💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful
💌 Things that lead to depression or feelings of emptiness which we Muslims can avoid:
1• Allowing yourself to be dependent on people's actions and treatment of you to achieve happiness. Wrongly assuming that you'll be happy only if someone is nice to you or if your plans go well.
2• Comparing your life to others' lives, being addicted to watching vlogs and mukbang videos on YouTube, and feeling as though you lack something when you see other people doing things you can't do or having materialistic possessions which you don't own.
3• Forgetting Allah's blessings that He gave you, focusing on the bad events that took place previously, being unable to let go of the past, and magnifying your problems by complaining about them instead of saying Du'a and moving forward.
4• Scrolling through Facebook news feed and browsing random timelines for more than an hour without saying Dhikr or while delaying an obligatory prayer. The more you purposely delay a Salah and the more you neglect your duties to Allah the Almighty, the more your heart gets tainted with dark spots so you start feeling empty.
5• Frequently debating with keyboard warriors online and making long-term enemies offline. Being unwilling to forgive. Holding onto grudges and nosily stalking the accounts of people you dislike.
6• Being overly attached to temporary things like dunya and people. Not making effort to study about Islam and showing no interest in becoming pious or more practicing.
7• Listening to songs and music instead of calming recitations of the Noble Qur'an.
Harming your soul by letting it commit as many sins as you like e.g. watching porn, deliberately telling lies to make your audience laugh and backbiting about others "for fun".
8• Trying to live a so-called "perfect life" when perfection can only be found in Jannah Paradise. Assuming that getting married, getting richer, or traveling to a certain country spell out "success" and refusing to be contented with your condition until you obtain all three - marriage, wealth, and traveling for leisure.
9• Intentionally being selfish or withholding the favors that Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala granted you. Rather than sharing beneficial knowledge you've learned, with Allah's Will, and providing surplus food to the needy when you have the chance to be generous, you keep your joys to yourself selfishly.
📖 Fadalah ibn ‘Ubayd RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Blessed is one who is guided to Islam, whose livelihood is sufficient, and who is contented."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhī 2349
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani
📖 Thawban RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Blessed is one who controls his tongue, whose house is spacious, and who weeps for his sins."
Source: Al-Mu’jam Al-Awsaṭ 2398
Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to Al-Albani
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Be devout and you will be the most pious of people. Be contented and you will be the most grateful of people. Love for people what you love for yourself and you will be a believer. Behave well with your neighbors and you will be a Muslim. Laugh less, for too much laughter will deaden the heart."
Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 4217
Source: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani
💌 Things that lead to depression or feelings of emptiness which we Muslims can avoid:
1• Allowing yourself to be dependent on people's actions and treatment of you to achieve happiness. Wrongly assuming that you'll be happy only if someone is nice to you or if your plans go well.
2• Comparing your life to others' lives, being addicted to watching vlogs and mukbang videos on YouTube, and feeling as though you lack something when you see other people doing things you can't do or having materialistic possessions which you don't own.
3• Forgetting Allah's blessings that He gave you, focusing on the bad events that took place previously, being unable to let go of the past, and magnifying your problems by complaining about them instead of saying Du'a and moving forward.
4• Scrolling through Facebook news feed and browsing random timelines for more than an hour without saying Dhikr or while delaying an obligatory prayer. The more you purposely delay a Salah and the more you neglect your duties to Allah the Almighty, the more your heart gets tainted with dark spots so you start feeling empty.
5• Frequently debating with keyboard warriors online and making long-term enemies offline. Being unwilling to forgive. Holding onto grudges and nosily stalking the accounts of people you dislike.
6• Being overly attached to temporary things like dunya and people. Not making effort to study about Islam and showing no interest in becoming pious or more practicing.
7• Listening to songs and music instead of calming recitations of the Noble Qur'an.
Harming your soul by letting it commit as many sins as you like e.g. watching porn, deliberately telling lies to make your audience laugh and backbiting about others "for fun".
8• Trying to live a so-called "perfect life" when perfection can only be found in Jannah Paradise. Assuming that getting married, getting richer, or traveling to a certain country spell out "success" and refusing to be contented with your condition until you obtain all three - marriage, wealth, and traveling for leisure.
9• Intentionally being selfish or withholding the favors that Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala granted you. Rather than sharing beneficial knowledge you've learned, with Allah's Will, and providing surplus food to the needy when you have the chance to be generous, you keep your joys to yourself selfishly.
📖 Fadalah ibn ‘Ubayd RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Blessed is one who is guided to Islam, whose livelihood is sufficient, and who is contented."
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhī 2349
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani
📖 Thawban RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Blessed is one who controls his tongue, whose house is spacious, and who weeps for his sins."
Source: Al-Mu’jam Al-Awsaṭ 2398
Grade: Hasan (Fair) according to Al-Albani
📖 Abu Huraira RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, "Be devout and you will be the most pious of people. Be contented and you will be the most grateful of people. Love for people what you love for yourself and you will be a believer. Behave well with your neighbors and you will be a Muslim. Laugh less, for too much laughter will deaden the heart."
Source: Sunan Ibn Mājah 4217
Source: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Albani