Optimism (tafaul)

Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy holds that Islam rests on optimism, in contrast with the pessimism of the Arabs before Islam. He holds that the Qur'an and the Sunna push towards optimism and against despair, and that the Muslim is optimistic by nature. ^{1 2 3}

The Sheikh holds that the community was at the front for centuries (needs_source: the number of centuries is not certain in the recording), and then it left the Book and the Sunna. He states that Islam rests on optimism, in contrast with the pessimism of the Arabs before Islam. ¹

The Sheikh holds that the Qur'an and the Sunna push towards optimism and oppose discouragement. He mentions a hadith that the recording does not name (needs_source: the hadith is not named). He then tells the story of a man called Hazn who refused to change his name (needs_source: the story is not sourced), and holds that names have an effect on those who bear them. ²

The Sheikh holds that the sensitive Muslim takes optimism from the good news he hears about Muslims, such as a scientific achievement or the success of members of the community abroad. ⁴

The Sheikh holds that the Muslim is optimistic by nature, and that carrying the concern of the community leads a person to think about serving it through his work, as a teacher, a doctor or an engineer. ³