Don't Be Sad - By Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni (A Few Excerpts from the Book about Happiness)

This website contains a few excerpts from the popular book "Don't be Sad" (original in Arabic) that discusses Happiness from an Islamic perspective.

There may be some grammatical errors in translation. You can download the actual E-book for free from islamhouse.com

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Do not be sad from the want of ample provision

Verily, the One Who provides sustenance is Allah. He has made it binding upon Himself that whatever provision He has written for His slaves will reach them.

And in the heaven is your provision, and that which you are promised. (Qur'an 51: 22)

If Allah is the One Who provides for the creation, why curry favor with people? And why should one degrade himself in front of another person in the hope of procuring from him his sustenance? Allah said:

And no [moving] living creature is there on earth but its provision is due from Allah. (Qur 'an 11: 6)

Whatever of mercy i.e. e. of good], Allah may grant to mankind, none can withhold it, and whatever He may withhold, none can grant it thereafter: (Qur'an 35: 2)

Do not be sad, for there are means of making it easier to bear calamity. Among them are the following:

1. Expecting reward and recompense from Allah, the Exalted: only those who are patient shall receive their rewards in full, without reckoning.? (Qur'an 39: 1O)

2. Visiting those who are afflicted and seeking comfort in that you are better off than many others.

A poet said:

"If not for the many mourners around me,
Who weep for their brothers, I would have taken my own life."

So look at those who surround you. There will not be one, except that hardship or affliction has touched him.