Abdul Rahman Chao – The Dunya and True Happiness

About this lecture

In this lecture, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Chao explores the Islamic perspective on the dunya (worldly life) and how true happiness is attained. Drawing on Quranic verses, hadith, and the wisdom of classical scholars such as Imam Ahmad, Al-Hasan al-Basri, and Ibn Taymiyyah, he explains that happiness is not found in chasing wealth, status, or material things, but in balancing one's relationship with this world through zuhd (asceticism), tawakkul (reliance on Allah), halal earnings, and sincere knowledge. The lecture concludes with five practical keys to happiness and a reminder that a truly good life — in both this world and the next — is available to every believing man and woman.