“I have seen no intelligent person who does not regret time wasted. And I have never seen a person on their deathbed who wished they had spent more time in amusement. They all wish for one thing: one more day to do what they should have done when they had days.”

Ibn al-Jawzi was one of the great preachers of Islam — known for his ability to move crowds and his prolific writing. He was deeply concerned with the disease of spiritual laziness and the wasted life. He visited the dying and recorded what he saw. His observations about deathbed regret are not philosophical speculation — they are field notes.

If you were on your deathbed looking back at this week — what would you want to have done differently? Now: why wait?

Do one thing today that the deathbed version of you would be grateful for. Not impressive — just real. A conversation, a prayer, a letter, a moment of presence.

“No one on their deathbed wishes they had spent more time in amusement. They all ask for one more day.”

— Taqwa Daily