 الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن و الثناء الجميل و أشد الله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحقا وهو يهدي السبيل وأشد الله سيدنا وربيرة بحمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد إن شاء الله تعالى today we're going to speak about the third مرحلة the third stage that every single one of us will go through we spoke about دار الدنيا this world and we also spoke about دار البرزخ which is the grave and matters related to that and the way that the people are in their graves today I am going to speak about دار الآخرة the day of judgment the day of judgment is called يوم الآخرة and the scholars they say the reason why it was called يوم الآخرة is because it's a day there is no day after it it's your final stage the last ayah the last ayah that came down in the Quran الله عز و جله he said واتقوا يوما ترجعون فيه إلى الله ثم توفى كل نفس ما كسبت وهم لا يذلمون الله عز و جله he said واتقوا be conscious of Allah عز و جل have taqwa it's the last ayah in the Quran no ayah came down after this الله says واتقوا have taqwa of Allah عز و جل of what of a day that you're going to all return back to Allah عز و جل and every single person's nefs is going to be taken from him and the way that you're going to be taken and the way that you're going to be accounted is in accordance to what ما كسبت that which you have put forward الله then says سبحانه وتعالى وهم لا يذلمون no one will be oppressed that day الله عز و جله when it came to the akhirah he made its affairs something very big الله عز و جله he says in the Quran وما أدراك ما يوم الدين what do you really know about the day of judgment and then Allah says ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين do you really know the day of judgment do you really understand what it is two times الله repeats the same question do you actually know the day of judgment and then Allah says ثم ما أدراك ما يوم الدين do you actually really know what that day is and then Allah summarized it in one ayah what did he say يوم لا تملك نفس لنفسي شيء no one can help you that day no individual can support you no one can aid you والأمر يوم إذ لله all of the matters is all in the hands of Allah عز و جل your parents are going to leave you your loved ones the ones that you today because of them you disobey Allah they're going to walk away from you no one's going to be there to aid you the affairs is in Allah والأمر يوم إذ لله the smart person the clever individual is the one that realizes pleasing Allah should be his first priority pleasing those you think are loved to you today they're not going to help you that day يوم لا تملك نفس لنفسي شيء it can be a king it can be a ruler it can be whatever that day they can do nothing for you الله تبارك و تعالى as I said he spoke about the last something big الله says in the Quran سبحانه و تعالى is that إن هؤلاء يحبون العاجلة و يدرون وراءهم يوما سقيلا الله refer to the day of judgment as what يوما سقيلا a heavy day imagine Allah رب العالمين is referring to that day the day of judgment as what يوم ثقيل a heavy day الله also says in another ayah يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم إن زلزلة الساعة شيء عظيم الله refer to it here as what a great day a great day let's ponder on this ayah يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم those of you who believe in Allah I mean all mankind يا أيها الناس people اتقوا ربكم have taqwa of Allah have what have taqwa of Allah الله then says إن زلزلة الساعة شيء عظيم the earthquake it's not a light matter إن زلزلة the earthquake is what إن زلزلة الساعة شيء عظيم the earthquake is something something big extraordinary how is it big this earth today that's which is this strong الله تبارك وتعالى will make it move the mountains that are on it الله تبارك وتعالى he told us that he's going to uproot it take the mountains from the earth and الله تبارك وتعالى is going to scatter it into the sky and it will become like dust الله says فإذا نفخ في الصور نفخة واحدة وحميلة الأرض والجبال فدكة دكة واحدة فيومئذ وقعة الواقعة وان شقة السماء السماء is going to crack and الله refer to the السماء as what فليمزي السماء that you can see today that is strong that doesn't need a pillar to hold it that day it will become what it will be flimsy and Allah is going to be cracks into that and guess who is going to descend from it ويحمل عرش ربك يومئذ eight are carrying your load but eight are carrying your load that day و الملك على أرجائها when the sky is cracked the angels are on the sides and the corners of the سماء و يحمل عرش ربك يومئذ سمانية الله say سبحانه وتعالى يومئذ تعرضون لا تخفى منكم خافية that day the people's actions will be presented to them you are going to know what you really are in another ayah Allah says إذا السماء فطرت و إذا الكواكب انتثرت و إذا البحارف وجرت و إذا القبور بعثرت علمت نفس ما قدمت و آخرت the sky will be split open the stars that you see in the sky will all scatter the oceans that you see they're all open together there's no sea, river, lake all of it becomes one الله then says العلمة نفس ما قدمت و آخرت everyone's going to know that day what they have put forward everyone reality will hit them let's go back to the ayah و الله says يومئت رونها تجهل كل مرضعة عم أرضعت and mother that day the child that she was breastfeeding she will throw that child and mother's going to throw her child it's the same mother who focuses on when she breast feeds her child the messenger sallallahu alaihi wa salam one day he was with his companions and he saw a woman looking for her child and every single time she saw a child she grabbed the child and she breastfed she will look and she will realize this is not her child she will throw it and she will grab another child and she will look realize it's not her child and she will throw it and then the messenger sallallahu alaihi wa salam said to the companions do you think this mother would ever throw her child into the fire the sahabas they said no messenger of Allah he said Allah is more merciful to his creation then this mother towards her child so what was she doing she was looking for her child she can't find it so whichever child she thought she thought it was her child she wants to breastfeed it that same mother that day will throw her child also the mother who is pregnant she will give birth to the child انزلزلت الساعة شيء عظيم يوم ترونها تدهل كل مرضعة اما ارضعت and guess what as soon as she gives birth she's going to walk she's not going to lie down and she's not going to go through pain and she's nothing the mind is gone الله تبارك وتعالى he says that day you see the people like they are drunk وما هم بسقارة they're not drunk from drugs that they took or alcohol that they had that's not what's taken their mind وطر الناسة سكارة وما هم بسقارة ولكن عذاب الله شديد but the reality is الله تبارك وتعالى his punishment is severe it's the عذاب of Allah which is making them like this it's the punishment of Allah that they know that it's making them like this the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم on one day he read an ayah from surah to اذا زلزلة الارض زلزلها الله رسيت اذا زلزلة الارض زلزلها واخرجت الارض اثقالها وقال الانسان ما لها يومئذن يومئذن تحدث أخبارها the day when the earthquake happens اذا زلزلة الارض زلزلها واخرجت الارض اثقالها and the earth spits out what was inside it the people will be spit out and the person what would they say وقال الانسان ما لها the person will say what is for me what is it for me today الله then says يومئذن تحدث أخبارها that day it will tell its news الامام الترمي the narrator in the sunan that the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم set his companions اتدرون ما أخبارها do you know what the the news that will be told that day do you know what it is the sahabah they said الله ورسوله أعلم الله and his messenger know only Allah and his messenger know the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said that the أخبار the news that this that will be given that day is this earth will talk this earth is going to talk and this earth is going to inform every single thing that was done on it the earth will say you did this this this this on me this this this this particular day the earth is going to talk and it's going to witness against you it's a day brothers not the earth only is going to witness against you but your own limbs are going to witness against you الله says سبحانه وتعالى يتكلموا على أفواهم وتكلموا نا يديهم وتشهد أرجلهم بما كانوا يكسبون this day is a day where الله تبارك وتعالى will what he will silence your mouth he will mute your mouth your mouth cannot talk anymore and the thing that is going to witness against you is what اليوم نختموا على أفواهم وتكلموا نا يديهم now hands are going to talk وتشهد أرجلهم بما كانوا يكسبون his mouth is going to be silenced the hands are going to talk and the legs are going to be like yes yes the hands have told the truth and the person will then look at his palms and he will look at his legs and he will say to the palms why are you confessing why are you exposing me for why are you getting me in trouble the mouth will say I wanted to save you and here you are exposing me and then the hands and the legs will say الله is the one who made us speak today the one who makes everything speak we had no other way out of it it is a day like that that particular day that's awaiting each and every one of us but Allah told us at the beginning of the ayah where things are going wrong and that is what Allah says in two ayahs that I mentioned والتقوى يوما ترجعون فيه إلى الله يا أيها الناس تقوى ربكم إن زلزلة الساعة شيء عظيم تقوى before Allah told us about the the day of judgment what did he tell us subhanahu و تعالى he told us subhanahu و تعالى to come with to be conscious of Allah عز وجل عليبنا بطالب he said الخوف من الجليل استففي الله عز وجل تقوى مين الخوف من الجليل استففي الله عز وجل والعمل بالتنزيل it's to implement the Quran and live by the Quran and the sunnah والرضى بالقليل to be happy with the litu Allah has given you subhanahu و تعالى واستعداد اليوم الرحيل to purify the day of judgment that's تقوى خوف من الجليل be scared of Allah والعمل بالتنزيل implement the Quran and the sunnah والرضى بالقليل be happy with the litu Allah has given you why do you have to get excited in wanting to get more the halal that you have even if it's litu that is better for you than what than the haram it's a large quantity that you're trying to gather and bring together just the other day I was reading a Kitab تفتيب الإدارية written by Muhammad عبد الحي الكتاني and this book is very beneficial it talks about how the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم administrated Medina and how he controlled things the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم his skill of leadership it's an amazing book, two volumes as I was reading this book it talks about the biography of the noble imam عمر ابن عبد العزيز عمر ابن عبد العزيز رحمه الله just to show you how pleased he was with the litu Allah gave him سبحانه وتعالى عمر ابن عبد العزيز as you all know once upon a time he governed the world the Muslim world it was said few could say this they had the ability to speak to the cloud and say to the cloud rain over there or rain over there for verily what will come back to me is whatever fruits that come from the rain because if the cloud goes and it rains on the lands of the Muslim then Zakat will be taken from them and if it was the non-Muslims Gizio will be taken from them meaning he could allow the cloud to go anywhere it will still come back to him how large his kingdom was عمر ابن عبد العزيز it reached a point his time that they couldn't find anyone to give sadaqa to people were begged to take sadaqa and they would say no عمر ابن عبد العزيز time and the treasures of bayt al-malil Muslimin was full of gold and diamonds hanging and even then when he would come to his house he once upon a time came to فاطمة ابن عبد العزيز and he said to a Fatima I like grapes can you find me some grapes and she said we don't have it and he said okay no problem I'll be patient and she said to him how is it fair that you govern the Muslims today and we're probably one of the poorest the people that we govern have more than us and then he said and she said to him the gold and the silver that are in the bayt al-malil Muslimin is there nothing that we can take from this فاطمة you have to keep in mind her father عبد العزيز was the leader her brothers both of them were leaders she's from a family of leadership and she's accepting this lifestyle as well عبد العزيز was excessively wealthy before he became a leader and when he became a leader became poor but this is what I want from the story he said to his wife he responded to her he said I prefer to be patient from the chains that are hanging in the bayt al-malil Muslimin I prefer to be patient from it and abandoned and avoided than the chains of the day of judgment عبد العزيز left very little money for his children the scholars they differ how much he left على كل حال he left very little a lot of it was paid towards his shrouding and the washing of his body and his children he left very little for them but his cousin هشام who left for his children each one thousands of دينار دينار is made out of gold عبد العزيز left very little عبد العزيز left very little for his children the narrator of the story said I saw with my two eyes هشام's children reached a point in poverty where they were begging the people and people were gathering money for them and I saw عمر عبد العزيز's children given each day a hundred camels صدقة I saw that take place because he left with his children little but halal and that brought contentment for him because he had what التقوى and one of the last آية that he recited before he died was the آية تلك الدار الأخيرة نجعلها للذين لا يريدون علوة في الأرض ولا فسادة ولا عاقبة للمتقين the day of judgment is for the people who are pious the people who don't want to be very high on this earth they don't want to be big they don't want to be known they're just simple people and then Allah says عاقبة للمتقين and a final ending is for the righteous people brothers if you truly believe in this day and wallahi the day of judgment is something you believe in and you came with one of the articles of iman the day of judgment should be something you believe it's very close it's not far number one you believe it's something very close and it's not far Allah says in the Quran اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر Allah says also اقتربت للناس حسابهم اون في غفلة معرضون Allah says اتى أمر الله فلا تستعجلوه Allah says إنهم يرونه بعيدا ونراه قريبا Allah also says أزيفة الأزيفة ليس لها من دون الله كاشفة the day of judgment is close it's not something far إنهم يرونه بعيدا the other one who sees it to be far but Allah sees it to be something very close بخاري and muslim both narrated that the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he said بُعِز تُعَنَا وَالساعةُ كهاتين مِن لِأَوَى وَبُرُوتَ عَوْتُ like this فقارنا بين السبابة والوسطة the prophet stuck his two fingers like this he said the hour and me are like this some narrations like the famous hadith of أبي أمامة الباهيلي صحيح مسلم the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he mentioned the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he mentioned he said I hope to meet my brother إيسبنو مريم and if I don't whichever of you meet إيسبنو مريم let him convey my salams onto him if you believed everything was close if you believe in the day of judgment don't live a life that you believe the day of judgment is far and it's not going to take place anytime soon والله it's closer to you than your shoelaces number two to always remember it and never forget it that the آخرة is always on your mind الله says in the Quran فليوما ننساكم كما نسيتم لقاء يومكم هذا الله says today we are forsaking you the way that you forgot the day of judgment don't forget the day of judgment let it always be on your mind إِنَّا الَّذِينَ يُضِلْ إِنَّا الَّذِينَ يُضِلُونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَدَابٌ شَدِيدٌ بِمَا نَسُوا يَوْمَا الْحِسَابِ don't forget it يا إيو الذين آمنوا التقل الله والتنظر نفس ما قدمت لغد والتقل الله إن الله خبير بما تعملون prepare for that day work for it don't be like those who forgot and Allah forgot them أمر الله تبارك وتعالى abandon them الله what abandon them to always remember the day of judgment and keep it in your mind consistently and continuously remember it the messenger sallallahu alaihi wasallam he said شيبتني هود واخواتها صورة هود صورة هود and its sisters have made my bed what it made my bed white always remember it to place the akhirة and the affairs of the akhirة in front of your eyes also to take provision for it if you truly believe in the day of judgment take provision for it الله say in the Quran زود فإن خير الزادي تقوى take provision for verily the best provision to take that day is what تقوى the situation of many of us today as the poet said is we're absent from even working on our deeds and our actions and the reason for that is we don't realize the great power and the great weight that the day of judgment holds every single day that comes by in your life brothers and sisters every single day every day that go by ask yourself two questions what more beneficial knowledge have I gained and what righteous actions have I increased every day every day your actions and your knowledge is growing you're not like how you grow you increase in your knowledge and you also increase in your what every day before you go to sleep ask yourself this question that's the essence of تقوى a poet said يوم العرض العريانة place yourself the day when you're going to in front of Allah naked you're wearing nothing in the poet he said مستوحشن قلق الأحشاء حيرانة that day you're shocked you're in a place where you haven't ever seen these type of creation always places in your mind والنار تلهب من غيذن ومن حلقن the hellfire that day is roaring it's making a great sound على العصاة ورب العرش الغضبانة to who like in the sinners and Allah that day is angry and anger has never become angry اقرأ كتابك يا عبد الله على مهل فهل ترافي حرف غير ما كان and then it will be said to you slave read your book كفى بنفسك اليوم عليك حسيبا read your book it's enough for you today something to busy yourself with and when you read your book everything that's in there is what you really did the poet he then said لما قرأت ولم تنقي القراءته قراربا عرف الاشياء عرفانة you read the book and all you can do is just nod to it and say yes والله I did do this I did say this I did act in this way remember قذوه يا ملائكة الله will call the angels and he will say to the angels and take him give him to the hellfire that's thirsty that will want to eat him the criminals are going to be thrown into the hellfire and it will destroy them and the believers they are in jannah the place that they want brothers that day is very big it's a big day it's not a light day it's a humongous day and you're either one of two or you're not a third you're either from the people of the hellfire or you're from the people of from the people of jannah may Allah make us from the people of فضيل معياد one day he saw a man he saw a man he said كم مضى من عمرك how many years have you lived how old are you the man said ستون عامة I'm 60 I'm 60 years of age فضيل then said منذ 60 سنة for 60 years وانت تثيروا إلى الله and you were going to Allah you should go and tassil soon you're going to reach him he said I'm 60 and he said for 60 years you've been getting closer to Allah soon you're going to get to him the man said إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ فضيله معياد then said to him أتعرف تفثيره do you know what you're saying do you know the meaning to it the man said no for they then said من علم anyone who knows أن له أنه لله عبد anyone who knows that he's a slave to Allah عز و جل وأنه إليه راجع and he knows that he's going back to Allah فليا علم لهم know أنه مسؤول that he's going to stand in front of him ومن علم and anyone who knows أنه موقوف anyone who knows that he's going to stand in front of Allah فليا علم لهم know أنه مسؤول that he's going to be interrogated and questioned ومن علم and anyone who knows that he's going to be interrogated and questioned فليا عدل سؤالي جوابه let him prepare the answers for that questions let him prepare the answers for those questions any one of you who've oppressed anybody or who's wronged them رمانب أنك راجع إلي الله you're going to go back to Allah وموقوف بين يدي الله تعالى and you'll be stood in front of him ليس بينك وبين الله ترجمان there's no translator between you and Allah oh you parents who've forsaked your child and you didn't do the responsibilities on you رمانب أنك راجع إلي الله وموقوف بين يدي that you're going to go back to Allah and that you're going to be interrogated and questioned and the ones who've taken haram and taken riba إعلم أنك راجع إلي الله know that you're going to go back to Allah وموقوف بين يديه and that you're going to stand in front of him أيها الزاني oh you who have committed zina thought that you can get away with it إعلم أنك راجع إلي الله know that you're going to go back to Allah and that Allah is going to question you سبحانه وتعالى the one who believes in the day of judgment he knows that he has to prepare for it and he has to do righteous deeds one of the things that we have to do brothers about the day of judgment be scared about it this is the fifth point which is to be scared of the day of judgment الله تبارك وتعالى يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم وخشوا يوما هفخشيا of a day يوما لا تجزي والد a day when a parent cannot reward their child and a child cannot reward his parents الله told us to be scared سبحانه وتعالى look at what Allah said about the believers إنما نطعمكم لوجه الله لا نريد منكم جزاء ولا شكورة إنا نخاف من ربنا يوما نعبوسا قام طريرة فوقاهم الله شر دالك اليوم ولقاهم نظرة وصرورة they feed they give those in need and when they give you know what they say إننا نخاف من ربنا يوما we fear Allah the day meaning the day of judgment that day brothers is a day nobody can speak except when Allah gives them permission الله says in the Quran يومئل يتبعون الداعي لاعي وجله وخشعة الأصوات للرحمان فلا تسمع إلا همسا everyone is just going to follow the cooler, the cooler is going to say come go this way, go this way and people are going to follow الله then says سبحانه وتعالى when the voice is that day they are quiet no one is talking everybody is quiet that day all you can hear is footsteps to people's movements that's it no one is talking no one is saying anything no one is talking to anybody everyone that day is scared الله told us in the day of judgment the people of jannah are going to meet each other الله says they are going to talk to each other how did you end up in jannah what brought you to jannah how did you make it here the talking people of jannah الله تبارك وتعالى يسدد they say to each other إن كنا من قبل في أهلنا مشفقين when we were with our families we were scared مشفقين أي خائفين we were scared فمنا الله علينا ووقانا على رسمهم and because of that Allah what did he do he protected us from the hellfire we were scared when we were with our family we were watching what we were saying we were watching what we were doing those five that I mentioned are what you have to come with if you truly believe in the day of judgment if it's a great day for you if you truly believe in that day I ask Allah تبارك وتعالى that he makes us a people who come with خشية تقوى for that day and that Allah تبارك وتعالى he makes us those which he said تلك الجنة التي نورث من عبادنا من كانا تقيا the ones who are going to inherit jannah are the people who came with تقوى anything brothers in this world that you look at and you magnify it it's really nothing big what really is big is this day the day Allah refer to you as big I mentioned three times Allah made it big He said ألا يظنوا أولائك أنهم مبعوثون اليوم عظيم الله رفعت يوما عظيم الله رفعت يوما إن هؤلاء يحبون العادلة ويظرون وراءهم يوما تقيلة الله رفعت يوما الشديد يا يونس وتقوى ربكم ساعة الشيء عظيم those are the three characteristics Allah gave it سبحانه وتعالى شديد الله refer to it as الله refer to it as عظيم يوما ترونها تتلوا كل مرضعة العم العرضات وتضع كل ذات حمن حملاء وترناس السكارة وماهم بسكارة ولكن عذاب الله شديد that is شديد the hellfire that day has 70,000 ropes dangling from it لها 70,000 زمان it has 70,000 ropes لكل زمان each rope 70,000 ملك يجرونها 70,000 angels are pinning it down جهنم that day will go out of control and who is he going to take العصات the criminals the ones who went against Allah's command سبحانه وتعالى the prophet told us أن يلحم النبتة على الحرام فالناره به أولا أي بدي أي فلش that was fed upon haram the hellfire has rights that day it recognizes you from everybody else الله تبارك وتعالى he says إذا رأتهم من مكان بعيد سمعوا لها تغيضا وزفيرا that when the hellfire that day sees them from far it makes a roaring sound it makes a big noise because it knows its people the believer looks unique he has signs to recognize him the criminal the wrong doer that day he has signs to be recognized brother is wallahi be conscious of him سبحانه وتعالى if you want to be saved that day wallahi no one is going to save you except your actions if you think that day someone is going to make you get out of that problem wallahi it wants to be لا حول لنا ولا قوة we have no strength we have no ability except الله عز وجل please him now and his mercy and his forgiveness now so when you come the day of judgment الله will take you to jannah سبحانه وتعالى anything which I have said that was wrong or incorrect is from me a shaitan and Allah and his messenger are free from it اللهم أرين الحق حقا ورزقنا التباعة وأرين الباطلا باطلا ورزقنا اجتنابا ربنا لا تؤخذنا إنسينا واخطانا ربنا لا تجعل الدنيا أكبرها منا ولا مبلغا علمنا ولا تصلط علينا بذنوبنا من لا يخافك فينا ولا يرحمنا ربئات نفوسنا تقواها وزكها أنت خير من زكاها أنت وليها ومولاها ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار