 الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وأشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهد السبيل وأشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد today insha Allah I'm going to be speaking about a topic called الرحلة إلى دار الآخرة the journey to the hereafter this is a journey that every single one of us is going to go through whether you be righteous whether you be a transgressor a criminal wrong doer doesn't matter and everyone's going to go through this journey نعم yes the people are different in their journey one group of people their journey is going to be bliss and blessings and another group of people their journey is going to be pain and suffering and agony and all of this is based upon their action the way that I structured my lecture is when I speak about دار الدنيا because the slave goes through three stages three different places of residency the first one is دار الدنيا this world and then the second one is دار البرزخ برزخ means what it is a station between and the hereafter دار البرزخ which is the grave and that which relates to it and the third stage is going to be دار الآخرة the day of judgment today I'm going to speak about the first part which is دار الدنيا I'm going to speak about this world and insha'Allah in another lecture I will speak about the grave and in the third lecture I will speak about the resurrection and the day of judgment and that which takes place over there الله سبحانه وتعالى in the Quran الله put down this world and الله تبارك وتعالى he raised the آخرة الله says in the Quran من كان يريد العاجلة تعجلنا له فيها ما نشاء لمن نريد ثم جعلنا له جهنما يصلها مدموما مدحورا ومن أراد الآخرة وسع لها سعيها وهو مؤمن فأولئك كان سعيهم مشكورا كل النميد هؤلاء وهؤلاء من عطاء ربك وما كان عطاء ربك محذورة انظر كيف فضلنا بعضهم على بعض ولل آخرة أكبر درجات وأكبر تفضيلة في هذا الآياء الله تبارك وتعالى تفضل للدنيا عاجلة شيء that's hasty شيء that will go by fast شيء that will not remain for long that's why Allah says من كان يريد العاجلة anyone who wants this world that's hasty, that is fast الله will only give to you that which he wants to give to you and in that same place وللآخرة أكبر درجات وأكبر تفضيلة that the Akhira is greater and better in another ayah Allah says بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا والآخرة خير وأبقى الله says you give presidents to this world as though this is all as though this is what you were created for بل تؤثرون تؤثرون means you're giving presidents بل تؤثرون الحياة الدنيا you're giving presidents to this world والآخرة أنه hereafter خير وأبقى it's better and it's remaining in the other ayah in surat al-Isra وديلي sayman كان يريد العاجلة he referred to this dunya as something hasty that's going fast and how did he refer to the Akhira الله refer to the Akhira as what something that's going to remain and something that's going to be the prophet told us in a harith أعمار أمتي ما بين السبعينة ما بين الستينة وسبعينة وقليل من يجوزوا ذلك the messenger said the span of my ummah the lifespan of each and every one of us is between 60 to 70 وقليل من يجوزوا ذلك a little go over 70 so you're not going to live for long if you look at the overwhelming majority of people they live between 60 to 70 little go over 70 little go over 70 and it's sad that you as a Muslim will disobey Allah go against His command for a life that's short that long and then you're going to endure and suffer a great and long lengthy punishment on the other side more than your lifespan then you're not a wise person are you الله تبارك وتعالى refer to this dunya as though it's a joy it's nothing serious الله says وما هذه الحياة الدنيا إلا له ولعب وإن الدار الأخرة لهي الحيوان الله سبحانه وتعالى He says وما هذه الحياة الدنيا this world all it is is له ولعب it's amazement joy that's all it is وإن الدار الأخرة that hereafter لهي الحيوان what does it mean لهي الحيوان ابن كثير رحمه الله he said the word لهي الحيوان means الحياة الدائمة that hereafter is the eternal life الحق it's the true life اللذي لا زوال لها ولا انقضاء there's no ending آخرة doesn't have an end and it doesn't have a time where it stops بل هي مستمرة أبدا الابد and it will carry on forever that's it when you die and you depart from this world that's it the journey that has started for you is going to carry on so you need to think and you have to ponder this world that you're living in today that's something that's that short is it worth me disobeying Allah in it going against His command سبحانه وتعالى والداركة those verses that I mentioned and those آيات it really impacted the life of the Prophet SAW and he wasn't one who said to the companions the world is nothing and didn't live by it nor did he SAW nurture his companions in loving this dunya and making this dunya the ultimate goal the Prophet SAW the day of khandaq the trench the Prophet SAW was with his companions working and in the حريث أنا سبحانه وتعالى which is in صحيحين the messenger was saying with his companions اللهم لا عيشة إلا عيش الأخرى فاغفر للأنصار والمهاجرة اللهم أولا اللهم لا عيشة there's no life إلا عيش الأخرى except the life of the hereafter there's no real life this is not life this is nothing اللهم أولا اللهم لا عيشة there's no life إلا عيش الأخرى except the life of the hereafter فاغفر اللهم فيجب the مهاجر للأنصار the companions رضي الله تعالى عنهم they were singing it or they were chanting that with the messenger they were saying it with him اللهم لا عيشة إلا عيش الأخرى فاغفر للأنصار والمهاجرة they were saying it with him and they were not just saying it from the tip of their tongue and they were not merely just saying it but that really was what they believed that this world لا عيشة is not a life because what is it as Allah says وما هذه الحياة الدنيا إلا له ولعب it's just a period of amazement a time of playing and the real life is the hereafter the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم في حديث الإمام مخاري ومسلم من حديث أنسن that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم يسأل يتبع الميطة ثلاثة the dead when he dies three are going to go with him فيرجع رثنان two are going to come back ويبقى واحد and one is going to remain when you die and you leave this world three things are going to go with you two of them are going to come back from the burial and one is going to remain with you in your grave what are the two that are going to come back فيرجع أهلوه ومالوه your family will look at you and they will leave you in that dark pit they will place the sand over you and they will walk away from you the most beloved people to you are willing to put you in that place you are now in a world other than the world you used to be in you are not with the loved ones your family are going to go home and they are going to divide the wealth that you left behind the wealth that you exerted all that effort in they are now thinking of how is it inherited even before you were placed in the grave you lost your name you were not referred to by your name when they were washing your body they were saying lift the dead body turn over the dead body and you lost even your name now you are in your grave this is a whole different place your family are going to leave you your wife is waiting for that period of time that عدة to finish and as soon as that عدة finishes she is now out looking to get married your children are going to look at another man as their stepfather life will move on the world will not stop for you you are the only one who thinks that you matter the prophet said صلى الله عليه وسلم فا يرجع أهله وماله your family and your wealth are going to come back what is it that is going to remain ويبقى عمله your actions is what is going to remain your actions are what my beloved brothers and sisters it is the commandments of Allah what you did and the prohibitions that you stayed away from that is the thing that is going to stay with you in that grave that is what is going to remain with you الله سبحانه وتعالى يسألني آية كل نفس ذائقة الموت وإنما توفون أجوركم يوم القيامة فمن زحزها عن النار وأدخل الجنة فقد فاز ومالحياة الدنيا إلا متاع الورور everyone is going to die everyone is going to sip that cup of death just because a person died ten years before you doesn't mean you're not going to die it's a matter of days and years before it becomes your time but look at what Allah says what is it that's going to be taken for you كل نفس ذائقة الموت everybody will taste death and then Allah تعالى He says your أجور your righteous deeds is what Allah is going to hold for you not your family not your children your deeds it's what's going to be held for you that's what's going to save you in that grave that's what's going to allow you to pass the test when these angels come and they ask you questions it's your actions والذائقة الصحابة the تابعين and the تابع التابعين and the صالحين the righteous people they understood that this world was nothing and they understood that the reality is on the other side so what did they do they used to pray at night Allah says about them أما هو قانت أنا الليل ساديدا وقائما يحذر الآخرة ويرجو رحمة ربه قل هل يستو الذين يعلمون والذين لا يعلمون إنما يتذكر أولو الألباب الله تبارك وتعالى He says أما هو قانت the one who stands at night what is he doing he's in a state of sujood and ruku praying ويحذر الآخرة and he's cautious about the matters of the hereafter he's diligent look at him he's looking at not his dunya at night he stood up because of the hereafter because of what it has on his heart Allah says about them تتجافة جنوبهم عن المضاجع يدعون ربهم خوفهم وطمعهم ومن ما رزقناهم ينفقون they lie down in bed and they get off it straight away because they can't sleep why can't they sleep because their heart is between fear and hope they're scared of the punishment that could come their way and they are hopeful of the reward and the messiah of Allah سبحانه وتعالى because some of them they were scared that they will come the day of judgment and they will meet Allah and they would meet him with things that they didn't assume that would come their way as Allah said in the ayah وبدأ لهم من الله ما لم يكونوا يحتسبون that they came the day of judgment and they saw that which they didn't think was going to happen they failed that's what they were scared of the ayah that's what it says وبدأ لهم it became apparent to them and clear to them that which they didn't assume was going to come their way so that's the reality of this world the world that people are fighting over that family members have cut ties and kinship two Muslims are not talking to each other this is the reality of what this world is لا قيمة له my beloved brothers and sisters as I said to you every single one of us is going to take death and everyone is going to leave this dunya الله سبحانه وتعالى he says every soul will take death whether you like it or whether you don't whether you agree or if you don't it doesn't matter no one cares you will leave this world الله says to the prophet وما جعلنا لبشر من قبلك الخلد اما اتفهم الخالدون محمد لن نفعل أحد يبقى في هذا العالم فأبا لا نفعل إذا كنت توتم محمد هل تعتقد أنهم سيستمرون؟ بالطبع إذا كنت توتم أفضل من يتعلم على هذه الأرض فالهم سيوتم كل واحد of us is going to die الله سبحانه وتعالى كل من عليها فان ويبقى وجه ربك ذو الجلال والإكرام كل من عليها فان كل شيء وكل one will perish كل one will go and who's going to remain only Allah that's the day when Allah says يومهم بارزون لا يخفى على الله منهم شيء لمن الملك اليوم لله الواحد القحار الله تعالى everybody's in a grave everyone is dead Allah asks a question he says لمن الملك اليوم who's the true king today there's no one to respond everyone's dead and Allah responds to himself he says لله الواحد القحار the supreme Lord the powerful one that everybody has come back to لله to Allah تبارك وتعالى everyone returns ولذلك دمستنج صلى الله عليه وسلم ده حديث ألمام البخاريه narrated in his Sahih من حديث عبادة من صامة غبي الله تعالى عنه دمستنج صلى الله عليه وسلم he said من أحبة لقاء الله anyone who loves to meet Allah anyone who wants to meet Allah أحبة الله لقاءه الله wants to meet you ومن كريها لقاء الله anyone who does not want to meet Allah كريها الله لقاءه الله does not want to meet you سبحانه وتعالى عائشة رضي الله تعالى عنها the narration says قالت عائشة أو بعض أزواجه إذا عائشة or some of the prophet's wife whichever of it was they said to the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم إنا لنكره الموت we all dislike death we all don't like to die we love to live إنا لنكره الموت we all love to live so how does this because she understood from the hadith that anybody who doesn't want to die and does not want to meet Allah by wanting to die then Allah تعالى تعالى doesn't want to meet them and anyone who loves to die to meet Allah then Allah تعالى تعالى wants to meet them that's what she understood from the hadith then the messenger corrected her he said ليس ذلك it is not that عائشة ولكن المؤمنة but rather the believer إذا حضر الموت when death comes to him بشر بريضوان الله the believer is giving glad tidings when the angel of death comes to him the believer is giving glad tidings that's what Allah says to him إن الذين قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقاموا تتنزل عليهم الملائكة أن لا تخافوا ولا تحزنوا وأبشروا بالجنة التي كنتم تعدون those who were steadfast who said Allah is our Lord and they didn't just say that but they were steadfast on that statement they lived by that statement إن الذين قالوا ربنا الله they said Allah is our Lord Allah is my Lord and they lived by that statement how did they live by it they made Allah the reference point they did what he told them to do and they stayed away from that which he told them to stay away from إن الذين قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقاموا and they were steadfast what happens تتنزل عليهم الملائكة the angels would descend on them what will the angels say to them اللى تخافوا ولا تحزنوا two things لا تخافوا don't be scared ولا تحزنوا and don't have in your heart any distress what do they both mean اللى تخافوا means don't be scared of these angels that you're seeing they're not going to harm you you're a righteous person don't be scared of these creation that you're coming into contact with which you've never seen before don't worry they are not here to harm you they are here to aid you ولا تحزنوا don't be distressed for the family members you've left behind your children, your offspring your wives, your kids don't worry for them we're going to take care of them for you you're a righteous man or you're a righteous woman don't worry about your children you've left behind we're going to take care of them مجاهد يبنو جبرين said that on the ayah يبنو جليل الطبري brings it in his tafsir so this is what the hadith means إذا حضره الموت if death comes to the believer the righteous person بشرة بردوان الله and he's giving the gratidings of Allah being pleased with him what would he want as soon as he's given that gratidings what is he gonna want he's going to want فليس شيء on the prophet he says أحب إليه مما أمامه there's nothing more beloved to that person except that which is in front of him meaning he wants to go forward in me Allah عد طبارك وتعالى because he knows the path that's awaiting him فأحب الله لقاءه الله that wants to meet you سبحانه وتعالى وإن الكافر the disbeliever إذا حضره if he's giving gratidings بشرة بعداب الله he's giving the gratidings of the punishment of Allah وعقوبة أن الله is going to his wrath is upon him as soon as he's told that فليس شيء أكرح there's nothing more disliked to that disbeliever that day مما أمامه that which is in front of him he doesn't want to meet Allah he doesn't want to carry her لقاء الله he dislikes the meeting of Allah وكريها الله لقاءه الله does not want to meet him the righteous people my beloved brothers and sisters they want to meet Allah they are pleased with meeting الله طبارك وتعالى because they stacked righteous deeds they invested in their hereafter do you not remember the story of صاحب ياسين the story of the Yaseen that Allah mentioned what did the man say to the people he says I believe in your Lord listen to what I have to tell you what did Allah tell us that he was said to him قيل دخول الجنة قال يا ليت قوم يعلمون بما غفر لي ربي وجعلني من المكرمين ادخل الجنة انت جنة why because he said I believe in Allah come people believe in Allah with me and so when he died Allah says to him and the angels say to him go and enter jannah and then what did he say يا ليت قوم يعلمون I wish my people knew what I received I wish my people knew what I gained from my statement of saying I believe in Allah واجعلني من المكرمين and Allah has made me from those who he has honored Allah has honored me now by taking me to jannah that's the believer who what did he do he followed what Allah told him to do and he stayed away from that which Allah told him to stay away from my beloved brothers and sisters our life and when it's going to end it's not in our hands it's all documented and it's in the hands of Allah تبارك وتعالى no one knows except him Allah says in the Quran وما كان لنفسن أن تموت إلا بإغن الله كتابا مؤجلة ومن يريد ثواب الدنيا نؤته منها ومن يريد ثواب الآخرة نؤته منها وسنجز الشاكرين الله says وما كان لنفسن there is not a soul except he will die with the permission of Allah based on a documented and a recorded time we don't know when we're going to die we have no knowledge of that it's from the things Allah has hidden and no one knows except him سبحانه وتعالى قل لا يعلم من في السماوات والأرض الغيبة إلا الله وما يشعرون أيان يبعثون قل لا يعلم من في السماوات والأرض no one knows what's in the السماوات and that which is an أرض and no one knows the unseen إلا الله except Allah سبحانه وتعالى عالم الغيبي فلا يظهر على غيبي أحدة this is from the unseen only Allah knows we don't know that so since we don't know when we're going to die and since we don't know when it's going to be our ending point our last our life should every day be based upon our last moment some of the صالحين some of the righteous people they used to say if the angel of death came to us and the angel of death was to say to us I am going to take your soul now or I'm going to take your soul tomorrow this time prepare for it some of the righteous people they said we wouldn't know anything that we could add on to the actions that we already do we don't know what more we could do every single day of their life was as though it's a last it was narration from one of the righteous صالحين that they came to a place to pray صلاح and then told one of the men go in and lead and he said no I don't want to lead and the other one said no lead and he said no I don't want to lead and then he said okay I will lead but tomorrow I will not lead and don't ask me tomorrow to lead and they said go back go back in the line don't lead us the صلاح because you're thinking that you're going to live for tomorrow we pray this صلاح as though it's a last we're going to go into this صلاح with the mindset that it's going to be a last to think that you're going to be tomorrow on the day after we don't think that far they said and that's on the basis of what of their deal the دنيا نعم you live as though when you're working for the دنيا you work openly but your religion and your deal you act and you pray your صلاح as though this is your last صلاح you have no other chance to pray again الله تبارك وتعالى told us أولية وفاكم ملك الموت الذي وكيل بكم ثم إلى ربكم ترجعون the angels that's their responsibility they are the ones that are going to come and they're going to take that nuts from you الله سبحانه وتعالى described for us that last moments of when the person is leaving this world the سقرات and the departuring of this world الله told us that people are two types الله says in the eye ومن أظلم من من افترى على الله الكذبة ومن أظلم من من افترى على الله الكذبة أو قال أحيا إلي ولم يوح إلي شيء ومن قال سأنزل مثل ما أنزل الله ولو ترأذ الظالمون في غمرات الموت والملائكة باصط ايديهم أخرج أنفسكم اليوم تجزون عداب الهون بما كنتم تقولون على الله غير الحق اللي تبارك وتعالح يتوزون وولو ترا إذ الظالمون في غمرات الموت إذا أنت رأيت ترقس ومجموعة ومخلوق في غمرات الموت بعدائي ولموت عندما They are leaving this world جميعا إذا كنتم رأيت والملائكة لباصط ايديهم ومجموعة أخرج أنفسكم معا خلال أخلاقوا أتيّهم أليومة جزونا عدا بالهوني وene are suffering with the nefs it's not taken out and it's not in and they are suffering أليومة جزونا عدا بالهوني today you are going to suffer a great suffering why أليومة جزونا عدا بالهوني بما كنتم تقولون على الله رائر الحق because you used to say about Allah which wasn't true وكنتم عن آياته تستخبرون and when the verses of Allah were told to you and you were told to fear Allah and to rectify a situation أنت تصدق بشكل كبير وصدق بشكل كبير و when a person said to you اتقل لا في الله instead of saying جزاك الله خيرا you became from those who Allah says و من الناس من يعجبك قولوا في الحياة الدنيا و يشهد الله على ما في قلبه وهو ألد الخصان و إذا تولى سعى في الارض ليستد فيها و يوليك الحرثة والنس والله لا يحب الفساد و إذا قيل له اتقل لا أخذت العزة بالإثم فحسبه جهنم ولبس المهاد that when he is told في الله اخذت العزة بالإثم arrogance and stubbornness and hard-headed takes him و اتقل لا is a good thing anyone who reminds you of Allah it should be something that moves you so why are these people being punished they became arrogant stubborn hard-headed and went against Allah تعالى و تعالى as commands like in the righteous people the believers who believed in Allah who stood by their religion قلباً in their hearts و قالباً externally and internally this deem was truthful about it they were not lying about it الله says about them إن الذين قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقاموا تتنزلوا عليهم الملائكة ألا تخافوا ولا تحزنوا أبشروا بالجنة التي كنتم توعدون for them it's not like ولو ترا إذا المجرمونة these ones is going to be said to them don't be scared don't be scared about don't be scared of these angels that you're seeing yes they don't look like what you used to see but they're here to serve you they're here to take care of you and don't be worried for your families that you've left before behind if they're going to be taken care of Allah is going to take care of your family for you He's given tranquility and طمطنينة just إن شاء الله تعالى be calm those two people ask yourself brothers and sisters those two people are from the creation of Allah and they are from the children of Adam why has one become punishment and destruction and torment is what's been done to him and the other one is what good all based on what lineage where they're from no the reality is their actions what they did is different these one was steadfast their characteristics was that they lived by their religion and the other party were criminals إن شاء الله تعالى I will stop there بإذن الله الكريم anything which I have said that was wrong or incorrect is from me and Shaytan and Allah and his messenger are free from it سبحانك اللهم بحمدك أشد ولا إله إلا الله أستغفرك وأتوب إلي I'll take questions إن شاء الله تعالى if you have any questions remember that this was only the Darud Dunya so we'll do the next station which is برزخ we're trying to take short and straight from the Quran and the Sunnah إن شاء الله تعالى and then we'll take the barzakh the grave and then we'll take إن شاء الله تعالى the Akhira and the believer he goes through those stages okay any questions can a person be in this world can the barzakh be open to him this is a masalah that the scholar is discussed deeply one of the people who push this that it could happen it's a possibility and he brought some Iqwal for it is الإمام ابن القيّم in his Kitab الروح are we all together لكن جمهور العلمة they believe that when it comes to what's happening in the grave the only people who are being open for them is نبي الله محمد and the animals the Prophet ﷺ one day was on his riding beast فهاد that the riding beast that the Prophet ﷺ was on it went fast فكادة تلقيه he was about to throw the Prophet off and then the Messenger ﷺ فإذا هو بين خمسين أو ستين أقبورين he was next to five or six graves and then the Prophet ﷺ he said من لها أولائي من هؤلاء أصحاب هذه القبور who are the people of this grave and they said يا رسول الله they are people who died upon disbelief and then the Messenger ﷺ he said in the hadith عليه الصلاة والسلام لو لا ألا تدافنو if it wasn't for you not too if it wasn't for you not to bury your deads لسألت الله أن يسمعكم عذاب القبور I would have asked Allah to allow you all to hear the punishment of the grave but because the people won't bury their deads anymore they will throw them away if they see عذاب القبر how would you bring the body to the grave because you hear so much noise so the animal that the Prophet ﷺ was on the Prophet ﷺ said the بهائم the animals they hear عذاب القبر but we don't hear it because if we did hear it we would have thrown our family members off cliffs or we would have thrown them onto trees because we don't want to put them in a grave sister asked questions she said please guide us to how to increase our iman the way to increase your iman number one is to read the Quran you see the verses that we read today those ayat from the Quran trying to understand those verses if you connect yourself to the Quran it will increase your iman الله says about the believers إنما المؤمنون الذين إذا ذكر الله وجلت قلوبهم وإذا تلية عليهم آياته زادتهم إيمان وعلى ربهم وعلى ربهم يتوكلون that the believers are those who are when they recite the Quran what does it do for them it increases their iman number two the thing that increases your iman is الصحبة الصالحة righteous friends if you are with righteous people by being with them automatically your iman increases they will take you from one station to another to another they change your whole perspective وإذا لكت the prophet of Allah was told to be with righteous people الله said to the prophet وصبر نفسك مع الذين يدعون ربهم بالغدات والعشي يريدون وجهة ولا تعدوا عيناك عنهم تريدوا زينة الحياة الدنيا ولا تطع من أغفلنا قلبه عن ذكلينا والتبع هوا وكان أمره فرقا وإذا لكت the bad friend he will have affect on you that the day of judgment you will regret that the person will say does anyone know the ayah that the person will regret the bad friend that they were in الله says the bad friend he will harm you they will put you through a lot of iman decrease by being with good people as the prophet said in the hadith أبي موسى الأشعري مثل الجليس الصالح والجليس الصوء كهام المسك والافع القير that the righteous friend is like and the bad friend is the example of a what a perfume shop we go to a perfume shop what happens you're in a nice environment it's nice to be in there just sit relax you're smelling something nice correct being with the righteous person all that's coming out from them is khair and wisdom and benefits if you're in the perfume shop what happens there's a chance that a perfume might pour over you and that's good for your clothing or he might give you a swipe of your being with the perfume owner is of good what about if you go to a blacksmith your clothes will burn if it doesn't burn you're in a place where it's not good for your lungs not only that it sticks to your clothes and it harms the smell and the odor of your clothes the bad friend is like that the bad friend brothers if you know or not he will actually affect even the way you move that's the reality people think that a person can only affect you when they verbally speak that's not the truth some people they affect you even if they're not saying anything just by what just by the way they because we humans what do we do we copy each other by default we copy each other so the righteous person is the one you want to be with that person will increase your e-man also one of the things that increases e-man is reading the life of the noble people reading كتب الأعلام increases your e-man you'll be amazed with these people how they did it their lives their biography you see the poet he said إذا مريضنا تداوينا بذكركم ونتركوا الذكر أحيانا فننتقصوا when our hearts become sick and we slightly feel like we're lazy and we're not as we should be what do we do تداوينا بذكركم when we cure our hearts with your remembrance o scholars with your biographies o scholars ونتركوا ذكر أحيانا and sometimes we leave off your remembrance and the studying of their biography فننتقصوا we go back on our heels are you with me brothers one of the examples is one of the great scholars of our close time was شيخ محمد ناصر الدين and his wife رحمة الله تعالى who recently died not many years back it's amazing that when he was only deathbed one of the conditions أو one of the things that he wrote in his will is that he is hasten to his grave he said when I die I want my burial to be fast I want to be taken to my grave quickly are you with me brothers? he said even if my children or my sons are away then I don't wait for him to come and bury me as soon as I die try to take me as soon as possible to my grave شيخ محمد من الصالح العثيمين was told about what شيخ الباني said من العثيمين was told شيخ من العثيمين said الباني implemented the sunnah when he was alive and now that he is dead he wants the sunnah still to be followed when you read these people's biography who would want to be hasten to their grave unless they believe what something to hasten who believes they are working hard so when you read these people's lives and their biographies you realize it's shocking how they were شيخ ألمان محمد رحمه الله said there's not a hadith I heard from the professor except I implemented it even if it's once I implemented it in my life are you with me brothers? except one hadith I'm going to implement that now which is that the professor remember when he done hijama and he gave the man who did the hijama for him one dirham ألمان محمد said I'm going to do hijama now and I'm going to give the gahi one dirham I'm going to follow the sunnah so when you read these people's lives trust me it will increase your iman and you would want to be like that عطا بن أبي رباح he said ما تكلمتوا I never spoke I never uttered something unless I asked myself 70 times is this formula or against me he said because Allah said in the Quran إن قول إن إلا لديه راقي من عتيد ولقد خلقنا الإنسان ونعلموا ما توسرسوا به نفسه ونحن أقربوا إليه من حبل الوريد إذ يتلق المتلقيان عن اليمين وعن الشمالي قاعد ما يلفظوا من قول إن إلا لديه راقي من عتيد because he said angels are writing what I say so I asked myself 70 times is this formula against me no how is it for me unless I knew it was formula I want to say it are you with me brothers so when you read these people's lives like that and how they were then you realize this is what you want to be because remember we want jannah we want jannah isn't that the case those are the people who want jannah do you work do we have a place in jannah do you have a place in jannah based on our actions based on our actions if you look at what you do and what they were doing I think I mentioned recently that some of the they used to pray and their legs would become so weak their legs become tired they can't carry their legs they have a stick next to them they take the stick they beat their leg and they say to themselves stand do you want to compete with Muhammad and his companions in jannah and you're tired he's saying that to what he's saying that to his legs at his body you see when I looked at the lives of the companions you realize that the Prophet ﷺ had to tell the companions to be easy on themselves that's what you find a lot of places remember when the three men they came to the Prophet's house and one said I'm not going to break my fast I'm going to be fasting for the rest of my life and the other one said I'm never going to marry and the other one said what and I'm going to pray all night look what the Prophet had to say to them because his wife he came to the masjid he saw a rope that was connected to two pillars this is his wife so he said whose rope is this and they said to him this is Zainab's rope and they said take it down or he said what she do with it they said she pray she pray she pray when her legs cannot carry her anymore she holds onto the rope and she dangles off it and she still carries on praying like that then he said take it off take it down and you find that common in the companions Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Aas he used to pray all day and all night sorry he would fast all day and he would pray all night and his father complained about him he said to him a message of Allah my son Abdullah ibn Aas I married him off to one of the best women of Quraish all day he's fasting so that means he can't come into contact with his wife and all night he's praying so he's giving her no rights so you see this common in the companions one of the benefits I read was that because of that Allah told these companions he said don't forget your dunya they were told just don't forget your dunya our ones is don't forget the akhirah صحيح it's the opposite they were focused on the akhirah they were dedicated in the akhirah they believed in the akhirah to the extent he was in the bitter of the battle and his sword broke he's got no sword he looks at the prophet and says I don't have a sword the prophet breaks a branch he takes off the twigs and he says fight with this does it look at the prophet and say fight with the branch doesn't ask the prophet that question he goes directly into the battle field and he fights no question everything he says they believe it does these people that when you read their biographies you're like wow your e-man will automatically grow you won't dare to question Allah تعالى as commandments you will not question Allah's rules and regulations because they didn't when Quraish came to him he said do you think did you hear what your friend said referring to the prophet he said he claimed that he was taken from Makkah and then he was and then he was taken to what and then from he was taken high up and then all of this happened and he came back all in one night and he laughed this is what your friend is saying he didn't hesitate he said and he didn't even say نعم of course of course I believe him I believe something bigger than all of that which is what he said to me revelation comes to me day and night and I believe that from him and that title gave Abu Bakr what صديق see you read these people's biography Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه you read this life of Sa'ad sit down and read these people's biography your e-man will grow and you realize what they like عمر رضي الله عنه he walked out of مدينة and عمر had 12 stitches in his garment ripped he stitched it again but his armies reached مشارق الارض ومغاريب the need that is so so easy to beat him so he comes عمر رضي الله عنه he wakes up عمر رضي الله عنه the man says to me please give you our clothing dress better you're representing the army of Islam of Muslims and you know what he said he said and anyone who looks for honor in other than Islam my honor didn't come through my garment I didn't conquer مشارق الارض ومغاريب because of my thought I conquered it because of what I believe all that came to me through this anyone who looks for honor in other Islam I was going to humiliate them so read these these people's biography like I did before in their life is a what three months what? tonight go home and read the story of the noble companion سعدي الوحان the man who when he died اهتزل وعشد وحمان الله's throne moved the throne of Allah moved is a companion اهتزل وعشد وحمان the Prophet told us that when this companion died الله's throne moved and 70,000 angels came down that never came down and when he died when he died when he died he stood up with his companions and he ran and he said why are you running for when the angels to come and beat us just like just like they beat us I don't want it to happen like that meet the life of these people and you see a lot of amazing people these people their life will change your perspective on your life and your imam will increase any other questions but I will ask you when you die