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Dealing With Worries & Stress
Worries and stress are inevitable in this life, due to the presence of disease, hardship, and suffering. It is also common for people to endure suffering and hardship for various reasons. Regrets about the past, anxiety about the future, and concern for the present all contribute to our distress. Different people react differently to stress and worries, depending on the number of concerns, the duration of the worry, and their level of faith or rebellion.
 

Dar As Sunnah Publications

• Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

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Dealing with Worries & Stress Muhammed Ṣāliḥ al-Munājjid
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CONTENT Brief biography of the Author... .7 Introduction............ ...8 Kinds of anxieties that may result from committing sin.......... .11 Kinds of distress that result from wrongful treatment at the hands of others........ ..12 Distress suffered because of the calamities that happen in this world....... ..12 Some kinds of anxiety result from fears about what may lie ahead in the future......... .12 ... [ أنواع الهموم] Kinds of Stress and Worry .13 1. The distress suffered by the Caller when he calls his people to Islām...... .13 2. Concern about acts of worship... .15 3. The anxiety faced by the truthful person when he is disbelieved............ .16
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INTRODUCTION Introduction Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, the Master of the Day of Judgement. I bear witness that there is no god but He, the Lord of the earlier and later generations and Sustainer of heaven and earth. Peace and blessings be upon the one who was sent as a Mercy to the worlds. I bear witness that he is the Messenger of Allah (). Peace and blessings be upon him, upon all his Family and Com- panions, and upon those who believe in his guidance and follow in his footsteps until the Day of Judgement. It is the nature of this life that people will suffer from worries and stress, because this world is the place of disease, hardship and suffering. Hence among the things that distinguish Paradise from this world is the fact that there is no worry or stress there: لا يَمَتُهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَمِينَ ) <<No sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they [ever] be asked to leave.>> [Surah al-Hijr (15): 48] Nothing ever upsets the people of Paradise, not even the slightest word: لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغُوا وَلَا تَأْتِيمَانَ إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَمَا سَلَمَا «No laghw [dirty, false, evil vain talk] will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech, but only the saying of Salam! Salam! (greetings with peace).»> 8 [Surah al-Waqi'ah (56): 25-26] It is also the nature of this life that people have to put up with suffering and hardship for various reasons, as is indicated in the Qur'an: لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ «Verily, We have created man in toil.>> [Surah al-Balad 90:4] So people feel regret for what has happened in the past, anx- ious about what may happen in the future, and worried about what is going on in the present. The things that cross our minds and make us feel distressed are things in the past that have caused grief, things in the future that we are worried about, and things in the present which con- cern us. People react differently to stress and worries, depending on how many things are concerning them, whether the worry is continuous or not, and on whether they have faith in their hearts or are rebellious and sinful. We may describe people's hearts as being of two types: either the heart is the throne of Allah, filled with light, life, happiness, joy and all the treasures of goodness; or it is the throne of Shaytan, wherein is distress, darkness, death, grief, worry and anxiety. People's worries and concerns will also differ, according to the differences in their motivations, circumstances and individual responsibilities. 9
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INTRODUCTION Introduction Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate, the Master of the Day of Judgement. I bear witness that there is no god but He, the Lord of the earlier and later generations and Sustainer of heaven and earth. Peace and blessings be upon the one who was sent as a Mercy to the worlds. I bear witness that he is the Messenger of Allah (). Peace and blessings be upon him, upon all his Family and Com- panions, and upon those who believe in his guidance and follow in his footsteps until the Day of Judgement. It is the nature of this life that people will suffer from worries and stress, because this world is the place of disease, hardship and suffering. Hence among the things that distinguish Paradise from this world is the fact that there is no worry or stress there: لا يَمَتُهُمْ فِيهَا نَصَبٌ وَمَا هُم مِّنْهَا بِمُخْرَمِينَ ) <<No sense of fatigue shall touch them, nor shall they [ever] be asked to leave.>> [Surah al-Hijr (15): 48] Nothing ever upsets the people of Paradise, not even the slightest word: لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغُوا وَلَا تَأْتِيمَانَ إِلَّا قِيلًا سَلَمَا سَلَمَا «No laghw [dirty, false, evil vain talk] will they hear therein, nor any sinful speech, but only the saying of Salam! Salam! (greetings with peace).»> 8 [Surah al-Waqi'ah (56): 25-26] It is also the nature of this life that people have to put up with suffering and hardship for various reasons, as is indicated in the Qur'an: لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ «Verily, We have created man in toil.>> [Surah al-Balad 90:4] So people feel regret for what has happened in the past, anx- ious about what may happen in the future, and worried about what is going on in the present. The things that cross our minds and make us feel distressed are things in the past that have caused grief, things in the future that we are worried about, and things in the present which con- cern us. People react differently to stress and worries, depending on how many things are concerning them, whether the worry is continuous or not, and on whether they have faith in their hearts or are rebellious and sinful. We may describe people's hearts as being of two types: either the heart is the throne of Allah, filled with light, life, happiness, joy and all the treasures of goodness; or it is the throne of Shaytan, wherein is distress, darkness, death, grief, worry and anxiety. People's worries and concerns will also differ, according to the differences in their motivations, circumstances and individual responsibilities. 9