Is Jannah on my list

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

⚠️ AI-Generated Content: This transcription was automatically generated using AI. I am doing a series of these reminders on different topics and I have done one on the topic of knowing Allah SWT, our approach to the Quran and the next one on the Seerah of Rasulullah SAW. Today I want to talk about another thing which is we are talking about monitoring our level of knowledge and understanding. And the question I want to ask myself and you is what do we know about the Akhira? What do we know about the Akhira? If you think about it, the only thing which is certain, the only thing which is absolutely certain for which in which there is no doubt, that is our death and the Akhira, what happens thereafter. Everything else in life is a matter of doubt, we don't know. If a child is born you don't know how long it will live, if I am alive I don't know how long I will, how many years, months, weeks, ten seconds, whatever I have. I don't know whether I will be healthy or sick, I don't know whether I will be wealthy or poor, I don't know if I will be powerful or powerless, educated or uneducated. I don't know anything about myself with certainty. I know some things but I can't be absolutely certain. A simple thing like, just think about this, a simple thing like do I know whether I will wake up tomorrow morning? No, I know this is, you know, it sounds like a dumb question, it's not, it's very real question because we know this, we can think about it, but is it something that hits us in the heart? Do really believe this? I do not know whether I will wake up tomorrow morning. Now if I concentrate on this question and I really feel it, how will my life change from this minute onwards? Because if I say like I maybe I will not wake up tomorrow morning which means that from now, now is what, 8 o'clock, 8 p.m., what is morning? Even if you take it at 6 a.m., so I've got roughly not even 12 hours, 10 hours. So what do I want to do in that 10 hours? 10 hours is a lot of time. 10 hours is a lot of time if I use it in the right place, in the right way, right? 10 hours, a lot of time. But that 10 hours will pass like that. All I need to do is open my Instagram or something and 10 hours is gone. I turn on the TV and it's gone, right? So what is my knowledge of the Akhira? Somebody asked what is one of the Shri Yuga, he said how can I get concentration in Salah? Right? I think this is a question we all have, how can I get concentration in Salah? He gave such a simple, beautiful answer, try it. He said when you stand for Salah before you say Allahu Akbar, the few seconds, right? When you stand for Salah, you don't just walk in and say Allahu Akbar, you come and stand for Salah and then maybe you are reading, you are saying Inni Wajah, Wajah, and so on and so on. But he said before you say Allahu Akbar, that few seconds, remind yourself that I will die and when I die, I will be called before Allah and Allah will call me by name and I will stand before Allah. And the first question that Allah will ask me is what is the state of your Salah? That is what I'm doing here, I'm standing in Salah. He said start with this. Before you say Allahu Akbar, bring this thought consciously into your mind that this is what is going to happen before Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. I will be called and I will be asked what was the state of your Salah? What am I going to answer? So the question to ask ourselves is, what do I know about my Akhira? What do I know about the questions that I will be asked in my qamar? What do I know about the questions that I will be asked on the Day of Judgment where Rasul Rasulullah hadith he said the feet of Bani Adam, the feet of Bani Adam, the children of Adam Ali As Salaam will not move from before their Rabb until they answer four questions. What do I know what is questions? I've written a book, the book is called Questions but what will we answer? Read the book. Questions but what will we answer?