The
need to feel good is present in each and every one of us. Allah, the
Most Merciful, created us with desires, but at the same time he made us
different from animals by giving us intellect and intelligence. If you
were given a choice to enter a house for an hour and have all the things
that you desire in this world, without limits, in it, but after an hour
you will have to go to the basement where they will cut you into small
pieces, would you choose to do so? If your answer is that you would go
and fulfill your desire, then there is no point in reading the rest of
the Article because it means that you have lost the most precious thing
in this life: our ability to reason.
Every human being looks for happiness, joy, and delight, but to achieve that, we need six important things:
1- Knowledge of what is beneficial and good:
We are limited, and that is why we need Allah to inform us of what is good and beneficial for us, so refer to the Quraan and Sunnah to know what is good.
2- The path to take to attain that good:
The only path is the path of revelation; the Quraan and the Sunnah. It is a path that all Prophets and righteous people took, and they reached their final destination in peace. This path requires patience and dedication with certainty.
3- To actually take that path of goodness:
Knowledge is important, but it is only half the way to delight and happiness; unless we put the knowledge into actions, there is no benefit in it. Efforts, courage, struggle, and patience need to be in place to actually take the path to Paradise and goodness.
4- Knowledge of what is harmful and bad:
On the other hand, we have to know what is harmful; otherwise, happiness will not be attained. If we do all kinds of good things, one small harm can ruin all of it. Therefore, we need to know what is evil and bad. Again, humans are limited, we need knowledge of what is harmful, and it was given to us by Allah in the Quraan and Sunnah.
5- The paths of evil and what is bad:
Evil and what is bad have so many different paths; the only way to know that is by learning what Allah wants from us in the Quraan and the Sunnah.
6- To actually avoid the paths of evil:
Desires, temptations, peer pressure, and most importantly Shaytaan will try to take us to the path of evil and destruction. Shaytaan will adorn and beautify the evil in our eyes, and unless we have the knowledge, patience, dedication, fear of Allah, hope for His rewards, and love of Allah, we will not be able to succeed.
Turn to Allah alone and ask Him for guidance and help, stay in a good environment with people who remind us of Allah, and beware of befriending those who commit sins that take us away from Allah.
This
life, Allah created it and filled it with things that fit our desires,
and He gave us intellects and ordered us to worship Him alone. For any
desire in this world, there is a Halaal alternative, it might require
patience to achieve it, but it definitely feels much better in this
life, and more importantly, has no bad consequences in this life or the
Hereafter. Our life is temporary, and we were created for a reason. What
makes us humans and not animals is that we can choose the best of two
good things and stay away from the worst of two evils.
1- Knowledge of what is beneficial and good:
We are limited, and that is why we need Allah to inform us of what is good and beneficial for us, so refer to the Quraan and Sunnah to know what is good.
2- The path to take to attain that good:
The only path is the path of revelation; the Quraan and the Sunnah. It is a path that all Prophets and righteous people took, and they reached their final destination in peace. This path requires patience and dedication with certainty.
3- To actually take that path of goodness:
Knowledge is important, but it is only half the way to delight and happiness; unless we put the knowledge into actions, there is no benefit in it. Efforts, courage, struggle, and patience need to be in place to actually take the path to Paradise and goodness.
4- Knowledge of what is harmful and bad:
On the other hand, we have to know what is harmful; otherwise, happiness will not be attained. If we do all kinds of good things, one small harm can ruin all of it. Therefore, we need to know what is evil and bad. Again, humans are limited, we need knowledge of what is harmful, and it was given to us by Allah in the Quraan and Sunnah.
5- The paths of evil and what is bad:
Evil and what is bad have so many different paths; the only way to know that is by learning what Allah wants from us in the Quraan and the Sunnah.
6- To actually avoid the paths of evil:
Desires, temptations, peer pressure, and most importantly Shaytaan will try to take us to the path of evil and destruction. Shaytaan will adorn and beautify the evil in our eyes, and unless we have the knowledge, patience, dedication, fear of Allah, hope for His rewards, and love of Allah, we will not be able to succeed.
Turn to Allah alone and ask Him for guidance and help, stay in a good environment with people who remind us of Allah, and beware of befriending those who commit sins that take us away from Allah.
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