Boredom: A Scientific & Religious Analysis - Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Qazwini

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Al-Rasoul Islamic Society
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In this lecture, we explore the phenomena of Boredom, discussing its definition, scientific root causes and the dangers that derive from it. Since Boredom strikes even whilst we perform acts of worship, Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Qazwini explains reasons that stimulate boredom in this spiritual dimension, before giving valuable tips to combat it and finally concluding through addressing a very important question; Will we ever get bored if we enter Heaven? Al-Rasoul Islamic Society || Day 17 - The Holy Month of Ramadan 2017

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[0:02][Music] I begin in the name of the almighty God the compassionate

[0:22]the merciful the one who has created everything in utmost Perfection and

[0:29]May the peace and blessings of the almighty God be upon his

[0:34]pure and beloved messenger the peak of his creation the symbol of

[0:40]humanity the holy prophet Muhammad s and his Immaculate progeny of the

[0:54]peace be upon them especially the leader of our time the awaited

[1:00]Savior Al IM may God hasten his reappearance and make us all

[1:08]amongst his sincere and dedicated servants Allah subhah waala states in the

[1:13]Holy Quran and the satisfaction of God is greater illuminate your hearts

[1:32]and Minds with a very loud salawat indeed the human being if

[1:44]not the greatest of God's creations is one of the most interesting

[1:49]and greatest of God's creations when we examine the complexity of the

[1:56]human being when we examine the complexity of our emotions of our

[2:02]feelings no evolutionary theory that attempts to exclude God out of the

[2:10]picture can explain to you the origin of these feelings and emotions

[2:17]the depth of these feelings and emotions the complexity of these feelings

[2:25]and emotions indeed the human being is nothing short of a miracle

[2:31]one of the emotions and feelings that we all experience some of

[2:37]us every once in a while some of us we experience them

[2:44]on a daily basis is the feeling of boredom the feeling of

[2:50]being bored every once in a while we experience this feeling for

[2:55]some of us it's constant it's a permanent feature of Our Lives

[3:00]and this evening let us examine the topic of boredom by shedding

[3:07]light on these following points number one what is boredom number two

[3:17]what causes it why does this feeling visit us every once in

[3:26]a while number three what are the dangers and harms of boredom

[3:31]number four what are some solutions what can we do to protect

[3:38]ourselves from being bogged down by boredom number five when it comes

[3:45]to our ritual acts of worship such as praying such as Salat

[3:51]what can we do to avoid these acts boring us because for

[3:58]many people these repetitive Acts they get boring what can we do

[4:05]to protect ourselves from boredom in Acts of worship and finally and

[4:10]this is an interesting one what about on the day of Judge

[4:14]judgment and Paradise as great as it will be for the Believers

[4:18]there but since it's going to be Eternal infinite there is no

[4:26]ending to it won't we get bored there as good as it

[4:28]will be there W they human being be bored in Paradise on

[4:33]the day of judgment let's examine these points so what is boredom

[4:38]this state of feeling bored what exactly is it some describe it

[4:46]as a plague on life it plagues your life it ruins your

[4:50]life boredom is when you have this need for something exciting to

[4:59]happen something new to happen the urge to do something boredom is

[5:06]when you want some more drama around you something just to go

[5:10]on around you boredom is also defined as the inability to accept

[5:19]life around you for what it is you no longer see the

[5:24]beauty of this life when you're bored you cannot accept your current

[5:29]state date when you're bored you lose that contentment everything's perfect around

[5:36]you the creation of Allah is perfect around you but you simply

[5:41]fail to see it you simply fail to accept it this feeling

[5:47]of not accepting your life and the world around you not being

[5:54]content not finding exciting for you this is called boredom it's lack

[6:02]of contentment lack of acceptance and many people they experience these feelings

[6:10]this is actually a normal part of our daily lives that at

[6:16]some points we do experiences this is very common boredom is also

[6:23]defined you know as this very annoying feeling this annoying phenomenon which

[6:29]sets in when you're just about to relax you're just about to

[6:34]relax everything around you seems to be going well there is no

[6:41]specific problem that's bugging you you sit there you're about to chill

[6:44]you're about to relax you feel bored you don't know what to

[6:49]do with yourself you don't know what to do with your life

[6:53]boredom is found everywhere it can strike you at home at work

[6:59]at school everywhere there was a study done in 2007 amongst school

[7:06]children high school children in 26 US states when they interviewed them

[7:14]they realized that 2third of these high school students they get bored

[7:19]in class every single day it's something that strikes us everywhere and

[7:26]it can come at any time any time of during the day

[7:32]during the night it can come at any age youngsters Elders men

[7:36]women it does not discriminate so this is what boredom is now

[7:42]what is the cause of boredom why do people get bored what

[7:48]is it with this feeling what's it triggered by now if we

[7:53]look at boredom from a scientific perspective you know from a neurological

[7:59]iCal perspective boredom occurs when dopamine levels go down in the brain

[8:07]you know dopamine that reward chemical in the brain when you get

[8:12]bored or people who are prone to always getting bored they actually

[8:16]have lower levels of dopamine it's these lower levels of dopamine that

[8:24]neurologically scientifically makes them bored gives them this feeling that they're not

[8:30]satisfied they're just not happy with what they have with what's going

[8:36]on around them they're not happy with time that's going by this

[8:41]is now from a scientific perspective but what does it what is

[8:46]it that causes boredom when we examine our life what are the

[8:52]factors that lead to human beings going into this state of feeling

[8:57]bored let us take a quick look at some of these factors

[9:03]and some of these causes so we can understand this feeling better

[9:08]and so we can tackle it better the first reason is that

[9:14]in our brain sometimes there's too much activity some people have too

[9:20]much activity in their brain and they simply don't know how to

[9:24]release that energy your brain is in active mode overactive mode Overdrive

[9:30]and you're looking for something to keep up with this increased activity

[9:38]in your brain but you simply can't find it this increased activity

[9:41]in the brain causes you to lose focus you can't concentrate it

[9:51]distracts you because there's too much activity going on in your brain

[9:55]and you couldn't find something to satisfy that extra energy to channel

[10:01]into that extra energy you start getting distracted you cannot concentrate and

[10:08]you are aware that you cannot concentrate now sometimes you can't concentrate

[10:14]but you're not aware of that that's not really a feeling of

[10:17]boredom boredom is when you cannot concentrate and you're aware of yourself

[10:23]not being able to concentrate that's the worst feeling when you know

[10:28]that you're distracted and you're bored and you're not able to concentrate

[10:34]so one factor that leads to boredom is this increased activity in

[10:40]the brain number two we see that we have two types of

[10:46]people and this is very interesting one type of people they are

[10:50]bored obviously because they don't see what's going on around them even

[10:57]with this busy life hect to Clive with all that's going on

[11:03]around the world these people nothing's just satisfying them not too much

[11:08]is going gone for them so life gets boring now on the

[11:11]other hand you have a second type of people because there is

[11:17]so much going on in the world they actually experience this feeling

[11:23]of fear they're afraid of all the events of all the things

[11:29]that are going on around the world and in their society because

[11:33]of this fear they retreat they shut down they're no longer able

[11:39]to operate and function properly because of that they experience this feeling

[11:44]of boredom they don't know what to do everything around them is

[11:49]just overwhelming them it's just too much for them and so this

[11:54]leads to a state of boredom this was the second the third

[11:58]cause that the third factor that leads to boredom is our technology

[12:04]our modern tech technology makes you bored as much as it entertains

[12:10]you you know our phones our gadgets our tablets we're used to

[12:19]we're addicted to them we're addicted to having them constantly stimulate us

[12:25]get that instant gratification everything is at the tips of your fingers

[12:30]when you are used to that you quickly get bored because after

[12:37]a while you see that nothing stimulating you our technology has played

[12:44]a significant role in US experiencing the feeling of boredom we're constantly

[12:50]bombarded with all this technology there's always something to do with your

[12:55]Gadget with your tablet and this stimulates you in the beginning but

[12:58]then after a while for many many people you're no longer stimulated

[13:03]everything seems lame nothing's really stimulating you and that causes a feeling

[13:10]of boredom that's number three number four and this is extremely important

[13:14]and This concerns our youth more than others a fourth cause of

[13:22]boredom is having too much time when there's too much time on

[13:28]your hands you're going to get bored you see our ancestors back

[13:34]then before the Industrial Revolution people didn't really get bored with life

[13:41]why they did not have free time to spare they had to

[13:43]work all day long from morning till night just to make a

[13:49]living just to bring food and put it on the table these

[13:52]days we've got too much free time look at our youth out

[13:57]of the 24 hours a day that they have how much of

[13:59]it are they using how much are they using Okay 6 7

[14:07]8 hours sleeping several hours a day going to class studying eating

[14:11]doing some activities doing their assignments what about the 8 6 5

[14:19]hours That Remains What happens you see that most of our youth

[14:23]they've simply got too much time on their hands they're not using

[14:26]their time properly they get bored and this is a problem that's

[14:35]why one important measure one important way to fight boredom is to

[14:41]keep yourself busy from morning till night yes exhaust yourself the more

[14:48]you exhaust yourself believe me and you can trust me on this

[14:51]one the more not only productive your life will become but the

[14:55]less bored you will be the more you will enjoy your life

[15:00]you the more you will taste the beauty of life don't let

[15:05]those hours go to waste brothers and sisters Allah subhana tala has

[15:09]given these moments he's given us these seconds and minutes as Treasures

[15:15]for us and these Treasures will never ever come back to us

[15:23]never every moment that's gone is gone for good if you spend

[15:27]a trillion dollars you cannot gain that hour back yes you can

[15:33]have another hour but that hour that you wasted you can never

[15:38]ever reclaim it so we see that these are some causes of

[15:43]boredom why human beings tend to feel bored in their lives there

[15:51]are several causes as well but these are the primary causes now

[15:55]let's talk about the dangers and harms of boredom now you could

[16:03]think so what what's the big deal if you get bored no

[16:05]big deal the world's not going to end if we get bored

[16:10]every once in a while if you get bored just you know

[16:12]grab some popcorn and watch a movie it's not the end of

[16:19]the world well in reality it's much more complicated than that it's

[16:22]much more serious than that yes for some people or for many

[16:26]people boredom is not an issue especially for people who are productive

[16:31]they're working they have a successful life every once in a while

[16:37]we all get bored that's natural that's normal but for many people

[16:41]for a good percentage of the population boredom is actually becoming a

[16:49]permanent feature of their life and it comes with many risks it

[16:55]comes with many dangers it comes with many harms let's go through

[16:59]some of of these harms number one it's a painful feeling it's

[17:04]a frustrating feeling people who are bored and they're constantly bored with

[17:09]their lives they don't know what to do nothing is fulfilling them

[17:17]nothing satisfying to them they're agitated people they quickly get angry they

[17:21]quickly get frustrated and this leads to a number of problems such

[17:29]as over eating do you know that one of the leading causes

[17:34]of overeating is boredom not knowing what to do you're just bored

[17:38]so how do you satisfy yourself how do you distract yourself how

[17:44]do you keep yourself busy you keep overeating binge eating and that's

[17:49]why we see there's so much obesity in our society one primary

[17:52]reason is not just unhealthy Foods yes obviously it's unhealthy Foods however

[17:59]at the same time it's the feeling of getting bored you know

[18:04]how sometimes when you're bored and you don't know what to do

[18:07]you go and you open your fridge and you keep opening it

[18:11]again and again and again as if something's amazing going to happen

[18:15]in the fridge right people get bored or sometimes at work you

[18:19]know a lot of people they overeat and they binge on food

[18:27]when they're at work you're in your work you're bored you're not

[18:32]concentrating on what you're doing so you binge on that dessert on

[18:35]that food or whatever you can get your hands on and this

[18:41]is a problem in society one of the leading causes of overeating

[18:45]and obesity is boredom people simply are bored they want to change

[18:50]their state so how do they change it instead of doing something

[18:54]productive doing an activity for example they go and eat but this

[19:01]eating is destroying their health so if you find yourself in a

[19:05]constant state of being bored or being bored too often realize there

[19:11]are risks you need to do something about it this is ruining

[19:14]your health it's ruining your life that's number one the second harm

[19:18]and danger Studies by scientists and researchers have shown that people who

[19:24]are always bored they are more like likely to be depressed to

[19:32]be under stress and to be addicted to drugs one of the

[19:39]leading factors to drug addiction is the state of feeling bored especially

[19:43]many of the youth around the world they don't know what to

[19:47]do with their time they're bored or whatever circumstances they're in they're

[19:53]not happy with those circumstances they resort to drugs it's a way

[19:57]for them to distract them themselves to get them out of this

[20:00]boredom but it end UPS ruining it ends up ruining them even

[20:05]more so this is a serious issue in our society it's leading

[20:09]to depression many of the depressed people in our society many of

[20:14]them what triggered their depression is this feeling of boredom and this

[20:21]is problematic we need to do something about it and even those

[20:24]people who went on drug rehabilitation you know they were addicted to

[20:30]drugs and they recovered after a while those who were prone to

[20:33]getting bored they were more likely to go back to drug to

[20:42]drug addiction this is the second danger that it poses the third

[20:46]one is that it reduces productivity at work this feeling of boredom

[20:53]will not make you so productive at work in fact it leads

[20:56]to accidents at work for example example those people who work in

[20:59]the in construction truck drivers when they're bored and their mind is

[21:04]constantly wandering and distracted that leads to injuries that leads to accidents

[21:11]and number four it shortens your lifespan scientists have demonstrated through research

[21:20]that people who are prone to boredom actually have shorter lives so

[21:24]we see that this is a serious issue that we are are

[21:32]dealing with we should not underestimate them the fifth danger that it

[21:38]presents is that one of the leading factors to sins is also

[21:41]AB boredom many of our youth why do they sin yes we

[21:46]all have desires obviously it's because of our desires and temptations that

[21:51]many people sin but one leading factor that leads to disobeying Allah

[21:58]subhah wa tala and leads to sinning is this feeling of boredom

[22:03]it ruins a human being's faith it leads to evil habits negative

[22:11]habits because especially when our youngsters they don't know what to do

[22:16]they're bored they resort to sinful acts to get them out of

[22:21]this state to keep them busy with something most of the sins

[22:27]most of the sins in our society one leading factor is boredom

[22:32]you know those for example people who are addicted to or backbiting

[22:38]right isn't this a problem in our everyday life one reason is

[22:43]because you're bored you're bored you don't know what to do you're

[22:48]not doing something productive so let's just sit chat and talk about

[22:52]who did what what happened here what happened to this person to

[22:56]that person and then we start you know attacking the dignity and

[23:00]reputation of other people why if you're not bored and you have

[23:07]a fulfilling life and you have something productive to do it will

[23:10]be much less likely for you to engage in G sessions in

[23:17]backbiting sessions number two is music we see that many of our

[23:20]youngsters they're addicted to unlawful types of music why because they're bored

[23:24]they've got free much time on their hands they're bored they don't

[23:28]know what to do so they resort to music and many many

[23:35]other negative habits harmful habits are caused by a feeling of boredom

[23:40]and so this is a problem the six harm and danger that

[23:47]it presents to us is that it reduces creativity it staves off

[23:51]creativity when you're bored and your mind is distracted you are less

[23:59]likely to be creative and this is a problem many people when

[24:02]they examine themselves and their lives and why they're not creative one

[24:06]possible cause one possible reason is that they're bored when you're bored

[24:11]your mind can not simply function properly you cannot concentrate it significantly

[24:20]reduces your creativity and by the way one important thing about creative

[24:27]creativity when it comes to our children many parents these days of

[24:32]course it's out of their compassion and concern for their children you

[24:37]see that they treat their children like robots every single minute of

[24:42]the day has been planned out for you're having them do something

[24:46]every part of the day yes it's good to be concerned it's

[24:50]good to have a good healthy schedule for your kids but do

[24:54]you know that when you treat them like robots and you have

[24:58]this rigid schedule that they have to stick to this reduces their

[25:01]creativity then they'll act like robots too let a child be creative

[25:08]give them some room for creativity don't figure out everything for them

[25:14]give them you know a full schedule which has been predetermined for

[25:19]them give some creativity for themselves let them decide from 4: to

[25:24]6:00 p.m.

[25:25]once they've done their assignments let them decide what they want do

[25:29]let them explore let them discover what interests them that helps them

[25:33]in becoming creative but many PE many parents these days you find

[25:40]them they don't give room for creativity for their children they want

[25:44]to design everything program everything determine everything and this is wrong this

[25:48]reduces a child's creativity allow your children to be creative encourage them

[25:55]to be creative tell them you have have a couple of hours

[26:00]you figure out what to do brainstorm you figure it out let

[26:05]a child figure it out it's much more beneficial for for that

[26:09]child than you figuring out everything for your child so one problem

[26:14]of boredom is that it reduces creativity now there's also an interesting

[26:20]side to this while chronic boredom you know this permanent boredom reduces

[26:29]creativity some level of boredom a small level of boredom actually creates

[26:34]creativity it leads to creativity you know for example scientists tell us

[26:41]evolutionary scientists they tell us that our ancestors you know in those

[26:46]primitive societies and hunting and Gathering societies what led them to explore

[26:54]and discover what led them to explore so many things you know

[26:57]what led them to to try that if you rub a stick

[27:01]against another stick in a certain way you could create fire what

[27:05]led them to Explorations and discoveries this feeling of boredom because they

[27:11]were doing their daily activities but then they realized you know what

[27:15]this is getting a little bit boring let's try something new let's

[27:19]explore something new and that led them to many types of Explorations

[27:22]and we see thek the wisdom of the system of Allah subhana

[27:28]wa tala some level of boredom is necessary for you to be

[27:31]creative you know that curi Curiosity that we have where does it

[27:35]come from why do human beings have this feeling of curiosity you're

[27:44]curious you're always wondering about everything around you this feeling of curious

[27:53]curiosity is actually fueled by boredom when you get bored with what's

[27:57]going on around you in a healthy way of course that pushes

[28:04]you to go and actually do something differently try something new because

[28:08]you get bored with the same old thing it pushes you to

[28:12]do something new so boredom is really interesting when it's at a

[28:18]low healthy level it encourages the human being to be healthy but

[28:22]when it when it becomes excessive it starts distracting you it reduces

[28:27]your concentration and it reduces your creativity as well so these are

[28:33]some dangers and harms that are associated with boredom now what's the

[28:37]solution what can we do about this now if you're single go

[28:42]get married and if you're married try a second one that's a

[28:49]good way to keep yourself not bored for the rest of your

[28:51]life but don't get me wrong it's not the second one that

[28:56]will keep you company the first one will make sure sure you'll

[28:58]never ever get bored to the rest of your life now on

[29:02]a serious note on a serious note what is this solution this

[29:09]feeling of boredom that plagues all of us some of us more

[29:13]than others what do we do about it what is the solution

[29:20]to it researchers have demonstrated that one of the most powerful solutions

[29:25]to boredom is meditation could you imagine that meditation now in Islam

[29:31]what is meditation it's Salah these acts of worship when you turn

[29:38]to Allah subhana wa ta'ala when you know that you have a

[29:40]Creator to interact with a Creator to speak to Allah is always

[29:47]there he's there for you when a Believer is in that feeling

[29:53]of getting bored and you find life is just not exciting and

[30:00]fulfilling you turn to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the source of all

[30:04]goodness in the universe that feeling for the believer is so sweet

[30:12]and exciting it gives you an amazing energy to continue with your

[30:16]life it's truly amazing decades ago there was a group of people

[30:23]who were imprisoned in Algeria in a political problem that occurred there

[30:33]they imprisoned them and they put them in solitary confinement now we

[30:38]don't know what solitary confinement is we can't even imagine it yes

[30:42]we know what it is obviously you know they put you in

[30:47]a Cell all by yourself no interaction you can't see anyone you

[30:51]can't talk to anyone we know what it is but we really

[30:52]cannot grasp it it's one of the worst types of punishment that

[31:01]a prisoner can experience solitary confinement so they put them they put

[31:06]them in solitary confinement there's no sound there's nothing to do and

[31:11]and after a while these people were starting getting crazy you know

[31:16]it's been mentioned that when they would see an ant just an

[31:22]ant walking they would they would feel happy they would feel excited

[31:24]there's an ant there's some movement in the room besides me there's

[31:29]another creature besides me here in this prison cell and you know

[31:33]what the prison guards would do Subhan Allah look at their cruelty

[31:39]when they would walk to for example give them some food or

[31:43]check on them they would wear silencing boots boots that make no

[31:47]noise silencing boots to not make any noise because they know that

[31:55]these people in solitary confinement they're so desperate to hear something even

[32:01]if someone is walking they're so desperate for that they even deny

[32:05]them that look at the cruelty of the human being now there

[32:08]were a group of people all of them after a while about

[32:13]a year or so they gone they they went mad they became

[32:16]crazy when you lock someone up for an entire year no interaction

[32:23]no movement nothing of that sort what do you think happens what

[32:27]do you think happens this person becomes crazy and they did actually

[32:32]become psychologically ill except for one of them he had memorized the

[32:38]book of Allah subhah wa ta'ala he had memorized the Holy Quran

[32:45]and every day in his solitary confinement cell he would re read

[32:49]verses of the Quran and contemplate on them it's the Quran and

[32:53]him talking to Allah subhana tala that kept him say an entire

[32:59]year of solitary confinement what kept Him sane what saved him from

[33:04]this boredom that made others crazy and insane is him memorizing the

[33:11]Holy Quran and speaking to Allah subhanahu wa taala what do you

[33:18]think Al IM did 14 years in prison 14 years what do

[33:21]you think the Imam did in fact he was thankful to Allah

[33:25]oh Allah I thank you for giving me this opportunity to Worship

[33:30]You day and night because when he was in his Society he

[33:34]had many obligations and responsibilities now that he's in his prison cell

[33:40]there are no distractions these were Sweet Moments for the Imam to

[33:46]turn to his Lord to turn to Allah subhanahu wa taala so

[33:53]researchers are saying that one powerful remedy one one powerful solution to

[34:00]boredom is meditation it's praying supplicating to Allah subhah wa taala it

[34:08]generates the sweet and exciting feeling in your spirit in your heart

[34:12]that keeps you very close to the almighty God that's one number

[34:16]two the second solution get out in your Society brothers and sisters

[34:23]and be active in your community center and your mosque meet people

[34:27]our technology has isolated us it has made us indiv relistic people

[34:33]many of our people today you look at them in society they're

[34:38]isolated they live their own lives they have nothing to do with

[34:42]anyone else they don't have any social bonds real social bonds with

[34:50]others this creates depression this creates anxiety and this creates boredom why

[34:55]is it that our youth youth in this society and other societies

[34:59]they're not as active as they should be take advantage of this

[35:05]opportunity that Allah subhana tala has given you a blessed place for

[35:09]you to gather especially in these holy nights where are our youth

[35:14]we need to encourage them to come and participate going out meeting

[35:19]people engaging in activities this reduces boredom this is one very important

[35:25]solution try try something you know those people who are bored let

[35:32]me tell you let me tell them the world is much bigger

[35:35]than you think many people think that's it there's nothing for me

[35:40]I'm done with this life I'm done there's nothing exciting for me

[35:45]Habibi the world is much bigger than that there's so much for

[35:51]you to do go out and explore your Society explore your community

[35:54]see how you can help see how how you can volunteer and

[36:00]one powerful remedy is volunteering give an hour two hours of your

[36:05]time if you can every day if not once a week if

[36:09]not once a month go and volunteer in your community center and

[36:13]your Masjid and your mosque this is a powerful way to keep

[36:20]you away from boredom muham Muhammad mad so that's a second solution

[36:33]a third solution is to increase your knowledge when you read when

[36:38]you increase your knowledge you will never get bored there's always some

[36:44]knowledge that will Intrigue you that will keep you interested unfortunately our

[36:49]youth these days they're not really interested and increasing their knowledge during

[36:52]the weekends sit by the fireplace or go to a nice park

[36:58]on the bay and read take an hour take two hours three

[37:04]hours educate yourself you know there's a beautiful Arabic phrase that says

[37:11]books are The Gardens of Scholars you know Everyone likes to go

[37:18]to a nice beautiful garden enjoy their time there the garden for

[37:22]Scholars is their books I remember once about 10 years ago one

[37:29]of the scholars one of the late Scholars may Allah shower his

[37:35]soul with Mercy he was very busy with all of his activities

[37:37]and work and his classes I remember one day he said something

[37:43]very beautiful he says my dream what is what is your dream

[37:46]what is your dream everyone has a dream this scholar says my

[37:50]dream is for me to be in a room with 10,000 books

[37:56]and nothing nothing to distract me this is my dream can you

[38:00]imagine this is my dream this is what intrigues me this is

[38:05]what interest me the more you elevate yourself in terms of Education

[38:10]in terms of knowledge the less you will be bored the more

[38:16]you will protect yourself from the dangers and the harms of boredom

[38:20]so these are some solutions now let's get to this important Point

[38:25]what about acts of worship you see many people when they repeatedly

[38:31]engage in these acts of worship they get bored yesterday we talked

[38:37]about the importance of repetition to protect our F it's important for

[38:42]us to repeat these acts of worship because that's how our subconscious

[38:48]mind works but the reality is you'll find many people in society

[38:53]all of us all of us experience this to different degrees of

[38:57]course you'll find many people saying look I got bored of my

[39:02]Salah I've prayed thousands of times every single day the same routine

[39:07]I'm bored of my prayers I'm bored of reading the Holy Quran

[39:15]these acts of worship are boring me I'm not interacting with them

[39:18]I'm not enjoying them I read the Surah once okay I understood

[39:22]the story being said and that's it enough now many people won't

[39:28]say this to your face you know in this way so bluntly

[39:33]but in our hearts that's how we think many people are like

[39:40]that they get bored of these acts of worship that are repetitive

[39:42]so what do we do about this before I mention some solutions

[39:48]or how we can address this I'll share with you three important

[39:52]points that cause boredom in Acts of worship number one is being

[39:56]attacked Ed with the materialistic aspect of your life when your heart

[40:04]is attached to this D to this world to money to your

[40:07]cars to your gadgets to your whatever it is that's materialistic you

[40:13]will not enjoy the sweetness of worship and I it it it

[40:19]it places a barrier on your heart so if you if you

[40:25]find yourself not interacting with your Salah not enjoying your Salah quickly

[40:30]getting bored with your Salah inspect your heart see how much are

[40:34]you attached to this materialistic world do something about that remind yourself

[40:41]that everything I'll have to leave behind me nothing will remain with

[40:46]me and death is certainty I cannot escape death if I can

[40:52]escape death somebody would have before me no one can escape death

[40:57]I have to leave everything behind keep reminding yourself the more you

[41:03]remind yourself of that brothers and sisters the more you will enjoy

[41:08]your acts of worship that's number one number two sins sins sins

[41:13]brothers and sisters our sins they take the sweetness from our acts

[41:18]of worship and Salah and they don't allow you to interact with

[41:23]your Salah you quickly get bored in FL in fact they deflate

[41:29]your desire for worship especially especially sins that has to that have

[41:37]to do with our Chastity sins that have to do with one's

[41:41]Chastity they deflate your desire from worshiping Allah and you understand what

[41:50]I'm saying here we need to be aware especially our youth brothers

[41:54]and sisters try it once you repent repent from these sins you

[41:59]will find new energy to worship Allah subhah wa ta'ala but as

[42:02]long as we're addicted to some of these sins to some of

[42:08]these evil habits we will not have the desire to worship any

[42:12]types of sins sins that have to do with our Chastity or

[42:17]for example music do you think someone who's just listened to music

[42:20]and has been dancing around you think this person can stand and

[42:24]pray and offer a beautiful Salah to Allah subhana wa tala you

[42:30]think this person can come on a Thursday night and recite Dua

[42:35]K and cry in Dua no these sins they remove our desire

[42:42]to worship Allah subhah wa ta'ala so the number two is sins

[42:45]number three is overeating yes and this is a problem for some

[42:51]of us in the month of Ramadan when you go forar enjoy

[42:54]the delicious food it's wonderful excellent food here you will not find

[42:59]anywhere else good food like you do here but don't overeat don't

[43:05]overeat when you overeat and you stuff yourself and you become heavy

[43:10]you think you can read du no you become lazy your soul

[43:17]becomes lazy your spirit becomes lazy you will not enjoy you will

[43:21]quickly get bored you're sitting in Du and it's torture for you

[43:25]when is this going to end you're not interacting why because you've

[43:30]made your soul lazy people who overeat according toi and according to

[43:34]science they become lazy their soul becomes heavy and they cannot interact

[43:39]with I so now let's get to the question of how what

[43:48]can we do in order to make our IAS more enjoyable number

[43:54]one and we will discuss this in when we start our series

[44:01]on Salah sometime next week first of all understand what you're saying

[44:05]and what you're doing many of us don't know the meaning of

[44:08]our acts in Salah if I don't know Arabic learn Arabic at

[44:13]least learn the meanings of the verses the tap of the verses

[44:18]know what you're doing many of us pray but we do not

[44:20]what we're doing and one of the nights will explain the significance

[44:23]behind every act in Salah so that's number one number two you

[44:33]need a constant incentive muhamad see not only you know adults get

[44:42]bored kids get bored too and they find creative ways to keep

[44:49]themselves busy mashallah mamuh amen may Allah bless all of your children

[45:00]so the second way for us to fight this boredom when it

[45:06]comes to acts of I is what I call a system of

[45:13]rewards and punishments we need a constant incentive you know psychologist Colberg

[45:17]he has this interesting theory about moral development people in society why

[45:23]do they act the way they act citizens why do they obey

[45:27]the laws you know this sounds childish but the number one incentive

[45:31]and driving force behind people being good citizens and not breaking the

[45:37]law is fear of punishment imagine if Canada tomorrow says no more

[45:43]ticketing we're not going to find anyone we're not going to give

[45:49]ticket to anyone who speeds who doesn't stop at the stop sign

[45:52]who crosses a red light what do you think will happen all

[45:56]these good citizens what will happen to them overnight it works it's

[46:01]childish I know because you think that if you threaten a child

[46:04]it'll work no it works more with adults than children most people

[46:10]most people do what is right because they're scared of the consequences

[46:15]it's this fear so that's number one keep this in mind when

[46:20]you're praying keep in mind the punishment of Allah subhah wa ta'ala

[46:24]the scenes of the day of judgment what will happen in the

[46:27]grave make this an incentive every time you stand to pray picture

[46:35]when you're put in your grave picture the day of judgment this

[46:38]sometimes will give you an incentive and it will reduce your distraction

[46:42]and it will you it will make you enjoy your I more

[46:48]that's one number two is the rewards for some people many of

[46:52]the things that they do is not because they're scared of punishment

[46:55]they're at a second more higher level it's because they want a

[46:59]reward either to have a good reputation or to achieve some sort

[47:07]of reward in society and we see this with our kids sometimes

[47:10]you threaten them it doesn't work right you have to lure them

[47:14]if you do this I'll buy you this toy I'll take you

[47:19]to this place and this does actually work when it comes to

[47:22]brothers and sisters just try to imagine the reward that Allah subhana

[47:29]ta'ala has prepared for us imagine that if someone tells you I'll

[47:34]give you $110,000 every time you pray how will you pray be

[47:38]honest with yourself just ask yourself now how will you will you

[47:43]get Bard $110,000 for every Salah you know what the Hadith by

[47:50]the Imam says he says when every time when you stand up

[47:52]in prayer and you recite the Holy Quran Alat or the following

[47:56]Surah for every letter Allah subhana tala gives you 100 100 Good

[48:06]Deeds how many letters is it 19 letters is 19 letters you

[48:15]do the math for saying 19 letters and each letter 100 Good

[48:23]Deeds how many is that that's 1,900 just for saying and your

[48:28]Salah keep this in mind this is a motivator that's fine yes

[48:34]there are higher levels of worshiping Allah but this is also acceptable

[48:38]so okay to worship Allah subhana wa ta'ala in hopes of getting

[48:42]this reward let this motivate you number three and this is very

[48:48]important and this is where IM Al says and there are some

[48:53]people who worship Allah not because they're afraid of hell not because

[48:56]they want to go to heaven no but because they have found

[49:03]Allah worthy of being praised when you stand to worship Allah subhanahu

[49:08]wa ta'ala try this brothers and sisters be thankful to Allah every

[49:13]single day and this is something practical for us every single day

[49:20]choose one blessing that Allah has given you let's say today Monday

[49:27]June what's today June 12th I will dedicate this day to thank

[49:35]Allah for the blessing of Health When you pray today keep this

[49:38]in mind oh Allah you've given me Health if I were sick

[49:43]what kind of life I would have had remember others who are

[49:45]sick in your Society every day choose a blessing whether it's your

[49:49]health whether it's your house it's your parents if it's your family

[49:55]it's your work it's the opportunity to be educated choose one of

[49:59]these Blessings by Allah subhah wa ta'ala in your Salah think of

[50:03]that blessing and be thankful to Allah subhah wa tala you think

[50:08]you'll get bored if you do this every day be creative and

[50:12]choose one blessing at the same time while you're praying dedicate some

[50:18]days to repent from particular specific sins today oh Allah I want

[50:26]to repent from this sin that I have committed in your Salah

[50:29]remember the sin that you committed and ask Allah for forgiveness while

[50:34]you're praying yes while you're praying because see the heart you've inflicted

[50:39]a wound on your heart through that sin now this wound has

[50:46]to heal the best time for this wound to heal is in

[50:50]your Salah while you're praying repent to Allah subhana wa ta'ala from

[50:55]the sin if you do the if you do these practical steps

[50:58]this will help you from being bored in your Salah and always

[51:04]brothers and sisters do something new in your Salah don't read the

[51:07]same Dua every time in your read a new Dua when you

[51:13]reigning a Surah at home memorize several verses and suras from the

[51:17]Holy Quran and every Salah you read a new chapter this will

[51:22]help you stay focused and it will protect you from being bored

[51:24]in your act of Salah now let's get to the final Point

[51:30]very briefly what about on the day of judgment in Paradise as

[51:35]good as it gets some people object especially you'll find some atheists

[51:39]objecting they're saying you know you Believers you worship God so that

[51:44]he'll take you to heaven okay as good as Heaven gets and

[51:48]the Eds is going to be boring everything that's new is interesting

[51:53]in the beginning right but that then after trillions and trillions and

[51:57]trillions of years it's going to get boring in Paradise so how

[52:02]do we address that of course the real knowledge is with Allah

[52:06]subhana wa tala but very briefly number one what by far the

[52:13]greatest pleasure in Paradise is what the Quran mentions in one verse

[52:18]Allah mentions all the pleasures of paradise then Allah subhana says the

[52:26]satisfaction of Allah that he's pleased with you that is greater than

[52:31]all of these other blessings of paradise being with Allah being with

[52:43]Allah the king of the universe that in itself is an infinite

[52:47]pleasure for the people of paradise why because Allah is infinite Allah

[52:54]is infinite so getting to know him is infinite every single day

[53:02]in paradise Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will reveal a new dimension there's

[53:06]a Hadith from IM he quotes the prophet Muhammad s in which

[53:18]the prophet says in Paradise every Friday all the Believers in Paradise

[53:23]will visit Allah subhanahu wa tala now this is symbolic they don't

[53:27]physically visit him this is symbolic and every time they visit him

[53:36]Allah subhana will reveal a new dimension of his infinite self to

[53:42]them every Friday Believers visit God they get this new experience now

[53:46]why is it that you'll never get bored of this because when

[53:52]we human beings when we have a need we never get bored

[53:54]let me give you a quick example have you ever got bored

[53:58]of quenching your thirst especially now that you're fasting you're all thirsty

[54:04]I'm very thirsty you can tell after speaking for this time after

[54:08]18 hours you're thirsty every time you drink that cold pure water

[54:14]you quench your thirst there's a pleasure in it right do you

[54:18]get bored of it why if a trillion times you get thirsty

[54:23]and you quench your thirst do you get bored of it no

[54:26]you don't why because you have a need now this is a

[54:33]physical need the soul also has needs and the greatest need for

[54:36]the soul is to know Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala that's the greatest

[54:41]need that's why every day in paradise when Allah subhah wa ta'ala

[54:47]gives us gives us knowledge of him and his Essence for us

[54:55]that day will be an amazing joyful day and Allah is infinite

[54:59]so these blessings are also infinite that's the first point the second

[55:04]Point very briefly is that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala his powers are

[55:10]unlimited every day in paradise Allah subhana tala will create a new

[55:14]pleasure doesn't the Hadith from the IM say Paradise there are Pleasures

[55:28]that no eye has seen you have not heard about it no

[55:30]mind has been able to think it by the way this is

[55:35]also mentioned in the Bible in 1 Corinthians chapter 2: 9 and

[55:41]10 this exact Hadith that the IM mentions is mentioned in the

[55:43]Bible that Allah has prepared for those who love him something that

[55:48]has not reached our imagination so on the day of judgment Allah

[55:53]T is infinite and and he will create infinite ways to keep

[56:03]the inhabitants of Paradise in a joyous State we ask Allah subhah

[56:10]wa ta'ala to open our hearts to give us the to brothers

[56:13]and sisters so that on the day of judgment we will be

[56:18]blessed with all the other [Music] believers [Music] a

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