Consistent Muhasabah for the Blessing of Time
Time is a term that never ends. Time is always the scapegoat when it comes to working. Some can take advantage of the time; some are not. Some like to be complacent with time; on the contrary, it is too much. However, has the time we used reached a blessing?
On this occasion, NgajiKomunikasi was back with Ustadz Zakaria Rifqi Alfian, Lc. Zakaria is a Masters’s student at the Islamic University of Medina. He said, quoting the famous saying of Imam Shafi’i, “time is like a sword. If we are not able to use it, time itself will cut us down.” he said in the Zoom Conference Ngajikomunikasi on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at the UII Communication Study Program. Zakaria, guided by Herman Felani (UII Visual Communications Cluster and Communication Lecturer) as moderator, talked about making all academics get the blessing of time.
NgajiKomunikasi is a routine study program that has been held since early 2021 by the UII Communication Studies Study Program. This study discusses various current topics related to the latest communication and Islamic phenomena. For example, in one session, Ngaji Komunikasi discussed the Covid-19 phenomenon from a phenomenological and Islamic perspective. And now, the discussion is focused on time and achieving its blessings.
Hasan Al Bashri said Zakaria once said a word related to time. According to Hasan Al Bashri, every ummah needs to take time because he will never return. Hasan Al Bashri is the son of the Prophet’s companions who participated in writing the Qur’anic manuscripts named Zaid Bin Thabit. Zaid’s son said one thing that should be contemplated in responding to time. He said, “O Son of Adam, you are nothing but a collection of days, every day that passes, then a part of you goes with it.”
Therefore, it is essential to carry out continuous self-evaluation (muhasabah), said Zakaria. Zakaria emphasized the importance of muhasabah to achieve the blessings of our time so far by quoting the wise words of Ibn Mas’ud. “I had never regretted something like my regret for a day when the sun had set, while my death was drawing near, and my deeds were not increasing,” said Zakaria citing Ibn Mas’ud.
