الرئيسية
The reality of happiness
Question: Can man be happy without knowing Allah or believing in Him?
Question: Does happiness means having the means of good life, means of entertainment and fun and social and physical health?
Question: Why does Non-Muslims don’t feel happiness and we see them always leave religion to life to get busy?
Question: Can science achieve happiness? What is happiness?
Happiness is the feeling of uninterrupted pleasure, if we look at what man does to seek happiness in this life, we find that such things just give temporary pleasure and soon finish, it might get problems after losing it, e.g. the pleasure of money is in getting it but if it is lost by gambling, theft, women, stock markets or any other means we see such people who lose money soon get sick with serious diseases doctors can’t cure and they always suffer this pain all over their lives.
The desire in women either in sex or talking to them is not permanent because man either gives up women as he gets older and weaker or they forsake him because of his old age.
The desire of food and gobbling it can be followed by great pain if man exceeds the limits and it is difficult to digest it, moreover, doctor might prohibit a certain type of food after exceeding the proper bounds, as we see some people are not allowed to eat sugars, others are not allowed to eat meats, others are not allowed to eat fats, …… etc.
The pleasure of position and high rank never continues because any position or high job will for sure either leave man or man leaves it, so if he leaves his job and someone he hates takes it after him, he will suffer sadness and sorrow.
So we see the permanent happiness is only in fearing Allah and obeying him, as it was said: (I don’t see happiness in collecting money, but the pious is the one who is really happy.)
Fearing Allah reassures man’s heart, tranquilizes his soul and makes him confident and satisfied with what Allah granted him in his life, he is also contented with what goes on in his life. He doesn’t feel sorry for anything he misses because he knows that it doesn’t belong to him and he doesn’t get over pleased with what he gets unless he is guided to use it in doing the orders of Allah. He fears that any grant in this life maybe an affliction gets him far away from the right path.
The pious one is happy even if he only has enough food for one day and he is contented with Allah because Allah granted him safety home, the prophet (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) mentioned the specifications of happiness and the one who is happy, he (Blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: (Whoever amongst you enters upon morning while he is safe at home, has healthy body and has enough food for his day, it is as if he owns the whole world.)
