Stop Deceiving Yourself: Death comes at any time | Ustadh Abdulrahman Hassan

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In 'al-Fawa'id' (p. 196-199), Ibn al-Qayyim said:
Relaxation has a limit: and it is to collect yourself and your strength to prepare for worship and perfection of the self, and to save this so that you don't become weak or tired. When you exceed this limit, this becomes laziness and waste, and you end up missing out on so many things that could benefit you. When you fall short of this limit, you end up hurting and weakening your energy, and it might even be cut off from you like a farmer who is unable to land to plow or crops to pick.

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The Cure for Laziness
The cure for laziness lies in motivating and urging the endeavor by fearing that one may miss the goal, or be blamed, or fall into regret [lest one does not make an effort]. For the regret of a negligent person when he sees the reward of a hard worker is the greatest punishment. Also a person of sound mind should reflect on the negative consequence of indolence, for many a time has leisure led to regret.

Whoever sees that his neighbor has travelled, returning with profits, his regret will be many times greater than the satisfaction of leisure, similarily if one person becomes brilliant in knowledge and another does not due to his laziness. The intended purpose of these examples is to explain that the pain of missing something exceeds the satisfaction of laziness.

Wise people are unanimous that wisdom is not reached by relaxation and idleness. Therefore, whoever knows the fruits of laziness will avoid it, and whoever is aware of the fruits of hard work will endure the hardships of the path. Moreover an intellectual knows that he was not created in vain, rather he, in this world, is like a hired laborer or a merchant.

The span of lifetime in this world, which is practically the life one is given to perform good deeds, and the span of time one is to spend in the grave is like a single moment compared to the eternal dwelling in paradise or in the hellfire.

From amongst the best cures for indolence is reading and reflecting upon the biographies of those who strove. Therefore, I wonder at he who would prefer idleness in the sowing season and leaves yielding for the harvesting season.

Disciplining the Soul -- Ibn al Jawzi

00:00-00:11 Introduction
00:11-00:45 The people that are safe from it
00:45-1:10 Delaying repentance and righteous actions
1:10- 1:40 You are deceiving yourself
1:40-1:44 Where it comes from
1:44-1:51 Weak Conviction
1:51-2:04 Low Aspiration and Low Self-Control
2:04-2:15 Befriending the Lazy People
2:15-2:27 Feeling of Safety and Reassurance
2:27-2:35 Wishful Thinking
2:35-3:04 Poem
3:04-3:25 Outro