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BETWEEN FEAR & HOPE
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On the Authority of Abu Dharr رضي الله عنه, The Prophet ﷺ said whilst he passed by a group of Sahaba who were laughing
Prophet ﷺ said:
والله لو تعلمون ما أعلم لضحكتم قليلا ولبكيتم كثيرا، ولما تلذذتم بالنساء على الفرش، ولخرجتم إلى
الصعدات تجأرون إلى الله
By Allah! If you knew what I know you would laugh a little and you would cry a lot! You wouldn’t find pleasure in women on your beds, and you would come out to the streets praying fervently to Allah!
[Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 2312]
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What a Hadith! سبحان الله
A hadith that trembles the soul to the very core.
This isn’t to say someone should live a gloomy life of sadness, rather the Prophet ﷺ used to also smile and be happy.
Rather it is pulling our heads out of the clouds of heedlessness and returning the balance to our lives which is found in the statement of the Salaf
المؤمن بين الخوف و الرجاء
The believer is between fear and hope.
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This must put fear into our hearts.
Why?
The Prophet ﷺ knew the realities of the Akhirah, how severe and difficult they are from the grave until Qiyamah.
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How can we not become worried for ourselves, at this description?
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That the reality of the Akhirah is such that,
A person would cry more than he laughed,
A person would not find pleasure from his spouse,
A person would walk around in the street making fervent Du’a.
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If this was a normal description you would think a person has gone crazy!
Yet, the reality of Qiyamah and its horrors as Allah ﷻ describes
يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلنَّاسَ سُكَٰرَىٰ وَمَا هُم بِسُكَٰرَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّ عَذَابَ ٱللَّهِ شَدِيدٌۭ
On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people as if they are intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allah is severe.
[22:2]
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The day of judgement, if only you knew of its horrors…
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So what have you prepared for Qiyamah, and your safety in the Akhirah…?
Reflect
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May Allah ﷻ grant us ease and forgive us.
آمِيْن يَارَبَّ الْعَالَمِينْ
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