Verily all praise is for Allah, we praise Him and seek His aid, and we ask for His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our own selves and from our evil deeds. Whomsoever Allah has guided, none can misguide him, and whomsoever Allah has misguided, none can guide him, and I testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, without any partner, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.
Are you living through pain, grief and afflicted with hardship here are some fundamentals of happiness to help how to have sway over them:
1. Know that if you do not live within the scope of today, your thoughts will be scattered, your affairs will become confused, and your worrying will increase. This is the meaning of the Hadith: “When you are in the morning, do not expect to see the evening, and when you are in the evening, do not expect to see the morning.”
2. Forget the past and all that it contained. Being absorbed in things that are gone is sheer lunacy.
3. Do not be preoccupied with the future. Because the future is in the world of the unseen, do not let it bother you until it comes.
4. Do not be shaken by criticism; instead, be firm. Know that the level of people’s criticism increases in proportion to your worth.
5. Faith in Allah and good deeds are the means of good and happy life.
6. Whoever desires peace, tranquility, and comfort shall find it all in the remembrance of Allah.
7. One should know with certainty that everything is according to a diving decree.
8. Do not expect gratitude from anybody.
9. Train yourself to be ready and be prepared for the worst eventuality.
10. Perhaps what has happened I sin your best interest (though you may not comprehend how is so).
11. Everything that is decreed for the Muslim is best for him.
12. Enumerate the blessings (of Allah) and be thankful.
13. Whatever you have, are better that many others.
14. From one hour to the next comes relief.
15. In times of hardship, one turns to supplication and prayer.
16. Calamities should positively reshape your outlook and strengthen your heart.
17. Indeed, with each difficulty there is relief.
18. Do not let the trifles cause of your destruction.
19. Indeed your Lord is Oft-Forgiving.
20. Do not be angry… Do not be angry… Do not be angry.
Culled from the book: ‘Don’t be Sad’
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