Suzy Ismail – #58 AlMuhsiy

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

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			divine into the daily by
understanding how we can
		

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			incorporate the 99 names of Allah
subhanaw taala into our daily
		

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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			and a lot of difficulty in the
marital relationship.
		

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

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			lives, without thinking about the
mundane without having to think
		

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

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

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

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			financial well being, we are
reminded of the Hadith and
		

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			Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam, which reminds us that if
		

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

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

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

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			striving consistently. And we
begin to question whether we are
		

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

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

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

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			financial accounts and our bank
accounts are the priority in our
		

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

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

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			affect the spouse and the spousal
relationship? When we become
		

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			consumed with the running after
the materialistic, when we become
		

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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			the divine into the daily
Saramonic