Remember the Standard
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The importance of living the way Allah wants for a life of purpose is discussed, including the need to be conscious of accountability and the importance of not being detected by shaitan. The speaker emphasizes the importance of not being detected by shaitan and the need to be mindful of one's limits before it happens. The speaker also warns of the negative consequences of past mistakes and the importance of being a good role model.AI Generated Transcript ©
My brothers and sisters, there are 2 ways
to lead our lives.
The way we want and the way that
Allah
wants for us.
Whichever way we choose,
we will be held accountable
for it when we die.
The issue with living the way we want
is that our knowledge is limited and our
desires rule us.
The benefit of living the way Allah
wants us to live is that He knows
what is best for us and guides us
to that. And since the accounting is with
him,
if we live
by his way, that day, the day of
judgment will it shall be a day of
rejoicing for
us. I remind you and myself that to
live
is not merely to draw breath.
That is the way animals live. They are
the slaves of their drives.
They follow their desires, and one day they
die and the story is over.
Humans, on the other hand, have the option
of living like animals,
fulfilling every desire,
or of living a life of purpose
and leaving behind a legacy of honor.
That is the choice which we must make.
To underline this and set the standard,
Allah
said, which means every soul, every person, every
everyone
who lives, everything which is born and
which lives, every soul will taste death,
and you will only receive your full reward
on the day of judgment.
Whoever
is spared
from the fire is and admitted into Jannah
will indeed triumph. Only that person will be
successful,
whereas
the life of this world is no more
than delusion
of enjoyment.
Let us give this some thought and ask
ourselves
how our lives compare to this standard.
Success and failure
in life are products of the choices we
make.
The Quran and Sunnah guide us to the
best of them. The path
of the Nabiyeen, was Siddiqeen, was Shuhaday, was
Saliheen.
The path of those whom
Allah rewarded
and who
did not anger him,
not the path of those who angered
Allah In this Ayatul Karima,
Allah mentioned
4 critical things
that we must always keep in mind.
Number 1, that we will die.
Number 2, that we will be called to
account
and will be rewarded or punished.
Number 3,
freedom from the fire and entry into Jannah
is final success.
Nothing else. Number 4,
the life of this world is
deception. So let us look at each of
these.
There is a saying in English,
forewarned
is forearmed.
This means that if you have advanced intelligence,
advanced knowledge
about a forthcoming event, especially a danger,
then you can be prepared to face it
and succeed.
That is the reason
the famous hadith of Abu Saeed Al Khudri
where
Rasoolullah SAW wasalam
is reported to have said,
Abu Sayed al Khudri narrated,
then a youth from the Ansar came and
greeted, Rasool Allah SWA, made salaam, and then
he sat down and he said, yeah,
which of the believers is the best?
He, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said the best
of them in in character. The best is
the best in character. The boy asked which
of the believers is the wisest, is the
most intelligent.
He, said,
replied,
the one who remembers
death the most
and are the best prepared for it
before those people take them down from the
banks.
And
and then the boy,
was silent.
Now we see this we see from this
hadith that it is a sign of intelligence
to be prepared for death.
There are numerous ayat where
Allah mentioned death
and the need to be prepared for it.
Allah
said about those who continue to live life
of live a life of heedlessness,
denying the meeting with Allah
on the day of judgment.
Still they ask mockingly
when we are disintegrated
and mixed up into the earth,
will we really be raised as a new
creation?
In fact,
they are in denial
of the meeting with their love with their
love.
Ram. Allah is saying, verily,
they deny
the meeting with their Ram. Say, oh, Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi sallam, your soul will be taken
by the angel of death who is in
charge of you. You will die, and the
malakkur mawth will take your soul. He's in
charge of that. Then do your ram, you
will all be returned.
If only you could see the wicked
hanging their heads in shame before their rub
crying, our rub, we have
now seen and heard, so send us back
and we will do good. We truly have
sure faith now.
But we know it's a one way street.
You go there, you go down that only
once,
and therefore,
drive safely.
This preparation for death has numerous values.
The best of them in this world is
a life without stress.
The one who's preparing for death is never
disappointed
about not getting any worldly success because he
knows that if he had got it, he
would have had to leave it behind anyway.
He makes all the effort he needs to
succeed
in his legitimate goals, but is saved from
disappointment
and sadness. And believe me, that's a huge,
huge, huge
wealth and a huge reward.
The second matter
is to always be conscious of our accountability
before Allah
The cause of confusion in life is that
Shaitan and his agents
constantly try to deceive us into believing that
there can there can be benefit there can
actually be benefit in disobeying Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala.
It seems such an oxymoronic and stupid thing
to believe, but I have come to the
conclusion that the more oxymoronic and stupid something
is, the more easily people believe it.
I don't think I need to give you
examples because we are surrounded by such beliefs.
Sadly, we Muslims who believe in Allah and
the last day subscribe to these beliefs and
allow
selves to be misguided
in pursuit
of transient pleasures.
Remembering the day of judgment reminds us that
the that
pleasure
is
transient
and temporary,
but its consequence
is permanent.
Once again,
examples are unnecessary. Just think of everything
that Allah has prohibited
and you can see if it is worth
the pleasure
it gives.
It is pleasant and attractive, that is why
it's prohibited.
The choice of whether to still indulge in
it or not is ours because the consequences
are also ours.
Allah
warned us about shaitan.
Allah said,
And I said, oh, believers,
enter into Islam completely and fully and wholeheartedly
and do not follow shaitan,
do not follow the footsteps of shaitan. Surely,
he is your sworn enemy.
Allah told us that on the day of
judgment,
shaitan will abandon his followers
and declare that he had deceived them.
And Shaitan will say to his followers,
after the judgment has been passed,
Indeed, Allah made you a promise.
I too made you a promise, but I
failed you. I did not have any authority
over you. I only called you and you
responded to me. So do not blame me.
Blame yourself.
I cannot save you nor can you save
me. Indeed, I denounce
your previous association
of me with Allah in loyalty. Surely, the
wrongdoers will suffer a painful punishment.
Vision will be 2020 on that day for
everybody.
The key is to believe in the unseen,
the unperceivable,
while it is still unperceivable.
Remember that when we die,
we will be a count, remembering that when
we die
and that we will die,
and the call to account helps us to
stay on track and shows us the deception
of this life in its true form so
that we can stay away from it and
not be deceived by shaitan.
The third thing that Allah have mentioned in
this ayatul karima is that on the day
of judgment,
people will receive their full reward. That only
on the day of judgment,
people will receive their
full reward.
This is a matter of huge consolation because
we see so many instances in life where
either people do a lot of good and
remain unknown and rewarded,
or they do a lot of evil and
seem to get away with it. Once again,
examples are plenty.
This leads to some people who don't know
Allah and who don't believe in the day
of judgment to ask,
if there is a God, why is it
happening? The answer is very simple. As Allah
told us, this life is a test for
us to see what decisions we take.
In the entire continuum
of our existence
from the elm of Allah
to Jannah Turfidos Insha'Allah,
it is in this short life
that we have been granted
limited choice,
but that choice has permanent consequences.
This is so important that Allah
sent his ambia and his books to guide
us to make the right choices.
It is an open book exam
with infinite opportunities
to correct any wrong choices and to seek
forgiveness. Allah
promised to forgive all sins.
He said, say, oh, Muhammad, say,
oh, prophet that Allah says, oh, my slaves
who have transgressed against themselves,
do not despair of the mercy of Allah
for
Allah certainly forgives all sins. He is indeed
the all forgiving
and the most merciful.
Finally, Allah
warns us that this life is deceptive.
The demo or promo
is different from the real thing.
Forwarding messages on WhatsApp that people are starving
is not the same as putting your hand
in your pocket and donating to feed them.
Forwarding messages about being dutiful to your parents
is not the same as picking up the
phone and talking to them or even better
visiting them.
Today, one of the biggest killers of the
elderly is loneliness.
They have children, but their children have no
time for them.
Complaining about the state of youth
is not the same as spending time in
turbia of your children.
Throwing money at them won't do the same
thing,
and handing over parenting to Ipads or smartphones
has consequences.
Today, we face a world that seems to
have take that seems to have been taken
over by people who are totally devoid of
ethics and morals.
People whose rapacious
greed has no end,
people who will do anything at all to
get more
money, people to whom human life and suffering
has no meaning,
people whose hearts are made of iron or
something
I wonder
why we wonder.
If you don't understand me, simply ask yourself
and your friends to name 3 role models.
We did that in this that there were
there are many here who were there
at the time, and you know the names
of the people
who are mentioned
as role models.
When you define net worth as the amount
of money a person has,
that too in terms of notional wealth,
wondering at the results.
Just ask yourself, when was the last time
we defined net worth as character
or kindness or mercy or compassion or commitment
to justice or human rights to freedom for
all people? When did any of these
one or more form part of what is
called network of a person.
This life is like a fertile field.
It will give you a harvest of whatever
you plant,
but only
of what you plant.
You plant rice, you get rice. You plant
wheat, you get wheat. You plant rice, you
want wheat, you no get.
We get what we pay for in this
life.
So be very careful
what you plant.
The Quran warns us
not to be deceived by this life and
its glitter,
but to remember that one day, we will
meet Allah
I ask Allah
to make that the best day, to make
the last of our days the best of
as the absolute best day of our lives.
as the absolute best day of our lives.