Omar Suleiman – Why Me #27 Will Allah Still Forgive Me
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The importance of deeds and forgiveness is discussed, with a focus on facing one's mistake and finding ways to improve one's past. The Prophet Sall concerned about mercy and forgiveness, advising people to focus on mercy and learning about their actions. The importance of forgiveness and striving for good is emphasized, with a recitation of the words "ITUs" and "ITUs" to remind listeners to be mindful of their actions. The speaker also emphasizes the importance of forgiveness and reminding listeners to be mindful of their actions in order to avoid inevitable sins.
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They say your life flashes before your eyes
when you have a near death experience.
And when you have an inkling that death
is at your door,
everything you've done wrong confronts you.
Scene
by scene by scene,
remember your sins?
How could you possibly be ready to
die? How could you meet your maker like
this?
Have you repented enough?
Will Allah ever forgive you?
Just as Allah made you more aware of
your health now,
He also made you more aware of your
sins so that you can repent for them
before you die, and then find them as
good deeds on the day of judgment. Look
how merciful Allah is that with these last
moments in your life,
as you see those final blessings go,
and as the pain is increased all expiating
your sins,
Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala shows you things from
your past so that you could seek forgiveness
now and then find them as hasanat on
your scrolls on the day of judgment.
How much hope should we have in Allah
Subh'anaHu Wa Ta A'la in these moments?
And Imam ibn Kathir Rahimullah Ta'ala comments on
a very famous example that we find in
our tradition.
There's this analogy that Ibn Al Qayyim Rahimullah
gave us that the believer has 2 wings,
the wing of hope and the wing of
fear.
How much hope should you have in Allah?
How much fear of Allah should you have?
And he says that the believer throughout their
life should have a little bit more fear
than hope
Because by having a little bit more fear
than hope, that means you're going to interrogate
yourself more. That means you're going to work
harder. That means you're going to work with
a greater sense of urgency.
But alhafudhamun kathir Rahimahu Allah said that as
you start to die, the wing of hope
should start to become higher than the wing
of fear
because at that point you can't do many
more deeds and you look to the mercy
of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and you don't
despair.
You're in your bed
and your flashbacks could paralyze you from seeing
the forgiveness of Allah ahead
or the blessings he's still surrounding you with.
Remembering sins can be a blessing especially if
it motivates us to repent
and makes us hopeful in Allah's mercy.
But sometimes it can grip us with despair
that makes us doubtful if there's any hope
left for us at all.
The shaitan is going to try several things
at the time of your death.
One way he may try is to make
you heedless of Allah in your final moments
so that he can get you to utter
one displeasing word or die on one final
evil deed.
There's a famous story of Imam Ahmad Rahimullah
that when he was dying, he was saying
la laysabad,
no, not yet.
And his son asked him why he was
saying that as he was between life and
death. And he said, I saw Shaytan in
a dream and he was looking defeated.
And he said to me, Oh, Ahmad,
you've escaped me. I've never been able to
take you down. And Imam Ahmed Rahimullah said
that I told him no, not yet.
As in the battle with Shaytan lasts until
the very last moment that you have on
this earth.
But he may also try to get you
to despair from the mercy of Allah Subh'anaHu
Wa Ta A'la. The prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said that Shaytan challenged Allah
And he said, wa iszati kayarab
laabrahu
ughwiribadika
madamat arwahum fee alsadihim
By your glory, oh Allah, I will not
stop tempting your slaves so long as their
souls are in their bodies.
And Allah responds and he says, wa'izzati
wajalali
la azzalu akhiroollahu
mastakhfarooni
By my glory and majesty, I will continue
to forgive them so long as they ask
me for forgiveness.
So when shaitan tries to remind you of
your sins,
remember the mercy of Allah and the times
that you did repent in the past.
And if you find something you never did
make amends
for, do it now by making dua to
the one who wipes clear the scrolls.
Despair is always haram but especially now. Kulyaaibadiya
ladina asrafu a'laanfusihim
la taqonnatumir
Say, O my servants who have transgressed against
themselves
do not despair from the mercy of Allah.
Husna vanin Allah Having a good opinion of
Allah is always the best deed,
but especially now.
Jabir radiAllahu Anhu said, I heard the Prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam say 3 days before he
died. La yamutannaahadukum
illa wahuayarsinobannabbillah
Let not one of you die except with
a good opinion of Allah.
And as we reach the end of the
road and our ability to perform deeds becomes
less and less,
it's time to turn to Allah in hope
even if those deeds were imperfect.
Abu Abdurrahmanas Sunami said right before his death,
kifa laarju rabbi wakatsumtuthamaneen
Ramadan.
How could I not have hope in my
Lord and I have fasted for him 80
Ramadans?
We don't rely on our deeds or consider
them to be worthy in themselves.
But instead we focus on the mercy of
Allah that can turn the most deficient deed
into a deed that takes us to Jannah.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam encountered a man
that was crying
out, wazhunoooba,
wazhunoooba.
Oh my sins, oh my sins.
And the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said to
him instead of saying, oh my sins, oh
my sins,
say Allahumma
maqfiratuka
ausa'uminzunobi
warahmatuka
arjaaindiminamani.
Oh Allah, your forgiveness is vaster than my
sins
and your mercy
is far more hopeful to me than my
deeds.
The man said it and the prophet SallAllahu
Alaihi Wasallam said repeat it again. So he
repeated it again.
And the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam told him
to say it again and he said it
again. And the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
Qum fakadhuafarullah
hulaqq.
Now Allah has forgiven you.
The mercy of Allah is that great that
sometimes it's stunning and it's hard to comprehend.
And that's why when Mu'adh ibn Jabir radiAllahu
Anhu heard the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam say
that whoever says La illaha illallah will enter
Jannah. And in one narration, whoever says La
illahullaha will be forbidden from the fire.
Mu'adh radiAllahu Anhu said, Should I not go
tell the people You RasulAllah this is great
news?
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, oh Ma'ad, let
the people act.
But at this point in your life,
this might be the only act you still
have left.
And it only takes one sincere utterance of
La Illahi Lalla to be forgiven for eternity.
And using your last breaths to say La
Illahi Lalla
is better than anything else that you could
be saying in these moments.
Reconnecting with that fitrah that you came into
this world with
and hoping to meet Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala
with those words while he is pleased with
you.
The mercy of Allah is so great that
Jibril Alayhi Salaam saw it necessary to stuff
sand into the mouth of Firaun
out of fear that he might just repent
and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala would forgive him
as a result.
Repeat the words that Firaun couldn't bring himself
to say with sincerity
And Shaytan couldn't abide by due to his
pride.
Make du'a and read Quran.
Listen attentively to the people who taught you
about Allah as they say their prayers upon
you.
And to those you taught to read the
Quran
as they recite that word back to you.
And even as they make du'a for you
and you make du'a for yourself,
remember getting to Jannah was never about your
deeds.
No one enters paradise by their deeds. Not
even you, oh messenger of Allah, not even
me, until Allah embraces me in his mercy.
You have a Lord who loves to forgive
and He would have rather you an imperfect
sinner than a perfect angel.
The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, If you
were to commit sins, Allah would have swept
you out of existence and replaced you by
another people who would sin
and then seek Allah's forgiveness
and Allah would forgive them.
Don't you say at the end of Ramadan,
Allahumma innakaafuwun
tuhibul afuafa'afu ani. Oh Allah, You are the
one who forgives and pardons.
You love to forgive so forgive me.
Well, as you come to the end of
your life,
let your fear of deficiency
drown in your hope in Allah's mercy.
Anas ibn Malik radiAllahu Anhu said that the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam entered the home of
a young man who was dying. And the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam asked him, kaifa tajiduk,
how are you feeling?
The young man responded and said, You Rasulullah
Arjullah
wa akhafudunubi.
I have hope in Allah but I fear
for my sins. The prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam
said then glad tidings because these two feelings
are never combined in the heart of a
servant in this situation
except that Allah will give him what he
hopes for
and save him from what he fears.
Let no sin reach such proportions in your
eyes that it cuts you off from having
a good opinion of Allah.
For indeed, whoever knows his Lord considers his
sin so insignificant
compared to his generosity.
Believe in the good you've deposited with Allah
for he has saved it for the moment
when you can no longer do any deeds.
If you love to meet Allah, then he
loves to meet you.
A'isha radiAllahu Anha said, But you Rasulullah we
all hate death.
He said, It's not that, O A'isha.
Once the believer is given the glad tidings
of Allah's forgiveness and pleasure,
he loves to meet Allah.
So long as you've done your best with
Allah and the people around you, and strive
to do good in this world, then your
inevitable sins will be overlooked.
And if you've done your best to prepare
for this moment,
then you can look forward to reuniting with
family members who have passed on before you,
and a joyous return to your Lord to
whom you have always belonged.