Undesirable Effects Of Procrastination From The Perspective Of Islamic Narrations Journal Article

One of the harmful acts in the society is procrastination and the majority of the society are struggling with it and its regular recurrence can turn to addiction. The addicted person procrastinates unwittingly and thus loses the opportunities; due to the importance of this issue and the intensive efforts being put on this issue by Islam, there are various interpretations in Islamic narrations regarding avoiding procrastination and taking the opportunities on the spot. This descriptive writing states that with regard to Islamic narrations it can be seen that procrastination has several unfavorable effects such as negligence in remembering God and resurrection, annihilation, regret, physical and mental problems. This disease can be rooted out by taking the opportunities, avoiding sloth and laxity, thinking about the repercussion of every action and self-assessment.

This descriptive writing states that with regard to Islamic narrations it can be seen that procrastination has several unfavorable effects such as negligence in remembering God andresurrection, annihilation, regret, physical and mental problems. Keyword: procrastination, laxity, sloth, negligence, taking the opportunities Iranian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Vol 6 Issue 1 (2018) Introduction Procrastination is one of the disastrous diseases, we are suffering from and we are not even aware of. †††† Irrespective of internal or external factors that procrastination can trigger, it affects humans in a strange way and our Imams have warned us against its effects. In this regard, Imam Sadeq says: realize the rest of your life lying ahead of you and don not say tomorrow is another day because those who lived before perished due to two things; first living in a dream world and sticking to that and second procrastinating till the time they died and God’s anger took them suddenly when they were in negligence. ****** Imam Ali also says: one who procrastinates is bound to be sad. ††††††† Imam sajjad says in Abu Hamza prayers: O God I have wasted my life living in dreams and procrastinating. Imam Ali says: one who surrenders to negligence and procrastination has ruined his and the others’ rights. According to Islamic narrations it can be said that procrastination includes a wide range of disastrous effects namely negligence in remembering God and resurrection, annihilation, regret, sorrow, ruined life and afterlife and mental and physical problems.