Um Ibrahim
Alhamdulilah :)
Life, at times, gets pretty rough. Sometimes you just want to give up on just about everything! You're car breaks down in the middle of the street because it's out of gas and you know you don't have a single dollar (oh how embarassed I was that day), you loose the job you've had for years--or look for one for years but just can't find it! you loose your closest loved one, you discover the one person you've given your full trust to has betrayed you, what should you do in these moments of anger, sadness, hopelessness, desperation, and confusion? There's no one to trust or talk to, there's no one to help you, you feel as though something or someone is blocking you from all directions to get out of this bad situation, what should you do? What can you do?
Especially in moments like this, is when you should stand up and pray. Salaat is the best remedy for stress and depression. When I feel like I just cannot face another challenge, and I want to give up, I do the one thing that I know will make me feel better. I stand in front of Allah, humble, and full of submission. The inner peace and joy I feel when I bow down, when I put my forhead on the ground, knowing deep within my heart that I'm doing this for no one and nothing else except Allah, alone, without partners—I really cannot even find the words to describe the way I feel at that moment. It's indescribable. I feel a certain comfort, familiarity, and perfection that I almost don't want to get back up from this position. Whatever negative emotions I felt disappears. My mind becomes clear; I get motivated again to keep going and keep striving to better myself. I realize that Allah is my helper and provider; I put my full trust and faith in Allah. What else serves as a bigger or better reminder of Allah's greatness and power than Salaat. Salaat reminds me that this world is temporary. All hardships will be over one day, the important thing is to hold on tightly to the rope of Allah, and to die a Muslim. Let's die true Muslims--mu'miniin. this is my lifetime goal which I will achieve, InshaAllah.
Please remember me, your sister in Islam, in your dua's. May Allah increase our iman and let us die as Muslims. Allahuma Amin
Especially in moments like this, is when you should stand up and pray. Salaat is the best remedy for stress and depression. When I feel like I just cannot face another challenge, and I want to give up, I do the one thing that I know will make me feel better. I stand in front of Allah, humble, and full of submission. The inner peace and joy I feel when I bow down, when I put my forhead on the ground, knowing deep within my heart that I'm doing this for no one and nothing else except Allah, alone, without partners—I really cannot even find the words to describe the way I feel at that moment. It's indescribable. I feel a certain comfort, familiarity, and perfection that I almost don't want to get back up from this position. Whatever negative emotions I felt disappears. My mind becomes clear; I get motivated again to keep going and keep striving to better myself. I realize that Allah is my helper and provider; I put my full trust and faith in Allah. What else serves as a bigger or better reminder of Allah's greatness and power than Salaat. Salaat reminds me that this world is temporary. All hardships will be over one day, the important thing is to hold on tightly to the rope of Allah, and to die a Muslim. Let's die true Muslims--mu'miniin. this is my lifetime goal which I will achieve, InshaAllah.
Please remember me, your sister in Islam, in your dua's. May Allah increase our iman and let us die as Muslims. Allahuma Amin
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