Saif Morad – Paradise Awaits Striving For The Eternal Reward
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The group discusses their successes and failures, emphasizing the need for continuous improvement and finding one's way to achieve success. They stress the importance of clarity in achieving success and finding one's way to achieve success. The group also touches on distractions and challenges, emphasizing the importance of finding one's way to achieve success and taking action towards Jannah. They also discuss the path of Islam and the importance of working towards the ultimate success of the people.
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all praise belongs to Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala.
We praise him and we thank him and
we seek his forgiveness and we rely upon
him for any and everything.
وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِن شُرُورِ أَنفُسِنَا وَمِن سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا
وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِن شُرُورِ أَنفُسِنَا وَمِن سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا
وَنَعُوذُ
بِاللَّهِ مِن شُرُورِ أَنفُسِنَا وَمِن سَيِّئَاتِ أَعْمَالِنَا وَنَعُوذُ
بِاللَّهِ مِن شُرُورِ أَنفُسِنَا
وَمِن سَيِّئَاتِ They
are the ones who have achieved true victory.
أَمَّا بَعْد فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ الْكَلَامِ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ وَخَيْرَ
الْهَدِيُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمُ وَشَرَّ الْأُمُورِ
مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَكُلَّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٍ وَكُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٍ وَكُلَّ
ضَلَالَةٍ فِي النَّارِ Anas ibn Malik رضي الله
عنه he mentions that my uncle Anas ibn
Nadr he said that he missed the battle
of Badr because the Prophet صلى الله عليه
وسلم did not give the companions enough time
to prepare because they wanted to get the
upper hand and go and raid a caravan
therefore he didn't give them enough time to
prepare and whoever was ready they had to
go and the rest is history and the
people who participated in Badr became legends so
much so that they are considered to be
the best of the companions after the ten
who were promised Jannah and Anas ibn Nadr
he comes to the Prophet صلى الله عليه
وسلم and he says that the first battle
that you engage with the polytheists I was
absent from it and if Allah Subh'anaHu
Wa Ta-A'la has decreed for us
to witness another battle then you will see
what I'm going to do and then Allah
Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la wrote for
them that they were going to meet the
Mushrikun in the battle of Uhud and the
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم laid out the
strategy for them he appointed 50 archers to
be on the mountain and gave them very
specific instruction that don't leave your positions no
matter what and as they saw that they
were getting the upper hand these archers they
left their positions Khalid ibn Walid he takes
advantage of them of this shortcoming of theirs
and now the tables turn and they push
the Muslims and an incident happened in that
moment where Mus'ab ibn Umair who was
the one who was holding the standard up
and if the standard drops you know you're
in trouble and when Mus'ab ibn Umair
was killed the one who killed him shouts
and he says Muhammad is dead now you
imagine being from the companions that the Prophet
صلى الله عليه وسلم is more beloved to
you than yourself, than your family, than everything
that you possess and you hear the news
that he died how are you going to
respond?
how do you think they responded?
they were shocked some of them froze and
sat down some of them decided to run
away but there was Anas ibn Nadir seeing
this situation looking at the panic and chaos
that's there and he says oh Allah I
am free from what these people are doing
and then he says I also reject what
the Mushrikun are doing and he starts going
towards the battlefield and Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
is there who is moving past him and
he tells Sa'd الجنة my goal is Jannah
I see Jannah ورب النظر إني أجد ريحها
دون أحد that I can smell the fragrance
of Jannah coming from Uhud and some of
the scholars they say that he actually smelled
the fragrance of Jannah others say that his
determination was so strong he could see Jannah
in front of him and he goes and
he fought so bravely and he died in
this battle eighty something wounds on his body
from swords, arrows, spears so much so that
they mutilated his body they couldn't even recognize
who it was until his sister came and
recognized the mark that he had on one
of his fingers and Anas he said we
would look at him and his other companions
and we knew that the verse مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهِ that from the
believers are those men who are true to
the promise that they made to Allah عز
و جل the promise to fight for his
sake the promise to be with the Prophet
ﷺ the promise to stay firm upon that
path until they leave this world Anas ibn
Nadir he knew his goal he knew his
purpose he knew where he was going and
if you look at the billionaires and the
millionaires and those who are successful and if
they were to lay out the principles of
success for us what would they say?
it always starts with you have to be
clear you need clarity in terms of where
you're going if you're not clear then you're
going to see problems within the organization you
need competence you need to upgrade your skill
level you need concentration you gotta be focused
on where you're going you can't be distracted
by things you need to understand the constraints
that's there as well what are those distractions
that distract you that gets in the way
from you to go towards your purpose and
your success you need continuous and never ending
improvement to keep learning, stay ahead of the
market be ahead of the curve know where
the trouble areas are coming from you need
commitment that determination to never give up no
matter the obstacles and setbacks that comes and
you need courage to keep going to take
risks to do what other people don't want
to do Mark Cuban he said the reason
why people fail is because of a lack
of brains they're not willing to learn they're
not willing to understand and then the lack
of effort as well that they're not willing
to put in the hours and the determination
and requirement that's there in order to actually
make it my dear brothers and sisters if
we took these principles and we flipped it
and we applied it to our goal of
Jannah the ultimate goal what would we say?
are we clear about what Jannah is?
am I willing to do it day in
and day out to get to that destination
or am I just cruising along Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala when he talks about Jannah
in Surah As-Safat he mentions some of
the bliss and enjoyment that's there from the
fruits and the drink and the companions and
how that they had a friend who used
to misguide them and Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala saved them from that person and the
person recognizes the blessing that they're in what
does Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala say towards
the end he says that indeed this is
the greatest victory that's there the ultimate success
is for a person to be free, to
be moved away far far from the hellfire
and to be entered into Jannah that is
the ultimate success for the likes of this
let the people work towards this is where
the effort should be going is that bliss
a better accommodation for the person or the
tree of Zaqqum what is the tree of
Zaqqum the Prophet ﷺ said that if a
drop of it were to fall in this
world it would ruin the livelihood of every
single person just one single drop would ruin
the livelihood of all of us and then
he said what about for the person who
this is going to be their food people
are motivated by different things some people the
pleasure of making it to Jannah motivates them,
gets them up to do the right thing
but there's other people who they don't really
care about the pleasure that's there but what
terrifies them is failing the fear of Jahannam
moves other people to take action and everyday
doesn't matter Muslim, non-Muslim everyone is going
out everyone deals with the difficulties of life
the challenges that comes with it to earn
a livelihood, to take care of their families
to go through the ins and outs Allah
ﷻ tells us in the Qur'an that
oh human being إنك كادح that you are
laboring, striving, going out day in and day
out, doing the deeds whether good or bad
and eventually where does this path lead to
all the paths lead to Allah ﷻ and
you are going to meet Him and you
are going to meet that which you did
فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِي كِتَابَهُ بِيَمِينِ and ask for
the one who gets their book of deeds
in their right hand فَسَوْفَ يُحَاسَبُ حِسَابًا يَسِيرًا
they are the ones who are going to
be taken into an easy and swift account
because everyone has their sins and nobody needs
to be asked about their sins because if
we are we are not going to make
it but Allah ﷻ will show them their
shortcomings and overlook it وَيَنْقَلِبُ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ مَسْرُورًا
and they will return to their families in
Jannah مَسْرُورًا, excited and this is an understatement
to even say that what are they going
towards something that no eye has seen no
ear has heard no heart can even comprehend
and if you look at today's day and
age the special effects that's there and with
the age of AI and the level of
creativity that we can put forth is out
of this world no matter how creative you
and I get, Jannah is still beyond that
the pleasures of Jannah is still beyond that
and in this world you're excited in the
beginning but then you get used to it
and it becomes very normal but in Jannah
it doesn't work like that it just gets
better and better and better that you and
I have to fall in love with Jannah
we have to fall in love with Islam
we have to fall in love with Allah
عز و جل we have to fall in
love with the Prophet ﷺ that it penetrates
our heart and then all day and all
night I dream about Jannah and that makes
me move towards it Allah سبحانه و تعالى
when He told us to move towards Jannah
what did He say?
He said walk towards it, crawl towards it
jog towards it He says وَسَارِعُوا إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ
مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرُدُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ
لِلْمُتَّقِينَ that rush towards it compete with other
people don't let other people outdo you in
your pursuit of Jannah don't hesitate, don't wait
don't wait for tomorrow to come but now
is the time to move and rush towards
Jannah to the forgiveness of your Lord and
gardens the width of it alone is greater
than the heavens and the earth if that's
the width then what about the height?
أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ it is prepared for the متقون
the ones who have that taqwa of Allah
عز و جل the ones who have that
mindfulness of Allah عز و جل the ones
who adhere to the commands of Allah عز
و جل and the ones who stay away
from His prohibitions and when we look at
the Qur'an and we see the descriptions
of the people of Jannah and we have
to make ourselves uncomfortable because then we'll move
then we'll take action then we'll be determined
to make a change and when Allah عز
و جل is describing them we have to
ask ourselves is He talking about me?
am I from those people that Allah has
promised Jannah?
do I embody those characteristics?
do I move the way they move?
do I do things the way that they
do it?
or do I have work to do?
I have to bring those qualities within my
life and we all have our shortcomings but
we're moving for a higher purpose we're created
for a higher purpose we're not created for
this world alone but we're created to be
in the best place so we have to
get excited about Jannah gotta learn about Jannah
gotta dream about Jannah and when you look
and you read about it and you see
the bounty that's there anything you can desire
anything you can desire everyone has their preferences
you get to do and you don't get
bored of it you wanna do more and
it's just enjoyment after enjoyment no labor, no
pain, no tears, no blood no difficulties and
if you imagine that and all the wonderful
things that's there there's something that's still better
للذين أحسنوا الحسن و زيادة that those who
do good, who strive to do good they
get Jannah they get a good life in
this world and more as well what is
this more?
more the Prophet ﷺ said when the people
of Jannah are in Jannah and the people
of the Hellfire are in the Hellfire a
caller in Jannah is going to call and
say that oh people of Jannah you have
an appointment with your Lord He wants something
to give you and the people of Jannah
when they hear this they say, ya Allah
didn't you already give us everything?
you made our scales heavy you brightened our
faces you entered us into Jannah you protected
us from the Hellfire what more is there?
what more could there potentially be?
and that's when the veil will be lifted
between them and their Creator and they will
get to see Allah ﷻ and nothing will
be more beloved to them than looking at
Allah ﷻ may Allah ﷻ make us from
the people of Jannah may He give us
that bounty to meet Him to look at
Him and to do the deeds that allow
us to get to the highest level of
Firdos أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم
ورسائل المسلمين والمسلمات فاستغفروا إنه هو الغفور الرحيم
الحمد لله رب العالمين والعاقبة للمتقين وصلى الله
على نبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم there's
a story about a young man and he
says that I used to work as a
driver in Jeddah so I used to take
people from Jeddah to Medina and back and
it used to get really intense during Hajj
season Ramadan, spring break this is when people
would come a lot there was an opportunity
to make a lot of money I wanted
to make it so that my life would
be set but I can't stay up 24
-7 I have to sleep can't continue working
so he decided you know what I'm gonna
take some stimulants take some pills and then
he said while I was doing this I'll
be able to stay up for 3 to
5 days non-stop just working back and
forth back and forth, back and forth and
he said I did this for about 2
years and I made a lot of money
and I thought you know what now it's
good I can take it easy now I've
worked hard enough I have a lot it's
time to start taking it easy and he
said I decided you know I'm gonna go
on one last trip and then take a
little bit of a break and he said
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala had other plans
that as I took these passengers with me
we're going towards Medina this car passed me
at an intense speed as if this person
was crazy the way they were driving and
I feared for the worst and he said
as this car passes me it goes further
I see it start to flip and as
it's flipping it ejects the driver and he's
done and he said I stopped and I
froze and I was stunned by what I
just saw and then I came back to
my senses when I heard the passengers saying
they were saying la hawla wa la quwta
illa billah inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji
'oon and he said then I thought you
know what if that was me how would
it be if I met Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala with no salah no ibadah no
fear of him what would be my condition
I've seen so many accidents but this one
hit differently he said I couldn't move for
three hours and then I finally went and
I dropped him to Medina and then he
said he goes back and on his way
back he prays maghrib and isha he said
I never prayed before that can you imagine
somebody going from Jeddah to Medina back to
Jeddah for a period of two years and
never had the opportunity to set foot in
the masjid of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
and he goes home to his wife and
she meets him and she sees the look
on his face and she knows something happens
and she starts screaming at him that didn't
I tell you that you're going to destroy
yourself because of these pills how long are
you going to continue this for until Allah
subhanahu wa ta'ala takes your life and
enters you into the hellfire and he broke
down crying and saying oh Allah I turn
back to you I seek your forgiveness and
you know sometimes you can fake it in
order to fool people but then other times
people truly recognize when you're genuine and sincere
and his wife recognized that he was sincere
and genuine at this moment and he said
I went to sleep and I saw a
dream in which I had these companies and
houses and money and I was a millionaire
and all of a sudden the scene shifts
and I see myself looking at graves looking
for that young man who passed away now
what's his condition and then I suddenly woke
up and I went and I prayed qiyam
al-layl went to the masjid prayed salat
al-fajr and he said from that day
onwards I decided that I was never going
to go back to that lifestyle I made
a change I went to seek ilm I
went and worship Allah azza wa jal I
benefited myself and he said that's when Allah
guided me to what true happiness is now
a lot of times when we hear stories
of near death experiences maybe some of you
have gone through it we see the death
of a family member the difficulties that happens
across the world and it moves us and
it pushes us but then we don't make
that change we're not able to sustain that
change because we're human beings at the end
day we forget we lose track of what's
important so how do we make that change
how do we take it to another level
the first thing is that we have to
get excited about jannah we have to make
it our purpose and day in and day
out to do what it takes to make
it to jannah to learn about it to
take ourselves into account that am I doing
the things that is going to make me
get there and to be consistent upon that
path when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells
us in the Quran وَالَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا بَتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ
رَبِّهِمْ that they are resilient and patient seeking
the bounty of their Lord when it's difficult
when there's sickness when there's loss of job
when there's setbacks when there's relationship struggles when
there's difficulty around the world they keep doing
it day in and day out and they
have other qualities as well and what happens
to them جَنَّةُ عَدْنِي يَدْخُنُونَهَا that these wonderful
gardens and beyond what you and I can
imagine they will enter into it not just
them though وَمَنْ صَلَحَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ
and even those who rectify their conditions from
their fathers from their spouses from their children
a family reunion all your loved ones will
be together on that day but we have
to decide and then act on that decision
the same principles that you hear day in
and day out that people say this is
how you succeed we have to apply it
to our faith as well that that is
the ultimate purpose that is the ultimate success
I have to fall in love with it
to think of it day in and day
out and work towards that may Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala make us from the people
of Jannah may He forgive our sins and
our shortcomings may He liberate our brothers and
sisters across the world give them goodness give
them peace give them protection إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ
يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا
عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ
وَالإِحْسَانِ وَإِيتَائِذُ الْقُرْبَى وَيَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنكَرِ
وَالْبَغْيِ يَعِذُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ أُذْكُرُ اللَّهَ يَذْكُرُكُمْ
وَنَذِكُرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُونَ أَتَصْنَعُونَ Just a
quick announcement that we are excited to announce
the Sustainer Donor Registration Drive and invite you
to be part of this noble campaign.
This is also one of the ways that
we can build our account with Allah سُبْحَانَهُ
وَتَعَالَىٰ and be from the people of Jannah
and there's going to be a table outside
so please make sure on your way out
أقنع الصلاة استقيموا
اعتدينوا Please straighten the lines close the gaps
إِهْدِنَا الصَّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ صَرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ
غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا اللَّهِ كُلُّ
نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرُجَعُونَ
وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَنَبَوِّأَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ
غُرَفًا تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ خَالِبِينَ فِيهَا نِعْمَ
أَجْرُ الْعَامِلِينَ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ
وَكَأَيٍّ مِّن بَابَّةٍ لَا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا اللَّهُ يَرْزُقُهَا
وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَالِيمُ سَمِعَ
اللَّهُ مِنْ حَمِدَهُ الحَمْدُ
لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالِيمُ الرَّحْمَلِ الرَّحِيمُ مَالِكِ
يَوْمِيَاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِيمُ إِهْدِنَا
الصَّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ صَرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ
الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّارِ إِنَّ
فِي ظْلَانٍ وَعُيُونٍ وَفَوَاكِهَ مِّن مَّا يَشْتَهُونَ كُنُوا
وَاشْرَبُوا هَنِيئًا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ إِنَّا كَذَلُكَ نَجْزِي
الْمُحْسِنِينَ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ كُنُوا وَتَمَتَّعُوا
قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُجْرِمُونَ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لَا يَرْكَعُونَ وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ
لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُ السلام
عليكم ورحمة الله السلام
عليكم Welcome to your masjid on this beautiful
day, the 27th.
We are excited to announce our Sustainer Donor
Registration Drive and invite you to be part
of this noble campaign to support your masjid.
You can learn more via the QR code
being displayed or visit our team in the
lobby.
If you're in a hurry, we can just
take down your name, phone number, and email
address.
جزاكم الله خيرا for your generous support and
for being a part of this blessed effort.
Many programs will be taking a break, including
tonight's Friday night program, to allow our amazing
volunteers and staff a chance to focus on
family and rejuvenation.
Check the calendar and our newsletter email for
the latest on which programs will be continuing
and or starting back up later.
The IAR is delighted to announce the start
of a new Islamic school at its Page
Road campus for next school year.
The school will be called Al-Eman School
at Page and will be a collaborative effort.
To learn more, visit our website, RaleighMasjid.org
جزاكم الله خيرا Enjoy this lovely week.
والسلام عليكم