💐 In The Name Of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful
💌 I remember in high school back in Riyadh Saudi Arabia, a half-British and half-Saudi classmate of mine asked me a question like "If there's eternity in Heaven, if we live there forever and don't die, wouldn't we get bored in Paradise?" because I wasn't really religious and practicing during my teenage years, I couldn't provide a helpful response to her question.
Now Alhamdulillah with Allah's Guidance, after some thoughtful reflection, I can say that
Inn-sha-Allah when we are granted entry to Jannah Paradise we won't deal with any boredom, frustration and restlessness because Jannah is the abode where everlasting joy and peace can be enjoyed - no more stress, no more worries, and no more loads of tiring responsibilities.
When you look around you, online and offline, you notice a large number of people trying to achieve so-called "happiness" and "success" in this fleeting dunya. Some are passionately busy piling up money so they can afford to travel to all the countries they're eager to explore. This one is preoccupied with trying to obtain a doctorate degree so he can have his marriage proposal accepted and start a family of his own. That one is focused on attaining a "perfect figure" by going on a strict "Vegan diet", so she can still appear fabulous in her collection of selfies scattered around social media. These are feeling "not good enough" so they consistently upload vlogs of their daily life updates to compete with other YouTube vloggers in terms of who can gather the most number of loyal subscribers. Others continue hustling, making effort to succeed in their financial affairs, so they can finally build their luxury resort or enormous dream mansion.
Almost everyone, almost not all, are behaving as though they've picked planet earth as the ultimate place of resting. Tons of people, particularly from those who claim to have no religion yet, believe in the false phenomenon of YOLO ("you only live once"). Thus many youths and the elderly do their utmost to savor the pleasures of this world before they depart, unaware that once our souls are taken by Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'aala, we actually proceed to the next life, namely the Hereafter, encountering further tests in the Barzakh and on the Day of Resurrection.
We pray that Allah the Most Merciful accepts our good deeds, forgives our mistakes, guides us to passing His tests successfully, protects us from torment in both worlds, and destine that we're among those who are awakened and ready to see Allah the Most Forgiving in Jannatul Ferdaus. Ameen.
📖 Anas bin Malik RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, “If the son of Adam had a valley full of gold, he would want to have two valleys. Nothing fills his mouth but the dust of the grave, yet Allah will relent to whoever repents to Him.”
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6075, Sahih Muslim 1048
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authenticity agreed upon) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
📖 Ibn Umar RadhiAllahu 'anhuma narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, “Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler along a path.”
Ibn Umar would say, “If you make it to the evening, do not wait for the morning. If you make it to the morning, do not wait for the evening. Take from your health for your sickness, and from your life for your death.”
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 6053
Grade: Sahih (Authentic) according to Al-Bukhari
📖 Abu Sa’eed RadhiAllahu 'anhu narrated: Allah's noble Messenger Muhammad SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam said, “Death will be brought on the Day of Resurrection in the form of a white ram, and it will be made to stand between Paradise and Hellfire. It will be said to the people of Paradise: 'Do you recognize this?' They will raise their heads, looking towards it, and they will say: 'Yes, it is death.' Then, it will be said to the people of Hellfire: 'Do you recognize this?' They will raise their heads, looking towards it, and they will say: 'Yes, it is death.' Then, the command will be given to slaughter the ram and it will be said: 'O people of Paradise, there is everlasting life for you and no death!' And it will be said: 'O people of Hellfire, there is everlasting life for you and no death!'”
Then, the Prophet SallAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam recited the verse, “Warn them of this day of dismay, when their affairs will be decided, yet they are heedless and they do not have faith,” (The Noble Qur'an 19:39) and he pointed with his hand to the world.
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari 4453
Sahih Muslim 2849
Grade: Muttafaqun Alayhi (Authentic) according to Al-Bukhari and Muslim
