[Music] okay what should we do what does the quran and sunnah tell us about battling with that type of stress what do you learn from the first thoughts that comes from the believers as they enter jannah may allah make us amongst them the first thought is what alhamdulillah no more worrying that shows us dear muslims that this world is associated with feeling anxious this world every step every single part of our journey every day every week every month there's something else that's going to bring us anxiety and grief and i challenge you dear brothers and
sisters look back at any phase of your life when things are good we're worried that things are going to go bad when things are bad we're worried things are bad when money is wealth a lot we're worried is going to go away investment is going to go down when money is tight where worried money is tight there is no situation or scenario that we find ourselves in except that there's some anxiety some grief somewhere true not all anxiety is the same alhamdulillah if we have roof over our heads and food in the pantry and fridge
that is much better than those who do not have security and food but still feeling anxiety worried stressed out is a part and parcel of being human and it will only be completely gone when we enter jannah insha'allah and that is why dear brothers and sisters it is so important that we understand and we tackle head-on the reality of stress and grief and we make us make it a part of our daily discourse that it is nothing wrong to feel anxious you don't have to feel guilty for feeling stressed out especially in this time of
pandemic i mean how can we not be anxious worried stressed out people are dying everyone amongst us has had family or friends that have passed away on top of this we have limited socialization some of the things that would relieve our stress was to be with friends and family that too has been taken away anxiety in terms of money so many of us our job situations maybe even we're looking for jobs and in this pandemic allah families being cooped up it should bring more love but the reality is with that love also comes tension sometimes
between husband and wife between father and son it becomes worse because you're all cooped up so no doubt during this time frame this pandemic it's understandable then anxiety and stress and grief and worry it's going to increase okay what should we do what does the quran and sunnah tell us about battling with that type of stress first and foremost dear muslims realize that the quran tells us that people of piety can stress people of taqwa feel anxious the fact that you're stressed out doesn't mean you have bad iman weak iman lack of iman no this
is wrong people of taqwa and people of iman also feel stressed out look at the quran so many examples allah tells us that the mother of musa she was full of grief when she put musa in that basket and it went away and allah azzawajal said to her don't be worried don't stress out she was worried and stressed out allah revealed to her indirectly that calm down maryam one of the greatest when she was all alone she had no friend no companion and she was giving birth she was stressed out allah sent an angel to
tell her don't worry she was worried the fact that she was maryam did not negate that she was worried her iman was one place and the worry was another place they are not mutually exclusive we learn in the quran that yaakov was stressed out in fact he was so stressed out that that anxiety caused him to lose his sight because of anxiety his eyes did not work the way they were supposed to and yakub is a prophet is anybody going to accuse yakub of not having faith not having iman why are you stressed out don't
you have iman in allah feeling stress and iman are not mutually exclusive you can have both together we have in the quran as well abu bakr al-sadiq was worried in the tower and the prophet sallallahu alaihi calmed him down the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam himself said that don't worry allah azzawajal is with us and even the sahaba multiple times allah azzawajal tells them sometimes even for financial issues you know the stock market crashes many of us might feel anxious we lose our 401k something happens we're gonna feel stressed we get out of a job there's
gonna be anxiety let not that stress become itself a source of stress you get my point here let not your stress itself cause you to be more stressed out that why am i feeling stress it's okay to be anxious it's okay to be worried you have iman insha allah and you can still feel worried our prophet salallahu multiple times in the quran allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells him we know it hurts you what people are saying the reputation it hurts when people say bad about you our nabi is consoled over half a dozen times in
the quran so many times don't feel anxiety don't feel grief allah is consoling the nebula because he is hurt his chest is in constriction because of rumor mongering rumor mongering words words do hurt they hurt so the first point that we learn dear muslims is that feeling anxiety and stress is normal it is natural it's a part and parcel of not just being muslim but being human every one of us is going to feel anxiety at times of tension and we also need to look at it from a biological and a psychological standpoint this is
allah's mechanism to put us on our guard imagine if we didn't feel stressed and we're losing our money that would be a problem imagine what happens when you're stressed out you focus that's the purpose allah blessed us with the mechanism of stress we all know when adrenaline flows for example our perception changes our focus changes it is a gift from allah which yes it has its own negatives we have to deal with but overall if used properly stress is a part of a gift that is used for our survival for our protection that we start
thinking and focusing you know when we're stressed about something we're constantly thinking about it why we need to get a solution if we didn't get that stress why would we think about it so we have to understand that stress anxiety grief at some level is totally normal and it is a part and parcel of not just being a muslim but being a human the second point that this leads me to is that as a muslim alhamdulillah we have tools to minimize stress we have tools to help us overcome stress one main tool in the quran
to battle against stress is our belief in qadhar in predestination we believe that everything happens by the will of allah and the decree of allah and in that we should feel a sense of calm a sense of protection the believer uses qadhar to feel a consolation for anything that has happened in the past qatar is used to console the past something happened somebody passed away i lost my job the stock market crashed anything in the past tense you say we don't use qatar for the future there's something else used to console the past nothing is
going to happen to me except what allah has decreed will happen to me and he is my mawla he is my protector whatever allah has decreed i put my trust in him the one who put me in the situation will also help me get out of it the one who gave me this reason and this cause of feeling anxiety will also give me the tools to cope with that anxiety and to eventually overcome that anxiety we firmly believe that anxiety and stress is a means of attaining allah's reward if we channel it to connect with
allah any pain and stress that we feel our prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said no muslim is afflicted with any grief or stress or pain or anxiety or suffering six adjectives he gave six different things to describe every possible state no pain no anguish no grief no worry no physical pain not even ashoka a thorn that pricks him and he is patient except that allah will give him the ajar for that stress and grief faith does not eliminate stress but faith allows you to cope with it and deal with it in a way that insha allah
you can live a life as normal as possible and then meet allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for that we hope you will continue to enjoy our content don't forget to subscribe and by pressing the bell next to the subscribe button you will receive updates and notifications thank you
