The goal of every one is Happiness... Just ask any one?

Whatever the answer is, you will find happiness is the ultimate goal behind it... Some want money -- to buy things that brings pleasure and happiness.  Some want kids, believing that they bring happiness.  Seeking happiness is why we do what we do ...we all want happiness.... that is a fact.  But every time we think we found happiness it turns out to be a myth!

For example. Getting married, which leads to fact number 2.. No complete or everlasting happiness on earth..

Where is the real & everlasting happiness?

ONLY in Paradise...  and that is Fact number 3

In Business they say; If you do not know where you are going, you are not going to get there...
in other words, To be able to get to anywhere you have to know your destination clearly, then through a well defined action plan you bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be... that is how we achieve goals.

Therefore, our ultimate goal, our ultimate destination is Al Jannah / Heaven / Paradise ....  the aim and the hope of every Muslim. But like trying to attain any goal, in order to achieve success, one must have an idea about the goal and a well-defined plan must be implemented to be successful:

قال تعالى : ((وَسَارِعُواْ إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ ))

Allah says, " Be quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth, prepared for the righteous,-

This is what is waiting for you in Janna, provided you meet just one condition - that if applies to you-, then you will be allowed to enter Janna God willing.  But, if it does not apply to you, then you are in trouble!

First keep in mind that no matter how strong your imagination is, it will never be able to get even close to what Allah has prepared for you in Janna.

The Prophet (PBUH) said that Allah Said in the Qudsy Hadith

قال الله : أعددت لعبادي الصالحين ما لا عين رأت ولا أذن سمعت ولا خطر على قلب بشر

Allah has created within Paradise what no eyes have ever seen, nor ears have ever heard, and things beyond our imagination and comprehension..

مصداق ذلك قوله تبارك تعالى في كتابه : ﴿  فَلَا تَعْلَمُ نَفْسٌ مَّا أُخْفِيَ لَهُم مِّن قُرَّةِ أَعْيُنٍ جَزَاءً بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴾ 

No one knows what delights of the eye are kept hidden (in reserve) for them - as a reward for their (good) deeds.

What Allah has in Janna for the believers is so much more than we can ever imagine. He, in His Book, and through His Messenger, sallallahu alayhe wasallam, has given us a glimpse of our goal, so that we can keep it in front of us at all times. By keeping our eyes on the prize, no matter our hardships in this worldly life, we can strive much harder to attain it.

So let's travel to the time where you are in the groups of people who will be led by the angels to enter Paradise:

وسيق الذين اتقوا ربهم الى الجنه زمرا حتى اذا جاؤوها وفتحت ابوابها وقال لهم خزنتها سلام عليكم طبتم فادخلوها خالدين

39;73 And those who feared their Lord will be led to the Garden in crowds: until they arrive there; its gates will be opened; and its keepers will say: "Peace be upon you! Well have ye purified! Enter here, to live forever...

جنةٍ .. غرسها الرحمن بيده ..وجعلها جزاءً لأحبابه .

وملأها برضوانه ورحمته .. وزيَّنها وأتقنها بعظيم قدرته ..

ووصف نعيمها بالفوز العظيم ..

ووصف مُلكها بالمُلك الكبير ..

قال الله : ﴿  وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ ثَمَّ رَأَيْتَ نَعِيماً وَمُلْكاً كَبِيراً ، عَالِيَهُمْ ثِيَابُ سُندُسٍ خُضْرٌ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٌ وَحُلُّوا أَسَاوِرَ مِن فِضَّةٍ وَسَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ شَرَاباً طَهُوراً ﴾   ..

من الذي سقاهم !! ﴿  وَسَقَاهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ شَرَاباً طَهُوراً ، إِنَّ هَذَا كَانَ لَكُمْ جَزَاء وَكَانَ سَعْيُكُم مَّشْكُوراً ﴾

إنها الجَنّة ، دَارُ السَّلَام ، دَارُ الخُلد ، دَار المُقَامَة ، جَنَّةُ المَأْوَى ، المَقَامُ الأَمِين ، جَنَّاتُ عَدْنٍ ، وجَنَّاتُ النَعِيْم ..

إنها ..﴿ مَقْعَدُ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَليكٍ مُقْتَدِر ﴾

The Prophet (PBUH) said in a qudsy Hadith, that while you are entering Janna
 Allah SWT will Grant you four things, all your problems in Dunya are already solved

First, health, you never get sick

Youth, you never get old

You never die

And you live in luxury without limits, never to worry about work or rezq

When You enter jannah, you look around, and unconsciously you start saying Subhana Allah .. al hamdo lelleh wa la ilaha illa Allah wallaho akbar

You look down

The soil is white musk and saffron.
Its rocks or gravel, are pearls and jewels

Buildings, they are made of bricks of gold and silver, rooms above rooms in palaces with gardens that have rivers running underneath them.

Trees?  Tree Trunks are made out of gold, with shade, that a fast rider would ride in the shade of o­ne tree for a hundred years and can not escape it.
Fruits?  they are softer than butter and sweeter than honey. And the minute you eat a fruit off a tree it grows back instantly... you never eat or drink out of hunger or thirst. Just for pure pleasure

Rivers? They are four kinds;

Rivers of milk who's taste does not change, paradise milk, fresh forever

Rivers of wine that is delicious to those who drink it, does not make you drunk and never gives you headache

Rivers of honey that is pure

Rivers of water that is fresh, whiter than milk and sweeter than honey... running underneath your palaces..

Drinking cups?  crystal-clear and made of gold and silver

Food?  Fruits of your choice, and the meat of whatever birds you desire.

Tents? Made of a single pearl that is 30 miles in diameter.

Clothing?  They are of pure silk and gold strings.

The inhabitants are as beautiful as a full moon in the middle of a clear night sky. The age is 33 years young and will stay that young forever..

They do not spit, nor they need to blow their noses, nor they need to go to the bathroom.

They eat and eat, then convert the food into musk, perfumes that comes out of their skin, jus like flowers in the donya

Their servants? are young boys of everlasting youth who resemble scattered pearls.

But If you ask about the women? In Arabic

فهن الحور --- تقول عائشة رضي الله عنها ستسمعون غناء الحور ..

وستسمعون كلامها .. الذي يسبي العقول بنغمة زادت على الأوتار والألحان  ..

يقلن : نحن الخالدات فلا نبيد ، ونحن الناعمات فلا نبأس ، ونحن الراضيات فلا نسخط ، طوبى لمن كان لنا وكنا له ...

تقول عائشة رضي الله عنها حبيبة الحبيب "S"

إن الحور العين إذا قلنَ هذه المقالة أجبنهنّ المؤمنات من نساء الدنيا :

نحن المصليات وما صليتن ..ونحن الصائمات وما صمتن ..

ونحن المتوضئات وما توضئتن ..

ونحن المتصدقات وما تصدقتن ..

قالت عائشة : فغلبنهن _ أي نساء الدنيا المؤمنات غلبن الحور العين -..

فأنت أكرم عند الله من الحور العين..

وأنت أجمل منهن ..

Muslim Women in jannah are young and will stay young forever; the only change that happen to them is they get more beautiful with time, Allah SWT said in the Quran about the Muslim women who enter paradise ... 

We have created them of special creation..

انا انشاناهن انشاء

He did not say we fixed them, so he will not fix her nose or height, no He will reconstruct her, recreate her, in a way she will be more beautiful than the Hoor of the Janna

The man looks at her and say who are you? She says your wife in the donya, he says "NO WAY"! If she smiles, she will lighten every single corner of her palace, and if she talks, her husband will forget about heaven and be attracted to nothing but her beauty

No childbirth, no monthly pains, pure of mucous, saliva, and any filth, her clothing will never worn out, no garment can be created that matches her beauty, and no o­ne who is with her can ever become bored; her attention is restricted to her husband, so she desires none but him, just as his attention is restricted to her so she is the sole object of his desire..

أما أعظم نعيم في الجنان فهو ..

التمتع بالنظر إلى وجه الرحمن ..

وهذا مؤكد في السنة و في آيات القرآن ..

قال تعالى : ﴿  وَاللّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَى دَارِ السَّلاَمِ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ ،لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُواْ الْحُسْنَى وَزِيَادَةٌ وَلاَ يَرْهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلاَ ذِلَّةٌ أُوْلَـئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ ﴾ ..

{ فالحسنى } : هي الجنة ..

و{ الزيادة  } : هي النظر إلى وجهه الكريم ..

سترى ربك.. سترى الذي خلقك وصورك ..

سترى الذي كساك وسقاك وأطعمك ..

سترى الذي للإسلام والإيمان هداك ووفقك ..

﴿  تَحِيَّتُهُمْ يَوْمَ يَلْقَوْنَهُ سَلَامٌ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ أَجْراً كَرِيماً ﴾ ..

لقد أخبر الله بهذا ، وأخبر به الذي لا ﴿  يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى ، إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَى ﴾ ..

سترى ربك

فيا نظرة أهدت إلى الوجوه نضرة *** أضاء لها نورٌ من الفجر أعظم
للهِ أفراح المحبين عندما*** يخاطبهم من فوقهم ويُسلِّم
وللهِ أبصار ترى الله جهرة *** فلا الضيم يغشاها ولا هي تسأم

في الصحيحين عن جرير بن عبد الله قال :  نظر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إلى القمر ليلة البدر فقال : ( إنكم سترون ربكم كما ترون هذا القمر ) ..

فما هو الثمن ؟؟؟!!!..

اسمع رعاك الله ..

ثم قال صلى الله عليه وسلم :

( فإن استطعتم أن لا تُغلبوا على صلاة قبل طلوع الشمس وقبل غروبها فافعلوا ) ..

فأبشروا يا أهل صلاة الفجر والعصر .. ويا خسارة النائمين.. ويا خسارة المتخلفين

While you are enjoying every single minute in Paradise, a voice calls:
'O People of Paradise! Your Lord - Blessed and Exalted - requests you to visit Him!' So they will say: 'We hear and obey!'

Can you imagine this, You are invited to visit.. who??? Allah SWT

Until, when they finally reach the wide valley where they will all meet - and none of them will turn down the invitation of the Lord - Blessed and Exalted , then pulpits of light will emerge, as well as pulpits of pearls, gold, and silver. The lowest of them in rank will sit o­n hills of musk and Saffron, and will not feel that those who are o­n the chairs above them are better than them. When they are comfortable where they are sitting and are secure in their places, and the caller calls:

'O People of Paradise! You have an appointment with Allah in which He wishes to reward you!' So they will say: 'what is that reward? Has He not already made our faces bright, made our scales heavy, entered us into Paradise, and pushed us away from the Fire?

And when they are like that, all of a sudden a light shines that encompasses all of Paradise. So, they raise their heads, and, behold: the light of the Compeller - Exalted is He, and Holy are His Names - has come to them from above them and majestified them and said:'O People of Paradise! Peace be upon you!' So, this greeting will not be responded to with anything better than: 'O Allaah! You are Peace, and from You is Peace! Blessed are You, O possessor of Majesty and Honor!
'So the Lord - Blessed and Exalted - will say:

'O People of Paradise! Where are those who used to obey Me without having ever seen Me? This is the Day of Increase! 'So, they will all give the same response: 'We are pleased, so be pleased with us!' So, He will say: 'O People of Paradise! If I were not pleased with you, I would not have made you inhabitants of My Paradise! So, ask of Me!' So, they will all give the same response: 'Show us your Face so that we may look at you!'

So, the Lord - Mighty and Majestic - will remove his covering and will majestify them and will cover them with His Light, and behold.. they look......

Allah tabarak wataqadas, they see him

Like nothing they have ever seen, the pleasure of looking at his majesty is taking their breath a way, they do not care for paradise anymore....

I ask Allah that we will be among those who would look at his beautiful face.

Then he SWT start taking to each one of them, one on one, and there will not remain a single person in this gathering except that his Lord - the Exalted
will call by name and grant whatever he asks for.

How sweet is this speech to the ears, and how cooled are the righteous eyes by the glance at His Noble beautiful Face...

{Faces that Day will be shining and radiant, looking at their Lord...}

وجوه يومئذ ناضرة إلى ربها ناظرة
(al-Qiyaamah:22-3)

That was just a glimpse... of what is waiting for you in heaven

Fact #1 all of us are looking for happiness

 Fact # 2 No real happiness on earth

#3 Real happiness is only in heaven

One final Fact....

NO one can enter paradise unless they are pure of sins.. no sins are accepted, not even a single one, no matter how little. You have to be totally pure..

You cannot enter heaven if a haram look is still in your eyes, you can not enter jannah if you insist on doing haram, you can not enter jannah if you support who does the haram..

Allah SWT says;

وسيق الذين اتقوا ربهم الى الجنه زمرا حتى اذا جاؤوها وفتحت ابوابها وقال لهم خزنتها سلام عليكم طبتم فادخلوها خالدين

Tebtum, pure

Also

الذين تتوفاهم الملائكه طيبين يقولون سلام عليكم ادخلوا الجنه بما كنتم تعملون

11 ways of purification from sins

But we are humans, you say ...which means we have many sins, actually our practical names are sinners! So how are we going to enter heaven?

Well you are not going to enter unless you are pure, that is why Allah SWT the most Merciful created 11 ways of purification from sins..

4 in this life, 3 in the grave, and 4 on judgment day.

So either you are purified by the time you get to the Srat and you pass to Janna, or you are not purified and you fall.  Let us pray that all of us will be granted forgiveness and a place in heaven.

Sin purification in this life:  

Tawba / Repentance

Istegfar / Asking Allah for forgiveness .. The Prophet (PBUH) used to ask Allah 70 times a day.

Alhasanat / Performing good deeds.  Some are as simple as being in first row of group prayers.

Masaeb mokaferah

Sin purification In death

Janaza:  The actual prayers and burial performance

Fetnaht al kabr: The questioning of the 2 angles, darkness, suffering in grave

Gifts from the living: Such as Hajj, Umra, charity, and duaa / supplication.  Family members of the one who passed away, should perform Duaa and prayers, rather than express their feelings by excessive crying.

Sin purification on Judgment Day

Ahwal the day: Standing for 50k years in the sun, the fear, wishing to die

Standing for questioning before Allah SWT: You will be asked "didn't I give you health, money, kids, intelligence, didn't I see your eyes looking at harm, didn't I see your hands touching haram / unlawful, didn't you know I was watching when you betrayed the amana / "something you are entrusted with" , didn't you think that you will stand before me some day?

Shafaat al rasoul / the prophet interceding on your behalf:  What have you done to qualify for the Prophet (pbuh) to intercede on your behalf?

Afowo Allah SWT / Allah's forgiveness: The interceding by the prophets, other believers, and the angels.

11 great ways of purification and still you have sins?

When you look at all 11 ways, it is almost an assured destination by the grace of Allah..

But can you imagine that after all these 11 ways, so many Muslims will still have sins, and the final purification station is perhaps the Hell fire!

They missed prayers, they delayed prayers, not fasting in Ramadan and every single sin that was not cleansed yet, hell fire will take care of that..

Just like Gold, when you want it pure, you have to burn it, melt it under high temperature. Depends on how much sins you have, you will stay in the fire, but you know you do not want to be there, not even for a second!

Once you are 24 kt, then and only then, you are ready to enter heaven.

Three out off all 11 ways are in your hands, so use them, and remember, the major issue in Islam is prayer, if you pray only Fridays you are in danger, if you pray 2 prayers a day you are in danger, if you pray three or four times a day you are in danger.

If you do not pray five times ON-time you are in danger, no excuses.

When a man is dying his last words to his family will be the most important to him right?

The last words of the Prophet (pbuh) were Alsalat / prayers.

Ya Rab, every single one of us declares that There is NON WORTHY OF WORSHIP BUT ALLAH SWT, YA RAB, YA ALLAH we ask you by our declaration, to grant each and every one of us a place in Jannah.. And to free us from hell fire,

Ya rab, we are weak, we have committed so many sins, but non forgives sins except you, so forgive us all, and bless our hearts, bless our parents and our kids.

Br. Hasan Radi

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