deen and career with a few real-life examples from other Muslim professionals
• Live Q & A with Aimen to get your questions answered!
• And much more!

Registration for the new FREE Live Masterclass is now open. Click on the image below to sign up and save your spot in the masterclass >>

There’s BayyinahTV, Qalam Institute, UnderstandQuran, IOU and so many other great Islamic platforms teaching us Quran.

Then why don’t you have a great connection with the Quran? Why don’t you have a great connection with Allah S.W.T?

I’ve observed that we don’t need more informational sources of Quranic Tafseer to grow closer to our Deen and Allah S.W.T. 

Because no matter how many sources exist- if you don’t make time for them, they won’t benefit you. 

And for most of us- making time for our goals is the most difficult thing to do.

Take another example– Prophet S.A.W had a deep meaningful relationship with his family. 

If there are so many authentic sources of Sunnah and Hadith on relationships and family, why don’t you have an open communication with your family? 

We all agree that every relationship takes work. Whether it’s with Allah S.W.T, your mom, your spouse or your friend. 
But what we forget is that- to give these relationships the best chance to work, you need to invest TIME.  

Do you have a friend to whom you say Salaam every now and then but don’t really stay in touch with? That’s fine. Because you don’t care much about developing a deep meaningful relationship with that person. 

But you care about your connection with Allah S.W.T. That’s why you’re here.

Then how can we expect to have a really close relationship with The Almighty Allah if you don’t make time for Allah S.W.T? 

Look at this ayah: 

But let’s dig a little deeper- Why does Allah S.W.T swear by time? And that too, right before He S.W.T. tells us about the 4 criteria of entering in Jannah and being successful? 

Obviously, Allah S.W.T is telling us that to have the slightest chance of following these criteria and making your way to Jannah, you need to make the best possible use of the biggest asset you’re given: TIME. 

And the much emphasis is because that asset is running out. Al-Asr: it literally means “Time that is running out” or “The last part of time”. (Notice how Salat-al-Asr is during the last part of the day.)   

Truth is- it’s the only matter in this world that once gone, never comes back and that nobody can control or manage in the literal sense.

Because even though a Muslim can do good deeds once in a while, the real challenge is doing them consistently. For that we’ll need patience & perseverance.  And all three- patience, perseverance and consistency are by-products of time. 

And although it has always seemed harder for millennial Muslims to even dream of living a balanced life like the Prophet S.A.W and his companions, I believe it can get easier with a little help from someone who relates to you.

BTW, remember to register for the new FREE Live Masterclass by clicking the image below >>

You can build a different kind of life as a 21st century Muslim

So I’d finally settle on “there’s something wrong with me”.   

But when I looked around, I saw pains similar to my own. And for one brief moment, I would feel a sense of relief wash over me- I was not alone. 

Motivated again, I would go back to watching some more inspirational videos, downloading time-management apps and following the “Perfect routine” I had picked off the internet. And for a few days- life would be seemingly perfect.

I was organized, working out, learning about Islam regularly, praying on time and giving a solid 2 hours to the Quran everyday. I was managing my time the best I could. I would be proud. 

Then inevitably this would happen>> A small bump- an unconventional interruption, a sudden change of environment or an exam- and all my artisanally designed “PLAN” would fall apart. Like a wave of tsunami, a feeling of helplessness and INTENSE frustration would sweep away my “PERFECT DAY” and I would succumb back to binging shows.

This was my “Perfect Plan” from 6 years ago. (This page is taken from one of my old diaries)

We would read up topics like: Time Management Tips. Work/ life Balance. Deen and Dunya. Productivity Hacks.