special talk : Road map for life :Jan 2nd 2012
After holidays we gathered again,Alhamdulilah ,we all have different stories or adventures to share. Imagine the life is like that,We start our new term by talking about the summary of life,by solving the mysteries of life.what is the topic today, the roadmap of life,in arabic it is khuttah til hayaat,or we can say equations of life,moaadillat alhayat,summary of life which in Arabic is mukhtasar al hayat....practical tests of life ..we start the new term by solving the mysteries of life.In arabic hayaat,the life itself if you ask a ninety year old this person's experience will be different,this is not the right way to find out about life, from others experiences, people interpret life differently based on their experience,some may say don't go to doctor as someone had a bad experience, you cannot rely on others experience by listening to people about life, so where do we need to learn from,life is like an equation of x,y,z so we need to solve it but to solve it we need some firm grounding. The lifes equation needs to be understood by Quran and sunnah, some firm grounding is required,for example if if u go to east different experience ,if u go to west different experience.so from where will I get the knowledge to learn the experience of life only from Qaal Allah and Qaal Rasul.qaal sahaabaah ulool azeem as they were the best..
From Qaal Allah Quran tells us in detail about life and All the Quran tells in detail it draws a life map, but today we learn from Hadith.this is a different hadith not a vasiyaa from prophet saws butfrom Jibreel .this is sahaa al Albani.this is a different Hadith why, prophet salal Laho alaihi wassalam came and said that jib reel came to me once and said ya Mohammed ...1,2,3,4,5 different points.
What are these points we will study together...then we will reach to the end result together..after we learn this hadith we will get two things from all of this we will get the summary of life (five simple statements, five different points ) and also in the same time it will plan the road for your life inorder that you are never lost, even if you are away from dars you will not be lost. This is the expereince of life.that is why those who have knowledge of Allah swt and hadith of prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, though such a person is of young age they have wisdom and hikmah,such a person has an experience as if he hs lived for 200-300 years.for example shaikh as saaadi ( RahimAllah) that he completed his main work of Tafseer within two years, he started at young age of thirty five and finished it so early ,this comes with the wisdom of learning of hadith and Quran.you put it in front of you and remind yourself in any situation in life,as this is Rahmaa from Allah.
First statement: ishmaashait wa inn aka mayat.
What is the first advice,jibreel first advice is about the fact of death.ish means live and it is a command, whatever you live verily you are dead!!
Whatever u plan or will , verily u r dead!
This advice ,first command,talks about one of the reality of life, haqeeqa of hayaat,one of the reality that most if the people deny,if you see around u most people deny their own death, they get busy in duniya so that they forget about this haqeeqa, indulge in life so as to forget about death, human beings try to get busy so that they do no want to think about death,shayateen from ins and jinn will always try to give you a long hope, they will keep encouraging you to make long term plans so that you get busy in duniya,that yoy are young you will not die,in order not to think about death,people plan for twenty years imagining that the death won't come , although every one knows that death comes without any alarm bell,in our life we see people dying who were with us, there is no age limit.one shaykh said that a person was leading a prayer but by same day in asr he was under the ground.we need to face this reality. When JIbreel is advising this to our nabi so that he does not indulge in life.
You have a choice to live in life however u wish to live but u have to confess that u are dead, imagine if you are dealing with all as though you are dead then how will ur dealing will be with ppl, it will be the best behaviour,what do dead ppl wish ,they would like to correct their behavior with people and at least erase such wrongdoings.similarly imagine how will u pray if u were dead, the best prayer, though this advice is scary but it is logical. They say that when ladies who reach forty plus they have phobia viswaas that they will die...but we dont want to be scared but we want to reform our life our ibaadaah.How much long we live but at the end we will die,so if jibreel is advising this to nabi salalaho alaihi wasalam then we need this advice and also need to advise each other.
Sura Asr: وَالْعَصْرِ
We need to constantly advise each other truthfully about the death of life.if you love somebody then u want to make the situation right.don't waste your time,being jealous of others.how many lives does a human being have,four lives.first life is in the womb of mother. The baby is like a king ,gets his food ,oxygen all easily.but the transit of life is very difficult, the delivery of a baby is difficult for mother and child also,though they say that the baby also goes thru a difficult stage when delivering yet no one remembers the pain as a baby,Alhamdulilah,when the baby came to life that is the second,very critical life ,this is dar ul Amal, what you are doing here, if you are doing good then u will see better in the next life,the third life is barzakh,souls visiting each other, there is a Hadith of prophet saws,when a person dies after the questioning finishes, then the good souls meeting each other,they will meet each other to enquire about their people in duniya,they ask the one who has just come from dunya,how there loved ones are,they will talk to him,also he will enquire about the ones who have died before...good souls are together and the evil souls are taken away for punishment, the barzakh will be better than life than day of judgement will be better more beautiful but if in your life you have done only wrong deeds,did not value your life,then you will exit into a difficult barzakh.
That better will exit u to the best,imagine if you are in a haraam place like cinema then if u die, believe me when u are away from guidance feel unsecured...
If you didn't force urself to do good then it will take u to do bad...prophet peace be upon him has advised us.jib reel has advised this not to make us sad but not to regret it later..our life is like an exam room,filled with tests, always you are tested,in Surat mulk Allah says, tabarakka ladhi...message from Allah
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ
His hand the dominion ...the life n death..liyabliukum ayyukum ahsaanu amaalaa, to test which one of u is best in your deeds.everything you learn in life apply it do not delay it,else you will be stressed, this will make u not delay it,when good things come to your life do not delay it,to remember that you are dead,this is to perfect your life. Do not delay in doing good, one minute of your life if gone will never come back but if you lose one Durham god willing u will earn it.so ishmaashaay wa innakaa mayyat, so by reminding oneself about death ,this is a reason to reform your life.to perfect your life is by remembering death.if u r a good doer then
The death which most ppl are afraid of this is an exit to eternal life, to meet Allah, after u die yo u meet Allah. The one who is doing good ,any good deed you do it gives you security,and every step you do good deed it will make u closer to Allah.
Hadith prophet said to Hazrat Aaisha whoever loves to meet Allah Allah will llove to meet such a person .but Aaisha said that we are afraid to die,so prophet salalo alaihi wasalam said of course everyone is scared of death but if you are a good doer in the moments of death come the angels will come with glad tidings, then such a person will gladly be ready to meet Allah.death is a raahaa for a moameen.it is a relief as a better life comes.
For kaafir it is like a aadhaab, for the heedless,life will be worse in the exit.so a believer will realize that I don't want to waste my time in arguing wasting my time.this fact draws a map for you, summary of life,this reminder is a positive reminder, the more you are prepared for it the more you are looking forward to the exams,your exam is all about faith your hearts exam, is it la ilaha illahaa or, somebody else ,are u following sunnah or doing bidaa.
Iin quraan Allah describes what is life from Adam till all messengers,this ayat in surah Hadeed Aya twenty which describes about life
اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَامًا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٌ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ
In life you can see play ,laaibun,entertainment,lahuwaan means amusement my heart is busy in entertainment.lahuwan means that duniyaa occupied my heart not just the limbs, foe egs people admiring the food but they go beyond it and use their heart by admiring it for so long,then they go on Internet and research ,this occupies the heart..this is the lahuww, qalb almashghool,duniya is zeenaaa,world is beautiful and adornment,with flowers ,Allah loves beauty but the problem is when we are too attached to it..Wa tafakhur....boasting about your house,competition about parties,best clothing,takathur increment in money and children just to show off...this is wrong.
If you remember the death, if you remember the roadmap then it will make you to be truthful in your deeds.
Be truthful in your deeds, truthful from ur heart not just Tongue for example,u want to visit a sick friend, u say for the sake of Allah but actually u r going so that she does not complain later...these arebtruthful moments, always try to perfect ur niyyah,if you are not truthful then Allah will expose you. Allah will test you,love for sake of Allah is not easy,for example, your maid said that she needs help for her family.so u help her with Money,then later your servant says something Mean then in ur heart u say she does not deserve it, so u failed ur exam..
If someone says that you love for the sake of Allah, you will be tested.
Vasiyaaa luqmaan remember,why you came to class/dars,refine your intention, be truthful.check yourself always, ask questions why have I come to dars,to seek knowledge always refine your intention.
Always refine ur intentions,be truthful,always have doors of istaghfaar open, keep asking forgiveness, constantly do isthaghfaar, in the car for children,ask Allah to keep u firm on the path,there are different seeghaa to ask forgiveness constantly...waiting in car, driving ,sometimes you have time when you are not doing anything, these moments busy yourself with istighfaar.
Number three Also ask Allah to keep u firm till u die.so for the map remember these three points:
The solution:
1)Sidq
2)Al istighfaar an tawbaah
3) thabaat:To keep u firm.
The second advice from Jibreel:
Waaahbib man sheet wa innakka mufaariquhuu..
This will solve depression problem..so it means love whomever or whatever yo u want to love,or you choose to love, at the end,verily you will separate from it...
What is the natural thing that human beings love as explained in Quran.
Aya 24: Surah Taubah
قُلْ إِن كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
Allah says that there are things which human beings love..fathers,grandfathers mothers, children brothers n sisters, spouses,partners, companions,asheeraah yaani close friends always with him,her,money which u r earning, human being loves money,love ur own business,and a house that pleases you.
This ayaah talks about natural things that we love these are natural.
Is it ok to love these things,of course it is fine but where is the danger?
If all of this natural love exceeds the limits, that you love more than Allah and Rasul and doing jihad billah then there is a big danger...especially about love when it goes in your heart,it is also a cause for depression in many people..or something when u lose someone..we are tested with natural love...but we are tested do u love Allah more or husband...I know hijab is fard but your husband does not like...though if you think about it ...this mahboobaat is dangerous...so whatever you love excessively you will be tested for example if you love your house all the time you will be tested..subhanAllah so e believers say that there is a hadith that the more knowledge you have the more you will be tested,so better not to know,but this is wrong,as Allah will test everyone how big is the test for the believer it will be as if he has a protection, if u do not have any protection,however big the calamity it won't affect,little thing will irritate the non believer,then you will bear it..go to ayaah...so Allah says anything in life exceeds it's boundary, then what will happen,then such a person will see the misery in his life,if someone is dying to have a son,then this person will be tested with son, then what will happen ,maybe the love of the son will increase from the love of Allah then subhanallah such a person will be tested with this son...miserable son who mistreats his mum...if you exceed love than you will see misery in that person( son) , house..anything you love more then you will see al adhaab in that person...it also happens between friends,for example a best friend you love too much then you will see you are as if you are tortured thru her..advice from nabi...don't love anyone 100% maybe he will change,maybe he will leave or maybe he will be your enemy one day..and don't hate someone to the extent ...do not hate excessively or love excessively...there is a Hadith .
Problems arise when you don't have balance in emotions...everyone goes in different directions...life needs to be interpreted ..some people say without you I will die..I cannot live without you ,but this is all false as this person will eat and drink and live without you.so always remember you will tested with this mahboobaat if you exceed the limit.You will be tested f rom spouse, homes ,friends ,in life if you exceed the boundary.
So what is the solution,in order to be merciful on yourself remember the Hadith which says love whoever u love but remember that u will be separated...how will u deal with people realizing that you will be separated from them, it will be extremely good..so try to be moderate...so we are being informed about solution..
This will keep u balanced, deal with all as if it us ur last meeting,This is the roadmap of life.if you deal with everybody as though they will be separated then you will deal with all in a moderate manner and the best manner.this includes all the mahboobaat we discussed above.when you realize that this life is short and you should deal with everyone as though you will be separated soon then you will give rights of father ,husband,children,you will not delay it.
Third advice:
A'mal Maasheet Fa untaa majzi unbeehee
amal means Act,Maasheet whatever you do whether good or evil, but at the end you will be recompensed based on it.here the aamaal is being talked about.so we must realize that we must be busy in life doing good as Allah will recompense it.how will Allah deal with my doings like al Dayyan.this name is from Hadith.act as you will since you shall certainly be recompensed,given due reward for it..
Based on duniya you will die,and yo u will be meeting with good ppl when u die, so in duniya u have a choice to be busy with good or be busy with bad,on Day of judgement Allah will say I am the king and I am the Dayyan, the one to settle scores between people.Allah will account for every good deed or evil deed done in duniya.allah will ask you for it, you will be rewarded or punished accordingly.Allah will not allow any person to enter Jan nah if he has any scores to settle with some one who is a hell dweller, ALLAH Is adal, how HE recompensed everybody,for every good deed Allah rewards abundantly from ten to 700 Hasanat.but for evil doer Allah recompensed as one evil, where will the jazaaa begin it will be adhaab begin for evil doer from the grave ,it will be like hell fire. While for the good doer the grave will be such a beautiful place.Hadith explains about the jazaaa of aakhiraah.thejazaaa in duniya is all tarbiyaaa from Allah, there is always a test for Allah, any difficulty in life this is a Rahmaa in life for your tarbiyaah to know about Allah.final final jazaaa is only on day of judgement ,the rest in duniya is tarbiyah.if you know Quran and you know Allah then you will be smart to interpret the situation.especially about criticizing ,this is sickness for egs in dars, someone sitting next to u the sister is yawning continuously,in your heart you are criticising about this that why is she yawning Subhanallah what will happen you will yawn so other sisters will question u, this is tarbiyaah from Allah, this is not a punishment.sometimes these situations happen and we criticize so it will comeback to you, this is tarbiyah.
Something else you see girls dressed up and you say to yourself why their mothers have not taught them and subhanallah as the time goes your children do the same.
Also sometimes you may say that why this lady has brought the children to masjid to disturb everyone, I would have left my kids at home,then you will see your daughter will bring her children And you will not be able to do anything ,it comes back .these situations happen .when you criticize then you are nurtured,Allah has recompensed us..There is a sickness of kibar, arrogance, or someone who has confidence or takabbur,which needs to be treated.don't you believe that we are all faqeer to Allah then why are you thinking like this.a true story happened about one wealthy lady ,whose son married a girl from middle-class family.since the girl was not from a rich family the mother in law did not treat her so well, she kept her daughter in law and her children locked in the house for three months,as she did not want her to visit her parents.then Alhamdulilah she was allowed to go and meet them,within two weeks her own son went to jail for something he was innocent,put him in jail for three months.
The mother was blaming the government ,police and still not realizing the tarbiyah from Allah.Sometimes we go thru situations but if we do not read Quran and understand we will still not understand.important is to learn from Allah s nurturing, always in your Amal make sure that you are doing for Allah only and at the same time think of the reward, similarly when you are doing anything wrong then think of the punishment.always remember that you will be recompensed for every good deed,this will help you be firm in siratal mustaqeem.
The fourth and fifth point :
Wa alam Anna sharra al mu min qiyam Layl , wa azzi hu istighnaa hu Naas..
from where will a believer earn honor, only from the night prayer, this is special time of meeting with king.and his honor and pride he will be independent from people which means that he will not rely on people.the moameen in his heart I rely on Allah.believe me if you rely on Allah and not beg people then nothing will happen.rely only on Allah then Allah will bring people to help you.
U need to know that the moameen will get honour only from night prayer, special moment with the king,the human being the moameen in his heart it is I love Allah, rely in Allah, then u don't beg Allah, then everyone will help u.this means rely only on Allah don't depend on ppl, then ppl will become the means .we should only beg Allah, rely on Allah, this is how u will get honour.look at the ambiyaa and mursaleenaa how they only begged Allah,never depended on ppl.that is the worst thing when ppl beg ppl.don't humiliate yourself in front of people always beg Allah.
All messengers were shepherd they never depended on people for money.remember about the Hijraa of Abubakar,when he said that I prepared two horse then prophet saws said I will pay for it ,as he does not want to be burdened.
There is a story an ameer came to aalimwho was sitting ,relaxing and stretching his legs, so ameer thought that he will buy this aalim,the ameer spoke normally then later he sent someone with thousands of dirhams thru a messenger,so the aalim returned the money and asked him to say that the one who stretches his leg does not stretch his hand asking for money!
Another story from Makkah when one of the ameer saw an ulama doing tawaaf kin kaaba.the ameer asked the uleema can I do anything for you ,the ulema said I will feel very shy to ask you of anything in my creators house!
Then this ameer waited till the ulema came out of Makkah so again he approached the ulema and asked him if he needed anything at all. So the ulema said do u want to give me something for duniya or hereafter,the ameer said of course for duniya ,hereafter I cannot .ulema said that havaa duniya I did not ask my lord then why should I ask you!
So all learned people fully rely only on Allah but we should know how to knock the door of the heavens,how does the Sam maa doors open ,only when you are poor to Allah, humble to Allah,then you will get the honor but if you are begging people then you will get humiliation in duniya!!
These are the five advices from Jibreel
After holidays we gathered again,Alhamdulilah ,we all have different stories or adventures to share. Imagine the life is like that,We start our new term by talking about the summary of life,by solving the mysteries of life.what is the topic today, the roadmap of life,in arabic it is khuttah til hayaat,or we can say equations of life,moaadillat alhayat,summary of life which in Arabic is mukhtasar al hayat....practical tests of life ..we start the new term by solving the mysteries of life.In arabic hayaat,the life itself if you ask a ninety year old this person's experience will be different,this is not the right way to find out about life, from others experiences, people interpret life differently based on their experience,some may say don't go to doctor as someone had a bad experience, you cannot rely on others experience by listening to people about life, so where do we need to learn from,life is like an equation of x,y,z so we need to solve it but to solve it we need some firm grounding. The lifes equation needs to be understood by Quran and sunnah, some firm grounding is required,for example if if u go to east different experience ,if u go to west different experience.so from where will I get the knowledge to learn the experience of life only from Qaal Allah and Qaal Rasul.qaal sahaabaah ulool azeem as they were the best..
From Qaal Allah Quran tells us in detail about life and All the Quran tells in detail it draws a life map, but today we learn from Hadith.this is a different hadith not a vasiyaa from prophet saws butfrom Jibreel .this is sahaa al Albani.this is a different Hadith why, prophet salal Laho alaihi wassalam came and said that jib reel came to me once and said ya Mohammed ...1,2,3,4,5 different points.
What are these points we will study together...then we will reach to the end result together..after we learn this hadith we will get two things from all of this we will get the summary of life (five simple statements, five different points ) and also in the same time it will plan the road for your life inorder that you are never lost, even if you are away from dars you will not be lost. This is the expereince of life.that is why those who have knowledge of Allah swt and hadith of prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, though such a person is of young age they have wisdom and hikmah,such a person has an experience as if he hs lived for 200-300 years.for example shaikh as saaadi ( RahimAllah) that he completed his main work of Tafseer within two years, he started at young age of thirty five and finished it so early ,this comes with the wisdom of learning of hadith and Quran.you put it in front of you and remind yourself in any situation in life,as this is Rahmaa from Allah.
First statement: ishmaashait wa inn aka mayat.
What is the first advice,jibreel first advice is about the fact of death.ish means live and it is a command, whatever you live verily you are dead!!
Whatever u plan or will , verily u r dead!
This advice ,first command,talks about one of the reality of life, haqeeqa of hayaat,one of the reality that most if the people deny,if you see around u most people deny their own death, they get busy in duniya so that they forget about this haqeeqa, indulge in life so as to forget about death, human beings try to get busy so that they do no want to think about death,shayateen from ins and jinn will always try to give you a long hope, they will keep encouraging you to make long term plans so that you get busy in duniya,that yoy are young you will not die,in order not to think about death,people plan for twenty years imagining that the death won't come , although every one knows that death comes without any alarm bell,in our life we see people dying who were with us, there is no age limit.one shaykh said that a person was leading a prayer but by same day in asr he was under the ground.we need to face this reality. When JIbreel is advising this to our nabi so that he does not indulge in life.
You have a choice to live in life however u wish to live but u have to confess that u are dead, imagine if you are dealing with all as though you are dead then how will ur dealing will be with ppl, it will be the best behaviour,what do dead ppl wish ,they would like to correct their behavior with people and at least erase such wrongdoings.similarly imagine how will u pray if u were dead, the best prayer, though this advice is scary but it is logical. They say that when ladies who reach forty plus they have phobia viswaas that they will die...but we dont want to be scared but we want to reform our life our ibaadaah.How much long we live but at the end we will die,so if jibreel is advising this to nabi salalaho alaihi wasalam then we need this advice and also need to advise each other.
Sura Asr: وَالْعَصْرِ
We need to constantly advise each other truthfully about the death of life.if you love somebody then u want to make the situation right.don't waste your time,being jealous of others.how many lives does a human being have,four lives.first life is in the womb of mother. The baby is like a king ,gets his food ,oxygen all easily.but the transit of life is very difficult, the delivery of a baby is difficult for mother and child also,though they say that the baby also goes thru a difficult stage when delivering yet no one remembers the pain as a baby,Alhamdulilah,when the baby came to life that is the second,very critical life ,this is dar ul Amal, what you are doing here, if you are doing good then u will see better in the next life,the third life is barzakh,souls visiting each other, there is a Hadith of prophet saws,when a person dies after the questioning finishes, then the good souls meeting each other,they will meet each other to enquire about their people in duniya,they ask the one who has just come from dunya,how there loved ones are,they will talk to him,also he will enquire about the ones who have died before...good souls are together and the evil souls are taken away for punishment, the barzakh will be better than life than day of judgement will be better more beautiful but if in your life you have done only wrong deeds,did not value your life,then you will exit into a difficult barzakh.
That better will exit u to the best,imagine if you are in a haraam place like cinema then if u die, believe me when u are away from guidance feel unsecured...
If you didn't force urself to do good then it will take u to do bad...prophet peace be upon him has advised us.jib reel has advised this not to make us sad but not to regret it later..our life is like an exam room,filled with tests, always you are tested,in Surat mulk Allah says, tabarakka ladhi...message from Allah
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفُورُ
His hand the dominion ...the life n death..liyabliukum ayyukum ahsaanu amaalaa, to test which one of u is best in your deeds.everything you learn in life apply it do not delay it,else you will be stressed, this will make u not delay it,when good things come to your life do not delay it,to remember that you are dead,this is to perfect your life. Do not delay in doing good, one minute of your life if gone will never come back but if you lose one Durham god willing u will earn it.so ishmaashaay wa innakaa mayyat, so by reminding oneself about death ,this is a reason to reform your life.to perfect your life is by remembering death.if u r a good doer then
The death which most ppl are afraid of this is an exit to eternal life, to meet Allah, after u die yo u meet Allah. The one who is doing good ,any good deed you do it gives you security,and every step you do good deed it will make u closer to Allah.
Hadith prophet said to Hazrat Aaisha whoever loves to meet Allah Allah will llove to meet such a person .but Aaisha said that we are afraid to die,so prophet salalo alaihi wasalam said of course everyone is scared of death but if you are a good doer in the moments of death come the angels will come with glad tidings, then such a person will gladly be ready to meet Allah.death is a raahaa for a moameen.it is a relief as a better life comes.
For kaafir it is like a aadhaab, for the heedless,life will be worse in the exit.so a believer will realize that I don't want to waste my time in arguing wasting my time.this fact draws a map for you, summary of life,this reminder is a positive reminder, the more you are prepared for it the more you are looking forward to the exams,your exam is all about faith your hearts exam, is it la ilaha illahaa or, somebody else ,are u following sunnah or doing bidaa.
Iin quraan Allah describes what is life from Adam till all messengers,this ayat in surah Hadeed Aya twenty which describes about life
اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَامًا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٌ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ
In life you can see play ,laaibun,entertainment,lahuwaan means amusement my heart is busy in entertainment.lahuwan means that duniyaa occupied my heart not just the limbs, foe egs people admiring the food but they go beyond it and use their heart by admiring it for so long,then they go on Internet and research ,this occupies the heart..this is the lahuww, qalb almashghool,duniya is zeenaaa,world is beautiful and adornment,with flowers ,Allah loves beauty but the problem is when we are too attached to it..Wa tafakhur....boasting about your house,competition about parties,best clothing,takathur increment in money and children just to show off...this is wrong.
If you remember the death, if you remember the roadmap then it will make you to be truthful in your deeds.
Be truthful in your deeds, truthful from ur heart not just Tongue for example,u want to visit a sick friend, u say for the sake of Allah but actually u r going so that she does not complain later...these arebtruthful moments, always try to perfect ur niyyah,if you are not truthful then Allah will expose you. Allah will test you,love for sake of Allah is not easy,for example, your maid said that she needs help for her family.so u help her with Money,then later your servant says something Mean then in ur heart u say she does not deserve it, so u failed ur exam..
If someone says that you love for the sake of Allah, you will be tested.
Vasiyaaa luqmaan remember,why you came to class/dars,refine your intention, be truthful.check yourself always, ask questions why have I come to dars,to seek knowledge always refine your intention.
Always refine ur intentions,be truthful,always have doors of istaghfaar open, keep asking forgiveness, constantly do isthaghfaar, in the car for children,ask Allah to keep u firm on the path,there are different seeghaa to ask forgiveness constantly...waiting in car, driving ,sometimes you have time when you are not doing anything, these moments busy yourself with istighfaar.
Number three Also ask Allah to keep u firm till u die.so for the map remember these three points:
The solution:
1)Sidq
2)Al istighfaar an tawbaah
3) thabaat:To keep u firm.
The second advice from Jibreel:
Waaahbib man sheet wa innakka mufaariquhuu..
This will solve depression problem..so it means love whomever or whatever yo u want to love,or you choose to love, at the end,verily you will separate from it...
What is the natural thing that human beings love as explained in Quran.
Aya 24: Surah Taubah
قُلْ إِن كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُوا حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
Allah says that there are things which human beings love..fathers,grandfathers mothers, children brothers n sisters, spouses,partners, companions,asheeraah yaani close friends always with him,her,money which u r earning, human being loves money,love ur own business,and a house that pleases you.
This ayaah talks about natural things that we love these are natural.
Is it ok to love these things,of course it is fine but where is the danger?
If all of this natural love exceeds the limits, that you love more than Allah and Rasul and doing jihad billah then there is a big danger...especially about love when it goes in your heart,it is also a cause for depression in many people..or something when u lose someone..we are tested with natural love...but we are tested do u love Allah more or husband...I know hijab is fard but your husband does not like...though if you think about it ...this mahboobaat is dangerous...so whatever you love excessively you will be tested for example if you love your house all the time you will be tested..subhanAllah so e believers say that there is a hadith that the more knowledge you have the more you will be tested,so better not to know,but this is wrong,as Allah will test everyone how big is the test for the believer it will be as if he has a protection, if u do not have any protection,however big the calamity it won't affect,little thing will irritate the non believer,then you will bear it..go to ayaah...so Allah says anything in life exceeds it's boundary, then what will happen,then such a person will see the misery in his life,if someone is dying to have a son,then this person will be tested with son, then what will happen ,maybe the love of the son will increase from the love of Allah then subhanallah such a person will be tested with this son...miserable son who mistreats his mum...if you exceed love than you will see misery in that person( son) , house..anything you love more then you will see al adhaab in that person...it also happens between friends,for example a best friend you love too much then you will see you are as if you are tortured thru her..advice from nabi...don't love anyone 100% maybe he will change,maybe he will leave or maybe he will be your enemy one day..and don't hate someone to the extent ...do not hate excessively or love excessively...there is a Hadith .
Problems arise when you don't have balance in emotions...everyone goes in different directions...life needs to be interpreted ..some people say without you I will die..I cannot live without you ,but this is all false as this person will eat and drink and live without you.so always remember you will tested with this mahboobaat if you exceed the limit.You will be tested f rom spouse, homes ,friends ,in life if you exceed the boundary.
So what is the solution,in order to be merciful on yourself remember the Hadith which says love whoever u love but remember that u will be separated...how will u deal with people realizing that you will be separated from them, it will be extremely good..so try to be moderate...so we are being informed about solution..
This will keep u balanced, deal with all as if it us ur last meeting,This is the roadmap of life.if you deal with everybody as though they will be separated then you will deal with all in a moderate manner and the best manner.this includes all the mahboobaat we discussed above.when you realize that this life is short and you should deal with everyone as though you will be separated soon then you will give rights of father ,husband,children,you will not delay it.
Third advice:
A'mal Maasheet Fa untaa majzi unbeehee
amal means Act,Maasheet whatever you do whether good or evil, but at the end you will be recompensed based on it.here the aamaal is being talked about.so we must realize that we must be busy in life doing good as Allah will recompense it.how will Allah deal with my doings like al Dayyan.this name is from Hadith.act as you will since you shall certainly be recompensed,given due reward for it..
Based on duniya you will die,and yo u will be meeting with good ppl when u die, so in duniya u have a choice to be busy with good or be busy with bad,on Day of judgement Allah will say I am the king and I am the Dayyan, the one to settle scores between people.Allah will account for every good deed or evil deed done in duniya.allah will ask you for it, you will be rewarded or punished accordingly.Allah will not allow any person to enter Jan nah if he has any scores to settle with some one who is a hell dweller, ALLAH Is adal, how HE recompensed everybody,for every good deed Allah rewards abundantly from ten to 700 Hasanat.but for evil doer Allah recompensed as one evil, where will the jazaaa begin it will be adhaab begin for evil doer from the grave ,it will be like hell fire. While for the good doer the grave will be such a beautiful place.Hadith explains about the jazaaa of aakhiraah.thejazaaa in duniya is all tarbiyaaa from Allah, there is always a test for Allah, any difficulty in life this is a Rahmaa in life for your tarbiyaah to know about Allah.final final jazaaa is only on day of judgement ,the rest in duniya is tarbiyah.if you know Quran and you know Allah then you will be smart to interpret the situation.especially about criticizing ,this is sickness for egs in dars, someone sitting next to u the sister is yawning continuously,in your heart you are criticising about this that why is she yawning Subhanallah what will happen you will yawn so other sisters will question u, this is tarbiyaah from Allah, this is not a punishment.sometimes these situations happen and we criticize so it will comeback to you, this is tarbiyah.
Something else you see girls dressed up and you say to yourself why their mothers have not taught them and subhanallah as the time goes your children do the same.
Also sometimes you may say that why this lady has brought the children to masjid to disturb everyone, I would have left my kids at home,then you will see your daughter will bring her children And you will not be able to do anything ,it comes back .these situations happen .when you criticize then you are nurtured,Allah has recompensed us..There is a sickness of kibar, arrogance, or someone who has confidence or takabbur,which needs to be treated.don't you believe that we are all faqeer to Allah then why are you thinking like this.a true story happened about one wealthy lady ,whose son married a girl from middle-class family.since the girl was not from a rich family the mother in law did not treat her so well, she kept her daughter in law and her children locked in the house for three months,as she did not want her to visit her parents.then Alhamdulilah she was allowed to go and meet them,within two weeks her own son went to jail for something he was innocent,put him in jail for three months.
The mother was blaming the government ,police and still not realizing the tarbiyah from Allah.Sometimes we go thru situations but if we do not read Quran and understand we will still not understand.important is to learn from Allah s nurturing, always in your Amal make sure that you are doing for Allah only and at the same time think of the reward, similarly when you are doing anything wrong then think of the punishment.always remember that you will be recompensed for every good deed,this will help you be firm in siratal mustaqeem.
The fourth and fifth point :
Wa alam Anna sharra al mu min qiyam Layl , wa azzi hu istighnaa hu Naas..
from where will a believer earn honor, only from the night prayer, this is special time of meeting with king.and his honor and pride he will be independent from people which means that he will not rely on people.the moameen in his heart I rely on Allah.believe me if you rely on Allah and not beg people then nothing will happen.rely only on Allah then Allah will bring people to help you.
U need to know that the moameen will get honour only from night prayer, special moment with the king,the human being the moameen in his heart it is I love Allah, rely in Allah, then u don't beg Allah, then everyone will help u.this means rely only on Allah don't depend on ppl, then ppl will become the means .we should only beg Allah, rely on Allah, this is how u will get honour.look at the ambiyaa and mursaleenaa how they only begged Allah,never depended on ppl.that is the worst thing when ppl beg ppl.don't humiliate yourself in front of people always beg Allah.
All messengers were shepherd they never depended on people for money.remember about the Hijraa of Abubakar,when he said that I prepared two horse then prophet saws said I will pay for it ,as he does not want to be burdened.
There is a story an ameer came to aalimwho was sitting ,relaxing and stretching his legs, so ameer thought that he will buy this aalim,the ameer spoke normally then later he sent someone with thousands of dirhams thru a messenger,so the aalim returned the money and asked him to say that the one who stretches his leg does not stretch his hand asking for money!
Another story from Makkah when one of the ameer saw an ulama doing tawaaf kin kaaba.the ameer asked the uleema can I do anything for you ,the ulema said I will feel very shy to ask you of anything in my creators house!
Then this ameer waited till the ulema came out of Makkah so again he approached the ulema and asked him if he needed anything at all. So the ulema said do u want to give me something for duniya or hereafter,the ameer said of course for duniya ,hereafter I cannot .ulema said that havaa duniya I did not ask my lord then why should I ask you!
So all learned people fully rely only on Allah but we should know how to knock the door of the heavens,how does the Sam maa doors open ,only when you are poor to Allah, humble to Allah,then you will get the honor but if you are begging people then you will get humiliation in duniya!!
These are the five advices from Jibreel
may i please have the reference for this hadith
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