Thinking Ahead…
Salam, 
My bad, I know I haven’t posted for three or 4 days, I just wanted to let all of you know I just came back from a Tarbiya Retreat program. The program although pretty intensive was quite nurturing for the soul. Any hows let me get straight to my point. Recently I have been hearing stories of beloved Muslim leaders passing away, one of them being a sister from Islamic Circle of North America named Fozia (May Allah bless her), who spent her whole life teaching the deen, and touching peoples heart with the truth.
She passed away in Kentucky a few days ago from cancer and many people came to see her and were crying but in a way were relieved because she is a person of jannat and going back to the ayat in the Quran, from Allah we come and to him we shall return. A few minutes before she actually passed away my mom told me she had her eyes closed but was describing a scenery which was very green and beautiful, Subhanullah! We all know their is a hadith which says that the person at the time of death they are shown their position in the hereafter. Whether they have entered the blessed gardens of paradise or the blazing fire.
This really made me think ahead, if we departed from this world today where would we go? We love planning vacations and taking time out to chill, but most importantly we should think about the hereafter. Since nothing is promised in life except death, its only right we prepare for it. Go out and give dawah, develop prophetic character and be strict where you need to be strict. We are all here to be on the safe side, I know their are times when we get caught up with the worldly life but we should develop constant awareness of God Almighty.
It’s definitely hard but heaven has no price tags, it all comes down to our good deeds and salat, though we sometimes think we are young, thats just a trick of the devil. Remember though, the shatan is as only as strong as we make him. Allah says in the Quran that if we don’t fulfill our purpose in life then we will replace us with someone us, and for him that is not hard at all. The question comes down to thinking ahead, what will you do after you read my post? including myself. I read a beautiful hadith the other day narrated by At-Tirmidhi ” What enables people to enter paradise more than anything is piety and good character”
The other day I was riding pass a neighborhood and I say a wall with graffiti art, it looked really captivating and it said ” the best way to predict the future is to create it”. Something to really think about, so think ahead Inshallah and use your health and time for halal purposes before its too late. May Allah guide us all and forgive us for all of our shortcomings in this life and give us success in the hereafter. Ameen!
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