Mufti Menk – Your House! Build It, Buy It, Rent It

			Assalamu Aleikum
		

			everyone would like to buy a house or build a house. Many people are renting houses on earth for a
short span of time. And we like to make sure that the facilities within the house are good and
usable. Everyone would love a beautiful bathroom where the water comes out nice and hot, and where
the pressure of the water is good. Everyone would like a lovely Kitchen, where Subhanallah you can
cook and you can enjoy. And it looks nice. People would like a little lounge a place to sit, where
the living room we can sit, the guests might sit, family members can gather around and perhaps
benefit in one way or another. And people would love a beautiful mattress. And a lovely Devey
		

			perhaps pillows that are amazing. Imagine that Egyptian cotton, imagine so much of beauty. Imagine a
lovely cool room with air conditioning. Everyone would love that. Imagine if that was yours, I think
many people actually earn in order to pay the rents part of what they from part of what they earn,
or to be able to pay towards the purchase of the house. Or to be able to build a house.
		

			So you either build it, or you buy it. Or if you're renting it, you're working hard to pay towards
the rent. Mashallah. I know, may Allah bless us with beautiful homes, one of the gifts of Allah is
that you have, you have what is called a spacious home and Bay to Lhasa, you know, as a home that
you consider spacious and spacious in Islamic terminology would refer to the feeling within you that
you would love to be indoors, you love it indoors, you don't want to rush outdoors unless you really
have to go or once in a while, but you like it more indoors than outdoors. That's called a spacious
home, even if it's not so big SubhanAllah. So my brothers and sisters, the point I want to raise
		

			today is very important. We work hard in order to pay the rent, or in order to live a little bit
comfortably. And we work very hard in order to be able to buy a house ultimately our own or build
one. But we forget that that is only going to help us for a few years after that, we will go back to
our maker, and we will need a house there. That is the eternal abode, the eternal home. Just like
there is an effort required to build something temporary, there is also an effort required to build
that which is permanent. But guess what the effort required to build that which is permanent is less
than the effort required to build that which is temporary.
		

			If you were to fulfill your obligations that Allah has placed on your shoulders, and you were to
abstain from the prohibitions that Allah has said or prohibited, then you would automatically
through that effort and an effort is required to do those. Through that effort, you would
automatically be earning the currency of the hereafter which is known as deeds. And the minute you
have enough deeds, you have your house set, you have a beautiful bed, you will have a recliner, you
will be having rivers flowing beneath at home, and the gardens that are plush and amazing,
beautiful, you will have fruit trees of whatever you wish you will have what you desire. But in
		

			order to get that a little effort is required. Perhaps your five daily prayers within 24 hours may
take you 24 minutes or a little bit more. But 24 minutes out of 24 hours to work in order to be
delivered the best and most beautiful house ever.
		

			It's very cheap. So panela it's actually a bargain. That's what it is. Similarly, to be able to
dress in a certain way. And just by merely dressing in a specific way you're earning the currency
that you're going to need for that eternal. And what's that deeds, so good deed, beautiful deed. And
I tell you when it is very difficult for you to do the right thing, and still you do it. You've
earned double triple 10 times 100 times 700 times your salary. You've earned a lot because it was
more difficult. If one thing if doing one thing is so difficult but you did that particular thing, a
beautiful thing an act of worship or staying away from a prohibition. It was so difficult but for
		

			the sake of Allah, I quit this bad habit. Trust me. You've earned the currency to be able to pay for
the house.
		

			house that's being built right now for you and I, in the hereafter. You can purchase that house you
can build it so panela the currency, that's what it is. Similarly, when you go out of your way to
spend on the poor, when you go out of your way to build maybe a Masjid or to do something that the
benefit of which is going to last beyond your death, Allah says, we're going to clock a lot of
reward and the deeds considered Giardia, Giardia, meaning continuous earning continuously earning
deeds. It's like an investment and your returns keep coming even after you've died. That's amazing.
So remember build your house not just in the in this world and I pray that Allah grant all of us
		

			could beautiful homes, who wouldn't want beautiful homes a beautiful ride a lovely holiday somewhere
Mashallah costs money. And that money, we know, we've got to work for it very, very hard. Well, to
do the same, and even more importantly, to be able to achieve that house of the hereafter also
requires an effort and like I said, you won't believe it, that effort is actually less than the
effort that you've put in to the temporary pleasures. I've gone on holiday for two weeks, I've spent
so many $1,000 or pounds Subhan Allah. But Allah says, You know what, if you were to divide that, or
check how much how long you worked for, in order to be able to afford the holiday, you would find
		

			that if you worked with that type of dedication, for the house of the Hereafter, you would actually
earn a much better place than you would when you know for the worldly life. So my brothers and
sisters, remember to balance things. I'm not saying don't enjoy, don't build your house here, etc.
But don't do it at the expense of your house in the hereafter. All it requires is develop your
relationship with Allah build a proper relationship with Him every day. Remember, it's the day of
Allah. Allah Almighty has granted you that day, say your prayers, five times a day dress in a
beautiful way. What does it cost you? What does it cost you to dress in a specific way if people
		

			were to turn to you because of a beautiful dress code that you've developed for the sake of Allah so
what the fact that they've taunted you already makes you earn beautiful deeds by the patients you
bought. sobre Allah says in nama you are for sale by owner jambalaya is up a lot of rewards patients
and those who bear patients with a, an unlimited reward. Imagine your
		

			deeds which is the currency of the hereafter would be unlimited as a result of patience because they
mocked at you, they laughed at you, they swore you they may have persecuted you to a certain extent,
simply because you dressed the right way. Simply because you carried yourself in a beautiful way it
will happen. The messengers Jesus May peace be upon him Mohammed May peace be upon him Moses May
peace be upon they will mocked and scoffed at and so on. It did not reduce their value in any way to
elevate their status, if anything Subhanallah so my brothers and sisters here goes, let's prepare
for the hereafter as well my building my house, I want to purchase it I want to build it, inshallah,
		

			through the good deeds and I will be the best possible version of myself, I will not harm others. I
will not hold grudges, I will not make others lives difficult. I will not abuse or say vulgar words
and so on and I will fulfill my duty on to ally in the best possible way. Like I said, worshiping
Him alone, following the example of the messenger peace be upon him to the best of my abilities and
inshallah Allah will give you contentment and happiness in this world and the next up Luca was Salam
alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh