“Pessimism is all evil; it is a bad opinion of God, distressing the present moment, and preventing the servant from planning for his future.”
God created His people, and He raised them on monotheism and common sense, and created them to love noble qualities and good deeds, and He strengthened this with His revelation with which He sent His messengers, so dealing with them became good and close. Therefore, you notice that pure and sound souls with these morals become comfortable and at ease, and the more morals become high and elevated, the souls become more relaxed and shine, and happiness and joy increase in societies, and misery and joy are far away from them. Its people are hopeful, but their hearts and hearts are diverse.
Servants of God:
Good is the origin, and evil is contingent. People lived on monotheism for ten centuries, then polytheism entered them, then corruption in morals, behavior, and honor followed. Natures differed, and the purity of nature changed for some, so God sent His messengers to correct the path, and for the servants to worship their great and mighty Lord, so there is no corruption in This world is greater than misguidance in religion, and the greatest of them is polytheism to the Lord of the Worlds, for it is the greatest sin God was disobeyed by it; Therefore, despite the greatness of God’s mercy, He does not forgive anyone who associates partners with Him except through repentance. Because God alone created, alone provided, and alone possesses dominion and management, so only He alone deserves to be worshiped.
Servants of God:
Among the mistakes that the Mustafa addressed were what the people of the early pre-Islamic period fell into and what is seen in our time today of pessimism and forbidden superstition, whether the pessimism was about a type of bird that a person sees, or hearing words that indicate disappointment and loss, or pessimism about people and numbers, or about months or some days, or about what… He avoids falling and stumbling, or meeting people with disabilities, so he abandons doing what he has decided to do for this reason. Nonsense, and this is forbidden, according to the words of the best of creation, may God bless him and grant him peace: ((«No infection, no infection, no infection, no scratch»), and according to the saying of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace: (( «Tira is shirk, tira is shirk, tira is shirk»), and the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: (( «Whoever is turned away from his need has committed polytheismThey said: O Messenger of God, what is the expiation for that? He said: For someone to say: «Oh God, there is no good except Your goodness, and there is no bird except Your bird, and there is no god but You»), The scholars, may God have mercy on them, have explained the prohibition of speculation and pessimism about matters. Among them:
1- Volition is contrary to monotheism. The devout person cut off his trust in God and relied on others. The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: ((«Whoever is attached to something, it will be entrusted to him»)), and that the mutatiar is attached to matters that have no reality, but rather it is an illusion and imagination, and there is no doubt that this is a violation of monotheism because monotheism is worship and seeking help from God. God Almighty said: {You are we to worship and to You we seek help}﴾ [الفاتحة: 5]And he said: {And whoever relies on God, He is sufficient for him}﴾ [الطلاق: 3].
2- Foolishness involves mistrust of God Almighty, and the servant must have a good opinion of his Lord. Muslim narrated in his Sahih on the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: ((«There is no bird, the best of which is omenThey said: What is the omen, O Messenger of God? He said: “The good word is heard by one of you»).
Servants of God:
Pessimism is all evil; It is a bad opinion of God, distressing the present moment, and preventing the servant from planning for his future. How many seekers of knowledge are determined to work hard and work hard, and then words of discouragement come to them as great as mountains can move, so they abandon effort and effort! How many proposers were happy about marriage, but slander and falsehood brought about the happiness that a person experiences in the first days, and then he became sad over the years and years, and pessimism took over the face of the proposer! How will this husband accept his life? They claimed that and lied, so would it be included in the will of the Messenger of God to the grumpy youth? Rather, was the marital relationship not a sign of God? God Almighty said: {And among His signs is that He created for you mates from among yourselves that you may find tranquility in them, and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed, in that are signs for a people who reflect.}﴾ [الروم: 21]However, a mistake may have occurred, so you should ask the specialists. It is the way to heal rifts and restore familiarity and compassion.
Servants of God:
How much these words caused many young people to refrain from marriage! What a loss for whoever caused this! Can the one who said these words stay away from his family and children? How many repentant people have determined to repent and draw closer to the Lord, and to continue the work that improves the heart, then someone comes to him who makes things difficult for him, and puts up barriers for him, reminding him of his old days, and what it is like to be away from young people whom he has always forgotten about, and what life would be like without them, and these discouraging words continue to haunt him. In supporting the repentant, until he abandons his repentance! Oh, Glory be to God! Is the heart of anyone who turns to the Most Generous Lord, in Whose hand is comfort and the hearts of His servants, distressed? How many righteous people were accepted everywhere! {Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds, the Most Gracious will bestow love upon them.}﴾ [مريم: 96].
Servants of God:
Through our means of communication, people exchange messages that disparage the youth and women of our country, in the name of humor and self-recreation, and the frequent repetition of this joke in the mind suggests inferiority to young men and women. So how can we contribute to the demolition of our society and our country with our own hands, as if our country has not produced outstanding scholars, in various fields of life? O me, whoever utters pessimistic expressions, you are weakening the strength of the nation, weakening its resolve, and you are committing a great sin, so fear God. Therefore, it was God’s kindness to the believers that the hypocrites, whose characteristics include spreading humiliation and weakness in the souls of the fighters, do not go out with them. God Almighty said: {Had they gone out among you, they would have added to you nothing but confusion, and they would have made mischief among you, seeking to confuse you, while among you are listeners to them, and God is All-Knowing of the wrongdoers.}﴾ [التوبة: 47]O Abdullah, say something good or remain silent, and remember: Perhaps a word that you do not care about will cause it to fall into the Fire for seventy years.
Servants of God:
Since pessimism poses a great threat to the individual and society, he was the furthest away from it than the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds, may God bless him and grant him peace. His sender, may God bless him and grant him peace, was the good news of Jesus, peace be upon him, in the Gospel, and the good news is optimism. When the revelation came to our Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, he returned to his wife in fear. She reassured him, as he was a loving husband, and gave him good news, reminding him of his condition and the goodness of his actions. He was noble in character and had great optimism. When the Companions of the Messenger of God came to Mecca complaining of the harm of the polytheists, he gave them good news of good conditions and easy paths for those on the way, but they were in a hurry, and when he went out with al-Siddiq as an immigrant to Medina, al-Siddiq was afraid of the seekers’ request when they were surrounded by caves, so he reminded him. The faithful Messenger is with the Lord of the Worlds, saying: ((«What do you think of two, God is the third of them?»?), so he, peace and blessings be upon him, was the greatest of optimists.
When a rock in the trench eluded the Companions, they sought help from the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds, so the Chosen One struck the pickaxe three times and gave good tidings of victory and conquest in the lands of the Worlds. Yemen, and the doomed kingdom of Khosrau and Caesar, and after years the clear promise will be fulfilled, and the hypocrites who doubt the good news of the Messenger of the worlds will be defeated.
In Al-Hudaybiyyah, Suhail bin Amr came to negotiate from the polytheists. He was optimistic about his name and said: ((«Make it easy for you»), and he changed the names of some of his companions from sad to easy, and from disobedient to beautiful, and in the story of the Ifk the Great Qur’an was revealed: ﴿ {Do not think it is bad for you, rather it is good for you.}﴾ [النور: 11].
Servants of God:
Consider Mount Uhud. If it is true for Muslims to be pessimistic about any place, then it is no other place than this place. Around it took place the only battle in which the calamities were many, the calamities were great, the anguish was severe, the wounds were many, and the head of the best of creatures was cut open. But the Messenger expresses it explicitly, severing all cords. Pessimism: ((«Uhud is a mountain that loves us and we love it»), and some rewards are attached to it so that souls become attached to it. God Almighty said, consoling His servants after Uhud:And do not become weak, and do not be sad, for you will prevail if you are believers.}﴾ [آل عمران: 139].
Things that help to get rid of the traps of pessimism and move toward optimism include: Among them:
1- To know that optimism was the habit of the Messengers, the righteous and the successful, and that it is good to follow in their footsteps.
2- Repeat expressions of optimism and ability to achieve.
3- Befriend the optimists in your life, and read their biographies, and, God willing, you will be like them.
4- Enhance the positives in your life, even if they are few, the big negatives will disappear.
5- Benefit from mistakes, and always say: Wrong is the path to right.
6- Do not be captivated by thinking about misfortunes and expecting failure, and always start looking for possible solutions.
7- Remembering past successes helps you read upcoming events well. God Almighty said to the people of Uhud: {If an affliction touches you, then an ulcer like it has touched the people. And those days We will alternate them among the people.}﴾ [آل عمران: 140].
8- Always remember that pessimism does not please God, and optimism is good faith in God Almighty, so choose for yourself, and know that the correct optimism is accompanied by seriousness and diligence in work.
Oh God, make us among the optimists who think well of the Lord of the Worlds, and grant us success in both worlds, O Lord of the Worlds.
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Writer: Sheikh Ismail bin Abdul Rahman Al-Rasini