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Being a living it’s natural that we react. Whether it’s human or an animal, we have emotions hence emotion often lead us to react. We react differently in good mood than we react when we are angry. Anger usually makes one out of control thus often cause to do things which one would not do while in normal state. When you have responsibilities, you gotta be more cautious how to react because your actions would effect others as well. For instance if you are a father, your actions or reactions would be copied by your kids. It usually goes with a leader as well.

The most beautiful thing about Islam that it does not only emphasis on rituals but also talks about dealing different things of life according to Allah(SWT)’s orders. Just like Islam discussed about dealing with others,good governance and all that, Islam also highlights how to react when something good or bad happens in our life. Here I would be discussing with examples,mainly divided into two groups.

1- Bad reactions:

Usually when me or other Pakistanis react, they say bad words. For instance, I would admit that at times I have used severe bad words while expressing my anger against certain things like I used to use F* word, using masked swearing in desi style and other things. Though I avoid using typical desi slangs and “galian” now but often I say shit and F* word which comes out unintentionally which I could avoid or you could avoid as well. Some are given below.

- If you are used to say “Oh Shit” or F* word in reaction of something bad happens(e.g: reckless driving of others or someone ruined your mood), you could always replace such words with what Prophet Muhammad(saw) used to say:

Prophet Muhammad(saw) used to say this when usually get upset or sad. So next time when you are going to face something un pleasant, you can always recite above prayer. First it makes us feeling that we as humans re helpless and nothing is in our hand,second it teaches us sabr(patience) and ask us to be pleased with whatever Allah(SWT) wanted at that particular time

Similarly when some severe bad thing happens then usually we say,”Oh I got screwed!” or if we something is broken or hearing bad news we react as “Oh No” or “Oh Shit” etc etc. At that time you can pause and can say:

Normally we recite the above dua when someone passes away but in reality this dua is for every bad incident happens in our life. So next time when you hear some bad news;even if something is broken by your kid or maid then instead of screaming out loud or lashing them out, you should read the above dua because what has to happen,it would happen anyway then why do you waste the opportunity to earn reward by Allah by saying bad words. First you lost the thing and then you lost the reward by using the bad word. So think again when using such words.

2- Good reactions:

It’s human nature that he gets out of control even if something good happens in his life. Infact he freaks out that often forget about surrounding. Different people have different ways to express their good moments, some start screaming while other starts crying or chant stuff like “Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!” and others. Being a Muslim we always believe that it was Allah’s blessings that something good happen in our life. The best way to pay respect to Allah is to thank Him just like we thank those who do good for us. Since Allah has ALL power, he could bring something bad too but instead gave us happy tidings so why not to thank Him? You can thank him simply by saying:

By saying two words you just not earned rewards but also opened the door in future for yourself so that Allah could bless you more.

Similarly saying Assalam Alaikum instead of Hi is the best alternative because when you say Salam to someone else, he would return same to you. By doing this you got double reward; first you said salam which made Allah happy and He rewarded you, the person who replied you,gave you another dose of reward.

You see! how can alternatives of both good and bad moods can give you so many benefits? Do simple math that how much reward you can earn each day which can help you to save you at Judgement day when you might have lesser good deeds, such small deeds you do in life might help you that hour.

Do join the ranks of those which Allah(SWT) remembers as:

So pray for me that I can implement these prayers fully in my life, I would pray for you. May Allah help us to save our imaan.Ameen