Wouldn't we all love to live longer? But how can that be?
As believers, our purpose in life is to worship Allah alone — so living longer means to increase in the worship of Allah ta'ala. Say, for example, that the average lifespan of a human being is seventy years. How, then, can we maximize our efforts in this short amount of time so that we can reap the reward of a person who has lived for millions of years?
Is this possible? What are the actions that would lead us to live longer than we could ever imagine? Shaykh Waleed describes those actions in this motivational lecture series.
Why the Question Is Not Rhetorical
Because the answer is yes, and the mechanisms are specified. A night worth more than a thousand months. A deed whose reward continues after death. Knowledge that keeps being acted on. A child who prays for you.
Each of those multiplies a fixed lifespan into something far larger, and each is available to an ordinary person without special circumstances.
What Makes It Motivational Rather Than Theoretical
The actions are named. This is not a lecture arguing that time is short — everybody knows that. It is a lecture on the specific things that extend the value of the time you have, which is a considerably more useful subject.
Two CDs, well suited to listening in a car.