Stories Narrated By The Prophet #06 Gatherings That Even Angels Attend

The prophet

said, Allah has a special group of angels

whose job is to look for gatherings of

dhikr

where Allah is being mentioned and praised. When

these angels find such a lecture, a halakah

and so on, they make an announcement to

the other angels.

Come here to the thing you're looking for.

So the angels get excited and they rush

to that gathering. May Allah make you and

I in such gatherings You Rabb. And the

angels start to surround this gathering and spread

its wings

so much so that many angels attend all

the way to the heavens. Sold out event.

Full house. May Allah protect us

After the gathering is concluded, the halaqa is

over, the angels ascend.

Then Allah asks them the following questions. Though

Allah already knows the answer to all the

questions.

Here is the first one. Allah asks them,

where did you come from? The angels reply,

we came from a group of servants of

yours. May Allah make us his servant You

Rab. So then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and

then also another authentic narration, he asks the

angels, what were my servants saying?

The angels reply, they were glorifying you, praising

you, you Allah,

honoring you, worshiping you. Then Allah asks the

angels, have they seen me? The angel said,

no, Allahi.

They have not seen you You Allah. So

Allah asks,

how would their behavior be had they seen

me? Their attitude, how would it be? The

angels reply

had they seen you you Allah, they would

increase in their glorification.

They would praise you from the bottom of

the heart. They would increase in their praise

to you. Then Allah says,

what is it that they ask from me?

What is it that they want? The angels

reply, may Allah bless these angels. They they

hook us up. They reply on your behalf,

Insha'Allah.

The angels reply, they ask to enter your

paradise, genetic.

So Allah said, did they ever seen my

paradise?

The angels reply, no they have not seen

it, o our Lord. So Allah asks, how

would they behave had they seen my paradise?

So you and I are in dunya. Let's

say Allah opens up the sky and we

see Jannah.

How would our attitude change? The angel said,

had they seen it, they would ask even

more for it. They would do everything that

leads to it, and they would desire it

more than ever before. Then Allah asks the

last question.

What is it that they seek refuge from?

The angels reply from the hellfire, from Jahannam.

Then Allah asks, have they seen it? The

angels reply, no, they have not seen it,

oh our Lord. So Allah asks, how would

they behave had they seen it? If you

and I see Jahannam today, may Allah protect

you and I from it. How would your

day change? How would your night change? How

would your browsing change? The angels, they reply,

had they seen it, you Allah, they would

fear it even more. They would stay away

from anything that would lead them to it.

Then Allah says,

bear witness, oh angels, that I have forgiven

all those in that gathering, Allahu Akbar.

But one of the angels says something. Look

what the angel says.

You Allah,

there was one person

among the gathering who did not come for

the gathering

and he is a severe sinner.

His khatta,

so much haram that he does and he

even just came for a personal worldly reason.

So he didn't come to hear the Quran

or a lecture just for a worldly matter.

That's it. Maybe there's dinner, there's food, whatever

the case is. Allah replies ready?

He says,

this is a gathering

that no one leaves as a loser, meaning

that man too

is also forgiven.

The barakah of such gathering,

the in it. May Allah allow you and

I to live in our lives where we

are always in such attendance of beautiful gatherings,

evil gatherings.

evil gatherings.