“Alhamdulillah”

Ill say it, recently, things havent been going so well. I’ll spare you the gruesome details, but to quote a good friend of mine:

“Wow, ure kinda cursed.slightly..”

So yeh things have been pretty up and down lately. But ive begun to realize one thing; the power of the word ‘Alhamdulillah’.

Think about it like this; what reason do you not have to say Alhamdulillah? Are you living in a war-torn country? Do you have to suffer the wrath of Malnutrition? Are you afraid to leave your home because a stray bullet may hit you? Are you so hungry to the point of Starvation? Are you so thirsty that you may fall over from dehydration? Are you so beaten down that you have no strength to stay and fight?

Then Congratulations, you are better off that 2/3’s of this world’s population; Go ahead and get your ‘Alhamdulillah’ on..

As quoted by Sheikh Khalid Yasin, whom I had the wonderful opportunity to speak to last night; 

“Even the population of Americans on welfare have more assets than 60% of the population of the 14 OPEC countries that happen to be Muslim. Those of us here on welfare have 3 color-tv’s, you have 2 cars, you have 2 dvd players, you have an iPod, a computer, a laptop, you have a king size bed, your children have their own bed, the brothers got on $300 Kicks, the sisters got on Gucci Bags and the best of scarves from around the world. The fact is that animals get better healthcare treatment in this country, then the humans do in Muslim Countries.”

Subhanallah; tell me your not lucky?

You are truly blessed two-fold. From society, you are blessed, and Subhanallah, from Religion, you are blessed.

1) You are truly blessed for being in a country that allows you the highest level of civil liberties and constitutional freedom, a country where you

can say whatever you like about the ruler, without fear of being attacked for voicing your opinions. 

2) You are blessed to be in a religion that is like Google Earth; your religion has provided you an insight on everything that has ever been created:

Example: The Quran forbids you from eating the flesh of a pig. Today modern medicine has shown scientific evidence that the sodium level in the flesh 

of that certain animal is so high that it is unhealthy to eat and has shown to be the cause of heart-attacks. Subhanallah.

You are blessed to be in a religion that has shielded you from the pot-holes of this society and has acted like guard protecting you from doing all thatis toxic to your body, mind and soul.

Sure, we all have troubles, we all have problems, we all live paycheck to paycheck, and as Tyra Banks taught us: We are all that much closer

to being homeless. But lets just stop for 1 minute and take an example from Allah: 

“Innallah Ma’As Sabireen” – “Verily God is with the Patient;” Is God with You? Why not?: You live in a country which provides you the opportunity to build yourself out of nothing, and a religion

that gives you everything without asking for anything; so go on and get your ‘Alhamdulillah’ on and see what a difference it can make for you.

Zamin.