MEANS OF HAVING GOOD LIFE

In the name of Allah; praise be to Allah; may the peace and blessing of Allah be upon His messenger (Prophet Muhammad p.b.u.h)
In going by the habit of recommending one another to good deed and God fearing, we are here presenting this little pamphlet to you. May Allah bestow us with beneficial knowledge and make us always go for good deeds

In the name of Allah the beneficent the merciful
Allah the most high said,
Whosever does good deed whether male or female and is true believer (in the oneness of Allah) We will make him live a good life.

MEANS OF HAVING GOOD LIFE
1. BELIEVING (in the oneness of Allah) AND GOOD DEEDS

Allah the most high said,
“Or do those who earn evil deeds think that we shall hold them equal with those who believe and do righteous deeds, in their present life and after their death? Worst is the judgment that they make”
Q45: 21

2. GOD FAERING AND GOOD DEEDS
Allah the most high said,
Say O Muhammad “O MY slaves who believe, be afraid of your Lord (Allah) and keep your duty to Him. Good is (the reward) for those who do good in this world….”
Q39:10

Allah the most high said,
“…And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He (Allah) will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty), and He will provide him from (source) he never could imagine”
Q65:2-3

Allah the most high said,
“And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him He will make his matter easy for him.”
Q64:4

3. FREQUENT READING OF THE GLORIOUS QURAN
Allah the most high said,
“But whosoever turns away from My reminder (i.e. neither believes in this Qur’an nor acts on its teachings) verily for him is a life of hardship …..” Azzikr here means Qur’an
Q20:124

4. KEEPING AWAY FROM DENYING AND MAKING JEST OF THE SIGNS OF ALLAH AND SUNNAH OF THE PROPHET (P.B.U.H)
Allah the most high said,
“Those before them denied and so the torment came on them from direction they perceive not. So Allah made them to taste the disgrace in the present life, but greater is the torment of the hereafter.”
Q39:25

5. EARNING
Imam Alhassan al Bannah said,
“Be very avarice in carrying out your work by doing it well and perfectly without adulteration, and keep your promises”

6. BEING ECONOMICAL
Allah the most high said,
“And let not your hand be tied (like a miser) to your neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach (like a spendthrift), so that you become blameworthy and in severe poverty.”
Q17:29

7. KEEPING AWAY FROM SUPPORTING UNBELIEVERS AND BLASPHEMOUS PEOPLE
Allah the most high said,
“And had we not make you stand firm you would nearly have inclined to them a little. In that case We would have made you taste a double portion (of punishment) in this life and a double portion (of punishment) after death. And then you would have found none to help you against Us”
Q17:74-75

8. SHUNNIG BAD FRIENDS
Allah the most high said,
“And (remember) the day when the Zalum (wrong doer), oppressor, polytheist will bite at his hands he will say: “Oh! Would that I had taken a path with the messenger (Muhammad saw). Ah! Woe to me! Would that I had never take so-and-so as Khalil (an inmate friend) he indeed led me astray from the reminder (Qur’an) after it had came to me”
Q25:27-29

9. SHYNESS
Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) said,
“Shyness is part of Iman” and “shyness comes with nothing but goodness”

10. GUIDANCE
Allah the most high said,
”…He whom Allah guides, he is the rightly guided; but he whom He sends astray, for him you will find no wali (guiding friend) to lead him (to the right path)”
Q18:17

11. REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH
Allah the most high said,
“Those who believe (in the oneness of Allah) and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah verily in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest”

Praise is to Allah whom out of His blessings good thing’s perfected.

Written by
Abu Shaibah:
Muhammad Mahmud Yarima