Real Happiness and Inner Peace

Real happiness and peace can be found in submitting to the commands of the Creator and the Sustainer of this world. God has said in the Quran:

Truly, in remembering God do hearts find rest. (Quran, 13:28)

On the other hand, the one who turns away from the Quran will have a life of hardship in this world. God has said:

But whoever turns away from the Quran, he will have a hard life, and We will raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment. (Quran, 20:124)

This may explain why some people commit suicide while they enjoy the material comfort money can buy. For example, look at Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam), formerly a famous pop singer who used to earn sometimes more than $150,000 a night. After he converted to Islam, he found true happiness and peace, which he had not found in material success.

HEART FIND PEACE IN THE REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH

According to research by David B. Larson, of the American National Health Research Center, and his team, comparisons of devout and non-religious Americans have given very surprising results. For instance, religious people suffer 60% less heart disease than those with little or no religious belief, the suicide rate among them is 100% lower, they suffer far lower levels of high blood pressure, and this ratio is 7:1 among smokers. 1

It was reported in one study published in the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, an important scientific source in the world of medicine, that people who describe themselves as having no religious beliefs become ill more frequently and have shorter life spans. According to the results of the research, those with no beliefs are twice as likely to suffer stomach-intestine diseases than believers, and their mortality rate from respiratory diseases is 66% times higher than that of believers.

Secular psychologists tend to refer to similar figures as “psychological effects.” This means that belief raises peoples’ spirits, and this contributes to health. This explanation may indeed be reasonable, but a more striking conclusion emerges when the subject is examined.

Belief in Allah is much stronger than any other psychological influence. The wide-ranging research into the connection between religious belief and physical health carried out by Dr. Herbert Benson of the Harvard Medical Faculty has produced surprising conclusions in this area.

Despite not being a believer himself, Dr. Benson has concluded that worship and belief in Allah have a more positive effect on human health than that observed in anything else. Benson states that he has concluded that no belief provides as much mental peace as belief in Allah. 2

What is the reason for this connection between belief and the human soul and body? The conclusion reached by the secular researcher Benson is, in his own words, that the human body and mind are regulated to believe in Allah. 3


The reason why those who believe in Allah, who pray to and trust in Him, are psychologically and physically healthier is that they behave in accordance with the purpose of their creation. Philosophies and systems which contradict human creation always lead to pain and unhappiness.

Modern medicine is now tending towards the realization of this truth. As Patrick Glynn put it: “[S]cientific research in psychology over the past twenty-five years has demonstrated that,… religious belief is one of the most consistent correlates of overall mental health and happiness.” 4

1- Patrick Glynn, God: The Evidence, The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason in a Postsecular World (California: Prima Publishing: 1997), 80-81.
2- Herbert Benson, and Mark Stark, Timeless Healing (New York: Simon & Schuster: 1996), 203.
3- Ibid., 193.
4- Glynn, God: The Evidence, The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason in a Postsecular World, 60-61.

Sunnah Acts of Juma

1. To take a bath. (Bukhari , Tirmidhi , Ibne Majah)

2. To wear nice and clean clothes. (Abu Dawood, Chapter of Ghusal on the day of Jumu’ah)

3. To proceed early to the Masjid.(Tirmidhi ,Ibne Majah)

4. To go to the Masjid on foot. (Ibne Majah)

5. To try to sit as close as possible to the Imaam. (Ibne Majah , Tirmidhi)

6. If the Saffs (rows) are already filled, one should not jump over the shoulders of the musallies in order to get to the front.(Abu Dawood)

7. One should not do any futile action eg. one should not fiddle with one’s clothes or fingers. (Ibne Majah)

8. To listen to the Khutba attentively. (Tirmidhi ,Ibne Majah)

9. The person who recites Surah Kahaf on Friday will be bestowed with a Noor( Spiritual light) from under the Arsh (The Throne of Allah Ta’ala) which will extend from the earth till the sky and will benefit him in the darkness of the Day of Qiyaamah. All his (minor) sins which he had committed from the previous Jumu’ah up to this Jumu’ah will be forgiven. (Behishti Zewar)

10. Rasulullah () is reported to have said, “Recite Durood upon me in abundance on the day of Jumua’h since they are presented to me.” (Ibne Majah)

11. On the day of Jumua’h it is Sunnat to apply oil to the hair and to use itr or any other sweet smelling fragrance. (Bukhari)

What should u do if you find yourself thinking about zina

Praise be to Allaah.
Thinking about zinaa may mean one of two things.
(1) It may be merely thoughts that cross the mind, without becoming a firm resolve. A person cannot be blamed for this, but it is better to rid oneself of these thoughts so that they do not lead to anything e...lse.

(2) It may be an established thought accompanied by resolve and intention. In this case, the person must hasten to deal with it in a number of ways, including the following:

1- Seriously thinking of getting married, because this is the shar’i and natural protection for the Muslim man and woman.

2- Fasting if one cannot get married.

3- Muslim men and women should strive to strengthen their eemaan (faith) by reading Qur’aan, praying naafil prayers and doing other kinds of acts of worship.

4- Taking care to choose righteous friends.

5- Keeping away from everything that might provoke desire; one of the most obvious of these is looking at things which are haraam.

6- Remembering the punishment for zinaa in this world and in the Hereafter, and that its evil affects far outweigh the immediate pleasure that a person may experience.

A Lesson

Ibrahim Ibn Adham (may Allah SWT have mercy on him) was a third century scholar, a teacher and a companion of Sufyaan ath-Thawree. He once passed through the market of Basrah in Iraq which at the time was a great centre for Islamic knowledge and learning. The city was famous for scholarship, for great saints and people of Allah SWT. It was a place of immense abundance from Allah SWT.

He passed through the market of Basrah. People gathered around him and asked: O Abû Ishâq, (father of ishaq) we have a question for you. Allah SWT says in the Quran, “Call on me, I will answer your prayers”. But we have been calling on Him for a long time and He does not answer our prayers.

This was a sign of the peoples ignorance, as you’re not allowed to say such things. The Prophet SAW prohibited this. Allah SWT does things in His Own way. There is duas He will defer because He loves people to ask of Him.

Ibrahim Ibn Adham replied to the people, “Its because your hearts are dead.” In order to call on Allah SWT you have to be alive. The dead don’t call. He went on and said your hearts are dead because of ten things:

1.) “You know Allah SWT, yet you do not obey Him”

2.) “You recite the Quran, yet do not act according to it”

3.) “You know Shaitaan (Devil), yet you have agreed with him”

4.) “You proclaim that you love the Messenger of Allah SAW, yet you abandon his Sunnah”

5.) “You proclaim your love for Paradise, yet you do not act to gain it”

6.) “You proclaim your fear for the Fire, yet you do not prevent yourselves from sins”

7.) “You say “Indeed death is true”, yet you have not prepared for it”

8.)”You engage yourselves with finding faults with others, yet you do not look at your faults”

9.) “You eat of that which Allah SWT has provided for you, yet you do not thank Him”

10.) “You bury your dead, yet you do not take a lesson from it.”

Allah Subhanaho Wa tala Says:-

“Try to Walk on My Way,
I’ll Make all the Ways Easy for you.
Try to Spend your Wealth in My
Way,
I ‘ll Open Oceans of Treasure for
you.
Try to Leave your Wills for Me,
I ‘ll Make your Desired Destiny for
you.
Try to Bear Pain on My Way,
I ‘ll Open the Doors of My Care for
you.
Try to Believe in Me,
I ‘ll Make Sincere Friends for you.
Try to Be Mine,
I ‘ll Make Everyone for you !

How To Concentrate In Your Prayers

1. Repeat what the mu'adhin (person who calls prayers) says.

2. Make dua between adhan and Iqamah.

3. Make fresh wudu for Salah.

4. Use miswak before Salah.

5. Dress in fine clothes for Salah.

6. Move through Salah with tranquility.

7. Pray as if you will die after this Salah.

8. Think about the verses and dhikr you are reciting in Salah.

9. Repeat verses for added contemplation.

10. Memorize and use new passages of Quran.

11. Pause at the end of each ayah.

12. Recite in a beautiful voice.

13. Maintain eyesight on your prostration location.

14. Recite dhikr after prayer, patiently.

15. Don't look around in prayer.

16. Suppress your yawning during prayer.

17. Don't stick to the same prayer place in the Masjid.

18. Arrive early for Salah.

19. Pray as soon as the time enters