Never losing the hope…

Source: blog.islamiconlineuniversity.com

By: Fareed Ahmad

The arabic word for sadness or grief is “Gham” – derived from the word “Ghaamama (the cloud) “. Although there’s no apparent relationship between sadness and cloud, there is a hidden one.  Just like how a cloud blocks away sunshine from lighting up the earth,sadness/grief also acts as a stumbling block, hindering man’s positive energy and performance.

Just like a cloud blocks all the sun-shine coming down to the earth, sadness or grief, one way or another, also acts as a stumbling block for a man’s positive energy and performance. 2

It is very natural that when a person is happy and everything is going according to his whims and desires and his own wishful thinking, his performance is at it’s peak, but when he is tested or acalamity strikes him, he becomes pessimistic and isn’t able to give a good performance.

Be fully human

By: Yasmin Mogahed

Why is it that we refuse to accept the full human experience, the full design of the human experiment? We want the happiness without the sadness. The light, without the dark. The ease without the hardship. We want to learn to walk, without struggling through the falls. When a child learns to walk, the falls are part of the process. The fall is just as important as the rise. The slip of Adam was a lesson, not an oversight of God. God gives us the strength and the weakness. Not as an oversight, not as a flaw in the design. He gives us both because each part plays a purpose in our development, and our ultimate success. Don’t stunt the process of your growth but trying to limit the spectrum of the human plan. So many of us fear failure so much, that we are afraid to try. But reflect on this: was it through your successes or was it through your failures that you learned your deepest lessons? Our successes encourage us. But it is our failures that teach us. In life, we need both. Success gives us the encouragement and motivation to keep going, while failure, teaches us the difficult, often painful, but necessary, lessons we need to grow and fulfill our ultimate purpose.

Why People Leave Each Other?

By: Yasmin Mogahed

Source: http://hadithoftheday.com/

When I was 17 years old, I had a dream. I dreamt that I was sitting inside a masjid and a little girl walked up to ask me a question. She asked me: “Why do people have to leave each other?” The question was a personal one, but it seemed clear to me why the question was chosen for me.

I was one to get attached.

Ever since I was a child, this temperament was clear. While other children in preschool could easily recover once their parents left, I could not. My tears, once set in motion, did not stop easily. As I grew up, I learned to become attached to everything around me. From the time I was in first grade, I needed a best friend. As I got older, any fall-out with a friend shattered me. I couldn’t let go of anything.

Feeling down? Here are some tips that may help

Source: thekhalids.org

Rasulullāh SallAllāhu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam has stated: “Relief accompanies difficulties.” [Al-Arbaoon Lin-Nawawi] It is the way of Allāh – based on His infinite wisdom – to have mankind pass through stages in their lives. In general, people go through good times and they go through hard times. Naturally, it is when they go through hard times that they face the most psychological stress.

Steps in achieving tranquility of the heart

By: Jinan Bastaki

Source: http://www.onislam.net

Sometimes it feels like it’s just too much – these fluctuations in our faith, the repeated sinning, the feeling that “I just don’t deserve Allah’s mercy.”

The tests always feel like punishments. There is a constant worry about the future: my marriage, my money, my career, my nation… And some difficulties just feel like they are too great to overcome. We know we’re not supposed to ask this, but the question at the back of our minds is: “Why me?”

We have all heard that we should never despair of God’s mercy. And on the surface, we try not to, but the Devil has a trick. We tend to despair of ourselves and our incapacity to change things, especially the inner turmoil that we feel. And the effect of this is basically the same as despairing of God’s mercy. We do not always accept that God can take us out of the situation we are in and we don’t need to ‘deserve’ the trouble; God isn’t punishing us and we don’t need to be perfect.

This doesn’t mean, however, that we shouldn’t strive, or take ourselves to account when we do mess up. The key is to develop our relationship with God during that trouble. If we know God, no situation is too hopeless. No sadness is ever permanent. We perceive trials as they are meant to be perceived – as tests of our trust in God, forcing us to put our knowledge into practice and bringing us closer to Him. These trials could potentially be a punishment too, that is if we let it affect us negatively by completely turning away from Him because of our sadness. But our awareness of our own state and our understanding of God’s mercy allows us to turn the punishment into something positive that is manifested through repentance to God, alongside increasing in good deeds in order to erase the bad ones.

The first exercise is for us to consciously realize that God knows. Whatever grief we go through, whatever hardship we endure, we must understand that we are never alone. Even if we feel abandoned by the world and those closest to us, God is there. He reminds us in the Quran: {Fear not. Indeed, I am with you [both]; I hear and I see.} (Ta-Ha 20: 46)

As long as we begin by recognizing that God is with us and He is close to us, there remains a solution to our inner worries. There are things we need to know in order to develop our relationship with God. Then there are things we need to do in order to maintain that closeness to God. And finally, there are things we need to aspire for to achieve the ideal relationship with our Lord. We pray that by the end of the series, we will all have developed a stronger relationship with God.

Why do #Muslims Call others to #Islam?

By: John Fontain

If you discovered something so amazing you felt like jumping up and down in excitement, what is the first thing that you would want to do? If you worked out the answer to a puzzle and knew others were trying to do the same thing, how would you feel, how would you react? If you discovered the meaning of life or the secrets of the universe, what would you do with that knowledge? If you worked out a way of banishing fear and sadness and replacing it with eternal happiness what would you do?
#DoDawah

Hadith Regarding Relief for Sadness, Worry, Grief and Trials

Source: http://www.missionislam.com/

1. It was narrated by Ibn Sina on the authority of Abi Qutada (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, Allah (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“whoever reads the verse of the Throne (ayat al-kursi) and the khawatam of Surat al-Baqara at the time of distress, Allah will help him.”

2. It was narrated by Imam Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with him) on the authority of ‘Abdullah ibn Ja‘far (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah , encouraged the saying of this supplication at the time of distress: “La illaha il Allah al-Haleem al-Kareem, Subhanallahi rabb al-‘Arsh al-‘Adheem wal Hamdulilahi Rabb al-‘Alameen (there is none worthy of worship except Allah, the Gentle and Generous. Glory is to Allah the Lord of the Great Throne, and all praises be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds.)”

The Death of Tom Hurndall

Tom Hurndall was in a coma for nine months after being shot in the head by an Israeli sniper.

Source: http://www.ifamericansknew.org/

It is with great sadness that If Americans Knew shares with you the news of the passing away of Tom Hurndall.

Tom, 22, died Tuesday night in a London hospital due to complications with pneumonia. He had spent the past nine months in a vegetative state after being shot in the head by an Israeli sniper on April 11, 2003, while trying to escort children to safety in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestine.

Entertainment “Partying” is temporary and after it there comes sadness and boredom while true happiness is enduring and is only given by your Maker.

 Entertainment “Partying” is temporary and after it there comes sadness and boredom while true happiness is enduring and is only given by your Maker.
 Entretenimiento “Vida nocturna” es temporal y después de allí viene la tristeza y el aburrimiento, mientras que la verdadera felicidad está sufriendo y sólo viene dada por su Creador.
 Entertainment “Feesten” is tijdelijk en na het er komt verdriet en verveling, terwijl het ware geluk is blijvend en wordt alleen gegeven door uw Maker.
 Entertainment “Fêter” est temporaire et après il vient la tristesse et l’ennui tandis que le vrai bonheur est durable et n’est donnée qu’à votre Créateur.
 Entertainment “Feiern” ist zeitlich begrenzt und nach kommt Traurigkeit und Langeweile, während das wahre Glück ist dauerhaft und wird nur von deinem Schöpfer gegeben.
 Yúlè “kuánghuān” shì zhànshí de, yǐhòu yěyǒu láizì yōushāng hé kǔmèn, ér zhēnzhèng de xìngfú shì chíjiǔ de, zhǐ néng yóu nín zhìzuò gěi chū.
 Entertainment “Festa” är tillfällig, och efter det att det kommer sorg och tristess medan sann lycka är bestående och endast ges av din Maker.
 Razvlecheniya ” Vecherinki ” nosit vremennyy kharakter i posle nego nastupayet grust’ i skuka v to vremya kak istinnoye schast’ye perezhivayet i dayetsya tol’ko vashim Maker.
 Eğlence “Akşam” geçici ve gerçek mutluluk yaşarken ondan sonra üzüntü ve sıkıntı geliyor ve sadece Maker tarafından verilir.
 Entertainment “Festeggiare” è temporaneo e dopo ci arriva la tristezza e la noia, mentre la vera felicità è duratura ed è dato solo dalla vostra Maker.
 Entertainment “Berpesta” bersifat sementara dan setelah itu ada datang kesedihan dan kebosanan sementara kebahagiaan sejati adalah abadi dan hanya diberikan oleh Maker.