Mufti Menk – Do Not Transgress

When we sin and we transgress, one thing

that comes away, one thing that is taken

away from us is contentment.

We're no longer happy.

We're sinning and we're transgressing.

If you might enjoy it initially then you

realize I'm not happy. I'm not fulfilled.

What's lacking in your life? Your maker. You've

taken him out of the equation. You can't

do that. Bring him back in. Become strong

on your salah. No matter what you might

be doing,

strengthen your salah. And then see slowly but

surely when you leave something for Allah,

you get a beautiful joy. I know married

men and women,

sometimes they are lacking in their own responsibilities

because they have turned away from Allah. When

they come

back to Allah, they start enjoying

fulfilling their responsibilities.

They spend more time with their children. They

start doing things that are meaningful and add

value in their own lives. That is the

discipline Islam is supposed to bring you if

you're a true believer. I'm a true believer.

I get married and I concentrate on my

family.

That's what Islam teaches us.

What happens when you don't have any rules

and regulations? You get married and you're concentrating

on every other woman on the street. And

what happens to your wife? She's waiting for

you at night. You have to lie to

her a 1000000 times as to where you

were and what you were doing. And you

come back. She's upset and you're upset but

you got married. You use the name of

Allah to get together and there's everything but

Allah in your relationship.

That's why things are going wrong. But if

you had to just cut what you were

doing and come back and smile and spend

a bit of time,

the sweetness of that union, and the beauty

of that marriage, and the love and contentment

of the home, and the flourishing of that

beautiful,

you know the ambiance within that house will

be such that it's unmatched.

And those moments you don't need to share

them with the world.

You cherish them. You enjoy them. You prepare

for if Allah is going to bless you

with children and may He bless all of

us with offspring who will be the coolness

of our eyes. If Allah is going to

give that to you. You will enjoy bringing

your children up before you leave the earth.

Your time is temporary.

How long did you spend with your children?

What did you tell them? How much did

you talk to them? Did you remind them

about Allah?

Did you tell them about the good things?

Or were you only

busy showing them that which was wrong

from the very beginning?