Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Signs of the Last Day Series A Description of Paradise Janna
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Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen wa salatu
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after discussing the proceedings of the Day of Judgment,
and then those who will end up in the hellfire, the torments of the
Hellfire, may Allah protect us from it. Now we move on to a
discussion of Paradise, and the pleasures and
the various different
means of bliss that will be granted to the believers who are
sent to paradise. The one Hadith which really,
really puts it into a nutshell is that it's something which no I
have seen, and no ear has heard the like of, in fact, it's not
even occurred to the heart of anyone. So paradise is beyond
anything beautiful that you may have ever thought about, or could
possibly think about. However,
because Allah subhanho wa Taala knows that human beings, they like
description,
and they relate to certain things they can understand when certain
depictions are made, certain examples are given. So that's why
you see that Allah subhanaw taala in the Quran speaks about
paradise, different aspects of paradise. But to really understand
the actual quality and the actual meaning of what's described.
Then we have to leave that to Allah subhanho wa Taala because
this will only give us a peek at a at some of these descriptions. So
let's look at some of the Quranic verses and some of the Hadith
about Jana.
So that inshallah the benefit of this is that it will increase our
longing for Paradise.
Allah subhanaw taala says, well, Bashir Lavina ermine or me will
slowly hurt you and Allah Han Jana tin, the GRE mentality halal and
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has worked on Mata Hora or whom Vihari dune
and give glad tidings glad news to those who believe and do good
works.
That there's shall be gardens, Jana team gardens, underneath
which rivers flow that's in itself is so difficult for us to
visualize Gardens under which rivers will flow for us.
Underneath means tunnels underground. But Allahu Allah,
this seems like it's something else where it seems like it's
underground, but it's there you can see it, and Allah knows best.
Because as we'll see about other things, where it says that people
will be given these homes where they can see the outside from it.
Some really big big combinations of visual pleasure. So this could
be one of those as well. Gardens underneath which rivers flow each
time, they are given food
of the fruits of Paradise, they say, this is what we were given
before. And it is given to them in resemblance.
Although they may say that this is something we've had before but
when they actually taste it, it will be different. The flavor, the
taste, the pleasure will be different. If Allah subhanahu wa
taala can continue to keep us alive forever,
then it is not. It is not too far fetched for us to understand that
he can give an absolutely new taste every single time we taste
it from a worldly perspective with things we think that we could run
out of taste, but even then know people who work in these
laboratories where they make flavorings and perfumes there are
so many literally 1000s of possible, probably an infinite
number of combinations that you could have more of this, less of
this more of that. But the thing here is that each one will give
you pleasure.
When these companies they make new cereals, take a cereal come to
make a new cereal, it has to be tested, it's tested with a target
audience. So many fail. Very few come to the market. We're talking
about paradise, every single one is successful. You will appreciate
every single one. That's mastery, because that's it's done by the
Grandmaster of all. Allah subhanho wa Taala there for them a purified
wives. They're forever shall they abide?
Allah subhanaw taala then says we'll see Kalinina taco Rob boom
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Jannetty Sumatra and this whole verse which speaks about that, and
those who have Taqwa are driven to the gardens in groups, now they're
taken to the garden in groups, until when they reach it, and its
gates are opened.
And the Guardian say to them,
Peace be upon you, salam alaikum Peace be upon you, you are good.
So now enter it forevermore,
forever.
They say praises for Allah Alhamdulillah
who has glorified His promise to us and made us inherit the earth
sojourning in the gardens, there we will find in the fine is the
workers wage. That this is given obviously, as a wage as a as a
recompense for whatever a person has done in this world. And you
see the angels throwing around the throne, extolling the Praises of
the Lord, and they are judged right? And it is said praises for
Allah, Lord of the Worlds. Allah says
what even half a Muslim Robbie Heejun Nitin Surah Surah Rahman,
again here, whole description.
And for those who fear the standing before the Lord, they
they've got a fear for standing in front of Allah subhanho wa Taala
on the Day of Judgment. They shouldn't be two Gardens, they
will get two gardens, then another group will get another two
gardens, but these people will get two gardens. And you can read
about this in Surah Rahman. But then it says, Blessed is the name
of your Lord, the baraka small robic until January will Crom
Possessor of Majesty and bounty.
And then was Serbia Kona Serbia goon with an equal Makara, Boon,
Fijian narrative name, another place, which is in surah, to
Walker, and the foremost the foremost meaning those who go
ahead of others who try to do more, who achieved more, they are
those who are brought close in gardens of delight, through little
Minella willing a third letter Minella Hareem, which means a
multitude of those of old and a multitude of those of later times,
in Alborada Yashraj, buena mean cats in Cana messaggio haka fora,
that is, the righteous people
shall drink of a cup, the mixture of which is of camphor.
Until Allah says your endeavor has found acceptance, this is going to
be a very special drink. Those who have Taqwa will be in a secure
place in gardens and water springs as a favor from your Lord. That is
the supreme triumph. Another verse, some places in the Quran,
it talks about it in detail, and in some places just mentioned when
I, but it's just a constant reminder, constant reminder to
encourage, both for the non Muslims to say, look, this is what
you're gonna get if you turn around. And both for the believers
to say that this is what you're promised to do more do better, get
a higher place, the likeness of the garden that people of Taqwa
are promised. They're in a rivers of water and polluted the rivers
of milk, the flavor of which changes not. So it never becomes
polluted, never becomes bad and sour. The rivers of wine delicious
to the drinkers
and rivers of clear honey.
Think about wine is that for those who haven't tasted hamdulillah may
think that what is so big deal about it, but for those who have
tasted it, apparently there's there's some archieve attraction
to it. And you don't need to taste it in this world, otherwise,
you'll be deprived of it in the hereafter. But people are crazy
over it. We have to thank Allah subhanho wa Taala that he's
prohibited it to us. And thus we can abstain from so many health
problems, so many costs. That would just be another costume.
And then all of the problems being stopped and breathalysed and maybe
killing someone and maybe running somebody over and saying something
stupid to someone have been found in the gutter in the morning
Alhamdulillah
except the Johnny fives that Sheikh Muhammad Ali's, that Sheikh
Mohammed is term. I don't know if there's a guy called Johnny Five.
But he talks about a Johnny Five.
Johnny Five, the guy goes up Friday night to the club. That's
Johnny Five. Anybody heard of Johnny Five? I don't know if you
know somebody called Johnny Five. But that's his characterization of
the club. Got Johnny Five.
And then he talks about Johnny Five on the day of judgment. And
the angels are really sorting him out, Mr. Johnny Five, and that
when the AOD comes to him
That's another Amala comedies May Allah bless him, the AOD
anybody if you're fearful of the AOD, the angel of death, one that
happened that he mashallah Allah reward him. He's inspired so many
people. So these rivers of wine, delicious to the drinkers,
the rivers of clear honey
there is for them every kind of fruit and forgiveness from the
Lord.
And other verse Gardens of Eden Jannetty Adam, Gardens of Eden,
which they enter wearing omelets of golden Pearl
and their Raymond's they're in a silk. The clothing is silk. And
they say praises for Allah who has put grief away from us. Our Lord
is forgiving, generous, who have his grace has installed us in the
mention of eternity.
Where toil touches us not know can we be affected by weariness,
you'll never get tired there. Eat as much as you want.
Do as much as you want, you will not get tired there.
These things seem impossible in this world. Because the food has
an effect. The Food Day is pure. It doesn't spoil doesn't spoil in
the stomach. It's there's another way of Allah subhanho wa taala.
We'll create another way there as he's told us of digestion as such.
Another verse, The garden is brought close for those who have
Taqwa and it will not be distant. This is what you were promised for
every penitent heedful. One who feared the All Merciful in secret
and came with a sound heart, enter it in peace. This is the day of
immortality, you will not die after this. Young will hold their
they will have all that they desire. And we have even more than
that.
The people of taco will dwell among Gardens and Rivers firmly
established in the favor of a mighty king.
Those are the verses
a number of Hadith now, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam said,
I have prepared for my virtuous servants that which now I have
seen, no ear has heard
and no human heart imagined.
And if you want recite the prophets, Allah some said, No soul
knows what is kept hidden for them of delightful joy as a reward for
what they used to do. Some more descriptions that the Hadith they
give a lot more graphic descriptions.
The Prophet sallallahu sallam said two gardens of silver with silver
vessels
and two gardens of gold with golden vessels.
You know, we have these themes and these decorative themes. This is
the Blue Room. You know, this is the the green room is, you know,
it's all decorating green. You know, you go to a kitchen shop,
okay, this is all chrome. This is all wood silver edging. So it's
like that.
Two gardens of gold, two gardens of silver, and nothing stands
between people and the vision of the Lord but the veil of glory
over his face in the Garden of Eden. He also said that the garden
comprises of 100 degrees.
The Distance Between each two degrees is 100 degrees means 100
levels, stages. The difference between each two degrees is like
the distance between the heaven and earth.
To get an idea, just look outside. Where do you see the first heaven.
That's the, you know, the first degrees up there somewhere, then
the second one is that much. So you can imagine how much space
there is.
For those is the highest degree from which spring the Four Rivers
of Jannah
above it is the highest throne.
When you ask Allah therefore us fulfilled lives.
Don't ask him for anything else. Ask him for Jana to feed those
Minotaur asking for a lower paradise asking Virginia to fill
those. And then to give you an understanding of the value of
everything in paradise, the Prophet sallallahu sallam said,
the area of the garden, which could be surrounded by a whip is
so the area of Jannah
that could be surrounded by a whip. You know how much space a
whip takes?
That's probably like a meter.
Let's just assume one meter by two inches by two inches, hardly
anything. That much space of Jannah is better than the world
and all that it contains. Should one of the women of the garden
appear to the people of the earth.
She would illuminate it entirely and render it fragrant with moss
SC so not only beautiful, shining, illuminating, but also fragrant.
And if you think certain fragrance of these world are great
and expensive, you know some of the finest foods are about 1000
pounds or more, some of the finest masks and some and some of the
other especially ambergris, the very expensive, but this is
supposed to be beyond this world. I remember in the British Museum
they they had two or three perfumes that they tried to
recreate from some of the some of the
things that found in the pharaohs tombs
because they left everything, all sorts of things. So they
researching from that they found out the different mixtures that
they would make for their perfume. So they recreated Pharaonic
perfumes that you could buy. But this is Jana.
The scarf which is upon her head, meaning of this maiden of
paradise, the scarf which is upon her head is better than the world
and all that it contains. It's very interesting that she will
have a scarf. The maidens of Jana will have scarves on their head.
That proves something if they're supposed to be so beautiful. And
they've got a scarf. The scarf is supposed to beautify. There must
be a reason why they have scarves the women should start thinking
about this. They don't wear scarves. Paradise is about
scarves, not just about scarves, but it's about scarves.
The Prophet sallallahu sallam said, in the jinn, there is a tree
under the shade of which a rider may travel for 100 years and still
not traverse it.
This is a Jana with rivers and trees
and absolute beauty.
This is a big tree.
The length of one of your bowls in the garden is better than
everything on which the sun has ever risen or set. These are just
examples of what the lesson is giving.
It doesn't have to say the bow, he doesn't have to say just the fact
that every single aspect of Paradise is like that. He said the
believer shall have a tent in the garden made of a single hallowed
pearl.
A tent made out of pearl.
I don't know if Qaddafi was way he lived in a tent. I don't know if
this was his way of you know, Jana, for dunya or something. But
this is the real Jana. Nobody can take it away from you.
It's yours, a single hallowed URL,
the length of which shall be 60 miles, it almost seems fictional.
If you didn't have believed that, what is all this fictional stuff
that gets you going.
But if you don't believe in what are you going to go into
believing?
This is our belief. And logically, it's absolutely fine that this
world is too limited for us to have these things. And Allah wants
to reward the people who do good in such a way that it's beyond the
ability of this world and the capability of this world to
that he can give that level of reward that he would like to give
that is according to his status, that can only be another abode. So
yes, this does seem fictional, because it's something that we
have never experienced. And we've never seen, or nobody's ever seen
and come back to tell us.
In each of its corners, the believer shall have spouses
invisible to the others. And the believer shall visit each of them
in turn.
doesn't talk much about home houses, right? It's just this
large garden for huge, you know, really big, and these different
things within it. And this one is saying in each of its corners, the
believer shall have spouses invisible to the others. And the
believers shall visit each of them in turn. Abu Huraira the Allahu
Anhu wants us a messenger of Allah,
from what was creation created?
And he said from water, he asked again, of what is the garden
built. And he replied, One brick of gold, one brick of silver, its
mortar is fragrant musk.
You know, when a rich, rich person who's got a lot of money splashes
out, then they're going to get the best quality and everything.
So if there's five different basins that you can buy for a
bathroom, he's gonna get the best one. He's got the money he's not
looking at. This is this price is just that one. That's what I want,
because he just wants to splash out. I mean, if you've seen
anybody like that in this world where you go in and just you know
that they've just spent a lot of money doing doing that. Paint.
Yes, we'll just get the most expensive one. There's no question
about right plate set. Just
Let's get the most expensive one.
Just it has to be good because it's expensive. Just get it.
Now, one brick of gold one brick of silver, and mortar off, Musk
and this is what we can understand.
This is just to give us an understanding. One brick of gold
one of silver, its mortar is fragrant must its pebbles or
pearls and rubies its dusty saffron. Those who enter it shall
find joy without sorrow, permanence with neither extinction
nor death, their clothes shall never wear out, neither shall thy
youth pass away. Another Hadith the first group to enter the
Garden will have faces like the full moon, because these are going
to be the brightest in terms of nor these are going to have the
brightest because they've done the most
faces like the full moon, the second group shall be like the
most beautiful
planet
twinkling planet in the sky. Each man shall have two wives, each
clothed in 70 robes. Now, each closed in 70 robes from our dunya
perspective 70 clothing 70 robes.
It doesn't make sense to us.
But that's what our belief is about. This must be something
great there
are maybe it's because Subhanallah I don't even know but it's not our
level.
The person who's really indulgent, this world would probably
understand this better, because they understand that kind of
opulence. But if we haven't dealt with this gives us this this is
just beyond the world it's beyond.
So yes, each man shall have two wives each clothed in 70 robes and
the marrow of their legs will be visible through them.
That's why I mentioned it's very cheap the 70 ropes, but the marrow
of the legs will be visible.
We talking about some visual,
some some kind of special visual effects, Allahu Allah Allah knows
best.
And the people of the garden shall enter it beardless. So when people
enter Paradise, they will be beardless, hairless. The eyelids
linked with coal naturally, you never have to apply it. Aged 30 or
33 years. That's like the perfect age to enjoy.
But those people who when they were 3033, that's the end of youth
who spent the youth in good.
And he said one day to his companions, the promise of the
law, some said
any any of you willing to work in earnest for the garden,
for the gender has no rival to it.
It is by the Lord of the Kaaba,
a
light swing fragrant plant, a lofty Palace, a flowering river, a
malt This is a description of everything in paradise. So it is
a scintillating light, swaying, fragrant plant, a lofty Palace, a
flowing river, a multitude of ripe fruits, a comely wife, and many
garments in a perpetual abode of life and vigor, in a lofty house
of soundness and splendor.
They said, We are the ones who shall work for it in earnest, or
messenger of Allah. And he said, say, if Allah the Exalted so we'll
say insha Allah
see these things, the Sahaba they took for serious these things were
as though they were see because we're so indulgent in the world
these things seem to be a bit fairy tale like because we we are
more in touch with what we see around us because we're so
interested interested in it. But if a person is interested in
Allah, then these things will become even stronger. That's what
I think. Because when you see the one story about that particular
sahabi, who was hungry, he had some dates haven't eaten for a
while, he was about to eat the Destiny thought so what's gonna
happen to me if I go in an IDI
you'll go to Jana, or forget these dates, and I'll just go go to
Jana. Because he knows his better. So why waste time eating dates
when you can go there and you will be in Ghana.
Allahu Akbar.
That's the level of iman we're speaking about.
The Prophet sallallahu Sallam also said the palm trees of the jinn
have
Jana shall have trunks of green emeralds, palm roots of red gold,
and its palms, its palm shall be closed for the people of the
garden. Its palms shall be closed for the people of the garden from
which their garments of ropes and robes are made.
Its fruits are the size of jugs and pails whiter than milk sweeter
than honey softer and butter devoid of stones.
You have to worry about pips, and stones, you just enjoy.
Mango masala is considered the great fruit, because you get lots
of flesh in there. But you still have a seed in there, you still
have a seed,
right? A watermelon, you still have to cut into it. And it still
has these little seeds. Right? You've got a nice juicy peach and
apricot again, you've got a seed.
So you've got something or the other that just about spoils it.
But that's the dunya isn't it?
That's the dunya whereas there it's just devoid of all of that.
And then you won't get tired of it. So yes, if you go somewhere
and they've sliced the mangoes, they've peeled the mangoes,
they've sliced it off the stone
of the seed and you just have to eat but eventually you get tired
until next time, but at this it's different. But for some people I
think mangoes the closest agenda that they can get, I think
Subhanallah some some, some communities haven't discovered
mangoes yet. But those who have they really think it's something
of Jannah some more description of paradise.
The people of Jannah eat and drink
neither spit. You don't feel a saliva coming out and you have to
spit.
No no pollution.
They neither urinate or pass excrement. No blow their noses.
Don't have to worry about any of that. They asked What about the
food?
And he replied, meaning what's gonna happen to the food if
there's no urination, defecation,
then, how's the food going to be digested? They had a question.
What about the food and he replied belching and perspiration like
sprinkled musk.
So it'll be a verb.
And it will be perspiration. But that will also not be smelly, but
will be spec sprinkled musk. They are inspired to extol hello and
praise Allah.
In another version of this hadith says and glorify just as they have
been inspired to breathe, so every breath there will be to speak
naturally. Some of the women who are listening are probably
wondering that this is all for men, and we haven't finished yet.
But there is a description of paradise for women, which I'd like
to cover as well, but not today. Maybe next time in sha Allah.
Because that's very important. A lot of this is when I'm saying a
man will have two wives. A man will have maidens and so on so
forth. So women wonder what's going to happen with them.
But just hold on. Anyway, let's carry on.
And he said May Allah May the blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him. Men among the people of the garden
will each be given the strength of 100.
In eating, drinking, sexual * and desire, you can
eat like 100 Men, Your desire will be like 100 men, but for this
you're gonna have to do a lot of work in this world.
It's not easy.
Just desiring it is not enough. We have to pray for the prophets,
Allah lorrison was asked by about about a buyer Sahabi pray for me
that I'll be close to you in paradise. He said, Okay, fine, but
you helped me out by doing a lot of search that
helped me out by making solid. If you make solid, you'll get closer
then it's easier for me to put you into paradise. Because otherwise
you might get lost out. And the angels will say no, no, he
changed. After you left, I'll try to help you but you changed. He
changed. So help me on this request of yours by lots of
Sajida. That's why I never miss your prayers.
Minimum. Let us never miss our prayers. If we happen to miss them
because we overslept or we couldn't make it in time,
especially when the winter comes in. In England, it gets really
difficult because you expect us to last for a while and suddenly it's
awesome time
To 40 to 50, these days after time SubhanAllah.
And a lot of time is to remain until what six seven o'clock
before Sachi kind of country we live in.
But that's that's what it is. You have to be careful if you miss a
prayer, you make it up,
minimum. And then when we can do more than we do more, but that's
the minimum. But if you want a higher place, we need to do more
May Allah subhanaw taala give us the Tofik. So yes, men among the
people of the garden will each be given the strength of 100 and
eating, drinking sexual * and desire. And then
he said, a herald shall announce, meaning there will be an
announcement. Oh, people have Jana. It is time for you to be
healthy and never fall ill. So you can eat as much as you want. They
will never be you'll never have constipation. You will never have
any thing that's related stomach upsets, eaten too much eaten too
many different things. stomach acidity heartburns just just
nothing. It is time for you to be healthy and never fall ill. It is
time for you to live and never die.
It is time for you to be young and never grow old. And it is time for
you to be happy and never be miserable. And that this is the
saying of Allah subhanho wa Taala where he says, and they are
called.
This is the garden you have inherited it because of that which
you used to do.
And he was asked the prophets Allah Larson was asked, What about
co author? What's the co author? He replied, a river in the garden
given to me by Allah that is whiter than milk sweeter than
honey, on which are birds with the next like the next of camels. I'm
one of the Alon said.
Those are indeed, in pleasure. He said, Those who eat them even
greater pleasure.
In even greater pleasure. He said I met I met Ibrahim alayhis salam
on the night of the SR, the Mirage. And he said to me, oh
Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, give my greetings to your
ummah. This is a Brahim Allison giving us alarms and inform them
that the garden has fragrant soil,
sweet water
and is made of planes in the hockey and made of Plains, the
planting of which is Subhan Allah. So this is the way Ibrahim Ali
Salaam is telling us you've got lots of land, you've got the land,
do something with it. How do you inhabit this? How do you
inhabit this land?
And how do you do things to make this land viable for you?
It's planting is Subhan Allah Alhamdulillah La ilaha illallah wa
Allahu Akbar the four superior Vickers that you can do Subhan
Allah he will hamdu Lillahi wa la ilaha illa Allahu Allahu Akbar,
that is the plantation as much as you do, that's what's going to be
planted there. So you know, when it's related, and they say, Read
Subhanallah, you will get a plantation that this is what it's
referring to. Now, now look at this description. In the garden,
there are rooms that outside of which can be seen from within,
and the inside from without. So when he mentioned this, basically
saying that you can see outside from inside, and you can see
inside from outside, immediately, you're probably thinking there's
no privacy. He's not you thought, right? You that's what you
thought, right? There's no privacy.
Now the thing is that Subhanallah the only reason we think about
privacy is that we got this little house that is
stuck to the next person's house.
terraced house.
So you leave your curtains open, somebody's gonna pass by and see
it. We're talking about a paradise for one person that's going to be
10 times minimum the size of this world.
Who's going to come there?
to spy on you?
Subhanallah it's all gonna be just whoever you want there. That's why
when I went to different
suburbs, in America in small towns, where there's lots of
space, you know, you can you can buy a massive ranch for 100,000
pounds $100,000 house with acres of land, middle of nowhere near no
value to it in the middle of Kentucky somewhere.
So you know, you've got this house right in the middle, you know, no
curtains, nothing. Because who's going to come there? Unless
somebody is coming really for some purpose. When you live in London,
you know, you're stuck next to somebody else between two people
or two houses, it's
and then you're paying a lot more money as well.
And you
When the Prophet sallallahu sallam said that this is how it will be
that you will see the inside from the outside and outside from the
inside a Bedouin got up and said,
lumen ya rasool Allah, just imagine this the prophets Allah is
explaining is better in his sickness any for who is this for
Rasul Allah, who's going to get this? Call a lemon adorable,
Callum? What time what other museum was a lovely lady one
nursery.
It is for the one who speaks with goodness. He doesn't speak in a
rude and vulgar way. He's always nice when he speaks to people.
So the one who's speaks with goodness feeds the people generous
in feeding others is always willing to spend on others to feed
them. When they go to a restaurant again, he's not the one who's
going to stay back and get somebody else to pay. He's going
to try to take because it's about feeding others even if others are
wealthy. It's about feeding that's, it's a, it's a virtue.
Those people like to feed others it's a virtue, it's a virtue.
So feed.
That's the second thing you said. Feed the people fast regularly.
Mondays and Thursdays first regularly, and pray by night while
others sleep, your tahajjud so we want the special houses we have to
do something for it. Then
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said in the La Jolla
Cutrone al Jana. Yeah. Hello, Jana fer Kowloon Allah bake Robina
Sadiq Allah will address the people of Jana, and say, say, oh
people of the garden, at your service, oh, Lord, they will say
your pleasure or goodness is in your hands. He will ask, Are you
content?
Are you happy now? With everything that you've been given? And they
reply, how may we not be content?
Oh, Lord, when you have given us what no creature of yours has ever
given. And then he will say, shall I then give you that which is even
better still?
Or can be better than that?
And they asked him, oh, Lord, what could be better still.
And he says, I shall grant you my good pleasure.
I shall grant you My pleasure that I will never be unhappy with you
again.
So you will always do things that will happy me that just increases
that we can do what we want. And Allah will always be happy,
because we can not do it around now. In the world, we still even
doing well we still feel we might stumble, if the prophets are also
feel that they may be seized on something with other but in
general, once you're there, Allah will say I will give you my
Ridwan, then he will say and shall never be wrathful against you
again. A bit of encouragement for Cara all Muslim Muslimeen yet
hallucinogen Cabela agonia. Him be nice for Yeoman, whoa, welcome
summit at the center. It has been reported that the poor among the
Muslims will enter the Garden half a day before the rich.
And you may think in half a day, it's fine.
How much is half a day. But the day there is that means 500 years,
it will take that much longer for the richer person because we got
more to answer for and more money to worry about.
So the purpose in the world, he has to worry every day where he's
going to be fed, how he's going to survive. We don't have to worry
about that. We just have to worry about what's going to happen after
20 years. But in Jannah
in the Hereafter, it's going to be asked, What did you do with this
penny that you got here? Every penny is going to be asked about
Subhanallah we got a lot of questioning, we've got a lot of
answering to do. The number of clothing that we have.
How many shirts or tops or jumpers do we have?
How many trousers and pants do we have? How many pairs of shoes do
we have? And the point here is that I remember I went to a
friend's house and he used to always take me from the garage
because his joining garage to the house and we always go through the
garage says why can you take me from the other door?
So one day he did.
And the reason why he didn't want to take me from that side was
there was a rack from the floor to the ceiling of shoes.
His mother shoes there must have been at least 40 At least minimum
40 4050 pairs their
sandals and shoes and boots and I don't know almost as if every time
you go you find something you buy it could no match the ad straight
Everything you like you buy.
So he used to feel really embarrassed about that. So you
never used to take me from the other entrance. There was a fatwa
there was a question that came to one of the Mufti is about this,
that I've got this many shoes. But I'd like to buy another one.
Because I liked that. This is the nature of the human being in the
dunya. A new product comes out slightly modified or sleeker look,
different color, bit different design. Maybe saying now now
you're going to step on air, you know, these different things that
you want to buy that now
the photo was very good said
there's nothing haram in buying something else. As long as you
donate what you have. If you're just accumulating and not using
then that's rough. We're in the libertarian economy one a
shayateen. As Allah says, In the Quran, the people who squander
their wealth wastes their wealth, they're the brothers of shaytaan.
So yes, if you like to buy new things, donate give away, give
things away, because they're not going to be worn as well. Now, the
thing is that the love that the human being has Subhanallah is
that we will have 10 shirts are 10 pieces of garment, you know, 10
different 10 of one particular type of garment. We'll want all of
them because we like all of them.
We like each one of them, we find it difficult that okay, I should
just keep two or three.
But we want to keep all of them
that will wear that one day as well. I don't wear it often. Only
after two three years and you realize you haven't worn it then
you think Okay, call us. We'll give that away. Now. One of my one
of our colleagues is good scholar, he told me from experience he says
that.
I know that when I give away books for scholars to give away books,
it's very difficult.
Because one is your you know, your you you acquire a book. It's
that's your tool that's so important for you. But one thing
I've seen with him is that he gets a book, it's the only copy he's
got, he'll give it away. He said, I've always noticed that I get a
copy. I give it away. I'll get another one from somewhere.
We're not talking about rare books, we're talking about just
you know, general books that you pay for them, they cost money.
But he said I give to spread the deen obviously, so others can
benefit from it. Okay, you don't have this book here haha. So you
take it to another scholar or something. Now the student, I
always get it back.
These are very difficult things to do, except for those who Allah
subhana wa, tada opens their hearts. But we can work on our
clothing
Hamdulillah we do have these people who come to collect
clothing every month or two makes it a bit easier. They give you
these black bags. So now go through your wardrobe and see what
you do not really need. We need everything when we look at it from
the perspective of needing to really what do we not need and
start giving away some stuff. And the thing about is that we
normally when we do give away, it's things that are worn out
things that may have a tear here, maybe it's painters come on it and
maybe it's become soiled and you can't get rid of it. Maybe it's
become a bit tatty. Or maybe we haven't worn it for a while.
But Allah subhanaw taala says, Linda now will be reflected on
FICO me moto a boon, you're not going to attain to high level of
piety until you give that which you love.
Until you spend that what you love, not spend of that which you
don't have as much love for
this is this is a very distinctive feature of the Sahaba that they
would spend of what they loved. So let's all go we want Jana. The
lesson lesson our baggage. I'm not saying get rid of everything you
just have one pair of clothing on your back, as we've already alone
would say, we're not telling us to do that. We're just saying let's
cut it down to the few that we need. Okay four or five, maybe not
10 and 50. It has been reported that the poor among the Muslims
will enter the Jannah half a day before the rich
it's 500 years that the river of the of the garden flow. The rivers
of the garden flow on its surface without furrows.
The rivers have Janna flow on the surface without furrows. So there
is no trench there is no
there's no you can say a recess in the ground through which the water
the water remains like a stream.
It stays contained, but it's just on on the land itself. You'd
expect that it would spread all over but no it stays within its
track.
So the rivers of the garden flow on its surface without furrows,
the height of the people there will be 60 cubits, which is the
height of their forefather Adam alayhis, Salaam 60 cubits is
approximately just less than 30 meters. So about 25 to 30 meters
tall,
but the roof very high.
First one level is that big. Some people have done some studies,
it's
very, I mean, it's not very related. But
if people live in high roofed buildings, or where they live, or
spend their time, they can think in a more lofty way than if you
live in confined spaces.
It some of the Greek philosophers maybe said that or something.
So if you're outside, most of the time, going around
Sahaba, probably outside as well. Most of the time, not confined in
the space, or even the buildings, you know, the old Greeks in the
head were very tall, you know, Allah, Anna, but you know, having
a high ceiling is a big thing, as long as insulated properly here,
otherwise, you'd pay a huge amount of for heating in England.
You can't get away with it. I mean, that's why people move to
the south of Spain. They move to California.
I mean, England, SubhanAllah. But there's a blessing in this
country, I tell you that.
A May Allah subhanho wa Taala make it even better for the Muslims.
But this place is blessed out of all of the countries that Muslims
have gone to. South Africa is good. It's like a paradise in this
world. You want good fruit, you want good weather, everything, but
there's major crime.
So when you go to a supermarket and you've parked your car
outside, when you come back and your car is still there, you will
say Alhamdulillah
Believe me, I used to do that. Because you didn't know if your
car was going to stay there when you came back out.
It doesn't matter if you've got a seven series BMW, they will carry
it, pick it up and take it on something so the alarm won't go
off.
But mashallah, such a beautiful country. And I would say it would
be paradise on this earth if it wasn't for that.
But nothing's perfect.
But So hello, are we in this country, you know, with the rain
and everything? SubhanAllah.
But it's the dunya that's the thing. It's the dunya it's
temporary, it doesn't matter.
India was too hot. It was too hot. Imagine it
went to Taliban, where Hakimullah monetary autonomy was handcuffed a
small kind of recess in the wall. How can you stay there in such
heat and worship Allahu Akbar, it's difficult.
But that's the norm of people people get used to it.
Yes, so the height of the people there will be 60 cubits the height
of their forefathers, Adam, that the least among them shall receive
10 times as much as the whole world. There you go. And that it
will take him 1000 years
to see all the gifts and honor that Allah has prepared for him.
That's the initial preparation 1000 years to see everything. Then
he's going to give us more on top that every tree trunk in the
garden is made of gold.
The gates of Jannah are eight.
And it's degrees are many as the number of verses in the Noble
Quran.
So there's another division which is based on the number of the
eyelets of the Quran 6000 something. So the more of the
Quran, you know, the higher you get it, warm Turkey
read and start to ascend, and your places wherever you stop reading.
So even if you're not Harvard or the Quran, make an effort to
memorize as much as you can. May Allah make us among its people
through His grace and generosity. I mean,
we have one section left which is that after everybody settled in
paradise and ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada gives them a guarantee that he
will never give him the assurance that he will never be unhappy with
them again. And then after that, he'll come back and he will say
Do you want anything else and then he'll give them something else.
There's another discussion inshallah also, the Jana from a
woman's perspective, because that's very important as well for
us to know because there are some misunderstandings about
what women may get may not get and so on. So inshallah we'll discuss
that and that will be Inshallah, in our last part of this
series may Allah subhanaw taala grantors Jana, may Allah protect
us from all of the evil signs that are to come of the Day of
Judgment. When they when they appear May Allah subhanaw taala
give us protection and create our defenses give by giving us Sophie
to read so little calf and to fortify our iman and gain Taqwa so
that when these things happen, we can see the wrong as the wrong and
see the right is the right and follow the right. May Allah
subhanaw taala give us the Karim Allah ilaha illallah on our
deathbed, and may Allah subhanho wa Taala raise us from this world
take us from this world as believers with a feeling of
longing to meet Allah subhanaw taala that is very important, the
one who has a longing to meet Allah subhanaw taala Allah would
love to meet Allah has a longing to meet him. So may Allah subhanaw
taala give us that longing, may Allah subhanaw taala take our
attention away from this world to focus on the Hereafter. May Allah
subhana wa Tada give us piety and pure wealth and the wealth is
given us May Allah give us the ability to spend it wisely with
piety in the in pious way and do many good works with it. And may
Allah subhanho wa Taala recall of the stages of the Hereafter easy
and grant as a place in general for those May Allah subhanho wa
Taala make all of these things a reality. May Allah make all of
these things a something that we can become convinced about? Grant
as you're keen on these things, so that they become easy.
Aruna, and then hamdu Lillahi Rabbil Alameen. The point of a
lecture is to encourage people to act to get further an inspiration
and encouragement, persuasion. The next step is to actually start
learning seriously to read books to take on a subject of Islam and
to understand all the subjects of Islam at least at the basic level,
so that we can become more aware of what our deen wants from us.
And that's why we started Rayyan courses so that you can actually
take organize lectures on demand whenever you have free time,
especially for example, the Islamic essentials course that we
have on the Islamic essentials certificate which you take 20
Short modules and at the end of that inshallah you will have
gotten the basics of most of the most important topics in Islam and
you'll feel a lot more confident. You don't have to leave lectures
behind you can continue to be, you know, to listen to lectures, but
you need to have this more sustained study as well as aka la
harem salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato.