Zakir Naik – The World and the Hereafter in the Islamic Worldview

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And a beloved prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa

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sallam said that this world for the believer

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is like a prison. Yeah. And for the

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unbeliever

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it is like paradise.

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So there was

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a poor Jew

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who approached

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halfway with Nejraskalani,

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the famous scholar, who wrote the shara of

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Saibukharia at this time.

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When and when he was walking

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in the marketplace, you know, on his mule

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with his big entourage.

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So this poor Jew comes and catches his

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mule and says your prophet said this,

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that this world

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is a prison

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for the believer. Yes, sir. And for the

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unbeliever,

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it's paradise. It's paradise. I'm a poor man.

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My clothes are torn, tattered. You're so rich.

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You're having all the luxury. How can you

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explain to me

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this hadith of your prophet?

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So

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said that I know what awaits for a

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believer.

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In the year after, paradise. That's right. And

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if you compare paradise

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to any human being living in this world,

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you may be the richest man.

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You may be the king. But compared to

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the life in paradise, which is 1,000,000 times

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better,

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this is like a prison. If we know

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the * he's going to go in, even

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if the poorest man here, yet this will

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be paradise had compared to hereafter.

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So if you understand this hadith, that late

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life is a test,

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then you will not strive to acquire wealth

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Mhmm. Or power Mhmm. Or status. You strive

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to get benefit in the Yeah. Akhara. That's

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it. That's right.