AN INTRODUCTIONREFLECTIONS

Ustadh Hamid Mahmood

TO WATCH AS HOMEWORKAL-GHAZALI: THE ALCHEMIST OF HAPPINESS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCX_mNZPmsM

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• Reviving teachings of Prophet

Muhammad (SAW)

• Refining your Character

• Breaking the soul that pushes you to

Evil

THE PROPHETIC PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE

• S ̣ah ̣i ̄h ̣ al-Bukha ̄ri ̄ 6054

• Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, drew

a square

• and in the middle he drew a line which poked out the end.

• Across the middle line he drew some smaller lines.

• The Prophet said, “This is man and the square surrounding him is death. The middle

line is his hopes and the smaller lines are his troubles. If this one misses him, another

will distress him. If that one misses him, another will distress him.”

Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, drew a square

and in the middle he drew a line which poked out the end.

Across the middle line he drew some smaller lines.

which poked out the end.

“This is man and the

square surrounding

him is death.

The middle line is his

hopes

the smaller lines are

his troubles. If this one

misses him, another

will distress him. If that

one misses him,

another will distress

him

َن ٱۡلَخۡو َن َولَنَۡبلَُونَُّكم بَِشۡیࣲء م ِ ِف َوٱۡلُجوعِ َونَۡقࣲص م ِ

بِِرننَ ِتِۗ وَ ِل َوٱۡۡلَنفُِس َوٱلثََّمَر ٰٱۡۡلَۡمَو ٰ ٰٰ ِر ٱلََّّ بَش ِ

• نَ بَِشۡیࣲء َولَنَۡبلَُونَُّكم م ِ (We shall certainly test you with)

• (Fear) ٱۡلَخۡوِف

• (and hunger)َوٱۡلُجوعِ و

• َن ٱۡۡلَۡمَو ٰنَۡقࣲص ِل م ِ (and loss of property)

• َوٱۡۡلَنفُِس (lives)

• ِتِۗ َوٱلثََّمَر ٰ (and crops)

• ِر بِِرینَ َوبَش ِ ـٰ ٱلصَّ (But [Prophet], give good news to those who are

steadfast – al-sabirin)

ینَ بِّرِّ ـٰ رِّ ٱلصَّ َوبَش ِّ

ِ َوإِنَّۤا إِلَۡنِه رَ قَالُۤو۟ا إِنَّا ّلِِلࣱََِّّنبَة بَۡتُهم مُّ ٰٰ ِجعُونَ  ٰٱلَِّذنَن إَِذۤا أَََّ

ىَِٕك َعلَۡنِهۡم ََّلََو ٰ ٰٰۤ ىَِٕك هُ أُ۟ولَ ٰٰۤ َوأُ۟ولَۖ ࣱب ِِهۡم َوَرۡحَمة ن رَّ م ِ

ࣱٱۡلُمۡهتَُدونَ ُم ت

who say, when afflicted with a calamity,

‘We belong to Allah

and to Him we shall return.’

These will be given blessings and mercy from their Lord, and it is they

who are

rightly guided.

OUR PROPHET ONCE SAID…

• People will soon summon one another to attack you as people when

eating invite others to share their food.

• Someone asked, Will that be because of our small numbers at that

time?

• He replied, No, you will be numerous at that time: but you will be froth

and scum like that carried down by a torrent (of water), and Allah will

take the fear of you from the hearts of your enemy and cast al-wahninto your hearts. Someone asked,

• O Messenger of Allah, what is al-wahn?

WAHN?

• (Our Prophet) replied,

•Love of the world

•and dislike of death.

• [An authentic hadith recorded by Abu Dawud and Ahmad]

• Aisha reported: She asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and

blessings be upon him, about plagues and he said,

• “It is a punishment that Allah sends upon whoever he

wills, but Allah has made it a mercy for the believers.

• Any servant who resides in a land afflicted by plague, remaining

patient and hoping for reward from Allah, knowing that nothing will

befall him but what Allah has decreed, he will be given the reward of a

martyr.”

• Source: S ̣ah ̣i ̄h ̣ al-Bukha ̄ri ̄ 5402

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• بَُهۡم َوُهۡم نَۡستَ ُ ُمعَذ ِ ۡغِفُرونَ َوَما َكاَن ٱّلِلَّ

•nor would He (Allah) punish them if they

sought forgiveness,

AN INTRODUCTIONREFLECTIONS

Ustadh Hamid Mahmood