Do not be sad - The fundamentals of happiness
1. Know that if you do not live within
the scope of today, your thoughts will
be scattered, your affairs will become
confused, and your worrying will
increase these realities explain the
hadith:
"When you are in the morning, do not
expect to see the evening, and when
you are in the evening, do not expect
to see the morning."
2. Forget the past and all that it
contained. Being absorbed in things
that are gone is sheer lunacy.
3. Do not be preoccupied with the
future. Because the future is in the
world of the unseen, do not let it
bother you until it comes.
4. Do not be shaken by criticism;
instead, be firm. And know that, in
proportion to your worth, the level of
people's criticism rises.
5. Faith in Allah and good deeds: these
are the ingredients that make up a
good and happy life.
6. Whoever desires peace, tranquility,
and comfort can find it all in the
remembrance of Allah.
7. You should know with certainty
that everything that happens, occurs
in accordance with a divine decree.
8. Do not expect gratitude from
anyone.
9. Train yourself to be ready and
prepared for the worst eventuality.
10. Perhaps what has happened is in
your best interest (though you may
not comprehend how that is so).
11. Everything that is decreed for the
Muslim is best for him.
12. Enumerate the blessings of Allah
and be thankful for them.
13. You are better off than many
others.
14. Relief comes from one hour to the
next.
15. In both times of hardship and
ease, one should turn to supplication
and prayer.
16. Calamities should strengthen your
heart and reshape your outlook in a
positive sense.
17. Indeed, with each difficulty there
is relief.
18. Do not let trifles be the cause of
your destruction.
19. Indeed, your Lord is Of-Forgiving.
20. Do not be angry... Do not be
angry... Do not be angry.
21. Life is bread, water, and shade; so
do not be perturbed by a lack of any
other material thing.
And in the heaven is your provision,
and that which you are promised.
(Qur'an 51: 22)
22. Most evil that is supposed to
happen never occurs.
23. Look at those who are afflicted and
be thankful.
24. When Allah loves a people, He
makes them endure trials.
25. You should constantly repeat
those supplications that the Prophet
(bpuh) taught us to say during times
of hardship.
26. Work hard at something that is
productive, and cast off idleness.
27. Don't spread rumors and don't
listen to them. If you hear a rumor
inadvertently, then don't believe it.
28. Your malice and your striving to
seek revenge are much more harmful
to your health than they are to your
antagonist.
29. The hardships that befall you
atone for your sins.
JAZAKHALLAH KHAIR