Safi Khan – Soul Food A Journey to Allah III
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The speaker discusses a monthly series of soul food on Allah's journey to achieve Islam, which is a practical and relatable journey. The series will help people find a path back to Islam, and the goal is to attain Easter. The importance of gratitude, taking advantage of one's free time before death, and apologizing for mistakes is emphasized. The speaker also discusses the importance of acceptance and forgiveness of one's promises, as well as the importance of learning to stop blaming oneself and not blaming others. The importance of acceptance and forgiveness of one's deeds is emphasized, and the speaker emphasizes the importance of accepting and forgiveing one's deeds.
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get started.
Everybody.
You guys are, all doing well.
We are going to be continuing on with
our,
weekly series of soul food,
on particularly the topic of the journey to
Allah. Okay?
And I I just kinda wanted to preface
really quickly
that this
series
is not a series that,
I I I I like to express it.
It's not something that is, you know, going
to be too technical to the point where,
like, people aren't gonna get it. It's gonna
fly over everyone's heads. It's actually extremely practical
and relatable
and and extremely, extremely relevant,
for every single person because,
in everyone's
unique life,
everyone is on their own journey and their
own pathway of understanding who Allah Ta'ala is.
Right?
And this is kinda what makes our religion
unique, which is that everyone has their own
personal road that they take to Allah.
What our specific series that we're doing this,
these couple months is going to be helping
us in is finding a route. Right? Finding
a journey
and finding a pathway back to Allah ta'ala.
Okay?
So today's conversation is going to revolve around
this chapter
in which we're gonna converse together
of how
both paradise
and the deeds that you need to get
to it
are just from Allah's grace. Right? And just
to kinda refresh everyone's minds,
this entire series is about how the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, one time he mentioned
that
no one will be able to get to
Jannah based off of purely their own deeds.
Okay?
And the companions of the prophet, they're like,
well, what does that mean? Right? Because, obviously,
we understand that in religion, the better the
more good you do, the better off you
are in the hereafter, and the more bad
deeds you do, the less of a chance
you have to get to heaven. So what
do you mean by that? And the prophet,
he says, even I
cannot hope to attain Jannah
if it isn't for the immense mercy of
Allah ta'ala.
Right? That if Allah doesn't forgive you, if
Allah doesn't have mercy upon you, you cannot
solely rely on your own deeds to get
to paradise. It's not possible. Right? And so
we're going to continue on with this. Okay?
So the first thing that I'm going to
ask everybody, and this is gonna be a
little bit of, like, a, like, a brain
teaser, if you would if you will. When
you guys think of the word Jannah, right,
or paradise,
what comes to mind
when I say that specific word? Anyone wanna
share? Who wants to share?
When when I say the word Jannah, what
comes to mind?
Everyone should have a thought in their mind.
Everyone has, like you know when people say,
like, don't think about an elephant? The first
thing you think about is an elephant. Like,
it's, like, in your head pop right there.
So when I say the word,
what's the first thing that comes to your
head? Anybody?
I mean, all these, like, hopeless people. They're
like, no from they're like, come on, guys.
What's the first that comes to mind when
you think of the word? Come on. Freedom.
Freedom? Good. Beautiful. What else?
Peace? Okay. Very good. What else?
Sorry. There was, like, 2 of them. Sorry.
Garden. Garden. Okay. Good. Very good.
Final destination, Inshallah, the opposite of what that
movie is all about. Right? So good. Right?
So, Jannah, you think of, like, these kind
of descriptive ways, these descriptive images in your
head. Right? You think of a garden. Right?
I always think of whenever I think of
Jannah, I always think of, like, this beautiful
lush green meadow. Right? There's, like, some beautiful
streams kind of passing through it. Every cloud
has, like, a beautiful shape to it. Right?
It's almost like this, like, beautiful imagery that
you can think of in your head. And
so a lot he asks and the reason
why, by the way, he gives you so
many descriptions
is because he wants you to think about
it. He wants you to ponder over how
beautiful it's gonna be. Right? And this is
one of the most beautiful ideas about our
deen, which is Allah is not this God
that wants you to be afraid of the
hellfire, and you should never go near yes.
There is that concept of, like, yes. Hellfire
exists. We all understand that. Because if a
person doesn't understand that hellfire exists, you're not
gonna be able to appreciate the opposite of
it. Right? And and and and and an
evidence and a proof of this is that
not everyone will wake up every single day
and be completely motivated to go to work
or go to school. Sometimes your motivation is
Some Sometime, like, there there will be days,
and you know this whole, like, weird TikTok
movement where, like, people are trying to, like,
like, epitomize what it's like to have, like,
this job that you love and this world
that you love and this lifestyle that you
love, there will inevitably be days in your
life where you're not going to like your
life,
and that's fine.
No human being is is is is is
is asked or expected
to be this, like, incredibly happy, like, Mary
Poppins human being every single moment they wake
up. There are going to be days in
your life where you will struggle, But Allah
says that this is why hellfire exists because
sometimes like, when I asked that first question,
what do you guys think of when you
when you when you think about Jannah? Everyone
automatically thinks about the opposite. They're like, hellfire.
Oh my god. It's scary. I don't wanna
go there. Right? That's what Jannah is for
me. But then when you start to really
think about it, you start realizing that, oh,
wait a second. There is this image of
Jannah in my head. Right? I do look
forward to certain things. There is this optimistic
part of me. Right? And so
what Allah mentions in the Quran, and this
is so beautiful. Right? The verse that's up
on the screen right there for you guys,
Allah says,
He says,
praise be to Allah.
All praise is due to God.
He is the one who guided us.
He's the one that guided us to this.
Right? Guys, I want you guys to think
about something. You wouldn't even know what paradise
is if it wasn't for Allah.
You wouldn't have the ability to even think
abstractly if it wasn't for Allah.
Right?
You wouldn't have the knowledge of certain things
if it wasn't for Allah.
You know, there's a very interesting narration that
actually shares
that, you know, we talked about the word
last week. There's a narration that shares that
Jibril alayhis salam was ordered by Allah
to teach Adam the word
or the phrase
because that was the only word that encompassed
how Adam alaihis salam could thank Allah for
everything he was given.
And that was, like, the catchphrase of last
week. Right? You guys remember this. We talked
about this that
there are some blessings in your life that
are so immense, that are so great that
you will not be able to think of
any way to repay Allah besides saying,
I'm happy that Allah
has given me this. This is the only
way that I can thank Allah
Right? And so, I want everyone to kind
of imagine this that one of the greatest
forms
of of of gratitude to Allah
is in fact
saying
that Allah guided me to this idea of
Islam.
Right?
Man, like and and and, you know, the
ironic thing the funny thing is
a lot of times in life, you don't
really realize what you have until it's what's
the famous catchphrase?
Until it's gone.
Exactly.
And then people tell themselves, oh, man. Like,
I wish. I wish. I wish. I wish.
I would've. I could've. I should've. Right? Like,
that would've, could've, should've phrase.
Oh, man. Like, it's too late now. That
person's no longer in my life.
You know, one of the the the the
the the the wisest of people,
they always say, don't give yourself a chance
to say that I wish I could've or
I wish I would've.
Right? Don't live life with, like, these types
of regrets
because you should live a life where you
acknowledge your blessings in the present. Because once
those blessings are gone, we talked about this
last week. The prophet he gave us that
famous advice. He said, take advantage of 5
things before they leave you. Right? Take advantage
of your wealth before your poverty. Take advantage
of your youth before your old age. Take
advantage of your health before your sickness.
Take advantage of your life before your death.
Right? Take advantage of these things. Because when
those things inevitably happen in your life and
eventually you'll get old,
eventually you will lose some money, eventually you
will pass away, eventually you will get sick.
And when those things happen to you, then
and only then will some people realize, like,
oh, man. I shoulda really, like, been happy
about the fact that I could get up
in the morning and, like, not have, like,
pain in my body.
Oh, man. Like, I should have taken advantage
of the time where my bank account had,
like, few more dollars in it. I wish
I'd taken advantage of the time in which,
right, I was younger and I had more
free time. Right? That's one of the things
he mentioned is take advantage of your free
time before you get busy. How many of
y'all, as you have gotten busier in your
life, do you now realize, like, oh my
god.
Like,
why
did I take fat 4 hour naps?
Like, now I would cry if I got
to sleep for, like, 30 minutes during the
day.
And now I think about, like, my
fifteen year old self,
and I think about how much time I
had. I used to be up at like
3 AM eating popsicles out of my parents
fridge. Like, that's my life. That's what I
used to do. I can't believe that I
didn't take advantage of that stuff, man. So
the prophet says don't live a life of
that regret. Okay?
And so now we move on a little
bit, and we're gonna talk about
more of
how one cannot rely on their own deeds
to attain paradise. Right? So the ibn Raja
he says, after they acknowledge that it was
through the favor of Allah that they were
granted paradise and that it was through his
favor that they were that that they
granted the accord to enact the means leading
to it. So check this out. This is
kinda trippy. So, ibn Rajab, he says that
when you think about it,
Allah is your means to paradise,
and the deeds that Allah
gave you to do are also the means
leading to that paradise. Right? Like, what are
the things? How many of you guys, like,
just blurred it out? What are the things
that you need or what are the acts
that you need to do in order to
get to paradise?
Someone.
Pray. Good. What else?
Charity. Charity. Fast. What else?
What else? Come on. Hajj. Good. What else?
What else do we need to do? Come
on.
Zakkal. Zakkal. Okay. Good. What else? Come on,
guys. There's more.
Sorry?
Good manners. Good. Very, very good. Dua. Right?
God god consciousness.
So ibn Rajab, he says, isn't it a
blessing? Isn't it something to thank Allah for
that you even know how to pray?
Don't you think it's magnificent that Allah not
only gave you knowledge of the treasure, but
he gave you a map leading right to
it?
Imagine if Allah Ta'ala was like, alright. So
there's, like, this elaborate garden. After you die,
you have a chance to get to it.
It's gonna be beautiful meadows, gardens, rivers, streams,
all that stuff. Good luck. Right?
Just what if that was what he did?
What if Allah just told you about paradise
and hellfire and he said, hey, guys. Figure
it out.
Just try your best. Right? Like, that super
vague you know, when a lot of people
say a lot of things, but they really
don't say anything?
Okay. So Allah not only gave you the
idea of Jannah, but Allah told you how
to get there.
That's one of the greatest blessings. Right? And
this is why he brings about this particular
verse. He says,
He says, behold,
this garden, you'll be made to inherit
for what you did. Guys, what's an inheritance?
Anyone know? Y'all are way too young to
know what inheritance is, but what's an inheritance?
Passed down. It's a. Y'all should be begging
for a haircut. I'm just kidding. So it's
passed down. Okay. Good. What so it's it's
it's money that's in in in in in,
I guess, in essence,
passed down from a person who intended for
you to get it. Right? Or wealth or
whatever it may be. So Allah says, check
this out. Paradise,
you are owed paradise.
It's an inheritance.
In fact,
it's no one else's inheritance but your own.
You are the one who will actually earn
it. And how will you earn it?
By what you have done. So remember how
I told you guys last week that Allah
in a lot of ways is so nice
the way he speaks to us in the
Quran?
Like, Allah does not need to give you
all these formulas to get to paradise.
Allah doesn't need to tell you to pray
5 times a day. Allah doesn't need to
tell you that charity is good for you.
Allah doesn't need to do any of that.
Allah doesn't need to do anything. That's, like,
literally one of the definitions of what Allah
is, that he is free of need.
Right? But with that, Allah continues to tell
you, well, no. This is what it's gonna
get you there. This is what you want.
Trust me. This is something that you're gonna
want after you pass away. Right? And so
the scholars, and they say that this is
one of the reasons and check this out.
How many of you guys feel that a
lot of times religion is, like, a lot
about your mentality?
It's the way that you think about it.
Right? And this is and you want a
proof of this? A proof of this is
when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala he mentioned
that I am
as my servant
thinks of me. Right?
And I want you guys to think about
this. And this is why I asked you
guys, what do you think of Jannah?
Now when I say, what do you think
of Allah?
What comes to your mind? Anyone?
What comes to your mind when you think
of the word Allah?
Merciful. Okay. What else?
Loving.
Good. What else?
What else, guys?
When you think of Allah, what comes to
your head?
Forgiving. Good. What else, guys?
Go ahead.
Guidance.
Okay. Good. What else?
Creator of everything. Creator of everything. Very good.
Right? So Allah says, I am what my
servant thinks of me.
However much hope they have in me, that's
however much good that they will that they
will get from me in return. Right? You
hope and dream and and and and and
and almost like the just have this amazing
aspiration that Allah is all merciful. You will
receive his mercy because you hoped in that.
Right? And so this is why he says
that some of the really pious people, they
used to say, my lord, you so he
they they say when a servant commits a
sin. Right? And all of us make mistakes.
Every single person in here, I can guarantee
you, every single person in here has done
things today that they're not proud
of. Y'all feel me? Everyone agree with this
statement? And if you and and and and
if you don't think that's true, then you
don't really understand what it means to be
a human being yet. Right? Every day, there
are things that we're like, oh, man. I
wish I could've done that better. You guys
agree with that? Even if it comes to,
like, lunchtime, you're like, oh, man. That sandwich
was, like, definitely didn't hit the spot. Wish
I could've done that better. Right? There's always
things that you feel you could've done better.
So he says that every time a servant
commits a sin
and says, oh,
Allah, my lord, you decreed this for me.
Allah will say,
you are the only one who sinned and
disobeyed me.
Don't blame it on me.
Okay? But check this out.
He says that when a believer, a servant
says,
oh, Allah, I made a mistake, and I
actually messed up myself.
Allah will respond by saying, I decreed this
upon you, and I will forgive you.
Do you see that mentality shift? I'll give
you an easy example to follow. You know
what this means? This is like the example
of when
you fail an exam
and you go up to your teacher and
you tell them, hey, man. Why'd you fail
me?
Like, why'd you fail me? Like, why'd you
why why'd you why'd you give me an
f? Why'd you give me a d?
And that teacher will tell you,
first of all, this dude, arrogant as anything.
Number 2 is, nah, man. You earned this.
You earned this. Right?
But then there's another type of person where
they go up to their teacher and they
say, hey. I'm really, really not happy with
how I did on this exam. I didn't
do well at all.
Is there anything that I can do?
And that teacher will tell you, it's okay.
I know that exam was hard. I got
you. Here's some extra credit.
Do you see the difference?
Now, I want you guys to think about
how you think of Allah.
When we approach Allah, are we like, oh,
Allah man. Why'd you why'd you why why
why did you put me in this position
in my life?
Why'd you do this? Why'd you do that?
You know those people that blame God for
literally everything?
Like, why does God allow poverty?
Why does God allow homelessness? Why does God
allow this? Why does God allow hunger?
You know, one of the greatest answers I
ever I've ever heard to this question, Why
does God allow poverty?
God has made plenty of food on this
planet.
Do you don't don't you guys think that
there's a surplus of food on this planet?
You don't believe me, y'all ever been to
a buffet ever in your life?
A Muslim should just feel like some sort
of, like, unease when they go to a
buffet at nighttime. Like, Like, when you're leaving,
there's, like, 3 other people there. You're like,
there's food enough to feed an entire village
in in Pakistan right here.
Like, what's gonna happen to all this food?
What happens?
It's gone.
Gets chucked in the trash.
So do you do you really think that
Allah has not given this planet enough food?
No. No. No. No. You just chose not
to give people food yourself. Don't don't project
on Allah. You know people that project their
feelings towards other people?
Like, they're jealous, but they look at somebody
like, you jealous.
Like, no. No. No. No. You got it
wrong. You're the one that's actually jealous. Right?
Don't project your feelings on other people. Don't
project your feelings on Allah.
So he says that when it comes to
Allah, don't think of Allah as as as
as one that
makes you sin, makes you makes you make
mistakes. No. No.
No. You
have a level of control in your life
as well.
You could have easily turned away from that
thing that you looked at the other day.
You could have easily said no when it
came to the opportunity to lie.
You could have easily decided not to cheat
on an exam that you cheated on.
Allah did not grab your hand miraculously and
send Jibril alaihis salam and say, hey. Make
that guy cheat on his calculus exam.
No.
Allah didn't send Jibril to do that. You
chose to do that on your own accord.
So the lesson here is when you do
mess up,
have the integrity
and the accountability
to at least say to Allah, oh, Allah,
I messed
up. And when you do that, ibn Rajab,
he says,
miraculous things will start happening in your life.
How many of you guys have ever apologized
very sincerely
and your heart became, like, peaceful after that
apology?
Right? Let's just think about that. Because it's
not easy to apologize because a human being
thinks of, like, the many things that could
go wrong after that apology. Right? Oh my
gosh. Like, they're gonna know that I messed
up. Oh, gosh. They're gonna now know that,
like, I did something wrong. Oh my gosh.
Like, they're always gonna look down on me
because they know that I needed to apologize
to them. But then you finally,
like,
grew enough of, you know, thick skin, and
also you you kind of grew that courage
to say I'm sorry, and you realize so
much stress was taken away from your life.
Now check the inverse of this. How many
of us have ever experienced
withholding apologies from somebody?
Not apologizing.
Holding a grudge. And I honestly ask you,
did that make your situation better?
Yeah. Sure. Maybe your ego was preserved
because you decided not to say I am
sorry,
but how much harder did that make your
life?
You went to sleep at night festering this
ill will towards somebody else?
You went to sleep at night, like, just
kind of thinking and sulking over this particular
situation,
you are the one that suffered.
So when it comes to Allah, one of
the greatest things that a person can do
is understand that I gotta start my journey
of being able to say sorry to Allah.
Right?
And so now we get to this particular
point here. Okay?
Now and this is gonna blow y'all's mind
inshallah as we go through this. Alright?
Who wants to read this? Can anyone can
anyone read this? Miss Milan? Can someone take
a shot of this? It's English. Don't worry,
guys.
College level. Right? Miss Milan, go ahead.
Okay. Pause.
Check this out.
Y'all in Islam,
have you guys ever witnessed
those, like, days of
reward that almost make no sense to you?
And what I mean by that is, like,
it's almost like a cheat code. Y'all ever
witnessed those days? Give me an example. Somebody
give me an example. What's like a day
or like an opportunity in Islam where like
you're taught that like you will get so
much more than what you're actually doing right
now. Like, Allah will multiply it. Give me
an example. Somebody give me something. Ramadan. Ramadan.
Very good. Ramadan is a great example of
that. Right? Good. Somebody else. Give me something
else.
Sorry? Arafa. Arafa. Right? We just, you know,
went through it just a couple months ago.
Arafa. If you fast on Arafa on 9th
Dhul Hijjah, what happens?
What's the promise? Previous and next year's sins.
All of your previous and next year's sins
are forgiven.
Does that make sense to y'all?
It shouldn't.
Because it's it's not fair.
Like, I want you guys to think about
that. That's not fair.
Imagine if the opposite was true.
Allah is like, yeah. You know what? If
you sin on this particular Wednesday,
you're gonna you're gonna get sin for the
past year and the coming year forward. Right?
You're like, wait a second. It's just one
day.
I miss I make mistakes every day. Why
does one day define my past sins and
my future sins? But guess what? We don't
complain when Allah gives us the opposite of
it.
You ever think of that?
No one's ever been, like,
no one ever goes to the day of
Arafah and they're like, hold on a second
Allah.
This seems a little bit unfair to me.
Everyone they hear about their past since and
their years coming since, like, being forgiven, they're
like, don't you know that guy you, like,
when the teacher, like, misses, like, the assignment
that they assigned you, and, like, they forgot
to collect at the end of the day,
and every every student's like looking at that
one narc in the classroom, but you better
not open your mouth. Right?
You better let this thing fly. They may
have forgotten. No. No. No. Allah intended for
that.
Allah intended for that. Can I share one
thing with you guys that's gonna probably, like,
just, you know, put this into perspective?
When the prophet,
he had a very famous story in his
life. Right? There was a very famous circumstances
of life. It was called the Isra wal
Mi'raj.
Okay. He basically went from anyone know? From
where to where?
From Mecca to? Jerusalem. To Jerusalem. Right? And
from Jerusalem to?
Heaven. Heaven. Very good. This is one of
the most miraculous moments in the prophet's life.
Alright?
So when the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wasalam, was
in the heavens with Allah I know. Hard
for us to comprehend how this, like, happened.
When the prophet, sallallahu alaihi wasalam, was with
Allah in the heavens,
it is sad
that the prophet
was given a particular
ruling in our Deen.
Particular ruling in our dean. Okay. Check this
out.
The ruling was
that a good deed would be written for
the person who intends to do a good
deed even if they don't do it.
Okay?
So say, for example,
I,
or let's say, you know, let's say sister
Khadija. Right? Khadija
wants to, like, donate a $100
to charity this week. Right? She saved up,
like she's a college student. She's broke. May
Allah heal her. Right?
She she saves up a $100, and she
intends to give it in the charity.
She leaves the house,
right, with full intent that that $100 bill
is in her possession.
She gets to that charity box, and she
opens up her purse or her wallet, and
she looks inside
and moths fly out. Alright? She's back to
being broke. I'm just kidding.
She opens it, and she doesn't realize that
she actually forgot that $100 bill at home.
What this teaches us is
that even if she did not give that
$100 right then and there, Allah could have
possibly still given her the reward for it.
She didn't even do the action, y'all.
She didn't even get to do the actual
act,
but Allah has given her that reward. Okay?
And then he says,
also,
the good deed that was performed
would be registered for
the person who performs it at least
10 times the actual value of that one
deed.
So you're sitting there and you're, like, saying
to a Muslim brother or sister. Right? This
is a good deed.
And Allah will reward you 10 times over
for that one small statement.
And he says,
for some people,
Allah will multiply the reward of their deeds
even more than 700
times.
Now we're talking like crazy numbers.
Like, almost like like nonsensical
number.
And then he says, additionally,
if a person performs a bad deed, it
is registered for him as one bad deed.
Allah will get nowhere near multiplying bad deeds.
Yet,
for he who or she who inclines towards
committing the bad deed
and doesn't follow through with it because they
refrained from it,
a good deed will be registered for them
in that place.
So when you do a good deed
and you don't get to do it, Allah
still gives you the reward for it.
If you intend to do a bad deed
and you don't follow through with it,
Allah
does not just give you that bad deed,
but he replaces that bad deed with a
a good deed. Y'all know what that's called?
That's called a cheat code.
Like, literally.
You know, like, you you know, like, when
you're, have you guys ever, like you guys
anybody have, like, younger siblings or, like, nieces,
nephews in your families?
You know, like, when you're playing games with
them, you almost have to, like, pretend that
you're struggling.
You could whack that kid's, like, shot out
of this ballpark if you wanted to. I
know Taimur's laughing around now because he's definitely
done it before. Right? He's playing with his,
like, 5 year old nephew
inshallah, like every other Muslim boy, plans to
become an NBA superstar even though they maxed
out at the height of 510. Right?
And he's playing with him in the driveway,
and you're like, oh, man. Like, oh, you're
beating me. Oh, you're so good.
Stuff crazy. Got nothing on you, man.
Even though you know that as soon as
that kid puts up that shot, you can
you can slam that thing down to Grand
Prairie if you wanted to. For all the
people that lives in Grand Prairie, may Allah
relieve you of your pain of driving so
far every single day. Okay? Amin. Everyone say
Amin. Come on, guys. Alright. Good.
So Allah says
here that look. I'm literally
spoon feeding you.
I'm trying to make it hard for you
to fail.
I don't want you to fail.
I'm making the path to Jannah, like, so
easy. Like, the lane the highway is, like,
8 lanes wide.
The pathway to Jahannam or the pathway to,
like, my disappointment is, like, this tiny narrow
back road.
It's hard for you to hit that back
road, but how easy is it to drive
in an 8 lane open highway?
You just have to ask yourself the question,
how bad do I want it?
How bad do I really want Jannah?
Okay?
And,
we don't have too much time, but we'll
end with this
Okay?
There is this concept
that,
you know,
the
pathway to paradise, the journey to Allah Subhanahu
wa ta'ala,
sometimes
we understand
that there will be moments of trial.
Right? And there will be moments just as
Allah
has made your route easy for you, there
will also be moments in which
our ill manner and ill behavior will also
have a negative influence on us. Okay.
So there's this particular hadith that,
ibn Rojib, he actually involves in this particular,
point that he made. Okay. So he says
here
that
the prophet
one time, he asked his companions. He says,
do you know a person who is, like,
bankrupt? Right? A person who is void of
any sort of wealth?
And the companions, they respond,
a bankrupt person,
is a person amongst us
is a person who neither has a dirham
with him nor any form of wealth, like
broke, straight broke. Right?
And the prophet he said, the bankrupt person
of my ummah,
of my people who call themselves Muslim
are people who would be who comes to
the day of judgment
with prayers,
with fasts,
with zakah, with sadaqa.
If you look at it on their record,
they seem like they did
everything right.
They used to pray. They used to fast
Ramadan. All the obligatories they used to do,
but
they hurdled abuse
upon people.
They brought trouble
against people.
They consumed
unlawfully.
They shed the blood of other people. And
think about this, like,
don't just think of physical blood, guys. Think
of, like, when people slander other people.
You're taking shots at people even if it's,
like, quietly. Right?
So the prophet, he says, so his good
deeds would actually be credited to the deeds
of the people that he harmed.
So think about this.
It's not just like this easy easy math
equation where you're like, yeah. You know what?
I did more good deeds than bad deeds.
How do you know that all the good
deeds that you did,
some of them will not be take that
will actually not count for you because they
will be given to the person that you
wronged in the dunya.
Imagine going up on the day of judgment
and you see around you a group of
people that you wronged in the in your
life.
And 1 by 1, Allah takes every prayer
that you prayed. Every prayer that you prayed,
1 by 1, he just plucks them from
your account, and he drops them into their
account.
And you're gonna look at that situation in
horror
and you're gonna say, Allah, why would you
do that? Those are mine.
I earned those.
And Allah will say, well,
during those days, didn't you also talk bad
about this person?
And at that moment, we're not gonna have
any words to respond.
And Allah will say, well, this is why
they deserve your good deeds.
You don't deserve to keep them.
Good deeds aren't just, like, form of, like,
monetary, like, value. They're not wealth.
Good deeds are a privilege, man.
Good deeds will vouch for you on the
day of judgment. They will be animate. I
want you guys to think about that.
Good deeds will be animate on the day
of judgment. Every salah that you prayed will
speak on your behalf.
They will say check this out Bilal, Muhammad,
Ahmed,
Aisha,
Khadija, Hassan
you know
they they they they prayed,
and I'm the one that they prayed.
Will speak on your behalf. I'm the one
that they prayed.
But this person also did terrible things to
other people after they prayed. Allah, I'd rather
be with another person.
Okay? And then the prophet, he says,
and if his good deeds fall short
to clear the account,
check this out.
Their sins
would be added to his,
and he would be thrown into the fire.
This is the scariest part.
Like, I'll the prophet's saying, if all your
good deeds run out,
like, you're a person who harmed so many
other people in your life so that Allah
plucked all your good deeds and gave it
to other people, and now your good deed
account has run completely dry.
But you still have abuses that you actually
committed against people,
Allah will now take the sins of the
person that you abused,
and he will put it into your account.
Now if that's not one of the most
terrifying things that I've ever heard in my
life, I don't know what it is.
You can just sit there and do nothing,
and because of the way that you handled
your relationships with people,
Allah will take away your good deeds and
give it to them.
And when those are dry, Allah will take
their bad deeds and give it to you,
and your account will look completely different from
when you started on that day of judgment.
May Allah protect us.
We are going to,
end with that,
and pick up next actually, you know what?
We'll do one last, statement, and then we
will conclude.
We'll end with
this particular one. Ibn Urayayna, this is a
very famous scholar. He said that I'm sorry.
Ibn Yazid. Sorry. We'll talk about this one.
Ibn Yazid,
he says, that the severe reckoning
is that which contains no pardoning,
and the easy judgment
is that in which one's sins are forgiven
and good deeds are accepted.
So when you think about the day of
judgment,
a successful day of judgment is not just
you winning, like, a mathematical equation battle
where you think of that scale and your
scales are now heavier, and that's why you
got into parter. That's not what the judge
judgment is. He says that the day of
judgment
will be
one in which severity
is manifested
through which contains no pardoning.
That's what severity on the day of judgment
is.
And an easy judgment on the day of
judgment
is not just you, like, getting more good
deeds and bad deeds. An easy day of
judgment is 1 in which one's sins are
forgiven and good deeds are accepted.
And so even when Allah talks about deeds,
he doesn't talk about just if you did
them or not. What what word does he
use? What did ibn Yazid say if good
deeds are
accepted?
There's a difference.
It's not just about doing them. It's about
having
your deeds being accepted by Allah.
A lot of people can do amazing deeds,
y'all.
But behind closed doors, those deeds could have
come from the worst intention.
Somebody can memorize Quran,
beautiful deed,
amazing deed,
but the entire reason they memorize Quran
is so that they can belittle other people
around them.
Somebody could give a $1,000,000 in charity.
And the only reason they gave charity is
so everyone around them can can say, oh,
wow. Masha'Allah. What a generous person.
That's the only reason they gave.
And so this is why we should always,
always, always
ask Allah
to purify
every deed that you ever committed.
Every good deed that you did ask Allah
to purify it. It may have become dirty
because our intentions are really, really strange sometimes.
Right? So we ask Allah
to make us of the people who are
pure. Alright? We ask Allah to accept. We
ask Allah
to forgive us. We ask
Allah to allow these sessions to bring us
closer to him. And we ask Allah to
make us of the people who enter Jannah
because we have earned the forgiveness of Allah
Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.
Everybody. Thank you so much for being here.
We appreciate you guys.
We will see you all next Thursday.