Gratitude and Happiness vs Ungratefulness and Misery
Hassan As-Somali
Conference at Masjid At-Tawheed, Cardiff: 11-12th June 2022
Ibn Qayyim – Secret to a happy life (Madarij Salikin)
Shukr = gratitude
The ingredients of happiness are 3:
When blessed you are thankful to Allah
When tested you are patient
When you sin, you repent
Islam provides us with a remedy for everything
Iman = 50% patience and 50% gratitude
Thankfulness or gratitude is not just a statement of the tongue.
There are 3 pillars of gratefulness
Acknowledging and recognising the Allah’s blessings upon you
Praising Allah for these blessing – love Allah
(When you speak about your blessings, you don’t show off but praise Allah with his attributes
Use the blessings you are given for that which is pleasing to Allah
Blessings are of 3 types:
Blessings that occur that the servant is aware of
The hope and expectations for blessing for Allah
Blessing that you experience but you are not aware of it.
Be content with what you have
Have good thoughts of blessings you hope to get from Allah. Be optimistic.
If you think about the blessings, you are more likely to be grateful.
Being ungrateful leads to misery.
Whoever doesn’t thank Allah for the small things is not likely to thank Allah for the bigger things.
Shukr – is staying away from what is disobeying Allah.
Prophet (SAW) was the happiest man on the planet, and he was the most grateful.
If we want to be happy – we should implement the Qur'an and sunnah
Thank Allah for your body parts
Use them for acts of obedience for his sake
Sujood As-shukr - an abandoned sunnah. It is legislated when a person receives a blessing, they prostrate in gratefulness - or when a calamity is averted.
Fall down to the ground in prostration and thank Allah
If news came to the prophet (saw) that delighted him, he would fall down and prostrate.
Shukr is mentioned in the Qur'an 75 times.
Link between shukr and happiness is the Qur'an and sunnah.
Imam Saadi said:
Allah has blessed us with two eyes, tongue and lips.
He is informing us of these blessings due to their importance – They are doorway to every kind of knowledge.
On Yawm al Qiyama the body parts will bear witness for or against us.
Whoever uses body parts for other than what pleases Allah will be testified against him.
Ask Allah for guidance every salah.
THE BEST BLESSING IS THAT OF AL -ISLAM
Nihma – blessing (the best)
Prophet (saw) – whoever dies calling on others than Allah will enter hell and whoever dies calling only to Allah will enter Jannah
Ibn Qayyim said:
Allah commanded us with Shukr- commanded us to be grateful
This is for our benefit
Allah does not benefit from our worship and he is not harmed by our sins/ disobedience.
The opposite of Shukr is Kufr
Allah prohibits ungratefulness
Look at the people below you so that you will become more grateful
In the qur'an – says
If you are grateful, I will increase you.
Prophet (saw) said to Muadh
‘Oh Muadh, by Allah I love you. Do you forget to say at the end of each Salah.
Allahuma inni ala Dhikri, wa shukri wa husni ibaditik
Oh Allah, help me to remember you , be grateful to you and aid me in my worship.
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