Importance of that Day & Outline

If you want to know the importance of akhirah compared to dunya, use a simple mathematical equation. We’re going to live in dunya for 60, 70, 100 years? The akhirah is infinity. If you divide a hundred by infinity, what do you get? 0. So it is 0 importance to akhirah. The sahabah knew this without having to do any equations. Their khutub (lessons) were about akhirah; their reminders were about akhirah. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam would give them speeches about akhirah. Qur’aan mentions akhirah with elaborate details.

We talked about death, life of albarzakh (the grave), and now we are talking about qiyamah. It will take a very long time to talk about because it is a very important day and a very long day.

There was a Bedouin, A’araabi, who made a du’aa` in front of RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. And he sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam was very impressed with this du’aa`; he liked it a lot. The du’aa` is long, but we will mention the last part of it, “….I ask you to make the best of my deeds the last ones and the best of my life, the end of it. Oh Allah, make the best of my days, the day I meet you.” What day did he choose to be his best? The day of his graduation or his marriage ceremony? No! The day that he meets Allah subhaana wa ta’aala; the day of judgment. There’s a lot of wisdom in this; if that day goes fine, then you’re fine. If things go well for you that day, you’re good. If things go wrong that day, then it won’t matter how pleasant or happy your life in the dunya was, then you have lost everything. (more…)

Hmmm….it also seems that the CDs in this volume are a lot longer…I just realized how many pages this is… Bismillah.

By Imam Anwar AlAwlaki, Volume 2

The Coming of the Hour

Is Sudden

A moment will come when every living thing will cease to exist. All forms of life will end. Allah subhaana wa ta’aala says, “everything on it will perish.” Everything on the face of the earth will die.

And Allah says: “They await only but a single shout which will seize them while they are disputing.” It will come so suddenly that while people are discussing and disputing, everything will stop. Now there’s no time to advise your family or take care of unfinished business.

Allah says, “Then they will not be able to make bequest, nor will they return to their family.”

It comes so suddenly that RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says in the hadith, “The Hour will arrive when two men are discussing a deal. One man will be selling a piece of cloth to the other, but the Hour will arrive and they will not even have time to wrap up that piece of cloth or sell it. The Hour will come when a man is going back home with fresh milk from his camel, but he will not be able to taste it. And the Hour will arrive when one will raise the food to his mouth, but he will not be able to put it in his mouth.”

As Soor

How will it happen? It will be blown with as-soor. What is as-soor? It is mentioned in the Qur’aan in many places. (more…)