Key To The Garden : Happiness............

Imam Abdullah al-Hadad, from Hydramaut some 250 years back, recognizing  the malaise already afflicting the Muslim ummah of even his time, wrote a very short treatise akin to a short 'do it yourself ' manual for personal salvation and pursuit of happiness in the 'here and hereafter'. He named it " Key To The Garden ".

I am using this clique, 'Key To The Garden', once again in his memory, but with a slight twist : I will be introducing present day ulama and scholars, who are 'contemporary, IT savvy, and humble ' enough to come down from their pedestals and use present day tools of communication to spread the 'good word'.

For a start let us listen to one of my favourite scholar who hails from Algeria but currently domiciled in the USA,  as an imam , and a founding member of Al Medina Institute, if I am not mistaken.  Shaykh Mokhtar is a double PHD in Electrical Engineering and Physics.

Shaykh Mokhtar al-Maghraoui,on the subject of :-

'Pursuit of Happiness'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-3dDwLSBuw

[ cattle naf,  0.42.00, predatory naf, 0.46.00 , malaiki naf, 0.51.00, dreams, 0.55.00,  moral challenge 1.00.00 , ignorance is not bliss 1.01.00 ,ilm  1.04.00, we do not go to allah with ignorance  1.07.00....diet for beautiful qalb: ilm ilm ilm and ilm  1.12.00 , dua dua dua dua :  1.17.00 , building potential spiritual  energy 1.22.00   , pleasure from taat :  1.23.50 ]

when is your qalb sick ?.........it is sick when it is not interested to get near the source of knowledge.

true happiness depends on the state of your qalb, the nature of your naf

cattle like naf ?

predatory naf?

malaikati naf?


which one predominates?.......


diet for internal beauty....ilm, ilm ,ilm, and ilm.



finally you get pleasure from ta'at.....tahajud and dhuha and zikrullah become a pleasure!
generousity and zakat become easier etc etc and etc




seven keys to the qalb.....







Purifying Your Intentions and Actions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Dgqn4pVPo 

...on riak, minor syirik and major syirik.

....important issues for all daie and all muslims

.....hidden aspects of riak

......subtle traps here and there, soo many levels


......'' .ya allah, save me from all these subtleties and traps of the naf, that will negate my good deeds! ''





Seeking Knowledge : 'Path to Paradise'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDbC79Et-YE




When Freedom Hinders Pursuit of Happiness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyw2Jlk2cAM


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Still on Happiness........[ from Pearls & Gem ]
or rather the modus operandi to happiness

http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2012/04/happiness-revisited.html