Rizqan Kareem - Most Excellent Sustenance
  • Home
  • Islamic Creed Matters
    • Imaan (Faith) & Islam (Self-Submission)
    • Allah ﷻ - Understanding His Existence, Divine Names & Actions
    • Malaikah (Angels) & Jinns (Invisible Beings)
    • Belief in Prophets & Messengers
    • Humankind - Purpose & Creation
    • Belief in Divine Will & Predestination (Qada wa Qadr)
    • Islamic Eschatology – Day of Judgment, Paradise & Hell Fire
    • Ibaadah - Worship & Obedience of Allah
  • Life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
    • Prophets Creation And Spiritual Status
    • ​Wahi – Divine Inspirations and Revelations
    • Prophets Life and Mission as a Messenger
    • Miracles of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
    • ​Isra Wa’al Mir’aj – Prophet’s Night Journey & Ascension
    • Prophet's Tribe, Ahlal Bayt (Family) & Righteous Successors
  • Al Quran – The Final Testament For Humanity
    • Introduction to the Quran – Revelation, Compilation, Memorization & Preservation
    • Message of the Quran
    • Commentaries - Selected Surahs & Ayaats
    • Miscellaneous Rules & Regulations in the Quran
  • Hadith/Sunnah Studies
    • Introduction to Hadith Literature
    • The Importance of Hadith/Sunnah
    • Hadith Lectures
  • Islamic History & Contemporary Topics
    • Development of Literary Tradition in Early Islam
    • Political History of Islam
    • Muslims Heritage
    • Contemporary Muslim Matters
    • Discussing Signs of The Hour
  • Tasawwuf - Islamic Spirituality
    • Understanding Tasawwuf
    • Practicing Tasawwuf
    • Sufi Saints & Mystics
  • Home
  • Islamic Creed Matters
    • Imaan (Faith) & Islam (Self-Submission)
    • Allah ﷻ - Understanding His Existence, Divine Names & Actions
    • Malaikah (Angels) & Jinns (Invisible Beings)
    • Belief in Prophets & Messengers
    • Humankind - Purpose & Creation
    • Belief in Divine Will & Predestination (Qada wa Qadr)
    • Islamic Eschatology – Day of Judgment, Paradise & Hell Fire
    • Ibaadah - Worship & Obedience of Allah
  • Life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
    • Prophets Creation And Spiritual Status
    • ​Wahi – Divine Inspirations and Revelations
    • Prophets Life and Mission as a Messenger
    • Miracles of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
    • ​Isra Wa’al Mir’aj – Prophet’s Night Journey & Ascension
    • Prophet's Tribe, Ahlal Bayt (Family) & Righteous Successors
  • Al Quran – The Final Testament For Humanity
    • Introduction to the Quran – Revelation, Compilation, Memorization & Preservation
    • Message of the Quran
    • Commentaries - Selected Surahs & Ayaats
    • Miscellaneous Rules & Regulations in the Quran
  • Hadith/Sunnah Studies
    • Introduction to Hadith Literature
    • The Importance of Hadith/Sunnah
    • Hadith Lectures
  • Islamic History & Contemporary Topics
    • Development of Literary Tradition in Early Islam
    • Political History of Islam
    • Muslims Heritage
    • Contemporary Muslim Matters
    • Discussing Signs of The Hour
  • Tasawwuf - Islamic Spirituality
    • Understanding Tasawwuf
    • Practicing Tasawwuf
    • Sufi Saints & Mystics

​Ibaadah - Worship & Obedience of Allah ﷻ

​





Health Is Real Wealth

8/9/2019

0 Comments

 
Benefits of a healthy believer

This life is our only chance we have to build our hereafter, which is the permanent destination and if we lose this then we have no other chances, there is no second life on earth. In order to take advantage of this temporal life as much as we can we have to achieve in it whatever is required to succeed in the hereafter. The things that help us succeed are the righteous actions based on pure intention and belief in Allah ﷻ. Actions require efforts and the best actions are those done with utmost effort and that is possible through a good health. Therefore, in this sense health is no doubt the best wealth for a believer. If we do not have good health then we will be constricted from putting in efforts and hard work when struggling in the path of Allah ﷻ. A prophetic hadith teaches us the benefit of having health and faith: “A believer who is strong (and healthy) is better and dearer to Allah than the weak believer, but there is goodness in both of them.” [1]

The strong and healthy believer does not only achieve what is beneficial for him but also supports and helps others as opposed to the weaker one who may not be able to do as much due to the limitations of health. Therefore, health is truly a wealth if understood from the Islamic perspective. However if we focus on achieving good health but do not utilize it for the purpose of our existence then we are also warned in another hadith that: “There are two blessings in which many people incur loss. (They are) health and free time (for doing good)”[2]. This teaches us that we may have a good health and free time to utilize them in doing good works but we may slack and that defeats the purpose of having health in Islam. Just as Prophet ﷺ said, that ‘knowledge without actions is a burden’, similarly, health without utilizing it for good causes would also be a burden and in fact if abused may become unbearable burden in the hereafter.

References:
[1] Sahih Muslim 2664
[2] Riyad as-saliheen - Book 1, Hadith 97
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    ​Ibaadah
    The Arabic term ibaadah basically means 'worship' but on a wider note it comprises within itself the total meaning of obedience towards Allahﷻ, in one's private and public matters, within one's heart and in one's actions i.e. servitude and devotion to Allah in all circumstances.

    Author

    Zaid Shaw

    Archives

    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly