Standing Up After a Fall

It would be unrealistic to expect you to be 100% productive every day of your life, especially when you've just begun implementing the tips you read here daily.

Productive people may experience down moments. What defines your level of productivity is how quickly you are able to rise after a fall.

When you feel down and uninterested in doing anything, and you cannot seem to pick yourself up, here is what you should do.

Many people, when overwhelmed, resort to using social media scrolling, thereby prolonging their unproductive state.

One of the major causes of overwhelm is neglecting the remembrance of Allah, and social media is a major contributor to the neglect of dhikr in this era.

We must realize as Muslims that we do not have the strength to execute any task on our own. This is why Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyah used to recite adhkar from Fajr until a few moments before Dhur.

When asked about this, he said, "The adhkar is what nourishes me. If I do not do it, I would be weak."

An average person today may think that dedicating close to 6 hours to the remembrance of Allah will consume too much time to be productive. However, if Ibn Taymiyah, one of the most productive humans on Earth, would sit to remember Allah for close to 6 hours daily, this should make you realize that productivity is not achieved merely by making plans and having to-do lists.

Productivity is a favor from Allah, and neglecting His remembrance will make you disorganized.

When you feel overwhelmed, the first thing you should abandon is your phone. Freeze your social media apps and pick up the mushaf to recite.

If you feel too heavy to pick up the mushaf, start to remember Allah in whatever state you are in.

Chant "lā hawla wa lā quwwāta illa billāh" as many times as possible.

Do a lot of Istighfaar.

The Prophet (alayhi salam) said: "If anyone constantly seeks pardon (from Allah), Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide sustenance for him from where he expects not."

The dhikr should be said while reflecting on its meaning and expressing your total need for Allah to take you out of this condition you've fallen into.

Additionally, you should be grateful to Allah that He made you from those who are able to recognize their need for Him and are guided to call Him in their lowest moments.

IbnulArobiy
Sayf Productivity Network

May Allah bless all those who made dua for my exam results

Alhamdulliah they were good

This is the latest Revanced app.
Delete the original YouTube app first, then just download, install it, and sign into your Google Account.
If you have Revanced already, you can just update.
I will update this occasionally.

YouTube advertisements almost always contain ’awrah and music. Alhamdulillah there are many APK files one can use to by-pass this. For this reason, I recommend foremost the LibreTube frontend. It gives you most features of YouTube + unique features, but most…

YouTube advertisements almost always contain ’awrah and music. Alhamdulillah there are many APK files one can use to by-pass this.

For this reason, I recommend foremost the LibreTube frontend. It gives you most features of YouTube + unique features, but most importantly no adds! It will ask you which "Instance" to use, and you should select the one that is closest to your country. If there are multiple ones in your country, use the one it says has the most "utilisation"(or whatever that is in your language). A nice feature of LibreTube is that you can modify the link of a video you want to send to your friends to either regular YouTube, or to Piped Video(a website version linked to the app that is also add free! Use this if you don't have android).

Link: https://libretube.dev/

An alternative to LibreTube that is also Open Source and add free is GrayJay. GrayJay is not only limited to YouTube but they have other platforms like SoundCloud, and they are working on adding more. The best part about GrayJay is that you can log onto your Google account to access all your data from YouTube so you don't have to restart from 0 basically. To do so, you open the app then press on Sources -> YouTube -> Authentification -> Connection -> (then you log onto your Google account which will bring you to YouTube web)-> After this you press on your account for it to redirect you back to GrayJay with your connected account.

Link: https://grayjay.app/

Do read for yourself the descriptions, try out all the features in both apps(or more), and use whichever is more suitable for your needs.

I also recommend Droid-ify, an app store for add-free and private apps made by programmers that respect your privacy and data, they don't make any money from you using their apps.

Link:
https://github.com/Droid-ify/client/releases/download/v0.6.3/app-release.apk

You can also install LibreTube through Droid-ify instead if you want. There is also Tubular there but LibreTube and GrayJay have more functions, but choose to your preferance.

Please share the links and explain to your families and friends because the point of it isn't just to lift the burden of having to wait through an add but the purpose is to avoid all forbidden content that come with using these platforms. The purpose is to make our usage of these platforms congruent to what counts as beneficial time in our religious or dunyawi lives, while limiting any munkar in them as much as we are able to for ourselves and loved ones.

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
I'll be deleting telegram from now until end of June or start of July. May Allah bless you all and make this Ramadan a means for us to get closer to Allah. I ask you all to make dua for me and that my exams go well which start in May. جزاك الله خيرا