Na kalli wani shirin fim mai suna "Happy" kwanan nan, wanda ya yi bayani kan abin da ke kawo mutane farin ciki da walwala. Shirin ya tattauna da masana ilimin halayyar dan Adam, masana ilimin jijiyoyi da sauran "masana farin ciki" da yawa, kuma ya binciki al'adu daban-daban a duniya, amma abin lura shi ne bai saka ko kasa Musulmi ɗaya ba. Shirin fim ɗin mai tsawon awa ɗaya da minti talatin ya ɗauki daƙiƙa goma kacal yana magana kan cewa addini na kawo wa "wasu" mutane farin ciki, sannan ya ɗauki daƙiƙa talatin yana bayani kan yadda addini a zahiri yake tushen wahala da radadi mai yawa a duniya.

I recently watched a documentary called “Happy” about what brings people happiness and joy. The documentary interviewed many psychologists, neurologists, and other “happiness experts” as well as surveyed many different cultures around the world (but notably did not include a single Muslim nation or culture). The 1.5 hour long documentary had just 10 seconds on the fact that religion brings “some” people happiness and it included 30 seconds on how religion actually is a source of much pain and suffering in the world.

A ƙarshe, shirin fim ɗin ya kammala da cewa farin ciki yana cikin yin sadaka, hidima ga wasu, godiya, gamsuwa da abin da mutum ke da shi, neman ma'ana a rayuwa, kusanci da iyali da maƙwabta, kada a ƙara darajar kuɗi da dukiyar duniya fiye da kima, yin tunani da ciyar da lokaci cikin nutsuwa, da kuma ciyar da lokaci a cikin yanayi.

Ultimately, the documentary concludes that happiness is about being charitable, serving others, being grateful, being content, pursuing meaning, connecting with family and neighbors, not overvaluing money and material possessions, meditating and spending time on quiet reflection, and spending time in nature.

Na yi tunani a raina, duk waɗannan abubuwa suna da makamancinsu a cikin Musulunci da kuma addini mai tsari gabaɗaya. Shin mutane ba sa ganin wannan alaƙa ne? Idan farin ciki shi ne manufa, kuma waɗannan su ne abubuwan da ke kai ga farin ciki, to addini mai tsari, musamman Musulunci, wanda ke haɗa waɗannan abubuwa tare kuma ya kai su ga cikakkiyar siffarsu a cikin Sunnah, shi ne amsar bayyananniya game da yadda mutane ya kamata su gudanar da rayuwarsu.

I thought to myself, all these things have analogs in Islam and organized religion generally. Do people not make that connection? If happiness is the goal and these are the factors that are conducive to happiness, then organized religion and especially Islam, which harmonizes these factors and brings them to their perfect expression in the Sunnah, is the clear answer for how people should lead their lives.

Kudin wannan farin ciki kawai shi ne imani da Allah, don haka ko zamanin zamani mai bin son rai zai yi hadaya da farin ciki don kaucewa mika wuya ga wata iko mafi girma, yana zabar maimakon ya bayyana farin ciki da wasu gaskiyoyi marasa amfani masu kama da tsari amma su rasa jigo da tushen farin ciki na gaskiya.

The only cost for that happiness is believing in Allah, and so even hedonistic modernity will sacrifice happiness to avoid submitting to a higher authority, preferring instead to define happiness in terms of an assortment of hollow truisms that may capture the form but miss the essence and source of true happiness.