Shk. Zahid. - Happiness - Live khutba.40 languages

Amma Baad (as to what follows) Dear Brothers and Sisters Today I would like to share with you some reflections On, An Important topic, In our lives In the life, Of every human being And we all,Seek it, And try to acheave it But some of us has misconception about it And today we will try to see it, From an Islamic perspective What I would like to talk to you about today , Is Happiness If you ask anyone on this Earth Would you like to be Happy or Sad ? The answer would be, I want to be Happy And all of us, Are after happiness, In our life But as i said earlier There are many ways to look at happiness there are different ways to define it If you ask someone who is poor would you like to be Happy? And what is happiness for you? He would say Money If you ask someone who is sick, What is happiness for you? He would say to you, "I want to be cured" And if you asked someone who failed in his exam ? He will ask, He will tell you "I want to succeed in my exam" So happiness, Could mean lot of things to different people But we need to look at it from an Islamic perspective And in Islaam, Happiness revolves being well connected to Allah (Almighty) Happiness comes through being good with Allah And that you are, Then you will become contend in your life If you look at the Topics that we spoke about a minute ago Weather it was wealth, Or Love, Or being cured from a sickness These things, You may acheave it or you may not acheave it You could have the Mentality and the strength to generate wealth Or you may have not You may have the intellect, To study and pass the exam, You may not But, To be near to Allah (Almighty) Is open Happiness, Through nearness to Allah (Almighty) Is open to every Human Being To every creature on this Earth You don't need to be strong You don't need to be in the best of health You don't need anything except, To have the intent Of connecting to Allah (Almighty) And observing the guidance of Allah (Almighty) {caugh} So it is in the mercy of Allah That he make, He made this kind of happiness Attainable to everyone of us There is no barrier about this If we look at the life of the Prophet SWS At all Prophets of Allah (Almighty) If we look at the life of the companions of the Prophet We will see, That there were sad moments in their life Was there life, Free of what we define as sadness? Was there any point in their life that was free of sadness? NO If you look at the life of the prophet SWS himself You will see it, Or you can look at it, As a series of unhappy moments Why is there ? Because he was given the message by Allah (Almighty) And he was hopeful, That his people, Those who trusted him and called him "The trustworthy" The would believe him, But they didn't Only few of them, Believed in him And he tried his best to call them to Allah (Almighty) With little success He spent twent, Eleven years, Calling them to Allah (Almighty) in Mecca And he tried at one time, To go beyond Mecca So he went to the nearest Town, To Taif which is about 60 Kilometers, Forty Miles, Away from Mecca Imagine yourself,Having been refused by your next of kin By your clan and tribe And then you decided to go to another place And the prophet SWS walked this distance He didn't drive in a car, He walked sixty Kilometres to Tyff Climbing the Mountains And he was hopeful, That the People of Tyff Would be better than the People of Mecca But they declined his message Not even that, They sent after him their Children to harass him And the Prophet SWS felt very bad about this event And he sat in the shade of a Wall And he made a prayer to Allah (Almighty) And this Prayer shows the essence of Happiness The source of Happiness, In the life of the Prophet SWS Despite many setback that came his way Despite many problem that he faced Because the Prayer said I have seen all of this, And it is very saddening for me But I don't care about it If you are not angry with me, If this is not a punishment If this is, If this is just a test Then I am very satisfied with it But the Prophet SWS continue He didn't say I want to live all my life, In this way He asked Allah (Almighty)o enable him to go thru this And to change the situation I, He said to Allah "But your acceptance, And your, your giving me the comfort, Is more, But is more like by me" So this is one point in the life of the Prophet SWS And there are many other points If you look at the time when the Prophet SWS and his next of kin Bani Haashim Were boycotted by the rest of Quraish They were told that we will not buy from you Or sell you Food And we will leave you on your own Unless you denounce your Son, Muhammed SWS And his Wife also Khadija, Who was his next support His best support, Died at the same time Again, The Prophet SWS Went through sad moments in his life But if you look at his life Would you define him as someone who was sad? Who was depressed? Or someone who was Happy? He definately was very happy in his life Very content with his life Why is that? Because of his relationship to Allah (Almighty) And we need to define happiness around that Not around many things that are materialistic That would be available to us, Sometimes in our lives Or may not continue with us There are many things that we know for sure will not continue with us If you are young and healthy, Can you guarantee that you will remain young and healthy for the rest of your life? If you are beautiful, And many of our Girls define happiness As being the most beautiful girl Can you guarantee that this beauty Will continue with you for the rest of your life These are things that will not continue with you But the relationship with Allah (Almighty) If built, On a sound foundation, Will continue with you weather you are twenty of you are eighty It will bring happiness to you Weather you are very rich or you are very poor And we see this in the life of the Prophet and his companions Why the Happiness came to them? For many reasons One of it is that they realize, That the sadness that came through to them Is something that Allah (Almighty) chosen for them They have done their best But Allah (Almighty) selected for them, This When the Prophet SWS , Lost his Son Ibraheem SWS (Abraham) He was holding him in his hand And his son was breathing his last breath on this Earth And the Prophet SWS Expressed his sadness But at the same time he said "We shall say nothing but that would please Allah (Almighty) So the Happiness comes, from the relationship with Allah And knowing that he will not let you down If you have done your work, But you failed the exam Then you realize that this is something beyond your capabilities And the same applies If you are rela, If your relationship with Allah (Almighty) is good Then, The happiness will come to you Because you realize, If today Allah (Almighty) took something away from you Tomorrow he will give you more In the time of the Prophet SWS His wife, Umu Salama, Her first husband Abu Salama died And the Prophet SWS taught her To say OH Allah, Give me the Ajar, Give me the reward, For this that happened to me And give me even better than what I lost And the lady said 'When the Prophet taught me this, I asked myself who could be better Than my late Husband Abu Salama"? Then the Prophet SWS married her And she said "I realize, That this Hadith, This Prayer There are many things beyond my imagination And Abu, The Prophet SWS Was definitely better than Abu Salama RAA So when, We are believers in Allah (Almighty) And when our relationship with Allah (Almighty) is on a strong footing Then we realize, That whatever he took today He will give tomorrow And sometimes later we realize That the distress that we went through Was indeed, A blessing in a disguise And we need to realize this, In our life The second point, We must realize that Allah (Almighty)Is very Merciful And very generous And if we lose something, If we miss something If we feel sad about something The compensation will come from Allah (Almighty) Not from his creatures, Not from his servants It will come from Allah (Almighty) in this life and in the hareafter And to this, Allah (Almighty) mentioned in the Quraan Those who were given happiness,They lived in Paradise eternal life This is the ultimate happiness Happiness on this Earth, Could come and go in a moment But happiness in the hereafter, Is eternal, You will live all your life,As you like it And rewarded by Allah (Almighty)Beyond your imagination So the happiness comes to us, From our relationship with Allah (Almighty) Happiness comes to believers Through Prayers also When you are sad, You want to bring happiness to your Heart And you want to vent the feelings that you have in your Heart Usually you will do this by talking to a friend Talking to a relative Talking to a spouse And usually this will bring some comfort to your Heart But the best comfort to come, the best happiness will come From talking to Allah (Almighty) As we have seen the Prophet SWS doing He always expressed his trust in Allah And he always sought the pleasure of Allah (Almighty) And happiness to him came through this When we are talking about all of this We realize also, That in the life of the Prophet SWS Fun, Which is part of happiness, Has its place The Prophet SWS, Was serious person He was not joking all the time But his life was not free of jokes Not free of touches, That would bring happiness to the Heart of other people The prophet SWS for example When he would go to a child He would ask him about his Bird he would not say to him, talk to him about Islaam And the five pillars of Islaam He would try to bring happiness to this young kid By talking to him about something that is dear to his Heart We know, That the prophet SWS, Sometimes, Would joke with people A woman came to him, And she asked him to give her a Camel And the prophet SWS said to her "I will give you the son of the Camel" And the woman thought that the Prophet SWS was giving Going to give her a young Camel, That was no use for her in her trip And, She kept asking the Prophet SWS "What can I do with the Son of the Camel?" And the Prophet jokingly would say to her "I will give you only the son of the Camel" And later the prophet explained to her He said to her "Every Camel is a Son of a Camel" He is not coming by himself to this life So this is the way the Prophet SWS Would bring Happiness to the Heart of People By giving them the glad tidings By showing them the the personal touch In in the, That is common between him and Her And and and that them This is how the ProphetSWS also enjoyed his life And if we look at all of this The happiness again Came to the life of the Prophet SWS And came to his sahaba Some of his sahaba (companion) was poor And they were very happy in their lifes They were happy, Because the realize That they differentiated between the needs and the wants What they need is the basic What they want, If you leave your Soul To go after what you want Then the whole Earth would not be enough for you And Allah (Almighty) warned us in the Quraan Against, Those who are always in need They have something that could not be satisfied And among them, The disbelievers Were always, Among those People, Who always felt That wealth, Is the most important aspect in their lifes And that they did not think About their relationship with Allah (Almighty) And because of this, They led unhappy life on this Earth And they will be leading unhappy life in the hereafter The Imam rests between Khutbas, And makes quiet dua An important part of happiness is social interaction And Allah (Almighty) created us as a human being Very dependent, On social Interaction with each other And when we look at the teachings of Islaam It not only acknowledges this But guide us always to acheave happiness Through the proper interaction First of all, We are told to treat each other in a good way In a balanced way, In a nice way And to support each other with the purpose Of not only guidance, But witrh the purpose of bring happiness to the Heart of each other This is why the Prophet SWS When he listed the duty of Brotherhood among Muslims He said "if our Brother invited you to a dinner Or to a a , To an occasion Answer his call, Go and attend" And this is why he said, "If a brother lost a dear one, To Death You should go and console him " This is part of the bringing the happiness to the Heart of those around him And the Prophet SWS Especially on happy occasion, Like Eid He ordered us to bring happiness to everyone around us One of, One way to bring happiness Is Sadakatul Fitr When the Prophet SWS told us "That Allah (Almighty) commanded us to give Money" What was the purpose of giving Sadakatul Fitr to those around us? The Prophet SWS said "They should not feel isolated They should not beg on that day Let them stay happy and completely satisfied So they will share the happiness that those who are Sharing in the society around them" Even the Prophet went further When he asked the Muslim Ladies to attend Eid prayer Some of them explained to the Prophet SWS That this is a day of Eid where people put their best Dresses But I may not have the Dress that is suitable for this occasion The Prophet address other ladies, And he said to them "Why, Some of you who have more than one dress Lend a dress to her Sister, So she can come and attend the Eid Prayers" What was the purpose of all of this? To bring happiness to the Heart of everyone in the Muslim community And the Prophet SWS, If you look at the essance of his life It was to bring happiness In a true perspective to the Heart of every Human Being By showing them the guidance of Allah (Almighty) And telling them to follow the guidance of Allah (Almighty) To attain happiness and prosperity In this life and the hereafter I pray to Allah (Almighty) To guide us to the best ways in our life