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Gratitude and Happiness vs Ungratefulness and Misery - Hassan As-Somali

 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  

  1. Acknowledging and recognising the Allah’s blessings upon you  

  1. Praising Allah for these blessing – love Allah 

       (When you speak about your blessings, you don’t show off but praise Allah with his attributes  

  1. Use the blessings you are given for that which is pleasing to Allah 

 

Blessings are of 3 types: 

  1. Blessings that occur that the servant is aware of  

  1. The hope and expectations for blessing for Allah 

  1. 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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