The Concept of Success?
| Khatib : | Mohammad Faqih |
| Khutbah No: | 273 |
| Khutbah Date: | 04/25/08 |
Most common goal for all people, I came to realize that different people have different definitions. What is success? Some may say have a peaceful life; it is to have a peaceful marriage, a peaceful divorce, to be cured by a disease, a painless and peaceful death, different meanings. Sheikh may say to die as a Muslim and some may say to live as a Muslim. It has to do with goals, to have goals to set goals, to achieve and reach them. Some people may have goals that make no sense.
In the Qur’an it says Success is. Successful is he who purifies his soul. Is he who pursues this purification, every soul should taste death, think of death of nothing other than a transition, Islam didn’t come to talk to us about death, Islam is a religion of life. What does the meaning of Islam? (Submission) some little girl says, “ I thought Islam was a complete way of life. It came to tell you how to conduct your life. Your behavior is nothing other than a reflection of what you believe in. if success was all about this life, then it was not complete. Because there will come a day where we will have to leave whatever we have behind Islam is about the way of life. How do I live my life according to Islam? Allah (SWT) says successful is he who: (muminun)
- Prophet (saws): how we treat people, do you treat them according to your standards. True success is when things are coming from you, when your inner image is better then your outer image. He says, “Allah SWT looks at what’s in the inside.” You are not judged by your skin color, quality of your hair, weight, etc. Allah SWT looks at the state of your heard and the quality of your actions.
- 7 habits of highly effective people. How can you be effective? Actions, reactions and habits. Knowledge, skill and desire you put them all together and you can be effective.
- 4 steps: Knowledge, (ilm was very precious)
- The 4 things we will be asked about. Time, knowledge …
- We are all blessed to have all of this knowledge available. It’s sad that sometimes we are asked questions about Islam but we cannot even answer.
- We should have a desire to want to improve. Everything about me is ok, but there are weaknesses that we and we should work on it, what are the weaknesses that you want to get rid of? Just lets work on them, and have it everyday as a struggle.
- Putting everything into action. If you do not act upon it then what’s the point. Your life, your youth, your money and your knowledge. ACTIVISM (very important)
- Desire, we may be motivated for a while, defense mechanism or support system, your family, your wife and children, mother father, friends, your community. A mentor a mualim, a sheikh someone that you can look up to.
Focus on knowledge, pursuit of akhlaq, be active and involve yourself, protect yourself and your heart. Insha’Allah may we all be successful, and bring us together in Janatal Ferdaus.