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Nothing can outweigh the name of Allah.
Not here, not on the Day of Judgment, nowhere.
The purpose of this world is,
"La ilaha illa Allah."
And the more that we depart from living by that,
with our deeds of righteousness, as a people,
as humanity, the less time the world has.
So, when you get to this point where corruption is rampant
and people no longer have any conscience
and they don't even say the name of Allah anymore,
at that point, the world no longer has a purpose to exist
and that's when it perishes.
And that's one of the meanings of what the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"asdaqu baytin qalat-hu alshua'ra, ala qulu
shayin ma khalallaha batillu"
'The most truthful of words that a poet has spoken:
Everything but Allah is perishable.'
One advice I give to someone,
especially someone who is struggling with their faith.
Do not take "La ilaha illa Allah"
for granted.
Faith, in its nature, is always going to be up and down.
"yazidu wa yanqus"
It increases, and it decreases.
Even some of the companions complained to the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
about not being able to maintain the same level
of faith everywhere that they were.
But towards the end of times,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"That when people wake up,
they may wake up as believers
and go to sleep as disbelievers.
Or they go to sleep as believers
and then they wake up as disbelievers."
So, the time in which a person sways between absolute belief
and absolute unbelief is literally a day and night.
And you really can't take the testimony of faith,
"La ilaha illa Allah" for granted.
Now, "La ilaha illa Allah"
is not only proven by the deeds that you do,
it's also protected by them.
The more that you act on
"La ilaha illa Allah"
the less likely it is to leave your heart,
especially when you need it most at the time of death.
How valuable is it for you to show up
on the Day of Judgment, saying,
"La ilaha illa Allah."
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"Whoever says 'La ilaha illa Allah'
sincerely from his heart,"
"dakhal al-Jannah",
"he will certainly enter Paradise at some point."
And in one narration, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said, "Harram Allahu alaihin-naar."
"Allah has forbidden the Fire from that person."
But no one can say
"La ilaha illa Allah"
sincerely without sincerely at least trying to
please Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
And it's the deeds that follow that confirm the sincerity
of the statement that proceeds all good.
Now, we've already covered the value of
"Tasbeeh" and "Tahmeed"
Saying,
"SubhanAllah" and saying "Alhmadulillah"
on the "mizaan".
And al hafith ibn-rajab rahimahullah
has this beautiful tie-in between those phrases
and this phrase of
"La ilaha illa Allah"
He says, "As for every ni'ma, every blessing,
you pay for it, by saying and living
'Alhamdu lillah'
All praise and thanks are due to Allah."
He says, "As for Jannah
you pay for it by saying, and living
'La ilaha illa Allah'."
And that's why the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said, "afdal ul-dhikr, la illaha illa Allah
wa afdal ul-dua, alhamdullilah"
The best form of dhikr,
the best form of remembrance, is
"La ilaha illa Allah."
There's no God worthy
of worship except Allah.
And the best form of
du'a,
of supplication, is "alhamdulillah"
is when you say all praises
and thanks are due to
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la.
So the scales are set up on the Day of Resurrection.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
says, "That a man is brought forth
and he's placed on one side
and everything that was recorded against him
is placed on the other side.
And then that scale tips against him,
and it is said
"alqihi fil-nar"
"Send him to the Fire."
And just as he's about to be taken out of the scale
and cast into the Fire,
he turns back and a voice cries out
from the presence of the Most Merciful
saying, "la ta'jal"
'Do not hasten. There's still something left for him.'
Then, Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
will say to him directly
"hal tunqiru min hatha shay-aa"
"Do you deny any of this?"
Any of these sins that are sinking you, do you deny them?
And he will say,
"La, Ya Rab."
"No, O my Lord."
Allah would say, "Did My angels record anything incorrectly?
Have they been unjust you?"
And he would say "No, O Allah.
They've been just."
Then He will say, "Apart from that,
do you have any good deeds
to hold with you, to hold your weight on this day?"
And the man will be terrified and he'll say
"No, O my Lord."
And Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
will respond, and say
"inna laka i'ndana hasanat"
wa innahu la thulma a'layka al-yawm"
"That indeed, you have some good deeds with Us,
and you will not be treated unjustly today."
And so this "bitaqa"
This card is brought out
and on this card is written
'Ashhadu an-la ilaha illa Allah
wa anna Muhammadan 'abduhu warasuluhu.'
It's just the Shahada.
And he will say,
"O Allah,
What is this card compared with all of these scrolls,
these records of sin
that are placed on the other side of the scale
and tipping me towards hell fire?"
And Allah, will respond and say,
"innaka la tuthlum"
"You will not be treated unjustly."
And so the scrolls are placed on one side
and Allah takes that card, with the Shahada,
and places it on the other side.
And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
"That your scrolls of sins will go flying into the air.
And that card of 'La ilaha illa Allah'
will weigh the right side all the way down."
See now the value of 'La ilaha illa Allah',
no matter what happens, don't lose that card.
Low faith is not the same as no faith.
And Shaytan will try to convince you
to tear that card up
because you're feeling low.
Hold onto 'La ilaha illa Allah'
even when you are struggling to live by it.
And what does it mean when Allah says
"innaka la tuthlum"
"You're not going to be wronged."
Especially that this action of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
to save this person on that Day.
Not only is it far away from injustice,
it is a mercy that is entirely unexpected.
That one card does away with all of your records of sin.
But again, remember
"innaka la tuthlum"
"You will not be wronged."
And you have to then remember as we get
into the scariest part of the Day of Judgment,
"wama thalamahum Allah walakin kanu anfusahum yathlimoon"
You know, in regards to those that fail on that Day,
it wasn't Allah that wronged them.
But it was they who wronged themselves
by turning away from such a forgiving Lord.
Fa-amma man thaqulat mawazinuhu
Fahuwa fi 'ishatin radiya
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