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Being grateful in one's condition

· 16 Shawwal 1445 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I feel like I'm always behind, like everything is happening in my life very late.

I became father after 5 years of marriage. When I get opportunity outside India for 2 years then my wife was pregnant so I decided not to go. Then again when it came we planned for second baby as wife needs treatment so I declined it. When I thought I would ask or try opportunity outside India, wife got pregnant but miscarriage happened.

I am frustrated with my job and whenever I get opportunity outside India I had some personal issues. I don't know if I did correct by putting family issues on top and leaving jobs out of India. I feel frustrated now in my current job and don't know what to do as I had opportunities but had to decline.

Please guide me on how to proceed. Seeing all my colleague they moved out in 2021-2022 but I'm still stuck here.

Answer

Make shukr and take one day at a time. Afterall, you are eating, you are comfortable, you have a house, so aren't these things to be grateful and thankful to Allah Ta`ala for. Admiring people and aspiring for what they have got is the key to depression, disappointment and disaster. Be grateful for what you have presently.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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