Joyfulness from the Islamic perspective
Based on verses of the Holy Qur’an and religious sayings, feeling of happiness and joyfulness is one of the obvious features of faithful. The prophet of Islam always wore a smile on his lips and never laughed with a loud voice. Nowadays, people consider joyfulness as a tool for forgetting daily stress and pressures. From the viewpoint of Islam, happiness and feeling of joyfulness is the beating heart in every person’s life. Imam Reza (Peace be upon him) stated that a person’s everyday life can be divided into four parts. A part of it is allocated to sustaining the livelihood and another part is allocated to visiting one’s trusted brothers and those people who inform you of your shortcomings. In this way, another part of the person’s daily life has to be allocated to recreational activities in order to give more energy to the person (Behar al-Anwar). From this religious saying one can better realize the role of joyfulness in Islam and its positive impacts on other aspects of life.
Contrary to the views expressed by certain individuals that seek to portray Islam as the religion of grief and sorrow, Islam is the religion of happiness and exuberance and such a feeling of happiness and exuberance is quite clear amongst the true followers of this religion.
Translated by: Sadroddin Musawi
Other links:
The Faithful Tested with Calamities
The virtue of patience in the time of Calamities in the sacred letter of Imam Sadiq
Religious Passion
The Best Deeds
