Dealing with Worries and Stress
Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid
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. It is also the nature of this life that people have to put
with suffering and hardship for various reasons. So people feel regret
for what has happened in the past, anxious about that may happen in the
future, and worried about what is going on in the present. The things
that cross our mind 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 concern 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 Allaah, filled with light, life, happiness, joy and
all the treasures of goodness; or it is the throne of Shaytaan, wherein
is distress, darkness, death, grief, worry and anxiety.
Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid
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. It is also the nature of this life that people have to put
with suffering and hardship for various reasons. So people feel regret
for what has happened in the past, anxious about that may happen in the
future, and worried about what is going on in the present. The things
that cross our mind 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 concern 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 Allaah, filled with light, life, happiness, joy and
all the treasures of goodness; or it is the throne of Shaytaan, wherein
is distress, darkness, death, grief, worry and anxiety.
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