Fariq Naik – Do Men and Women Have Equal Status in Paradise

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Jasmin from Hayon discusses the best bliss in Paradise, specifically the ability to see a person and receive a reward. She explains that the blessing is a reward for the believers and that anyone who believes in Islam will receive it. She also discusses the importance of the bliss in their lives and how it can be a blessing for their

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			We will take the next question.
		
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			I'm Jasmin from Melbourne, Australia.
		
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			I'm a medical student.
		
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			If the best bliss in Paradise is seeing
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and the more a
		
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			person sees Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala, the better
		
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			it is.
		
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			Do women have the same chance as men
		
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			of seeing Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and do
		
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			women have the same chance or possibility of
		
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			reaching a certain level in Jannah the same
		
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			as men?
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala says in the glorious
		
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			Quran in Surah Al-Qiyamah chapter number 75
		
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			On that day the faces will be brightened
		
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			when they see their Lord.
		
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			These two verses of Surah Al-Qiyamah Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala is talking about the reward
		
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			for the believers when their faces will be
		
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			brightened when they see their Lord Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala.
		
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			This will be a great reward for the
		
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			believers when they see the face of Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala.
		
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			And this will be a great blessing for
		
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			the believers and our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace
		
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			be upon him said it is mentioned in
		
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			the hadith that the believers they will see
		
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			the face of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala every
		
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			Friday.
		
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			In another hadith it is mentioned that when
		
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			the believers are admitted into Paradise Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala will ask the believers that do
		
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			you require anything else?
		
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			So the believers they will say Oh Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa'ta'ala you have given us everything.
		
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			What else can we ask for?
		
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			And then Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala will unveil
		
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			his face.
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala will remove the veil
		
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			that is between him and the believers and
		
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			the believers in Paradise they will see the
		
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			face of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and one
		
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			glimpse of seeing the face of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala it will make the believers forget
		
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			about all their worries and sorrows and difficulties
		
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			and this will be the best ni'mah the
		
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			best blessing the best gift that the believers
		
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			will receive in Paradise and all the ahadith
		
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			of our beloved Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
		
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			him which talk about the believers seeing the
		
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			face of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala it does
		
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			not restrict this only to the men but
		
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			anyone who believes whether the person be a
		
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			male or a female they will have the
		
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			opportunity anyone who believes and who truly believes
		
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			in Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and is a
		
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			good righteous human being whether this person be
		
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			a male or female will have the opportunity
		
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			of seeing the face of Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala and it will be a great ni'mah
		
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			a great blessing for the believers we pray
		
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			to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala that may we
		
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			be from among those who see the face
		
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			of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and as far
		
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			as Jannah is concerned anyone who does good
		
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			will be admitted into Paradise whether that person
		
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			be a male or female Allah subhanahu wa'ta
		
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			'ala says in the glorious Quran in Surah
		
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			Al-Imran chapter number 3 verse number 195
		
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			فَاسْتَجَابَ لَهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ أَنِّي لَا أُضِيعُ عَمَلَ عَامِلٍ
		
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			مِّنكُمْ مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَ بَعْضُكُمْ مِّن بَعْضٍ
		
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			that their Lord responded to them that He
		
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			does not let the effort of any person
		
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			go in vain whether it be a male
		
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			or female Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala says in
		
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			the glorious Quran in Surah Al-Nisa chapter
		
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			number 4 verse number 124 وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِنَ
		
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			الصَّالِحَاتِ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنْثَ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُولَئِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ
		
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			الْجَنَّةِ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ النَّقِيرَ and whosoever does good
		
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			whether that person be a male or female
		
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			they shall enter Paradise and they will not
		
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			be dealt with injustice even if it be
		
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			the speck on a date seed Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa'ta'ala also says in the glorious Quran
		
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			in Surah Al-Nihal chapter number 16 verse
		
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			number 97 that whosoever does good whether it
		
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			be a male or female they will be
		
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			given a new life and they will be
		
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			rewarded according to the best of what they
		
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			used to do Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala says
		
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			in the glorious Quran Surah Al-Ghafir chapter
		
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			number 40 verse number 40 that anyone who
		
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			does good whether it be a male or
		
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			female they will enter Paradise and they will
		
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			be rewarded in it with bountiful reward so
		
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			from these words of the glorious Quran we
		
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			clearly understand that the believers they will be
		
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			admitted into the gardens of Paradise and they
		
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			will be blessed with numerous blessings in Paradise
		
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			so all those who do good deeds those
		
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			who believe and those who do good deeds
		
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			they will be admitted into the gardens of
		
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			Paradise irrespective whether this person is a male
		
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			or female and the criterion for judgment in
		
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			the sight of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala it
		
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			is not based on the gender of a
		
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			human being Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala says in
		
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			the glorious Quran in Surah Al-Hujurat chapter
		
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			number 49 verse number 13 يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ
		
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			إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَى وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلًا
		
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			لِتَعَارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَتْقَوْكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ
		
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			عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ O mankind, we have created you
		
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			from a single pair of a male and
		
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			female and divided you into nations and tribes
		
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			so that you may recognize each other not
		
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			that you may despise each other and the
		
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			most honored among you in the sight of
		
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			Allah is the most righteous of you and
		
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			Allah is all-knowing, well-acquainted the criterion
		
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			for judgment in the sight of Allah subhanahu
		
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			wa ta'ala it's not caste, it's not
		
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			color, it's not wealth, it's not gender but
		
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			it is righteousness, it is God consciousness, it
		
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			is taqwa, it is piety so just because
		
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			a person is a male or female Allah
		
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			subhanahu wa ta'ala will not discriminate this
		
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			person the thing that makes an individual superior
		
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			to another human being to another individual, it
		
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			is taqwa, it is God consciousness, it is
		
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			piety it is doing more of good deeds,
		
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			it is doing more of righteous deeds so
		
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			anyone who does good, whether it be a
		
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			male or a female they will receive their
		
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			reward from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala I
		
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			hope that answers your question