Happiness in Islam

[Riana17]

"Knock, knock"

A British colonial officer in India sips his cup of tea and calls out, "Who is it?"

"It's me, sir. Your washerwoman. I have come to collect your laundry."

"Oh sure, how are you?"

"I am fine, sir. Thanks to Allah, a hundred thousand times."

"And... how are your children doing? And the one who was sick?"

"They are fine, too, sir, All praise is to Allah.
One has malaria. He still has high fever. But he will get better, Allah willing.
And the other one is quite healthy. Allah is very gracious, sir. He looks after us."

"Huh.. and how is your husband, I never asked?"

"Oh, he died sir. Six years ago. Allah took him back sir. Allah has a plan for everything."




A British colonial officer cites this conversation as his reason for embracing Islam.

[Beardo]

SubhanAllah. Makes all my problems look stupid and petty. :| So much to be grateful for, that we forget. The story sent shivers down my body. Masha-Allah. What a strong and beautiful woman.

[Amat Allah]

Jazaki Allahu khayran my sweetheart for posting this...

May Allah love you , be pleased with you and reward ya with the Highest level of the Paradise without being reckoning and all the Ummah Ameeen

indeed, we are not grateful enough to Allah, may Allah forgive us and help us to worship Him right Ameeeeen

[May Ayob]

Subhan Allah I pray to God to make us all true beleivers in Islam

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[al yunan]

Mashallah the most simple and powerfull Dawa: the plain truth

[Riana17]

SubhanAllah. Makes all my problems look stupid and petty. :| So much to be grateful for, that we forget. The story sent shivers down my body. Masha-Allah. What a strong and beautiful woman.

Salam, alhamdollelah the story benefited you.

Me too and my heart was broken hearted for her but at the same time I felt she is so lucky and I am very happy for her.

Subhanallah

[Riana17]

Jazaki Allahu khayran my sweetheart for posting this... May Allah love you , be pleased with you and reward ya with the Highest level of the Paradise without being reckoning and all the Ummah Ameeen indeed, we are not grateful enough to Allah, may Allah forgive us and help us to worship Him right Ameeeeen

Ameeen

I am so touched, I am new to this forum & receiving the highest gift from sister (or brother) in Islam that is so sincere just made my heart melt. I revert the same prayer to you and your family and all our the Muslims in the world.

I got this story from one mosque and till now the pamphlet is with me. It is just so intense that no need to add more words to realize we are indeed very blessed.

Subhanallah

[missy]

It is just so intense that no need to add more words to realize we are indeed very blessed.

Very True!!

JazakilAllah Khayran for sharing!!

May Allah SWT Forgive all of us....Ameen.

[Who Am I?]

One thing I have always admired about Islam is the dedication that its followers have in their faith and in God. That dedication is part of the reason that I am attracted to Islam and am considering it as my religion. I have seen far too many Christians (and I include myself in this category) that have lost faith and become disillusioned and angry about their life. I have never been very religious and have always been practical and intellectual, so I have always admired those who have conviction and believe in something they cannot even see.

[al yunan]

One thing I have always admired about Islam is the dedication that its followers have in their faith and in God. That dedication is part of the reason that I am attracted to Islam and am considering it as my religion. I have seen far too many Christians (and I include myself in this category) that have lost faith and become disillusioned and angry about their life. I have never been very religious and have always been practical and intellectual, so I have always admired those who have conviction and believe in something they cannot even see.

Salam dear brother,

One of the major stumbling blocks in even getting a general idea of Islam is that hardly any of the main principles and articles of "faith" have an English equivalent word.
I don't know if you read any of the revert stories, it take most people for ever to get into the mind set of the basics so most myself included relied on heart felt notions until we mastered and continue too, each step.
Contemplation is rewarded highly by Allah S.W.T where as it's frowned upon in other faiths.
So what you reffer to "never been very religious" is alien to us Muslims for it implies blind faith and ritual worship.
Further more we do not attest to faith we rather witness to a statement and declare our trust in the divine and its affairs.
The idea you mention about "believe in something they cannot even see" does not enter our minds as we are not asked to believe. Does all this sound strange ? I'll try and clarify my point bellow.

Our principles of "belief"
Amantu Billahi (we place our trust in Allah S.W.T)
wa Malaikatihi (and His angels)
wa Kutubihi (and His Books)
wa Rasulihi (and His Messengers)
wa Yaumil akhir (and the last day) The day of reckoning
wa Qadr wa Qadar
or
wa bilqudri khayrihi, wa shr-rihi minal laahi ta Allah (and that the power for all deeds emanates from Allah S.W.T)

This last one is very hard to describe in one or two sentences. My words are way over simplified.
Any way as you can see pretty straight forward articles, no dogma and every single Muslim no matter what has this identical formula.
So even Muslims of different schools of thought all have one set of principles.
Every article mentioned is clarified by the Quran and further detailed by our prophet s.a.w's Sunah (his sayings and teachings)
In the Quran Allah S.W.T also encourages us to investigate and not just to follow and seek proof of our Beliefs or one should say place our trust rather.
I hope my simple explanation helps you to get a better idea of Muslim "beliefs" and should require further clarification on any point I would be honored to do my best to assist you.

May Allah S.W.T grant you peace of heart and mind.
Masalam

[Riana17]

One thing I have always admired about Islam is the dedication that its followers have in their faith and in God. That dedication is part of the reason that I am attracted to Islam and am considering it as my religion. I have seen far too many Christians (and I include myself in this category) that have lost faith and become disillusioned and angry about their life. I have never been very religious and have always been practical and intellectual, so I have always admired those who have conviction and believe in something they cannot even see.

additional to brother Alyunan

well, we dont blindly blv - there is too much proof and I cant help but notice what is Islam all about
If you are determine to find the truth, you will inshallah
the only thing we can do for you is to pray and support you with the process, everything else is in the Hand of Allah

[siam]

faith = the use of ones intellect and reasoning to arrive at conviction.

[siam]

"happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control and somethings are not. It is only after you have faced upt to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and cannot control, that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible"
----Epictetus

[Riana17]

"happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control and somethings are not. It is only after you have faced upt to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and cannot control, that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible"
----Epictetus

nice one sir

[Who Am I?]

One thing I do like is the encouragement of investigation rather than blind acceptance that something is just because it is. That is one thing that has never sat well with me in regards to organized religion. As I said, I tend to be intellectual, and want to find answers to my questions (even the ones I know I can't answer), so I like the fact that I am encouraged to investigate things on my own and find my own answers.

[Riana17]

Once there was a king who had presented his daughter, the princess, with a beautiful diamond necklace. The necklace was stolen and his people in the kingdom searched everywhere but could not find it. Some said a bird might have stolen it. The king then asked them all to search for it and put a reward for $50,000 for anyone who found it.
One day a clerk was walking home along a river next to an industrial area. This river was completely polluted, filthy and smelly. As he was walking, the clerk saw a shimmering in the river and when he looked, he saw the diamond necklace. He decided to try and catch it so that he could get the $50,000 reward. He put his hand in the filthy, dirty river and grabbed at the necklace, but some how missed it and didn't catch it. He took his hand out and looked again and the necklace was still there. He tried again, this time he walked in the river and dirtied his pants in the filthy river and put his whole arm in to catch the necklace. But strangely, he still missed the necklace! He came out and started walking away, feeling depressed.
Then again he saw the necklace, right there. This time he was determined to get it, no matter what. He decided to plunge into the river, although it was a disgusting thing to do as the river was polluted, and his whole body would become filthy. He plunged in, and searched everywhere for the necklace and yet he failed. This time he was really bewildered and came out feeling very depressed that he could not get the necklace that would get him $50,000.
Just then a saint who was walking by, saw him, and asked him what was the matter. The clerk didn't want to share the secret with the saint, thinking the saint might take the necklace for himself, so he refused to tell the saint anything. But the saint could see this man was troubled and being compassionate, again asked the clerk to tell him the problem and promised that he would not tell anyone about it. The clerk mustered some courage and decided to put some faith in the saint. He told the saint about the necklace and how he tried and tried to catch it, but kept failing. The saint then told him that perhaps he should try looking upward, toward the branches of the tree, instead of in the filthy river. The clerk looked up and true enough, the necklace was dangling on the branch of a tree. He had been trying to capture a mere reflection of the real necklace all this time.
Moral of the story:


Material happiness is just like the filthy, polluted river; because it is a mere reflection of the TRUE happiness in the spiritual world.
We can never achieve the happiness we are looking for no matter how hard we endeavor in material life. Instead we should look upwards, toward God, who is the source of real happiness, and stop chasing after the reflection of this happiness in the material world. This spiritual happiness is the only thing that can satisfy us completely.

[Serendipity]

Beautiful stories jazakallah khair.

[Riana17]

Beautiful stories jazakallah khair.

Salam Alaikkum sister
Welcome to IB, I'm glad you liked it.