The Value of Time is a collection of amazing sayings and wonderful stories of the scholars of the Muslim Ummah, which indicate to the importance they attached to time. It is a book that will inspire the youth and the old alike to spend their time constructively and avoid wasting time. The stories narrated, unimaginable as they may be, are not fables or fairy tales, but are all authentic events that have been well documented and narrated by scholars themselves. The author, Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah, was one of the prominent scholars of the 20
th
century and a veteran leader of the Islamic Movement in Syria.