Suzy Ismail – #58 AlMuhsiy

harmonica, it's nice to see you again as we continue to bring the

divine into the daily by understanding how we can

incorporate the 99 names of Allah subhanaw taala into our daily

lives to improve the relationship between us and our spouse and our

children. The name that we're going to discuss today is NYSC, or

the counter, the one who holds us to account. Now, when we think of

the concept of being held accountable, or being held to take

account, we often think of it in terms of the financial realm. And

this is an important area, which is often neglected in our

discussions and in our talks about the marital relationship. Yet,

it's also a very practical area in which there can be a lot of harm

and a lot of difficulty in the marital relationship.

The truth of the matter is that although we would love to live our

lives, without thinking about the mundane without having to think

about the material realm of this world, the reality is that our

lives do depend quite heavily on the account in terms of the

financial well being of our families. Now, when we think of

financial well being, we are reminded of the Hadith and

Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, which reminds us that if

one has enough to eat, and enough to drink and a place to sleep,

then he has all of the world. Yeah, in today's world, which

keeps pushing us to gain more and more, we tend to find ourselves

striving consistently. And we begin to question whether we are

living to work or we are working to live, or whether we are living

to make money, or we're making money to live. And when we find

ourselves slipping into the realm, where work and money and our

financial accounts and our bank accounts are the priority in our

lives, then we know that we are straying away from what our true

purpose is, how does this affect the family life? How does this

affect the spouse and the spousal relationship? When we become

consumed with the running after the materialistic, when we become

consumed with the focus on bank accounts, rather than the accounts

of our deeds, then we lose sight of what good we can do even within

our relationship. So if we are finding that all of our time is

consumed in the pursuit of financial means, we have to stop

and ask ourselves Is this what our dunya is meant to be? Is this what

this place of dwelling was intended to be? We know that the

account that matters the most is the account with LIC the the

accounter. And that is the account of our deeds. When financial

difficulties creep into a home, it can cause a great strain on a

relationship. And that strain can often cause the spouses to turn

against one another to point fingers to blame. But during those

times, those are the tests that our last panel, Diana tests both

the strength of our hearts and how closely they are anchored to our

love to him and the strength of our relationships. And those are

the times where we must recognize that our wealth is but an Amana a

trust that is given to us. And it may come and it may go, yet what

lasts and what remains is our deeds. So don't lose hope in those

moments where financial strain may affect your home and your family.

And don't lose the strength of your relationship together.

Because again, that wealth may come and go, but our deeds and how

we interact with one another is what remains. So I pray that Allah

subhanaw taala NYC allows us to focus on the account of our good

deeds, rather than on our bank accounts, and allows us to always

be grateful during this time where we can sometimes seek more and

more and more, but to be grateful and content with what we have been

given and what has been written for us, rather than striving for

that which may not help us in this dunya or may just come along here

and I look forward to speaking to you again as we continue to bring

the divine into the daily Saramonic