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Social Media Advice
1 While some benefit may be gained from SM, most accounts have no trajectory on a spiritual, intellectual, or mundane level.
This causes a spiritual effect known as تشتت (scattered).
It’s opposite is a spiritual virtue known as جمع (gathered).
Social Media Advice
1 While some benefit may be gained from SM, most accounts have no trajectory on a spiritual, intellectual, or mundane level.
This causes a spiritual effect known as تشتت (scattered).
It’s opposite is a spiritual virtue known as جمع (gathered).
2 The unrest that people sometimes feel from social media is due to this ‘scatter effect’.
It irritates the heart, fragments the mind, lowers himma (aspiration) and increases vulnerability to satanic influences.
The ‘gather effect’ is achieved through dhikr (divine remebrance).
It irritates the heart, fragments the mind, lowers himma (aspiration) and increases vulnerability to satanic influences.
The ‘gather effect’ is achieved through dhikr (divine remebrance).
3 So, the practical lesson is,
if your social media usage is more than your daily dhikr - be it verbal, reflective, in seeking sacred knowledge, or any other form of inward or outward devotion -
your *scatter score* is high and this is a dangerous sign.
Evaluate yourself.
if your social media usage is more than your daily dhikr - be it verbal, reflective, in seeking sacred knowledge, or any other form of inward or outward devotion -
your *scatter score* is high and this is a dangerous sign.
Evaluate yourself.
4 Learn to measure your *gather score* by :
a. measuring # of waking hours
b. log daily activities & amount of time spent in each
c. prioritize daily actions and accordingly assign more time
d. remove or lessen low priority activities
e. identify beneficial downtime hobbies
a. measuring # of waking hours
b. log daily activities & amount of time spent in each
c. prioritize daily actions and accordingly assign more time
d. remove or lessen low priority activities
e. identify beneficial downtime hobbies
5 This is brief advice on how to not allow social media to harm our hearts.
As I’ve mentioned before, I boycotted all social media platforms for 10+ years. I did so conscientiously and have no regrets. I learned this from my shaykh. Alhamdulillāh
The heart is a precious asset.
As I’ve mentioned before, I boycotted all social media platforms for 10+ years. I did so conscientiously and have no regrets. I learned this from my shaykh. Alhamdulillāh
The heart is a precious asset.
6 This thread is also in response to a #dm inquiry on how to overcome laziness. There is no doubt that social media is a contributing factor. The above is general advice on setting life priorities straight. However, it takes knowledge and understanding to fill in those blanks.
7 Upon establishing one’s life, spiritual, and knowledge trajectory, SM becomes auxiliary to that framework and may be used in a directed & conscientious manner.
For scholars, this includes methodology and expert focus.
We aren’t tourists in this world. We’re servants of God.
For scholars, this includes methodology and expert focus.
We aren’t tourists in this world. We’re servants of God.
We’ll discuss the
*scatter score*
and
*gather score*
in much greater detail in my #UpcomingBook
inshā’ Allāh.
It is an aspect of tarbiya.
*scatter score*
and
*gather score*
in much greater detail in my #UpcomingBook
inshā’ Allāh.
It is an aspect of tarbiya.
Allah, be He exalted and glorified in the heavens and earth, knows best.
May Allah’s infinite peace & blessings be upon Rasūlullāh, his pure progeny & folk, along with his gleaming companions, illuminated inheritors and all his loyal followers until the Last Day.
May Allah’s infinite peace & blessings be upon Rasūlullāh, his pure progeny & folk, along with his gleaming companions, illuminated inheritors and all his loyal followers until the Last Day.
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