[disclaimer: I went off-topic on my own thread but... I'm okay with that]
I'm not out to complain about my problems or to talk about them... but I was feeling so distraught and gloomy and I was really feeling distressed earlier... not out of some "chemical imbalance" but just having to do with some problem I was facing... and then I started reading this book on hell and they started quoting the Quran in the book... so I was really fascinated with looking at the verses of the Quran the book was citing- and so I'm focused on trying to understand these verses of the Quran... and I get really wrapped up in trying to understand these verses and think about them
and then I think "wait a minute- I was depressed earlier"- but by then I don't feel it at all.
ultimately, when you are feeling distressed- turn to the book of Allah. you'll forget all about your problems.
what I was reading had to do with yawm ul qiyamah. if you think about yawm ul qiyamah- and we should, it's mentioned in Surah Al-Fatiha- then all your worldly problems seem small and then you focus on the real issue- which is your akhirah.
I am convinced that if you think a lot about and focus a lot on dunya- you'll always be full of worries. if things are bad, then you stress about that. if you're rich and have all the worldly things you desire, even then if you are overly focused on dunya, I think you will be full of worries.
One thing I think is interesting about the 40 hadith of Imam Nawawi is- I think these two hadith are almost telling us the same thing-
Rasul Allah ﷺ said:
"كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّك غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ"
(be in this world like a stranger or traveler) (Bukhari)
so in this world, I think you should be like an ajnabi- an ajnabi to this dunya. it is not your homeland but you are a foreigner. you are a Muslim so insha'Allah your real home is waiting in jannah- and this dunya is like a dream you're having.
honestly, people- do you treat this world like a traveler treats an airport that he is passing through? or do you treat it like it's your permanent home?
Rasul Allah ﷺ said:
"ازْهَدْ فِي الدُّنْيَا يُحِبَّك اللهُ"
(renounce the dunya and Allah will love you)
I think my post is too long but insha'Allah I will prove in a next post that these two hadith I've quoted are similar
I'm not out to complain about my problems or to talk about them... but I was feeling so distraught and gloomy and I was really feeling distressed earlier... not out of some "chemical imbalance" but just having to do with some problem I was facing... and then I started reading this book on hell and they started quoting the Quran in the book... so I was really fascinated with looking at the verses of the Quran the book was citing- and so I'm focused on trying to understand these verses of the Quran... and I get really wrapped up in trying to understand these verses and think about them
and then I think "wait a minute- I was depressed earlier"- but by then I don't feel it at all.
ultimately, when you are feeling distressed- turn to the book of Allah. you'll forget all about your problems.
what I was reading had to do with yawm ul qiyamah. if you think about yawm ul qiyamah- and we should, it's mentioned in Surah Al-Fatiha- then all your worldly problems seem small and then you focus on the real issue- which is your akhirah.
I am convinced that if you think a lot about and focus a lot on dunya- you'll always be full of worries. if things are bad, then you stress about that. if you're rich and have all the worldly things you desire, even then if you are overly focused on dunya, I think you will be full of worries.
One thing I think is interesting about the 40 hadith of Imam Nawawi is- I think these two hadith are almost telling us the same thing-
Rasul Allah ﷺ said:
"كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّك غَرِيبٌ أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ"
(be in this world like a stranger or traveler) (Bukhari)
so in this world, I think you should be like an ajnabi- an ajnabi to this dunya. it is not your homeland but you are a foreigner. you are a Muslim so insha'Allah your real home is waiting in jannah- and this dunya is like a dream you're having.
honestly, people- do you treat this world like a traveler treats an airport that he is passing through? or do you treat it like it's your permanent home?
Rasul Allah ﷺ said:
"ازْهَدْ فِي الدُّنْيَا يُحِبَّك اللهُ"
(renounce the dunya and Allah will love you)
I think my post is too long but insha'Allah I will prove in a next post that these two hadith I've quoted are similar
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