What does Islam say about wasting time?

"from which the prophet, peace be upon him, sought refuge. Anxiety and sorrow, incapacity and laziness, cowardice and miserliness, overpowering debt, and subjugation by men. Each pair of these afflictions is linked. Anxiety and sorrow are paired because when the heart anticipates its dislike from a future event, it generates anxiety, and when it reflects on a past event, it generates sorrow. Incapacity and laziness are linked. If a person's failure to pursue goodness and success is due to lack of ability, it is incapacity, and if it is due to lack of will, it is laziness. Cowardice and miserliness are linked. If the lack of benefit is in terms of"

"If good assumption drives one towards action and encourages it it is valid But if it invites laziness and indulgence in sins It is delusion good assumption is hope if one's hope drives them to obedience and deters them from sin. It is true hope But if one's laziness becomes hope and their hope results in negligence and carelessness They are deluded consider a person with a piece of land who hopes to benefit from its yield yet neglects it Does not sow or cultivate it and merely hopes it will yield like one who did cultivate it People would consider him foolish"

"He entices a person away from their plan, causing them to falter and remain idle. He strikes them with laziness, laxity, and apathy, opening the door to misinterpretations, false hopes, and other distractions. Eventually, the person might abandon their obligation altogether. If he finds someone cautious, zealous, dedicated, and alert, and he despairs of deterring them through laziness, he then commands them to excessive diligence. He lures them into believing that their current level is insufficient. He suggests that their aspirations should surpass others, that they must exceed the diligent, and must not sleep when others"

"Anas ibn Mattaq reported that he frequently heard the Prophet peace be upon him say, O Allah, I seek refuge with you from anxiety and sorrow, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt and domination of men. Zayd ibn Arqam said, I will not say anything other than what the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him used to say. He used to say, O Allah, I seek refuge with you from inability and laziness, cowardice and miserliness, old age, and torment of the grave. O Allah, grant my soul its piety and purify it, for you are the best who purifies it, you are its guardian and master. O Allah,"

"Thus, the mentioned fleeing is from both types of ignorance: from ignorance of knowledge to acquiring it with belief, understanding, and insight, and from ignorance of action to beneficial effort and righteous deeds with intention and striving. The phrase "from laziness to diligence with earnestness and determination" signifies fleeing from the call of laziness to the call of action and diligence with sincerity and effort. Diligence here refers to the sincerity of action, purifying it from the impurities of lethargy, procrastination, and negligence."

"Some voluntary prayers were indeed legislated for congregation, making them significant as one of the manifest rituals. Considering the potential for showing off in congregation and laziness when praying individually, the primary benefit of congregation should not be overlooked. The idea is that prayer is better than neglect due to laziness, and sincerity is better than ostentation."

"they might become preoccupied with desires and personal interests. If one does not occupy themselves with what benefits them, they will be occupied with what harms them, especially when idleness coincides with the vigor of youth, the possession of wealth, the inclination of the self towards desires, and successive heedlessness. As it is said: "Indeed, youth, idleness, and wealth..."

"When they look with the eye of truth at their own adornment, they see their best deeds as sins in this state, their truest conditions as falsehoods, and their purest intentions as idleness. Thus, they see no action, state, or intention as their own, for they have nothing from themselves but ignorance and injustice. Everything from the self is sin, falsehood, and idleness."

"How, then, can one believe that He is generous in the Hereafter but not generous in this world? How can he assert that generosity does not entail laziness in earning wealth, while presuming that it implies laziness in striving for the eternal kingdom and everlasting bliss, as that is given by the bounds of generosity without effort in the Hereafter?"

"This is because the end returns actions to the inner self and the limbs settle, except for the obligatory acts of worship, making it appear to observers as idleness, laziness, and neglect. Far from it, for it is the heart's vigilance in the presence of witnessing and attending to remembrance, which is the best of deeds continuously."