Among the necessary causes of happiness
and cessation of grief and worry, is striving to remove the things that bring
about grief, and acquire those that bring about happiness. This is achieved by
forgetting the unpleasant things that have passed and he has no power to bring
them back, and knowing that occupying his mind with them is meaningless; in
fact it is ...
stupidity, bordering and lunacy. Therefore he has to struggle with his mind not to think of them. He should also struggle with his mind not to worry over the future, not to pay attention to illusions of poverty, fear or other unpleasant things he is imagining will descend on him in the future.
He should know that nobody knows what will happen in the future, whether good or evil, or pleasure or pain; this is in the Hands of Allaah alone. The slave has no control over it. His only due is to struggle to accomplish what will benefit him in the future, and ward off harm from him. He should also know that when the slave turns his mind away from worrying over the future in his affairs, and relies on his Lord for its betterment, and is satisfied that his Lord will do that for him, when he does all that, his heart will be tranquil, and his condition will be good, and his worries and anxieties will vanish.
stupidity, bordering and lunacy. Therefore he has to struggle with his mind not to think of them. He should also struggle with his mind not to worry over the future, not to pay attention to illusions of poverty, fear or other unpleasant things he is imagining will descend on him in the future.
He should know that nobody knows what will happen in the future, whether good or evil, or pleasure or pain; this is in the Hands of Allaah alone. The slave has no control over it. His only due is to struggle to accomplish what will benefit him in the future, and ward off harm from him. He should also know that when the slave turns his mind away from worrying over the future in his affairs, and relies on his Lord for its betterment, and is satisfied that his Lord will do that for him, when he does all that, his heart will be tranquil, and his condition will be good, and his worries and anxieties will vanish.
Among the most beneficial things to do
concerning the future of one’s affair is to be saying the prayer that the
Prophet ((صلى الله عليه وسلم) ) used to say:
“O Allaah! Make my religion, which is my strength and
invincibility, good for me; and make my world, wherein is my livelihood, good
for me; and make my hereafter, which is my final abode ,good for me. And make
my living an increase for me in all that is good, and make my death a repose
for me from every ill.”
(Muslim)
And also his saying:
“O Allaah! It is Your mercy that I have hope in, so do not leave me
to myself even for the blink of an eye, and make good my affairs, all of them;
there is no god worthy of being worshipped but You.”
(Abu Dawud).
If the slaves says this Du’a, which
entails seeking the betterment of his future both in terms of his religion and
his worldly affairs, if he says that with a mindful and aware heart, and a true
and sincere intention, coupled with an earnest struggle to achieve it, Allaah
will definitely materialize for
him what he asked for and had hope in and struggled to achieve. As a result of
this, his worry will change to happiness and delight.
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[Transcribed from: Useful Ways Of Leading A Happy Life,
Chapter 4, Pages 23-25|by: Shaykh Abdur-Rahman bin Nasir As-Sa'di
(rahimahullaah)|Translated by: Bashir Aliyu Umar|Printed by: The Ministry of
Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da`wah and Guidance|Supervised by: The Ministry's
Deputyship for Printing and Publishing Affairs]
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