[SPEAKER_00]: Brothers and sisters in Islam, how do we stop overthinking?
[SPEAKER_00]: How do we overcome over thinking?
[SPEAKER_00]: First and foremost, what is over thinking?
[SPEAKER_00]: They mention that over thinking is a process of excessively analyzing, worrying, dwelling on thoughts, problems, or situations.
[SPEAKER_00]: And it often leads to stress, anxiety, mental exhaustion, and so on.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is what over thinking is in brief.
[SPEAKER_00]: for a person's mental health, even physical health, it's no good and a person is always supposed to look for solutions on how to stop overthinking in his life.
[SPEAKER_00]: I show you a couple of solutions.
[SPEAKER_00]: Number one, we need to understand that time is divided into three parts.
[SPEAKER_00]: There is the past, there's the present and there is the future.
[SPEAKER_00]: The past is no longer in our control and the future,
[SPEAKER_00]: is not in our control at all.
[SPEAKER_00]: There remains one time and that is the present.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is what we have control over.
[SPEAKER_00]: But in Al-Qayyam Rahim Allah, he said, l-Aqunil Insanul Ibn Aya Umihi, that a person should be the son of his day, meaning focus on your day and focus on the current present moment.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is one of the strategies in how to overcome thinking.
[SPEAKER_00]: There is no point.
[SPEAKER_00]: in dwelling on the past, things that have already finished and are out of your control.
[SPEAKER_00]: If they are matters related to sin and transgression, you regret that and you seek a large social forgiveness and you move on and there is no point in dwelling on the future and worrying about the future.
[SPEAKER_00]: The only healthy worry of the future is to worry for your afterlife.
[SPEAKER_00]: and the meeting with Allah Azzaujil and standing before Allah Azzaujil and being questioned for all that which you did in this worldly life.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's a healthy type of worry and that is something that is required from the believer.
[SPEAKER_00]: Otherwise focus on the present and work on that be mindful, be mindful on the present moment.
[SPEAKER_00]: That's number one.
[SPEAKER_00]: Number two, in order to avoid
[SPEAKER_00]: excessive thinking, overthinking matters, be grateful.
[SPEAKER_00]: Be grateful for what Allah Azza wa Jalla has given you in the present moment.
[SPEAKER_00]: And there is plenty to be grateful for.
[SPEAKER_00]: Alhamdulillah, that you're a Muslim.
[SPEAKER_00]: Alhamdulillah, that you follow the Sunnah of Rasulillah, Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah he brothers and sisters in Islam, this is the only thing that we want to maintain in this worldly life.
[SPEAKER_00]: Our money comes and goes.
[SPEAKER_00]: Our health, it comes and it goes.
[SPEAKER_00]: Our status comes and goes.
[SPEAKER_00]: People respect us then people don't respect us.
[SPEAKER_00]: This comes and goes.
[SPEAKER_00]: But the main thing you want to preserve and protect is your dean.
[SPEAKER_00]: And this is why it is the greatest of all blessings.
[SPEAKER_00]: having Allah in your heart, recited some Quran, said Allah in Allah a hundred times, then this is a huge blessing for you to be grateful for and this, if you are mindful of it and grateful of this matter, it will help you overcome the overthinking that you may have in your life.
[SPEAKER_00]: So this is something important for us to reflect over.
[SPEAKER_00]: that the one who wakes up and he's healthy in his body, he has
[SPEAKER_00]: the functions of his body restored.
[SPEAKER_00]: And he has his daily food and he wakes up safe and secure.
[SPEAKER_00]: His environment is safe and secure.
[SPEAKER_00]: Thakka and Nama he is at Lahod Dunya.
[SPEAKER_00]: It's as though all the the blessings of this world, the life have been gathered for such a person.
[SPEAKER_00]: Lahok, what?
[SPEAKER_00]: He brothers and sisters in Islam, most of us are living like kings.
[SPEAKER_00]: yet a shayapan and this world the life that we live in has convinced us otherwise.
[SPEAKER_00]: Why?
[SPEAKER_00]: Because there is a standard that has been put in society that if you do not reach it, you're not successful.
[SPEAKER_00]: Right?
[SPEAKER_00]: People speak about six digit figures,
[SPEAKER_00]: Are you making that much or you're not people speak about if you've graduated from such and such university then you are on the way to success people mentioned that if you have this and this type of job position and title then you are successful in this life.
[SPEAKER_00]: people begin to believe that if you have a social media account and you have hundreds of thousands of followers, a million followers, a million views, your videos go viral, then you're successful.
[SPEAKER_00]: Leave all of this out.
[SPEAKER_00]: These matters are irrelevant to us.
[SPEAKER_00]: One Allah, Nabi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam has told us that if you have your daily food, you
[SPEAKER_00]: and you've broken up and your environment is safe and secure.
[SPEAKER_00]: And also you are healthy in your body.
[SPEAKER_00]: Then you are like a king.
[SPEAKER_00]: You have over blessings in life.
[SPEAKER_00]: You have all the abilities in life.
[SPEAKER_00]: Now focus focus on your Islam, focus on your deed.
[SPEAKER_00]: Focus on being grateful to Allah, as always.
[SPEAKER_00]: and this will help overcome this overthinking that you may be experiencing.
[SPEAKER_00]: And finally brothers and sisters in Islam, A Tawak Qul al Allah, this is a huge worship that we are supposed to be engaged in.
[SPEAKER_00]: A Tawak Qul, have trust in Allah, As-Sawajal, we trust in Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, that He manages our affairs and He takes good care of us Subhanahu wa Ta'ala,
[SPEAKER_00]: He's a rub, a rub, our Lord, our master, you know, now a DACA or a book, and I'm a calah, when Allah Azza wa Jalla was speaking to Nabi sallallahu alayhi wa sallallahu alaihi wa sallallam in sallallahu boha, you know, he said to him, now a DACA, your Lord has never failed you, now a DACA or a booka, he used the word, or a booka, he used his name, a rub, he used the word, he used his name, a rub, he used the word, he used the word, he used his name, a rub, he used the word, he used the word,
[SPEAKER_00]: Because this is the name that instills within us.
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, this love for Allah's Social, this attachment to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
[SPEAKER_00]: So, have to work on your subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
[SPEAKER_00]: The one who takes care of you and nurtures you and looks after you and guides you.
[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you're overthinking and you're stressed because of future related matters.
[SPEAKER_00]: He will guide you through them, be if Milla hit Aala, until we reach safety, until we reach Him Subhanallah, and He is pleased with you.
[SPEAKER_00]: And something unique about our deen and our belief is that we have something called Al-Eman who will cover you, Al-Qadar.
[SPEAKER_00]: We believe in the divine decree, the good and the bad.
[SPEAKER_00]: Every other religion and belief system out there doesn't have this.
[SPEAKER_00]: If they don't have it, in the way we have it.
[SPEAKER_00]: And this is why one of the unique matters of our religion is that we believe in al-Kawba, al-Qadr, in divine decree.
[SPEAKER_00]: And Wallallahu al-Lawallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallallall
[SPEAKER_00]: The one who truly believes in the cuddart will rest a show.
[SPEAKER_00]: He will not have this problem of overthinking and over worrying about things.
[SPEAKER_00]: He will not need to eliminate it from his life, because belief in another teaches us contentment.
[SPEAKER_00]: and contentment is opposite to overthinking and worrying.
[SPEAKER_00]: So this is a very important matter to hold on to.
[SPEAKER_00]: What does it mean to believe in Al Qadr?
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, Al-Alamat Rahimahumullah, this is one of the Sahaba, he mentions to his son that you will not believe.
[SPEAKER_00]: You will never become a true believer until you believe in Al Qadr, the divine decree.
[SPEAKER_00]: And you will never believe in Al Qadr until you believe.
[SPEAKER_00]: And pay attention with me because this is what it means to believe in Al-Qadar.
[SPEAKER_00]: Until you believe that what Mr. was not meant for you.
[SPEAKER_00]: And what was meant for you will never miss you.
[SPEAKER_00]: Ma'asa'a'ba'qa'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'
[SPEAKER_00]: And if you believe in this, that SubhanAllah, you'll be content and you'll overcome your overthinking, you'll overcome it.
[SPEAKER_00]: And Nabi Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam has taught us that if anything was to happen in your life,
[SPEAKER_00]: Whether it was related to your relationships, or your finances, or your health, or whatever the case may be, the Prophet ﷺ said, and he taught us to say that we say Ad-d-d-allahu wa-masha'a-fahan.
[SPEAKER_00]: Anything any calamity that happens, don't overthink and overanalyze.
[SPEAKER_00]: and get caught up in that, rather, right than in there, say Qaddara Allah wa Masha'a-Fan, which means Qaddara Allah, Allah has decreed what has happened.
[SPEAKER_00]: Wa Masha'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'a'an, and whatever he wants, he will do, Allah wa Akbar.
[SPEAKER_00]: Say these words, instead of analyzing and stressing yourself out,
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[SPEAKER_00]: Our dean is telling us, do not overthink.
[SPEAKER_00]: Don't say if I had done this.
[SPEAKER_00]: If I only I had done this, if I invested here, I would have studied there, I would have got this and I would have got that.
[SPEAKER_00]: Right?
[SPEAKER_00]: Don't say these matters.
[SPEAKER_00]: When Navi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says, Fa inna lahu, teftahawam ala shaywan.
[SPEAKER_00]: This word, lahu, which is if.
[SPEAKER_00]: If you continuously repeat this to yourself and you over-analyze a situation, if I did this, if I did this, it opens up the door of a shale barn, what does that mean?
[SPEAKER_00]: Meaning the ifs are going to be endless.
[SPEAKER_00]: You can think of a million ifs, but if I did this and if I did that, if I spoke to him, if I got in earlier, if I studied that, there's the it's endless, and so a person will end drowning into this ocean of ifs, and what does he benefit from this?
[SPEAKER_00]: You stress yourself, you exhaust yourself mentally, and there is no achievement whatsoever.
[SPEAKER_00]: So, and, and it kills the e-man in al-Qadar, your e-man in al-Qadar begins to weaken if you continuously over-analyze things with the word if, if, if.
[SPEAKER_00]: So, we cut all this out by saying Qaddar Allah, one shaykh Effad, what Allah decreed, he wields and he does what he wants.
[SPEAKER_00]: So, these are a few strategies, a few points to overcome, the overthinking that Subhan Allah is a worldly shattery.
[SPEAKER_00]: many people fall into this problem of overthinking and just adding on a final note here I mentioned to you I give you a small example so that you can understand this matter.
[SPEAKER_00]: Let's say you are going cave exploring and there was a guide.
[SPEAKER_00]: A guide of many is a guide of 25 is been taking people inside caves and of course when you enter the cave
[SPEAKER_00]: naturally you are worried, but you have trust in the guide that he knows what he's doing.
[SPEAKER_00]: So let's say you walk into this cave with the guide and all of a sudden a rock falls from above and a bat flies next to you.
[SPEAKER_00]: At your worried and you're scared and you're stressed and then the guide says to you, don't worry, this is all normal.
[SPEAKER_00]: I've done this for 20 years.
[SPEAKER_00]: This is nothing to be afraid of and let's keep walking.
[SPEAKER_00]: Subhamdulillah, you're naturally still worried and afraid, but you have trust in this guide that you will take you inside of this cave, safely and bring it out safely.
[SPEAKER_00]: Of course, to Allah, so ajjal belongs the highest of examples.
[SPEAKER_00]: But in this world, the life Allah, so ajjal, is the one who is guiding us.
[SPEAKER_00]: And naturally, yes, we may be worried and may be stressed about certain matters, but in the last version is the one who's guiding us.
[SPEAKER_00]: So, if you want to feel safe, if you want to come out of this world the life safe,
[SPEAKER_00]: then follow the guide, al-Hadi, follow Allah as Zawajil Subhanahu wa Ta'an, follow his commands, his instructions.
[SPEAKER_00]: Otherwise, if you don't, you'll be like a person in a cave who decided not to follow the to a guide.
[SPEAKER_00]: And what would happen to a person in a cave?
[SPEAKER_00]: if you decided to turn away from the tour guide, you're all on your own now.
[SPEAKER_00]: How worried, how terrified, how afraid would you be?
[SPEAKER_00]: And if anything happens, who's going to help you then?
[SPEAKER_00]: So, to Allah, so he will belong to the highest of examples.
[SPEAKER_00]: In this world, the life follows.
[SPEAKER_00]: Allah, so he will follow Al-Hadi, obey his command, Subhanahu Wa'Ta'ala.
[SPEAKER_00]: Anything that troubles you, anything that worries you, raise your hand, ask him, Subhanahu Wa'Ta'ala, to grant your relief, to grant your mercy, to guide you out of these situations.
[SPEAKER_00]: There's no need to overthink a matter.
[SPEAKER_00]: There is absolutely no need to overthink matters.
[SPEAKER_00]: Right?
[SPEAKER_00]: Because we have Allah'a Zojjal.
[SPEAKER_00]: We have our trust in Allah'a Zojjal instead of spending hours on over thinking, but if I did this, if I did that and worrying and stressing yourself out, spend those hours and those minutes in a door, you could have spent it in something much better.
[SPEAKER_00]: Make door to Allah.
[SPEAKER_00]: I thank Allah as a solution that He has got you to a point where you are in life and that would be far greater for your mental health, for your psychological state, and you would put your mind at ease and your heart at ease.
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