Asalaamu Alaikum guys and welcome to another episode of Smile to Jannah.
Just wanted to give you guys a a quick little reminder; Ramadan reminder that's right.
Let's take the analogy of people that in First Class.
A guy goes in first class and he sees a person (and asks) "how did you get into first class mate?"
"Oh, I've been accumulating all these points and I finally qualified for first class"
Another guy who says "yeah we came late and my wife's not feeling well
so to give her more space, they allowed us to come first class".
Another guy says "oh, this was a gift from our brother".
Another person might say (I don't know) "we know the pilot".
So whatever the reason may be,
when it comes to people that are in first class they have different reasons yeah,
they have different reasons why they're in first class.
It will be the same when we get to Jannah.
When we get to Jannah, there will be different deeds and there will be
different reasons why people have entered Jannah.
One person may say "I entered Jannah because I gave water to a dog", simple as that.
We know this from the hadith, a very a really bad woman, once she saw a thirsty dog,
she took off her leather sock filled it with water and gave
it to the dog (Allahu Akbar) she got forgiven.
And another woman, tied up a cat and just watched it struggle and die,
and Allah hated this action so much that this was the means for her to enter the hellfire.
So we know this guys yeah.
You never know which deed it will be, so never underestimate guys what deed it is,
and don't trivialize your deeds because sometimes guys,
nobody might be around to appreciate what you're saying or what you're doing, but Allah does.
Allah appreciates it. Why? Because you're doing it for his sake and that's why Ramadan is so special.
Allahu Akbar. All it takes when you're doing wudhu, swallow, no one's gonna know.
Ramadan is something that's between you and Allah.
Salaah: people can see you pray. Dhikr: they can hear you mutter something.
Qur'an: they can see you read, but fasting is something that's between you and Allah
that's why Allah has not prescribed a specific reward for fasting yeah.
The reward for fasting- Allah is kept open, which means the reward is, Allahu Akbar.
That's why guys it's very important that
we carry on doing what we can and sometimes subhanAllah yeah,
you might be doing something really big
but that's not why you're going to get Jannah yeah, that's not why you're going to get Jannah.
So may Allah give us the ability to understand and appreciate these things.
That's why I would say even with your kids yeah,
when I was a teacher I wouldn't constantly reward my kids yeah,
because when you do that it's like a scooby snack, you know scooby-doo,
he gets all gassed up just because he gets a scooby snack.
"Shaggy, scooby snack".
Yeah he gets all excited but let's not constantly look for scooby snacks,
let's do stuff genuinely for the pleasure of Allah.
That's why it's important for us to increase our love for Allah and not just want Jannah yeah.
"I want Jannah mate. I weren't allowed to do this,
I weren't allowed to do that". Is this some sort of business partnership you go with Allah?
You make a dua/you do a specific action and Allah needs to accept your dua now
what's this what's this?
So bear this in mind guys,
let's use the Ramadan to increase our love for Allah (subhanahu wa ta'ala)
and to do that, know about him and the more you know Allah the more
your relationship will become stronger and,
if you fix your relationship with Allah, Allah will fix your relationship
with everything and everyone else.
Let's leave it there guys until next time, Asalaamu alaikum.