punctuality in Islam!!

[ovomer]

assalamo alaikum,
Let us start a new discussion on "Punctuality in Islam" in the light of Quraan and Sunnah.
wasalam

[ovomer]

no punctuality needed in Islam????

[Frank_H_Smith]

As Salamu 'Alaykum,

In English Punctuality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuality) means being on or finishing on time. I am fanatical about being on time. I always felt being late showed disrespect and disregard for the other person and his or her time.

I don't know what it has to do with Islam other than basic proper etiquette.

[Aisya al-Humaira]

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Some time ago, I heard in a lecture that punctuality is about being amaanah (trust).أمانة
Whether its about being punctual to work, school, or even just meeting with friends, it is actually a form of amaanah. When we talk about amanah, it will actually leads to other ettiquetes in Islam such as keeping promises or being a leader/having any kind of post.

Amaanah is a "huge" responsibility that each and everyone will be accounted for. Sometimes, some things may seem like small matters to one's but if it violates with the "amaanah", it will actually trangress the limits of ettiquetes in Islam. A very simple example is in keeping promises. If it happened that we couldnt keep our promise i.e we promised to a friend that we will meet her/him but then we couldnt make it and didnt even try to make an effort to fulfill the promise, so we have actually taken lightly of an amaanah. Such things happen so widely in real life. Some goes with being punctual in our daily life.

One of the signs of munaafiq (hypocrites) are those who always break their promises. نعوذ بالله من ذلك.

Thats what I had gathered from the lecture. It is surely a reminder to myself first and foremost before sharing it to others.

Waaalaykummussalam wa rahmatullah.

[al-fajr]

Assalamu'alaykum wa rahmatullaah,

This is a good topic, I don't know if theres a great deal to be said about it to be quite honest, in short, muslims should be punctual people - no excuses!

I recall a time where I was working with someone quite a while ago - I wasn't too punctual most of the time ..once they said to me 'Punctuality is not your forte is it ..?' and that comment stayed with me for quite a long time (to this day! it really stung)..never do I want that said to me again.

Its not good practice at all, ranging from everything, assignment deadlines, being at lectures on time, meetings ..

Punctuality defines so many acts of worship in Islaam, the most obvious being the Salaah.

May Allaah aid us Ameen.

Wa-salaam.